It could be argued that 2019 is the 20th Anniversary of the Nu-Metal era with 1999 being seen by the masses as the height of the period in Metal History. So with that in mind, we decided to explore the influence of Nu-Metal on a crop of more recent bands, especially as over the past
Imagine a band that crossed Loathe with KoRn to create a signature sound that got the best of both Worlds in a Nu-Metalcore vibe that works? Well Weeping Wound, who are signed to Stay Sick Recordings are a band that do exactly that. Here’s their latest new tune “GhostMold” so you can check it out
Rewinding the tape back to 1997 and Roadrunner Records Monte Conner taking a chance on a Nu-Metal quartet from Los Angeles California by the name of Coal Chamber. The band had been around 5 years at the point where their self-titled debut was ready and were something of a known entity having performed on the
South West Florida quartet Weeping Wound are probably not the latest edition to the Stay Sick Recordings roster given how quickly Chris Fronzak and his team are locating bands, signing them up and launching their material. But they are among the more intriguing prospects on the label at the moment. When we first heard single
12th July will see the second compilation of cuts from Suicide Silence in less than a month. Coming from the vaults of Nuclear Blast and called “Live & Mental” which was recorded at a mental health awareness charity event in 2015. It’s available for digital pre-order over at iTunes. The track listing is below but
As KoRn now officially have a new album on the way in the form of “The Nothing” which will arrive in 13th September and was produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Mastodon, Deftones), it seems like a fitting time to have a band influenced by the Bakersfield California Nu-Metallers in the dock. When we reviewed the new Motionless In White
So… Spin Magazine decided to publish an article entitled “The 10 Best KoRn Songs”… which you can find here. Our initial reaction was… “Meh. Who cares?” Followed by “Sure this as been done before somewhere?” and then “Wtf?!” as we noticed “Alone I Break”, “Daddy” and “All In The Family” are on their list. They
At some point after their debut album “Creatures” appeared on the scene there was an interview with Motionless In White frontman Chris Motionless in which he said his band were not going to be another chuga-chuga-metal band like Of Mice & Men. What followed that was a style shift from the bands Metalcore with Gothic
Filmed on 25th May at the SSE Arena I’m London, here’s the full set from the Alice In Chains “Rainer Fog” tour. Perhaps surprisingly, the grunge legends are planning a co-headlining tour with KoRn that will see The Fever 333 and Underoath on the bill in the US…
Hailing from Detroit, Michigan and signed to Emmure frontman Frankie Palemeri’s Red Zone Records are Loser, a band that claim to fuser Nu-Metal and Grunge in a new style called Psychedelia. Stating that their influences are Slipknot, Deftones, KoRn and Nirvana, the 5 piece of Sammy Morales (drums), Erik Into (bass), John Hillman (guitar), Brandon
