Seether: Disclaimer
Seether’s debut, Disclaimer (2002), places the South African trio firmly within the early-2000s post-grunge movement. It offers thick guitars, a raw vocal…
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Mushroomhead: XIII
With XIII (2003), Mushroomhead delivers a dense, theatrical nu metal, faithful to the masked, percussive aesthetic that sets the Cleveland band apart.…
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Flaw: Through the Eyes
Flaw’s debut, Through the Eyes, immediately sets out a brand of introspective nu metal where anger keeps giving way to doubt. The…
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Cold: Year of the Spider
Cold’s melancholic peak, Year of the Spider, unfolds a post-grunge tinged alternative metal where heaviness serves emotion rather than aggression. Scooter Ward’s…
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Saliva: Every Six Seconds
With Every Six Seconds, Saliva lock in the formula that would make them recognisable: a big-canvas nu metal fuelled by arena-sized hooks…
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Puddle of Mudd: Come Clean
Come Clean crystallises the catchiest post-grunge of the early 2000s. Puddle of Mudd wear their lineage openly, balancing gritty guitars with easily…
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Otep: Sevas Tra
Otep’s opening salvo, Sevas Tra, instantly asserts a singular voice within early 2000s metal. Otep Shamaya blends raw poetry, gut-deep screams and…
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Kittie: Spit
With Spit, its very young Canadian players plant a snarling nu metal shot through with heavier flashes close to the emerging metalcore…
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Powerman 5000: Tonight the Stars Revolt!
Released in 1999, Tonight the Stars Revolt! stands as the high point of Powerman 5000. Fronted by Spider One, brother of Rob…
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Ill Niño: Revolution Revolucion
Ill Nino’s debut, Revolution Revolucion, laid down the New Jersey band’s signature as early as 2001, a nu metal shot through with…
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Nonpoint: Statement
With Statement in 2000, Nonpoint stepped onto a major label and delivered one of the sturdiest nu metal records of its generation.…
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Drowning Pool: Sinner
Sinner, released in 2001, remains inseparable from Bodies and its chorus, which turned into a rallying cry in pits around the world.…
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Taproot: Gift
Taproot’s first album for a major label, Gift arrived in 2000 with the reputation of a band courted then dropped by Fred…
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Adema: Adema
Adema’s self titled debut, released in 2001, arrived trailed by media curiosity, that of singer Mark Chavez, half brother of Korn’s Jonathan…
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Trapt: Trapt
Trapt’s self titled album, released in 2002, owes almost all its fame to Headstrong, a massive hit on American rock radio and…
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Crazy Town: The Gift of Game
Released in 1999, The Gift of Game is the record that rocketed Crazy Town up the charts thanks to the single Butterfly,…
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Dope: Felons and Revolutionaries
Dope’s debut, Felons and Revolutionaries, laid down in 1999 the foundations of a grimy, provocative industrial metal led by the snarling Edsel…
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(hed) P.E.: Broke
Released in 2000, Broke is the commercial and creative peak of (hed) P.E., pioneers of the crossover between punk, hardcore, reggae and…
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Spineshank: Self-Destructive Pattern
With Self-Destructive Pattern in 2003, Spineshank delivered their most accomplished album, the one that earned them a Grammy nomination for the track…
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Soil: Scars
Released in 2001, Scars is the album that settled Soil into the mainstream nu metal courtyard, propelled by the single Halo, an…
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Primer 55: Introduction to Mayhem
Released in 2000, Introduction to Mayhem is the first major album by Primer 55, a Mississippi band arriving in the full fervor…
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American Head Charge: The War of Art
Produced by Rick Rubin and released in 2001, The War of Art is American Head Charge’s masterpiece and one of the unsung…
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40 Below Summer: The Mourning After
The New Jersey band’s second album, The Mourning After stands as 40 Below Summer’s peak before their breakup. It refines the approach…
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Downset: Downset.
A raw and intense self-titled debut, Downset. established the Los Angeles band in 1994 as pioneers of a rap-metal rooted in hardcore…
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Reveille: Laced
Released on Elektra, Laced marks the commercial peak of Boston band Reveille, carried by the single Comin’ Down, which appeared on video…
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Element Eighty: Element Eighty
The Texan band’s self-titled album, Element Eighty distills on the single Broken Promises everything that briefly made its reputation: a sturdy nu-metal…
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Stereomud: Perfect Self
The New York band’s debut, Perfect Self gathered former members of Stuck Mojo and Life of Agony around a melodic alternative metal.…
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Snot: Get Some
The only studio album released during Lynn Strait’s lifetime, Get Some captures all the chaotic energy of the Santa Barbara band. An…
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Dry Kill Logic: The Darker Side of Nonsense
The New York band’s debut on Roadrunner, The Darker Side of Nonsense weds the heaviness of groove metal to the aggression of…
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Skrape: New Killer America
Released in 2001 on Epic Records, New Killer America captures the Florida nu-metal wave at its most frontal. Skrape deploys massive riffs,…
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311: 311
The Omaha band’s third album, this 1995 self-titled record, often nicknamed the Blue Album, marks their breakthrough. 311 blends alternative rock, reggae,…
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Fuel: Something Like Human
Fuel’s second album, released in 2000, Something Like Human confirms the Pennsylvania band’s gift for broad-appeal alternative rock. Carried by Brett Scallions’…
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Hoobastank: The Reason
Hoobastank’s second album, released in late 2003, The Reason owes nearly everything to its title track. That contrite ballad, a huge worldwide…
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Alien Ant Farm: ANThology
Alien Ant Farm’s second album, released in 2001, ANThology remains inseparable from its electrifying cover of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal, a global…
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Crossfade: Crossfade
The South Carolina band’s debut, this 2004 self-titled record stands as a model of effective post-grunge. Driven by the single Cold, an…
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Smile Empty Soul: Smile Empty Soul
The California trio’s debut, this 2003 self-titled record captures the teenage angst of the early decade with sincere brutality. Driven by the…
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