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System Of A Down and Deftones announce stacked one-night-only co-headline show

The two leading nu-metal-but-not-really bands will be joined by The Mars Volta, Viagra Boys and Vowws

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Limp Bizkit fans, rejoice! You can now buy hot dog-flavoured water to drink

US chain 7-Eleven may or may not be pulling an April Fools Day prank, but they’re unwittingly turning Fred Durst into a prophet

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Kerry King, Creeper, Bambie Thug and more added to Download 2024

Download adds eight new names to its 2024 bill

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“It’s just one of those days!” Watch a 100,000-strong Argentinian crowd sing every word of Limp Bizkit’s Break Stuff

South America, once again, makes a convincing case for having the most avid heavy metal fans in the world

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Win two Weekend VIP Passes, roundtrip airfare and hotel accommodation for the DWP festival of your choice - Welcome To Rockville, Sonic Temple, Inkcarceration, Louder Than Life or Aftershock 2024!

Louder, Metal Hammer and DWP are teaming up to offer one lucky US fan and a pal the chance to go to one of this year's biggest festivals!

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Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst Steals The Show At SXSW Premiere

Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit stars in 'Y2K,' a teen comedy set during the Y2K era, premiering at SXSW with engaging anecdotes and nostalgic charm.

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10 classic metal albums that should be played live in full (but haven’t yet)

From Metallica’s …And Justice For All to Limp Bizkit’s Significant Other, these masterpieces are so good that live crowds need to hear them in their entirety

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“I’m a cosmic thunderlord, here to present you the best show you’ve ever seen”: Watch Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst seemingly lose his mind during a collaboration with shoegaze band Diiv

In a new music video by Brooklyn shoegazers Diiv, Limp Bizkit’s singer plays a faux SNL presenter while, randomly, wearing sunglasses and a hi-vis jacket

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"A Limp Bizkit is a sad, lumpy body part": Watch these Gen Z music fans react to classic nu metal songs

Does Gen Z like nu metal? YouTube series REACT finds out, while testing the generational group on their knowledge on bands such as Limp Bizkit, Korn and System Of A Down

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“We’ll lead our own pack!” The checkered story of Limp Bizkit’s Break Stuff, from festival chaos to a star-studded music video

Connected forever with the anarchy of Woodstock ’99 and a music video featuring Snoop Dogg and Korn, Limp Bizkit’s cathartic banger has the most complicated legacy of any nu metal song

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"We want to put out positive messages even when the music is its most brutal." Rising Japanese metal stars Hanabie have their sights set on world domination

Merging metalcore, EDM, nu metal and hyper-pop, Hanabie are the latest metal sensation to emerge from Japan

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The 10 best cover songs by nu metal bands

Nu metal loves a cover song. From Limp Bizkit to Alien Ant Farm, here are the 10 finest examples

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"Nu metal content makes people feel a part of a community": How TikTok is helping nu metal's comeback

From festivals like Sick New World to Limp Bizkit selling out massive venues and new artists embracing its influence, nu metal is making a massive comeback - and TikTok is helping

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Watch Limp Bizkit play a gig in a car park then destroy their own drum kit

In 1997, then-up-and-comers Limp Bizkit raised hell in a Kansas City car park

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Metal Hammer writers name their best gigs of 2023

From the monolithic Metallica to rising stars like Green Lung, these are the greatest shows that Team Hammer saw this year

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Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst just collaborated with a German rapper and it sounds weirdly awesome

The Limp Bizkit frontman guests on rapper Alligatoah’s new single So Raus, and it’s shockingly catchy

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Slipknot, Disturbed, Misfits, Limp Bizkit, Evanescence and many more for Sonic Temple 2024, tickets on sale today

Sonic Temple is looking set to be one of the biggest metal festivals in the world next year!

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Limp Bizkit added to Download 2024 lineup

Fred Durst’s nu metal icons will return to the biggest festival in British rock this June

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Revisiting that Led Zeppelin / Limp Bizkit / Puddle Of Mudd collaboration you'd probably forgotten all about

Did this really happen? Watch Jimmy Page join Fred Durst and Wes Scantlin at the 2001 MTV Awards for a version of Led Zeppelin's Thank You

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Welcome To Rockville announces Slipknot, Foo Fighters, Mötley Crüe, Limp Bizkit and more for 2024

The four-day Florida festival is also the first confirmed booking for Slayer guitarist Kerry King’s solo band

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As a millennial metalhead, I was laughed at for loving nu metal. In 2023 it's filling festivals and influencing more young bands than ever - and I couldn't be happier about it

Nu metal was derided as silly, overblown and undeserving of recognition in the wider metal scene. Admittedly, two of those things were kinda true, but it still ruled, OK?!

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The 10 greatest nu metal bands of all time

Nu metal is undoubtedly the genre that defined a generation of heavy bands. Here are the ten greatest to ever be blessed with the nu metal tag

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“I thought Eminem was chanting my name, but he was chanting for me to jump!” Why Rage Against The Machine protested against Limp Bizkit atop a 15-foot statue and started the most one-sided rivalry in nu metal history

In 2000, Limp Bizkit beat Rage Against The Machine in a MTV VMA category. The very public protest that followed started the most one-sided feud of the nu metal era

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“She didn’t even show up for the rehearsal." From a nixed red carpet date to an angry Playboy interview, inside the unlikely MTV VMAs duet between Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst and Christina Aguilera

Limp Bizkit were the biggest band on planet earth come the end of 2000. It resulted in one of the most unlikely duets in the history of awards shows.

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"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

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