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I've noticed that there seems to be a lack of people on Spacehey into Nu-Metal. There's plenty of tweens/early teens with Korn and Slipknot in their music tabs, but do they know Nu Metal beyond it? Like, REALLY know Nu Metal? That's why I made this thread, to shed light on forgotten Nu Metal classics and new releases alike that may have slipped through the fingers of many a metalhead. Feel free to chime in too with your own recommendations! Popular, underground, whatever may have you. We already know our Korns and our Slipknots, but maybe a specific album of theirs is slept on. (HINT: ITS KORN'S 2007 UNTITLED ALBUM.)
So I'm gonna start us off by talking about my favorite Nu Metal release ever:
(... Until I Wake Up Bleeding... by Helio)
This album, front to back, is a masterpiece. It's likely early / underground Nu Metal's peak in my eyes. Dissonant, ugly, scarring, disturbing, abrasive, moody, enthralling, entertaining... All of these and more can describe this album. It's like someone took the idea of Nu Metal and then put it through solitary confinement. This album has this overarching, overwhelming feeling of anguish. It feels like this album is dying slowly, too angry to cast stones at specific people or institution and focuses solely on its own suffering and misery. It's bleeding out. It's sample-heavy, blasts you with industrial shrieks of noise and electronic beeps. Riffs are unpredictable and infectious. Drums are drums. The vocalist has incredible range, from straight forward singing that makes you really feel the anguish to rancorous screaming and shrieking. Plus, he has a bit of a southern drawl, too. I like that in a guy.
I'm not a track-by-track kind of person, but I would like to give special attention to Strangle The Hero. It's an almost 10 minute Nu Metal epic that has some of the most gorgeous riffing I've heard in a Nu Metal album. It's not particularly melodic or pretty, but it's raw and strikes me in the same way that some Emo or Screamo albums would (The closest analogue I can think of is Me And Him Call It Us, strangely enough? They're very different, but they evoke the same feelings from me). Absolutely gutwrenching.
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Reply by highirly
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i listened to until i wake up bleeding cuz it seemed a little familiar n I LOVE IT WAA it's defo something different i love the little noises they put throughout their songs. they remind me of a lot of other underground nu metal bands but they still have their own little thing going on. it feels dark but yet a little unserious mostly bc of the samples at the beginning/end of their songs.
my fav song from the album is defo 'get it' THE LITTLE SOUNDEFFECTS R SO FUN N THE GUITAR RIFF IS HEAVENLY!!!
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Reply by 🌐 H∃ΔLER 🌐
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LITERALLY. Despite how miserable this album is, the riffs they have are absolutely crushing. The riff that gets repeated, like, 3 and a half minutes into Strangle The Hero and onward until the song ends is genuinely some of my favorite riffing I've heard in my life (next to The Heartland's Frontier). Their other album, (Perfect Mistake) is also pretty good but a little less distinct than ... Until I Wake Up Bleeding...
Reply by highirly
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i can honestly see helio becoming a new obsession thx to u.. i've had em on repeat ever since i read ur post they're that good :')))
Reply by 🌐 H∃ΔLER 🌐
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Good. Helio deserves to become the next big thing... Despite having been disbanded for over 20 years. Never too late!
Reply by highirly
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i'll make a helio stamp so i can put em on my profile gotta honor em in some way... if u wanna use it too check out my latest blog post i post all my stamps there :D
Reply by 🌐 H∃ΔLER 🌐
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o7!!! Defo using when it's made. Also probably gonna post more albums here in a little bit.
Reply by highirly
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u have rlly great taste dude can't wait for more recs n i'll post the stamp in a bit!!
Reply by 🌐 H∃ΔLER 🌐
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(Scary Website by I'm Letting Unseen Forces Take The Wheel)
The strongest fad genre of today (Cybergrind) VS the strongest fad genre in history (Nu Metal). Net-damaged psychopaths compress bouncy riffs on fake guitars, nonsensical lyrics, lethal bass boosting, shrieks that sound like they should have obliterated the microphone 10 decibels ago & a whole arsenal of other tools into one gigantic toolbox of Nuclear Fuck. So poisoned by irony that you'd think the band was a bunch of memetic mithridatists. This EP is absolutely electric and it'll make you wanna throw a chair through your window. Why are they meowing at the end of My Rawring Bride? Fuck it, dude.
Reply by Tyler i guess
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Coaltar of the Deepers get the nu metal tag on them although they touch on just about every genre under the sun.
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Reply by ozzy
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theres so many underrated nu metal bands that no one talks here abt i swear,,, like wheres the otep and snot fans smh
Reply by 🌐 H∃ΔLER 🌐
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LITERALLY. Pushing up my nerd glasses, but I don't think that Otep and Snot are that underrated. Maybe it's just because of my proximity to people who like the genre but they're pretty well respected. But the point you make still stands, there's literal hundreds of Nu Metal bands out there that haven't gotten the respect they deserve and have thusly been relegated to obscurity. Sucks!