nu-metal
Video Premiere: Purity – “Serpentine”
February 18, 2021 Bradley Zorgdrager
The Las Vegas collective Purity offer anything but in their hybrid of late ’90s sounds.
Track Premiere: Defying Decay – ‘Judas Kiss’
January 18, 2019 Emily Bellino
Hear a new song from Bangkok-based Defying Decay.
Coming Alive: Chimaira Frontman Mark Hunter Tackles Mental Illness in New Short Film
November 5, 2018 Emily Bellino
ex-Chimaira frontman Mark Hunter tackles mental illness in new short film Down Again.
Track Premiere: Skinlab – ‘Dead Tomorrow’
November 2, 2018 Emily Bellino
Longtime groove metal outfit Skinlab return with a new single.
Watch: Smashing Pumpkins and the Guy from Sugar Ray Murder Judas Priest Classic
August 3, 2018 Emily Bellino
Watch Smashing Pumpkins cover “Breaking the Law” with the guy from Sugar Ray.
Beyond Human: Harm’s Way Continue to Evolve on “Posthuman”
February 9, 2018 Emily Bellino
Harm’s Way discuss Posthuman, nu metal and constantly reinventing their sound.
Full Album Stream: Gus McArthur – “Chapter 2: Fanatics”
December 7, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the highly eclectic new Gus McArthur album now.
Justify Your Shitty Taste: Earth Crisis’s “Slither”
May 24, 2017 Shawn Macomber
Mustering up a defense of Slither is a strange, somewhat lonely business — never mind the fool’s errand of hunting for freethinkers in the Earth Crisis fanbase to back me up on this one…
Rich Davis Releases New Song And Video, Talks Solo Project
January 27, 2017 Emily Bellino
Rich Davis recently released a new video for his song “Faceless.” We caught up with him to talk about the future of his solo project.
They Did It All for the Nookie: Decibel Explores the Rise and Fall of Nu-Metal
August 13, 2015 Shane Mehling
The intro is long. Nearly 50 seconds without tipping its hand. A new band should be terrified to open a record like this, worried that potential listeners will get bored with a lone ride cymbal and high, jangly guitar chord. And it’s certainly not something a discerning producer is going to throw on the radio. But then comes that growl—Are you reeeeeaaaady?!—and you hear a musical revolution being born… Which then died, less than a decade later.