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“It was a reaction to a life of being bullied and also a celebration of fun. A lot of the metal world didn’t understand that”: How Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst became nu metal’s biggest star – and lived to tell the tale

With his red cap and hip hop swagger, Fred Durst was the biggest and most divisive star of the nu metal era. But that’s only half the story

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“Back at that time, Rolling Stone was promoting Limp Bizkit and Korn, two overtly misogynist bands”: The Mars Volta tell their story in revealing documentary

The Mars Volta discuss their story in revealing documentary

MusicRadar

From Linkin Park to Limp Bizkit, nu-metal is back but without the cargo pants and casual misogyny

IN FOCUS: Nu-metal was once shorthand for terrible fashion and even worse music. Now, with a new Linkin Park album and Limp Bizkit announcing their most extensive tour in years, this genre once considered the nadir for rock’n’roll has made a surprising comeback, writes Ed Power

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Welcome To Rockville announces headliners Shinedown, Green Day, Linkin Park and Korn, plus more than 150 others, for 2025

The Florida extravaganza takes place at the Daytona International Speedway from May 15 to 18

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“The true identities behind Sleep Token are immaterial”: How these masked men became the biggest cult band in the world

The enigma of Download 2025’s headline act

MusicRadar

Green Day, Sleep Token and Korn to headline Download Festival

Green Day, Sleep Token and Korn will headline the 2025 Download Festival, topping the bill for the first time.

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Download festival announces more than 90 bands for 2025, including headliners Green Day, Sleep Token and Korn

Weezer, Bullet For My Valentine, Spiritbox and dozens more have also been confirmed for the Donington extravaganza, taking place in June

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“I was very successful working in the mortuary, and then I was living in a closet. It was worth it, suffering for my art”: The dark and twisted history of Korn, the band who invented nu metal

In 2016, all five members of Korn looked back on the ups, downs and madness of their rollercoaster career

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"This is like WWE." What happened when Papa Roach met Justin Timberlake - and got some sage advice from Korn bassist Fieldy

When nu metal survivors Papa Roach exploded in popularity through Last Resort, they found themselves rubbing shoulders with music A-listers

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“I’m all about Dimebag and Zakk Wylde!”: Tetrarch guitarist Diamond Rowe salutes the giants of metal

Plus: the secret to her aggressive tones

MusicRadar

“I started playing $150 Ibanez guitars because onstage I would take damage… Clown used to use metal bars. We were very unsafe”: Mick Thomson reflects on 25 years of Slipknot’s incendiary debut – and what it was like to see his solos erased

If Slipknot's debut remains a true face-ripper all these years later maybe it is because they brought the chaos of the stage show into the studio. Thomson can remember it vividly, the gear, the danger, the risk to his guitars from stray iron pipes, and he wouldn't have it any…

Guitar World

Third Korn x Adidas merch drop announced

All Day, I Dream About Swag

Metal Hammer

“In my mind I was thinking this could be the last record we ever made, They thought I wanted to leave it”: How Deftones pulled back from the brink of oblivion to make Saturday Night Wrist

Tensions between bandmates, bust-ups with their producer, divorce – Deftones’ fifth album Saturday Night Wrist almost didn’t happen

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“I’m the first black female in heavy music with my own signature guitar”: Diamond Rowe is making history with Jackson

And she’s giving them away to her heroes - starting with Korn

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“We can’t wait to see everyone!” Sonic Temple festival announces full 2025 lineup, including Linkin Park, Bad Omens, Korn and much more

Linkin Park and Korn will join a double dose of Metallica, plus more than 100 other bands, at the Columbus weekender in May

Guitar World

“Shredding is an amazing thing to be able to do, but when you can really write a feeling with a melody, like Johnny Marr did so well, that’s the goal”: Conor Curley of Fontaines D.C. on his love of Deftones and why he’s writing riffs like a beginner

Romance is the sound of self-confessed “guitar culture nerd” Curley expanding the Fontaine D.C. sound with elemental reasoning, pure instinct, and occasional Mellotron – and if he ever gets stuck for inspiration, he has a pile of Total Guitar back issues to reference…

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Shavo Odadjian reflects on System Of A Down being ‘nu metal’: “I never liked being compared to anyone”

“When they put us in a group, I would always be like, ‘We’re not nu metal, we’re our own thing!’ Now I’m older and wiser…”

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Listen to Korn frontman Jonathan Davis' collaboration with his son Nathan on the gnarly new track Dark Fantasy

Industrial nu metal meets dub-step on this heavy AF new single by Hi I'm Ghost (Jonathan Davis' son, Nathan)

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"I was freaking out and bawling in the studio." Korn's classic debut album at 30: the weirdness, the trauma and the birth of nu metal

On October 11 1994, five misfits from Bakersfield, California would release an album that would change metal forever

The Guardian - UK

‘Being alive is kind of painful’: the bleak vision of noise rockers Chat Pile

Extracted from the vast US oilfields comes a pungent, heavy and energy-packed sound. Are noisenik outsiders Chat Pile about to become the region’s biggest export?

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"These shows are very special to me, because they’re rare." Why Daron Malakian has resurrected Scars On Broadway

After their first show in five years, System Of A Down's Daron Malakian admits Scars On Broadway already have their third album ready and waiting

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Watch Korn perform Freak On A Leash with Evanescence's Amy Lee at Los Angeles' BMO stadium for their 30th anniversary

Korn brought out Evanescence frontwoman Amy Lee to guest on Freak On A Leash during their 30th anniversary show at Los Angeles' BMO stadium this weekend

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Serj Tankian suggests what a new System Of A Down album would sound like: “It would be a fresh start in a brand new way”

The singer also says System Of A Down have some unreleased “amazing gems” in their vault

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“I actually think people don’t think of System Of A Down as nu metal”: Serj Tankian names the greatest nu metal album of all time

It’s a classic for a reason, after all

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The 15 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Wardruna, Body Count and Nightwish are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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