Nu Metal · GenresWhat is nu metal?
Nu metal is a subgenre of alternative metal that blends elements of heavy metal with influences from other genres such as hip hop, funk, industrial, and grunge. It typically emphasises rhythm and syncopation, with guitar work often involving down-tuned seven-string guitars to create a heavier sound.
About nu metal
Guitar solos and technical displays are generally less common in nu metal. Vocal styles vary and may include singing, rapping, screaming, and occasionally growling.
From Last.fm, where 50,606 listeners have tagged music as nu metal.
Artists to start with
Albums to hear first
Korn
Life Is Peachy
Hybrid Theory
The Nothing
Iowa
Untitled
Greatest Hitz
BODIESNu Metal songs
- My Own Summer (Shove It) by Deftones
- Heavy Is the Crown by Linkin Park
- Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit
- Faint by Linkin Park
- Somewhere I Belong by Linkin Park
- One Step Closer by Linkin Park
- Freak on a Leash by Korn
- Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle) by Limp Bizkit
- Blind by Korn
- In the End by Linkin Park
Nu Metal on Risocast
Minutes to MidnightLinkin Park · 2007
Around the FurDeftones · 1997
Follow The LeaderKorn · 1998
Negative SpacesPoppy · 2024
TRUE POWERI Prevail · 2022
EmberBreaking Benjamin · 2018
The Path of Totality (Special Edition)Korn · 2011
True ParallelsTRUSTcompany · 2005
Neighbouring genres
In the metal & heavy family. All genres
death metalblack metaldoom metalalternative metaldeathcoredeath-doombrutal death metalblackened death metalcrossover thrashatmospheric black metalhardcore punkmetalQuestions
- What is nu metal?
- Nu metal is a subgenre of alternative metal that blends elements of heavy metal with influences from other genres such as hip hop, funk, industrial, and grunge. It typically emphasises rhythm and syncopation, with guitar work often involving down-tuned seven-string guitars to create a heavier sound. Guitar solos and technical displays are generally less common in nu metal.
- Who are the best-known nu metal artists?
- By Last.fm listening: Deftones, Linkin Park, Korn, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit and Disturbed.
- What genres are similar to nu metal?
- On Risocast it sits with death metal, black metal, doom metal, alternative metal, deathcore and death-doom.
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Updated 6 October 2026
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