DARK SECRETS: 8 | Vintage Vibes

10 late ‘90s nu metal albums that don’t suck

Big shorts, seven-string guitars, hip-hop beats and a full workout of the quiet/loud dynamic guaranteed

Guitar World · Dec 6, 2023

10 amazing metal songs under one minute long

Napalm Death, Korn and Tenacious D don’t even need 60 seconds to make a tremendous impact

Metal Hammer · Dec 1, 2023

The ‘90s was a watershed era for gear, and set the template for the future of the electric guitar – these are the retro designs, digital innovations and misfit toys that defined a decade and beyond

The invention of the seven-string, emergence of digital modeling and rise of the boutique pedal industry all took place during the ‘90s, and provided the blueprint for the sound of guitar music to come

Guitar World · Nov 22, 2023

"Craziness, drugs, alcohol, chicks – you name it, I did it." How Korn's most chaotic and hedonistic era birthed a nu metal classic in Follow The Leader

Follow The Leader officially confirmed Korn as nu metal superstars. It also sent the band flying off the rails.

Metal Hammer · Aug 19, 2023

"It was a beautiful scar on the metal world." How Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Korn and the rest took nu metal from hated subgenre to the biggest thing on Planet Earth

Nu metal may have been shunned by metal elitists, but it took heavy music to the masses like never before, or since

Metal Hammer · Aug 16, 2023

10 times nu metal gloriously gatecrashed mainstream TV

From Slipknot smashing TFI Friday to bits to Evanescence beefing with 50 Cent at the Grammys, the 2000s had it all

Metal Hammer · Aug 8, 2023

10 classic metal albums almost ruined by one terrible song

Metallica, Korn and Machine Head have all got so close to perfection – just for one song to mess it up

Metal Hammer · Aug 4, 2023

10 terrible nu metal albums with one classic song

Nu metal gave us countless rock club anthems...but many of the albums they came from just didn't cut it

Metal Hammer · Jul 26, 2023

"My dad listened to nu metal a lot." We spent two days in Las Vegas at the world's biggest nu metal festival, and it was an eye-opener

With headliners System Of A Down alongside new bands Turnstile, Spiritbox and Loathe, Sick New World was supposed to be the ultimate nu metal celebration. But could it live up to hype?

Metal Hammer · Jul 22, 2023

"Ozzy's made me breakfast!" As frontman of Devildriver and Coal Chamber, Dez Fafara has seen it all. Here's everything he's learned in his thirty year career

From witnessing nu metal at ground zero to his near-death experience with Covid, Dez Fafara has lived a life and then some

Metal Hammer · Jun 30, 2023