nu-metal

DevilDriver is fronted by Dez Fafara, whose days leading the late, unlamented nu-metal band Coal Chamber have caused metal purists to suspect that DevilDriver is insufficiently aggro at heart - a notion "Beast" blasts to smithereens in its first five minutes.

Album review: DevilDriver, "Beast" 2011

His sound draws on the danceable patterns in the club-borne style of dubstep, but his delivery draws just as much from a past in nu-metal and punk.

Brazen Beats and Metal Mayhem Andy Battaglia 2012

Think skateboarding, and it's a short leap to an internal jukebox loop of horrendous nu-metal.

This week's new events 2011

It was retro, sure, but in an era of appalling nu-metal, their emergence sounded like something raw and primal, all wrapped up in an artfully contrived mythology and style.

White Stripes have finally split, band members tell fans 2011

Godsmack is still popular probably because nu-metal is still popular and they have a huge fanbase that stuck with them through their short breakup/hiatus/whatever it was.

New Releases: The Hold Steady, Deftones, Broken Social Scene | BUZZGRINDER 2010

Linkin Park The Catalyst (Warners) In which the Californians stuff their nu-metal bunions into electronic espadrilles and their aged torsos into the pleather blouson of flagrant bandwagoneering.

This week's new singles 2010

Crowded House moves closer to their '90s glory, while Korn walks back to their nu-metal roots.

Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: New Music for July 13 2010

But despite the sweaty nu-metal overtones, this was essentially a hip-hop show.

SXSW: N.E.R.D. Makes the Ladies Move - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

They've achieved this through one smart, but straightforward idea – that the metronomic thump-crash rhythm of techstep drum'n'bass can support chugging nu-metal riffs – and careful study of the Prodigy.

Pendulum 2010

Similarly, there's an initial frisson at the deliberate uncommerciality of Steppin 'Up, a song almost entirely constructed of dubstep beats, chainsaw noises and chugging nu-metal guitars.

MIA: Maya | CD Review 2010