What killed nu-metal? After Korn, Limp Bizkit and Slipknot put it on the map in the 90s, it peaked in 2001 or so before falling off in 2003. So what happened??
- Why Korn's debut album in 1994 changed EVERYTHING and became the template for nu-metal bands
- How the grunge bands like Nirvana and Alice in Chains, alternative metal bands like Rollins Band, Helmet, and Rage Against The Machine, and rappers like Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg laid the foundation for Korn to create nu metal
- Why snobs, critics and gatekeepers have always hated nu metal and looked down on the fans
- The various flavors of nu metal (eg rap metal, industrial nu metal) and bands like Dope, Coal Chamber, Hed Pe, Mushroomhead, Snot, POD, Flaw, Cold, and "nu-adjacent" bands like System Of A Down, Linkin Park, Incubus and Deftones
- What ultimately lead to the downfall of nu-metal, and why it was replaced by metalcore bands like Killswitch Engage, emo bands like The Used and hard rock bands like Five Finger Death Punch
- How nu-metal influenced the current generation of metalcore, deathcore and rock bands like Suicide Silence, Of Mice & Men, Emmure, King 810, and Sylar
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