--- title: "Nu Metal" type: "MusicGenre" url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/nu-metal" parent: "Alternative Metal" bands: 503 era: "mid 1990s" --- # Nu Metal **Nu Metal** is a metal sub-genre, formative in the mid 1990s. TheMetalNet maps 503 bands and 1,225 albums under it. Nu metal blends downtuned, groove-heavy metal riffing with hip-hop rhythms, funk basslines, and electronics, usually swapping guitar solos for texture and mood. It broke in the mid-1990s with Korn’s 1994 debut, often built around seven-string guitars, DJ scratches or samples, and vocals that veer between rapping, singing, and screaming. Tempos sit in a mid-paced, syncopated groove, and lyrics tend toward raw personal pain, alienation, and angst. Korn, Slipknot, Deftones, and Linkin Park carried it to massive mainstream success. ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Genre | Nu Metal | | Level | Sub-genre | | Parent genre | Alternative Metal | | Formative era | mid 1990s | | Bands | 503 | | Albums | 1,225 | | Formation span | 1962 to 2026 | ## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence) - [Linkin Park](https://themetalnet.com/band/linkin-park) (United States, 1996) - [Korn](https://themetalnet.com/band/korn) (United States, 1993) - [Papa Roach](https://themetalnet.com/band/papa-roach) (United States, 1993) - [Hoobastank](https://themetalnet.com/band/hoobastank) (United States, 1994) - [P.O.D.](https://themetalnet.com/band/p-o-d) (United States, 1992) - [Slipknot](https://themetalnet.com/band/slipknot) (United States, 1995) - [Disturbed](https://themetalnet.com/band/disturbed) (United States, 1996) - [Limp Bizkit](https://themetalnet.com/band/limp-bizkit) (United States, 1994) - [Godsmack](https://themetalnet.com/band/godsmack) (United States, 1995) - [Saliva](https://themetalnet.com/band/saliva) (United States, 1996) - [Trapt](https://themetalnet.com/band/trapt) (1995) - [Alien Ant Farm](https://themetalnet.com/band/alien-ant-farm) (United States, 1995) - [Sevendust](https://themetalnet.com/band/sevendust) (United States, 1994) - [Staind](https://themetalnet.com/band/staind) (United States, 1995) - [Drowning Pool](https://themetalnet.com/band/drowning-pool) (United States, 1996) - [Finger Eleven](https://themetalnet.com/band/finger-eleven) (Canada, 1996) - [Skunk Anansie](https://themetalnet.com/band/skunk-anansie) (United Kingdom, 1994) - [Kittie](https://themetalnet.com/band/kittie) (Canada, 1996) - [10 Years](https://themetalnet.com/band/10-years) (United States, 1999) - [Skindred](https://themetalnet.com/band/skindred) (United Kingdom, 1998) - [Dope](https://themetalnet.com/band/dope) (United States, 1997) - [Ill Niño](https://themetalnet.com/band/ill-nino) (United States, 1999) - [Mudvayne](https://themetalnet.com/band/mudvayne) (United States, 1996) - [Thousand Foot Krutch](https://themetalnet.com/band/thousand-foot-krutch) (Canada, 1997) - [Vanilla Ice](https://themetalnet.com/band/vanilla-ice) (United States, 1967) - [Guano Apes](https://themetalnet.com/band/guano-apes) (Germany, 1994) - [Molotov](https://themetalnet.com/band/molotov) (Mexico, 1995) - [Taproot](https://themetalnet.com/band/taproot) (United States, 1997) - [Adema](https://themetalnet.com/band/adema) (United States, 1998) - [Blindside](https://themetalnet.com/band/blindside) (Sweden, 1994) - [Ektomorf](https://themetalnet.com/band/ektomorf) (Hungary, 1994) - [Mushroomhead](https://themetalnet.com/band/mushroomhead) (United States, 1993) - [Otep](https://themetalnet.com/band/otep) (United States, 2000) - [Emil Bulls](https://themetalnet.com/band/emil-bulls) (1995) - [Exilia](https://themetalnet.com/band/exilia) (1993) - [Crazy Town](https://themetalnet.com/band/crazy-town) (United States, 1995) - [Flaw](https://themetalnet.com/band/flaw) (United States, 1995) - [Glassjaw](https://themetalnet.com/band/glassjaw) (United States, 1993) - [Red](https://themetalnet.com/band/red) (United States, 2002) - [(həd) p.e.](https://themetalnet.com/band/h-d-p-e) (United States, 1994) - [MUCC](https://themetalnet.com/band/mucc) (Japan, 1997) - [Project 86](https://themetalnet.com/band/project-86) (United States, 1996) - [the GazettE](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-gazette) (Japan, 2002) - [Coal Chamber](https://themetalnet.com/band/coal-chamber) (United States, 1993) - [Dry Kill Logic](https://themetalnet.com/band/dry-kill-logic) (United States, 1995) - [Психея](https://themetalnet.com/band/band-70e06119) (1996) - [Aaron Lewis](https://themetalnet.com/band/aaron-lewis) (United States, 1972) - [Poppy](https://themetalnet.com/band/poppy) (United States, 1995) - [Insolence](https://themetalnet.com/band/insolence) (United States, 1995) - [40 Below Summer](https://themetalnet.com/band/40-below-summer) (United States, 1998) - [Spineshank](https://themetalnet.com/band/spineshank) (United States, 1996) - [マキシマム ザ ホルモン](https://themetalnet.com/band/band-fb01635c) (Japan, 1998) - [American Head Charge](https://themetalnet.com/band/american-head-charge) (United States, 1996) - [Jonathan Davis](https://themetalnet.com/band/jonathan-davis) (United States, 1971) - [THE MAD CAPSULE MARKETS](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-mad-capsule-markets) (Japan, 1985) - [#####](https://themetalnet.com/band/band-537db97d) (Belarus, 2001) - [Element Eighty](https://themetalnet.com/band/element-eighty) (United States, 1998) - [Tracktor Bowling](https://themetalnet.com/band/tracktor-bowling) (Russia, 1996) - [Corey Taylor](https://themetalnet.com/band/corey-taylor) (United States, 1973) - [Hamlet](https://themetalnet.com/band/hamlet) (Spain, 1987) ## Where it is played - [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 148 bands - [United Kingdom](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb): 23 bands - [France](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr): 21 bands - [Japan](https://themetalnet.com/country/jp): 19 bands - [Argentina](https://themetalnet.com/country/ar): 14 bands - [Canada](https://themetalnet.com/country/ca): 13 bands - [Ukraine](https://themetalnet.com/country/ua): 12 bands - [Germany](https://themetalnet.com/country/de): 10 bands ## Bands formed by decade | Decade | Bands formed | | --- | --- | | 1960s | 3 | | 1970s | 8 | | 1980s | 11 | | 1990s | 151 | | 2000s | 88 | | 2010s | 86 | | 2020s | 49 | --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/nu-metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/nu-metal). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt