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122-637: Coal Chamber is an American nu metal band formed by Dez Fafara and Meegs Rascón in Los Angeles in 1992, initially under the name She's in Pain. The original lineup also consisted of bassist Rayna Foss and drummer Jon Tor. Mike Cox replaced Tor on drums in 1995, and the Coal Chamber lineup was complete. After signing to Roadrunner Records , they released their debut album, Coal Chamber , in 1997. Chamber Music followed two years later and featured

244-583: A "banner year" for the genre. Limp Bizkit released their debut Three Dollar Bill, Y'all in July 1997. The album's popularity grew in 1999 as the band's mainstream profile began to increase; in March of that year, it went platinum in the United States, and eventually went double platinum in July 2001. Coal Chamber released its self-titled debut album in 1997, which was a minor hit, being certified gold in

366-697: A Cause and Orgy 's debut album Candyass . Follow the Leader peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200, was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA, and paved the way for the success of other nu metal bands. At this point, many nu metal bands were signed to major record labels, and were using elements of heavy metal, hip hop, industrial, or grunge. Hip hop artists Vanilla Ice and Cypress Hill, along with heavy metal bands Sepultura, Primus, Fear Factory, Machine Head, and Slayer released albums that draw from

488-605: A Cause , Cocky 's song " Forever ", which featured the style of Kid Rock's nu metal song " Bawitdaba ", was not as popular as Cocky 's country song " Picture ". MTV also wrote, "Another cause for nü-metal and rap-rock's slip from the spotlight could be a diluted talent pool caused by so many similar-sounding bands. American Head Charge , Primer 55 , Adema , Cold , the Union Underground , Dope , Apartment 26 , Hed (Planet Earth) and Skrape —all of whom released albums between 2000 and 2001—left more of

610-572: A collective impression than individual ones". Despite what MTV wrote, the RIAA certified Korn's album Untouchables platinum in July 2002, and one of the album's singles, " Here to Stay ", received a lot of radio play and peaked at number one on MTV's Total Request Live twice. Untouchables sold at least 434,000 copies in first week of release and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200. However, Untouchables still did not sell as many copies as Korn's most commercially successful album, Follow

732-1269: A core feature of all metal genres, nu metal guitarists took the sounds of "violence and destruction" to new levels with their overdriven guitar tone, which music journalists Kitts and Tolinski compared to the "...sound [of] a Mack truck being crushed by a collapsing skyscraper." Some nu metal bands use seven-string guitars that are generally down-tuned , rather than traditional six-string guitars . Likewise, some bass guitarists use five-string and six-string instruments. Bass guitar-playing in nu metal often features an emphasis on funk elements. In nu metal music, DJs are sometimes featured to provide instrumentation such as sampling , turntable scratching and electronic backgrounds. Nu metal tends to have hip hop grooves and rhythms. Vocal styles used in nu metal music include singing, rapping , screaming and growling . Vocals in nu metal are often rhythmic and influenced by hip hop. While some nu metal bands, such as Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park , have rapping in their music, other nu metal bands, such as Godsmack and Staind , do not. Nu metal bands occasionally feature hip hop musicians as guests in their songs; Korn's song "Children of

854-502: A dark rock-n-roll band. It's almost like sayin' the same thing. "Spooky-Core." "Dark Rock-n-Roll." You know what I mean? I started thinkin' about it like that and was like "Whoa! These kids know what they're doin'." If someone's gonna coin it [your music], who better than the fans? The band's influences include Bad Brains , Bauhaus , Black Sabbath , the Cure , Dead or Alive , Duran Duran , Helmet , Jane's Addiction , Kiss , Metallica ,

976-437: A female perspective. Rina Sawayama said "metal itself lends itself to toxic masculine tropes, but it's also almost taking the piss out of a very masculine expression of emotion". Smaller bands have also rose to the scene in the early 2020s with the genre, including London -based Wargasm , who have been " validated by the nu-metal daddies," after Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis described them as "his new favourite band." In

1098-809: A hit single in April 2003 with the song " I Hate Everything About You ", while Lostprophets managed a hit single in December 2003 with the song " Last Train Home ", becoming the highest-charting single from a UK-based rock band that year. The Lostprophets' 2004 album Start Something was successful, peaking at number 4 on the UK Album Charts and number 33 on the U.S. Billboard 200 . Although nu metal's popularity survived into 2002 and 2003, much of it had dropped significantly by 2004. By this point in time, indie and garage rock revival bands such as

1220-516: A label, the longest-lasting being John Tor. In late 1994, Dino Cazares of Fear Factory championed a demo tape by Coal Chamber, causing a huge local stir with gigs at the Roxy Theatre and Whisky a Go Go , eventually leading Roadrunner Records to offer the band a contract. Fafara dropped out quite suddenly due to disagreements with his wife about the band. In early 1995, he reunited with Coal Chamber, which ended his marriage but revitalized

1342-428: A lot of closed-minded metal purists that would hate something because it's not true to metal or whatever, but Korn has never been a metal band, dude. We're not a metal band. We've always been looked at as what they called the nu-metal thing. But we've always been the black sheep and we never fitted into that kind of thing so ... We're always ever evolving, and we always piss fans off and we're gaining other fans and it

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1464-452: A lot of the nu-metal bands that are out there, my response is that it seems really insincere to me. 'I've had a really shitty childhood and I'm really upset and I'm really ugly and I've put a lot of make-up on and I'm harder and faster and my voice sounds more like the cookie monster 's than yours does'. To me it all comes across as being comical, as being a parody of itself. In response to reports that Fred Durst , lead singer of Limp Bizkit,

1586-402: A moment in time and it's over." During the mid-2010s, there was a discussion within media of a possible nu metal revival because of bands fusing nu metal with other genres. Despite the lack of radio play and popularity, some nu metal bands recaptured some of their former popularity as they released albums in a nu metal style. Many metalcore and deathcore groups gained moderate popularity in

1708-535: A more alternative metal approach to the two albums compared to their past three efforts. In 2005, Limp Bizkit released an EP called The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) which had little promotion and advertising. The album was not very popular; its sales fell 67% during its second week of release. In 2006, Limp Bizkit went on hiatus. In 2012, vocalist Fred Durst said: "Here's the deal: say in 2000, there were 35 million people who connected to this band. Twelve years later, lots of those people have moved on. We were

1830-484: A mutual love for the Sisters of Mercy . After a few shows, they decided to change the band's lineup, and they adopted their present name in 1993. Bassist Rayna Foss was recruited through a newspaper ad. According to Foss, the band at the time was named "Coal", while Rascón wanted to name it "Chamber", and they ended up combining the two words. The band had two drummers in the two-and-a-half years prior to their signing with

1952-441: A night in jail. Commerford said in 2015, "I do apologize for Limp Bizkit. I really do. I feel really bad that we inspired such bullshit ... They're gone, though. That's the beautiful thing." "After Korn's 'Follow the Leader' blew the whole movement into orbit in 1998, nu-metal produced some ridiculous bands, to be sure. And to be fair, plenty of them dwelled in the realms of corny rap-rock and dull alternative radio rock with

2074-440: A nu metal revival as beginning in the 2010s with groups like Blood Youth , Cane Hill , Stray From The Path , Sworn In , DangerKids , Islander , and Blind Channel . Within this movement, nu metalcore became increasingly prominent through the popularity of groups like Vein.fm , Loathe and Code Orange . According to PopMatters writer Ethan Stewart, Code Orange's 2017 album Forever led to nu metalcore becoming "one of

2196-516: A nu metal revival; many bands that combined it with other genres (for example, metalcore and deathcore ) emerged, and some nu metal bands from the 1990s and early 2000s returned to the nu metal sound. Bands such as Of Mice & Men , Emmure , Issues , My Ticket Home , and Bring Me the Horizon combined nu metal with metalcore or deathcore. Artists like Grimes , Poppy , and Rina Sawayama integrated nu metal sounds into electronic pop music in

2318-488: A portfolio of truly laughable photos." In their book A History of Heavy Metal (2017), Andrew O'Neill dismissed Coal Chamber as "a distinctly forgettable, cartoonish band, taking all the childish aspects of Korn and throwing away the real emotion and aggression." Roadrunner A&R head Monte Conner said that although the band received "some grief" due to their similarities to Korn, he believed they were "the first to follow [them]—I would say that Coal Chamber's first record

2440-520: A softer sound. Noting Staind's change in style to a softer sound, Tommy Udo of Brave Nu World wrote: "It's often said that nobody over the age of 24 could possibly like Limp Bizkit or Korn, but Staind are a more mainstream band and their songs are likely to appeal to a much bigger fanbase." In August 2001, Slipknot released their album Iowa , which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and went platinum in October 2001. Critic John Mulvey called

2562-416: A song with Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx . Between May and September 2001, Coal Chamber recorded their third album, Dark Days , with producer Ross Hogarth. The recording sessions were marked with high drug use and tensions between Fafara and Rascón, the latter of which informed the album's tone and some of its lyrics. A week after recording concluded, Foss left the band to raise her daughter, and Peulen

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2684-939: A stake through the heart of the guitar solo". Another contrast with other heavy metal genres is nu metal's emphasis on rhythm, rather than on complexity or mood, often its rhythm sounds. The wah pedal is occasionally featured in nu metal music. Nu metal bassists and drummers are often influenced by funk and hip hop, respectively, adding to nu metal's rhythmic nature. Blast beats and double bass drumming, which are both common in heavy metal subgenres such as black metal , thrash metal and death metal, are uncommon in nu metal, with drummers such as Slipknot's Joey Jordison and Mudvayne 's Matt McDonough being notable exceptions. Nu metal's similarities with many heavy metal subgenres include its use of common time , distorted guitars, and power chords and note structures primarily revolving around Dorian , Aeolian or Phrygian modes . While loud and heavily distorted electric guitars are

2806-474: A term invented by the band's fans. In a 2002 interview, Fafara said of the band's "spookycore" label: The kids came up with it first because we started gettin' a lot of comparisons to Korn and stuff. Which is fine. They're a great band. But I think the kids wanted to say "No, Coal Chamber is totally different than that." So they started comin' up with "Spooky-core" and we ran with it. We were like "Yeah! That's what we are." I mean if you put it into essence, we're

2928-491: A very direct tone. However, some nu metal songs have lyrics that are about other topics. P.O.D. has used positive lyrics about promise and hope. The nu metal song " Bodies " by Drowning Pool is about moshing . The Michigan Daily wrote about Limp Bizkit 's lyrics, writing that the band "used the nu-metal sound as a way to spin testosterone fueled fantasies into snarky white-boy rap. Oddly, audiences took frontman Fred Durst more seriously than he wanted, failing to see

3050-467: Is a big fan of Tool , the latter's vocalist Maynard James Keenan said, "If the lunch-lady in high school hits on you, you appreciate the compliment, but you're not really gonna start dating the lunch-lady, are ya?" While Durst has cited Rage Against the Machine as a major influence, Rage Against the Machine's bassist Tim Commerford is open about his hatred of Limp Bizkit, describing them as "one of

3172-499: Is a nu metal album, the only song from the album that achieved chart success was the single " Fly ", which is instead a reggae -oriented song. Although Sugar Ray continued to be extremely popular, the band abandoned the nu metal genre and became a pop rock band with its 1999 studio album 14:59 . Deftones' second album Around the Fur , also released in 1997, peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200 on November 15, 1997. The album

3294-418: Is generally regarded as one of the greatest albums of the nu metal genre, being featured in lists by Kerrang! , Metal Hammer , LA Weekly , Loudwire , and Revolver . At the same time, Coal Chamber have been criticized for their image and similarities to Korn, with the latter stemming largely from their debut album. The Houston Press noted in 2000 that although both Korn and Coal Chamber rose out of

3416-534: Is how it is. Lamb of God 's vocalist Randy Blythe criticized the nu metal genre and spoke about its loss of popularity in 2004, saying: "Nu-metal sucks, so that's why that's dying off. And I think... people are ready for angrier music. I think people are ready for something that's real, not, you know, ' I did it all for the nookie .'" Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine said he would "rather have his eyelids pulled out" than listen to nu metal. Guitarist Gary Holt of Exodus and Slayer said that he "was so glad about"

3538-595: Is proud to be associated with the subgenre and that nu metal bands "broke new musical ground" saying, "I think ' hair metal ' was cheesy. [But] I think 'nu metal' was different. I think what's beautiful about 'nu metal' is it's different. And you've got so many different influences." The Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan praised nu metal, saying "I think it's fantastic. I think the more people are cross-pollinating between different musical styles… it not only has musical implications but it has cultural ones as well." Sevendust vocalist Lajon Witherspoon , when asked about

3660-520: Is that the relationship is all good after numerous fallouts in the beginning and after some stuff went horribly wrong when we got back together to release [2015 comeback album] Rivals . The vibe in that camp is very cool at the moment, and we all have each other's backs. I wouldn't put it past us, but right now I'm definitely concentrating on Devildriver". Coal Chamber announced their second reunion in November 2022 as well as their scheduled appearance at

3782-405: Is the only member of Coal Chamber to release an album after the disbandment. Bass guitarist Nadja Puelen created the t-shirt company CruelTees. After taking two years off to recover from a car accident, drummer Mikey "Bug" Cox joined forces with his longtime friend and Orgy member Jay Gordon—and the producer of Coal Chamber's first album - to form Machine Gun Orchestra. Guitarist Meegs Rascón formed

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3904-522: The Billboard 200 . In 1995, the band Sugar Ray released its debut studio album Lemonade and Brownies , an album described as both funk metal and nu metal. In 1995, Deftones released their debut album Adrenaline . The album peaked at number 23 on the Heatseekers Albums chart on October 5, 1996. Deftones also were temporarily controversial in 1996 when their vocalist Chino Moreno

4026-435: The Billboard 200 and sold 106,000 copies in its first week of release. Attention through Ozzy Osbourne 's 1996 introduction of Ozzfest was integral to boosting the careers of many nu metal bands, including Limp Bizkit. Few artists were playing nu metal until 1997 when bands such as Sevendust , Coal Chamber, Limp Bizkit, and Papa Roach all released their debut albums, in what Billboard writer William Goodman calls

4148-684: The Billboard 200. Bring Me the Horizon , often described as a metalcore band, released their fifth album That's the Spirit , which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 , in 2015. The album draws from multiple genres including nu metal and would experiment further with nu metal on their 2020 album Post Human: Survival Horror . The band's keyboardist has described them as a nu metal band. Motionless In White in Graveyard Shift and Disguise features elements of industrial, gothic, metalcore and nu metal. Some media outlets viewed

4270-624: The Soundwave festival in Australia. In October 2012, Fafara stated that the band were "taking it slow", partly due to his commitments with DevilDriver , but he also revealed that they had begun writing new material. The band later performed at Download 2013 and toured with Sevendust , Lacuna Coil , and Stolen Babies , with performances at Rock Am Ring, Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, and Nova Rock festival. Nadja Peulen officially reunited with

4392-520: The Warped Tour . At the time of its 20th anniversary in 2005, AP had grown to an average size of 112 pages per issue, eventually averaging between 198 and 220+ pages a month. AP sponsored a radio show which aired on XM Radio , a podcast featuring in-depth discussions on various topics with people such as Fall Out Boy 's Pete Wentz and Kevin Lyman , and a compilation CD. Nearing the end of

4514-416: The 2000s AP would venturing into hosting tours with AP Tours, documenting musicians day-by-day on the publications YouTube channel, and working with large scale music events. In the fall of 2020, Alternative Press was sold to MDDN, owned by Good Charlotte members Benji and Joel Madden . In the 2020s, AP 's digital and print content has shifted toward highlighting rising artists and introducing them to

4636-490: The 2010s and used elements from nu metal. This fusion is nu metalcore . Suicide Silence's 2011 album The Black Crown , which features elements of nu metal and deathcore, peaked at number 28 on the Billboard 200. In 2014, Issues ' self-titled debut album peaked at number 9 on the same chart. The album features elements of metalcore, nu metal, pop and R&B . Of Mice & Men's 2014 album Restoring Force , which features elements of nu metal, peaked at number 4 on

4758-445: The 2020s resurgence of the genre, also spoke highly: "It's funny. I don't mind being in that category because I feel it's awesome that music is resurging and we're not letting a movement get away from us and get so far away that we don't even like it or listen to it anymore." Jack Porter of The Michigan Daily defended nu metal , writing Unfortunately, some barriers prevent listeners from understanding nu-metal bands apart from

4880-427: The 2021 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance , making her the first female solo artist to be nominated for the award in its history. Dorian Electra incorporated nu metal influences on their album My Agenda , as did Ashnikko on Demidevil , particularly on single " Cry ". The Guardian noted that these mostly female artists have revived nu metal, a mostly male genre, and successfully adapted it to showcase

5002-513: The 2023 Sick New World Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to Fafara, a factor in the reunion was his certainty of dying from a COVID-19 infection, which prompted his wife to contact the rest of the band. He later indicated the possibility of new music down the line, saying, "I realized that any problem we've ever had is gone". Coal Chamber is most commonly categorized as nu metal or alternative metal . Their self-titled album falls into

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5124-602: The Glasshouse in Pomona, California , to play "Loco". In September 2009, it was announced that Peulen and Cox had joined forces to form an unnamed band. They were seeking a vocalist and guitarist to complete the lineup. In September 2010, Rascón and Cox joined together in a post-punk band called We Are the Riot. In September 2011, Fafara, Cox, and Rascón officially reformed the band with bass guitarist Chela Rhea Harper, to play

5246-737: The Korn" features the rapper Ice Cube , who performed on the band's 1998 Family Values Tour . The hip hop musician Nas was featured on Korn's song "Play Me", which is on the band's album Take a Look in the Mirror . Limp Bizkit has recorded with multiple hip hop musicians including Method Man , Lil Wayne , Xzibit , Redman , DMX and Snoop Dogg . Linkin Park collaborated with hip hop musician Jay-Z on their 2004 extended play Collision Course . Kid Rock has recorded with hip hop musicians Eminem and Snoop Dogg. Trevor Baker of The Guardian wrote, "Bands such as Linkin Park, Korn and even

5368-455: The Leader . Linkin Park's remix album Reanimation was released in July 2002 and sold more than a million copies that year, which MTV described as "impressive for a remix album". Additionally, P.O.D.'s popularity continued into 2002 with its 2001 album Satellite . In 2003, Linkin Park's album Meteora peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200 and sold at least 810,000 copies in its first week of being released. Meteora by Linkin Park

5490-482: The Mainstream Rock chart. In 2001, System of a Down 's album Toxicity peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200. The album was certified 6× platinum in the United States. System of a Down blended nu metal with occasional influences of Middle Eastern music , Greek music , Armenian music , and jazz music, and the band featured political lyrics. In 2003, MTV wrote that nu metal's mainstream popularity

5612-406: The Sisters of Mercy , Slayer , Tori Amos , and White Zombie . Coal Chamber is considered to be one of the bands that popularized and defined the nu metal sound. Alternative Press wrote that "Nü metal would never have left the starting gates if it weren't for the achievements of Coal Chamber [...] 'Loco' and 'Fiend' paved the way for the darker side of nü metal to step into the limelight beyond

5734-617: The Strokes , The White Stripes , and Jet were achieving mainstream success as nu metal's popularity started to decline, and by the mid-late 2000s, the popularity of emo exceeded that of nu metal. Also during this time, metalcore , a fusion of extreme metal and hardcore punk , became one of the most popular genres in the new wave of American heavy metal, with the success of bands like Killswitch Engage , Shadows Fall , God Forbid , Unearth , Trivium , and Bullet for My Valentine . Groove metal band Lamb of God also became successful in

5856-664: The United States and was the 143rd best-selling album of 2000. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, many nu metal bands performed at Ozzfest, including Kittie , Disturbed, Mudvayne , Linkin Park , Slipknot, Papa Roach, Otep , Static-X , Methods of Mayhem , Taproot and Drowning Pool . Ozzfest was successful, with Ozzfest 2000, for example, selling out and having 19,000 audience members. During that same year, nu metal bands like Papa Roach and Limp Bizkit joined rappers like Eminem and Xzibit on Eminem's Anger Management Tour , which had sold-out concerts. Late in 2000, Linkin Park released their debut album Hybrid Theory , which

5978-407: The United States in 1999. The album was frequently compared to Korn, and Coal Chamber's appearance on Ozzfest in 1996 gave the band attention. Coal Chamber appeared on Ozzfest during the next two years. Also in 1997, Sugar Ray released its second studio album Floored . The album achieved mainstream success quickly and was certified 2× platinum by the RIAA on February 20, 1998. Although Floored

6100-456: The United States, making it the highest-selling album of the year. Linkin Park's album Hybrid Theory was certified 12× platinum by the RIAA and sold at least 10,222,000 copies in the United States. Crazy Town 's debut album The Gift of Game peaked at number 9 on the Billboard 200, went platinum in February 2001, and sold at least 1,500,000 copies in the United States. Worldwide,

6222-646: The United States. However, the album garnered very poor critical reception and consequently performed much weaker than previous Limp Bizkit albums such as Significant Other and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water . Korn's 2003 album Take a Look in the Mirror sold less than previous Korn albums like Issues and Untouchables . Despite the ongoing decline of the genre, several international bands began to experience success with nu metal, such as Three Days Grace from Canada, and Lostprophets from Wales. Three Days Grace managed to land

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6344-457: The album sold at least 2,500,000 copies. Staind's 2001 album Break the Cycle debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 with at least 716,000 copies sold in its first week of release. Break the Cycle by Staind was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA, with 4,240,000 copies sold in 2001 in the United States. Although the album featured nu metal tracks, a lot of the album showed Staind moving to

6466-482: The album the "absolute triumph of nu metal". P.O.D.'s 2001 album Satellite went triple-platinum and peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200. P.O.D.'s popularity continued in the year 2002. On June 5, 2001, Drowning Pool released a nu metal album titled Sinner , which features the song " Bodies ". The album went platinum on August 23, 2001 and its song "Bodies" became one of the most frequently played videos on MTV for new bands. "Bodies" went to number 6 on

6588-468: The album's style, singer Chester Bennington stated, "We've really moved away from anything that sounds like nu-metal." Nu metal bands such as Disturbed, Soulfly , Drowning Pool, and Slipknot had begun to utilize heavier elements of groove metal , death metal and thrash metal into their music. Similarly to Limp Bizkit; Staind and Papa Roach had also begun experimenting with Alternative Rock into their sound. Staind's 2003 album 14 Shades of Grey

6710-500: The attention of Ozzy Osbourne 's wife, Sharon , who became their manager. They recorded their first album, Coal Chamber , which was released on February 11, 1997. The record produced one single and a video, " Loco ", directed by Nathan "Karma" Cox. The video was included as an extra after the ending credits of Dee Snider's film Strangeland . The band also recorded an exclusive song for the soundtrack, titled "Not Living". The album only sold 844 copies in its first week; at its peak, it

6832-467: The band in October 2013, and they signed to Napalm Records the following year, as they continued to work on a new album. This was completed in December 2014. In February 2015, Coal Chamber revealed that the album's title was Rivals . They premiered the song "I.O.U. Nothing" online in March, and released a lyric video for "Suffer in Silence", which features Al Jourgensen , the following month. The album

6954-477: The band opened for Megadeth during the Cryptic Writings tour. In September 1999, Coal Chamber released its second album, Chamber Music . Prior to its publication, it was dubbed one of the most anticipated albums of the year by Alternative Press . The album saw the band experiment with their sound, placing a greater emphasis on harmonies and symphonic qualities. According to Alternative Press ,

7076-530: The band signed with Left Bank Management. Having grown exhausted from being on the road together for five years, Coal Chamber abruptly ended touring in support of Chamber Music in July 2000 and dropped off the Tattoo the Earth tour a week before it was due to begin, ostensibly to begin work on new material. The band members did not communicate with one another for a year, until Fafara and Rascón reconnected to work on

7198-438: The band that created and pioneered the nu metal genre with its demo Neidermayer's Mind , which was released in 1993. McIver also acknowledged Korn as the band that started the new wave of American heavy metal , which is a heavy metal music movement that started in the 1990s. The aggressive riffs of Korn, the rapping of Limp Bizkit , and the melodic ballads of Staind created the sonic template for nu metal. The origins of

7320-518: The band's only charting single in the US, a cover of Peter Gabriel 's " Shock the Monkey ", featuring Ozzy Osbourne as a guest vocalist. Their third album, Dark Days , was released in the spring of 2002. Nadja Peulen temporarily replaced Foss on bass for touring commitments, before joining on a permanent basis in 2002. Coal Chamber disbanded in 2003, after ten years together, and then reunited in 2011, with

7442-437: The band's previous album Infest and also said that Saliva's 2002 album Back into Your System has less hip hop elements than the band's 2001 album Every Six Seconds . MTV also wrote that Crazy Town's second album Darkhorse had no hit singles and sold less than the band's previous album The Gift of Game . MTV wrote that although Kid Rock's album Cocky had characteristics of the musician's 1998 album Devil Without

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7564-414: The band's relationship with Osbourne had "run its course and we needed to find another point of view". Conversely, Fafara claimed that the other members of Coal Chamber had met up in a hotel—alleging some members had been "up for four or five days straight on meth "—and fired Osbourne without consulting him. He believes that this cost the band their only "good shot in the [music] business". On March 29, 2000,

7686-412: The band. With a renewed sense of energy, Coal Chamber was able to regain their deal with Roadrunner, which they signed in December 1995. A few weeks prior, John Tor was fired for "constantly fighting" with Rascón, per Fafara. Around the same time, they auditioned Mikey Cox and his brother, hiring the former as their new drummer. In 1996, Coal Chamber played at the first Ozzfest . The band managed to catch

7808-504: The book Brave Nu World , Tommy Udo wrote about the nu metal band Coal Chamber, "There's some evidence to suggest that Coal Chamber were the first band to whom the tag 'nu metal' was actually applied, in a live review in Spin magazine ." In 1994, Korn released their self-titled debut album , which is widely considered the first nu metal album. Korn had experienced underground popularity at this time; their debut album peaked at number 72 on

7930-942: The decline of nu metal . Some musicians who influenced nu metal have tried to distance themselves from the subgenre and its bands. Mike Patton , the vocalist of Faith No More and Mr. Bungle , tried to distance himself from the subgenre and criticized it, even though he is featured on the song "Lookaway" on Sepultura 's album Roots , which is often considered a nu metal album. Patton said of his music's influence on nu metal, "I feel no responsibility for that, it's their mothers' fault, not mine". Helmet frontman Page Hamilton said, "It's frustrating that people write [us] off because we're affiliated with or credited with or discredited with creating nu-metal and rap metal ... which we sound nothing like". Although Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails has said he knows some Korn members and that he thinks they are "cool guys", he also criticized nu metal, saying: When I'm asked what do I think of

8052-532: The dumbest bands in the history of music". At the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards , Limp Bizkit won the Best Rock Video category for their song " Break Stuff ", beating Rage Against the Machine's " Sleep Now in the Fire ". When Limp Bizkit accepted their award, Commerford went on stage and climbed 20 ft (6 m) up a backdrop, rocking back and forth. After the incident, Commerford was arrested and spent

8174-423: The duration of the tour, Fafara and Rascón traveled in separate tour buses. In August 2002, Fafara formed the band Deathride, later known as DevilDriver . In September 2002, he denied that Coal Chamber was breaking up. In October 2002, Coal Chamber parted ways with their management and Cox. In May 2003, Peulen said that the band would be releasing a B-sides compilation but that there was no new drummer or album on

8296-519: The early 2000s, with bands such as Papa Roach , Staind , and P.O.D. all selling multi-platinum albums. The popularity of nu metal came to a peak with Linkin Park 's diamond-selling album Hybrid Theory . By the mid-2000s, however, the oversaturation of bands combined with the underperformance of several high-profile releases led to the subgenre's decline, leading to the rise of metalcore and many nu metal bands disbanding or abandoning their established sound in favor of other genres. The 2010s brought

8418-557: The early 2020s, several media outlets noted that nu metal has undergone a resurgence in interest among Generation Z listeners. In 2023, Google Searches for the term "nu metal" were reported as being at their highest in "nearly 20 years". Deftones and Slipknot began gaining popularity among Generation Z in the early 2020s when their music was featured in videos on the app TikTok . Also, several nu metal bands returned and released new music after decades like Staind , Adema , Alien Ant Farm and Kittie . Despite its popularity in

8540-480: The fastest-selling rock album ever and breaking the world record held for seven years by Pearl Jam 's Vs. Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit was certified 6× platinum by the RIAA. That same year, both Papa Roach's second studio album Infest and Disturbed 's debut studio album The Sickness were released. Both albums became multi-platinum hits. In 2000, P.O.D.'s album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown went platinum in

8662-417: The festival, violence occurred and people tore plywood from the walls during the performance of the band's song " Break Stuff ". Several sexual assaults were reported to have happened during the festival; a rape that was reported during Limp Bizkit's performance, and gang rape was reported to have occurred during Korn's set at the festival. Despite the incidents at the festival, Limp Bizkit's popularity and

8784-418: The first category. Elements of hip hop and heavy metal are featured throughout the album. Coal Chamber's second album, Chamber Music , is also mainly nu metal, with elements of other genres such as gothic rock , industrial , and electronic music . Rivals has groove metal influences and moves away from their gothic-influenced older sound. Coal Chamber have also described their sound as "spookycore",

8906-481: The genre. Although multiple nu metal musicians rejected the nu metal label, Limp Bizkit 's vocalist Fred Durst defended it, saying "Nu metal let people open up and it meant something to people. It really did." Slipknot 's vocalist Corey Taylor , also defended nu metal, saying "I'd like to think that that whole nu-metal wave was so important to that next wave of American heavy metal, to be honest." Coal Chamber 's vocalist Dez Fafara also defended nu metal. He said he

9028-416: The heavy metal genre. Stephen Hill of Louder Sound called the rise of metalcore after the decline of nu metal "the metalcore revolution". By 2004, several nu metal bands had begun to experiment with other genres to adapt to the changes in trends. Linkin Park's third studio album Minutes to Midnight , released in 2007, was noted for its near-complete departure from the band's nu metal sound. Describing

9150-806: The horizon. In July, Rascón confirmed that Coal Chamber had split up. Fafara attributed the split primarily to the band's escalating drug use (in particular with Rascón and Cox), stating that he did not want to help fund their drug habits. He also mentioned creative and business differences. A month after the band's split, a compilation album, titled Giving the Devil His Due , was released, which included several demo tracks submitted by Coal Chamber prior to their signing with Roadrunner Records in 1997, along with alternative studio recordings and remixes of various tracks from their previous albums. In August 2004, Roadrunner Records released The Best of Coal Chamber . In June 2005, Fafara stated that Coal Chamber's break

9272-465: The identity that genre label has given them—picture a bone-headed suburban white kid sporting a backwards baseball cap. What used to be a descriptor for a specific strain of alternative metal turned into a ghetto for every band that a) plays extremely heavy yet radio-friendly music and b) sucks. Because the genre came to be defined by its lack of quality, many 'serious' music fans have missed out on what it has to offer. Some nu metal musicians have rejected

9394-1375: The intentional silliness in many of his songs". Limp Bizkit's lyrics have also been described as misogynistic. Dope 's lyrics are usually about sex, drugs, parties, women, violence, and relationships. In contrast, according to Josh Chesler of the Phoenix New Times , the lyrics of Deftones , who were once considered a nu metal band, "tend to have complex allusions and leave the songs open to many different interpretations." Nu metal clothing typically consists of baggy pants, shirts, and shorts, JNCO jeans, Adidas tracksuits, sports jerseys, baseball caps, baggy hoodies , cargo pants , and sweatpants . Nu metal hairstyles and facial hairstyles include dreadlocks , braids , spiky hair, chin beards, bald heads, goatees , frosted tips , and bleached or dyed hair . Common accessories in nu metal fashion include wallet chains, tattoos, and piercings, especially facial piercings. Nu metal fashion has been compared to hip hop fashion . Some nu metal bands such as Motograter , Mushroomhead , Mudvayne , and Slipknot wear masks, jumpsuits, costumes, face paint, corpse paint or body paint . A few nu metal bands, such as Coal Chamber , and Kittie are known for having gothic appearances. Thrash metal band Anthrax

9516-478: The label nu metal and have tried to distance themselves from it. Slipknot prefer to distance themselves from other nu metal groups, describing their music as "metal metal" and equating their link to nu metal as a coincidence of their time of emergence. Alternative Press (magazine) Alternative Press is an American entertainment magazine primarily focused on music and culture. It generally provides readers with band interviews, photos, and relevant news. It

9638-581: The late 1990s and early 2000s, nu metal has often been criticized by many fans of heavy metal music, often being labelled with derogatory terms such as "mallcore" and "whinecore". Gregory Heaney of AllMusic called nu metal "one of metal's more unfortunate pushes into the mainstream". Lucy Jones of NME called nu metal "the worst genre of all time". In Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death ... , Garry Sharpe-Young described nu metal as "a dumbed-down and—thankfully short[-]lived exercise". When Machine Head moved to

9760-451: The late 2010s and early 2020s, and interest in nu metal rose in the early 2020s. Nu metal is a subgenre of alternative metal . Sometimes stylized as nü-metal, the genre has also been dubbed aggro-metal. MTV states that the early nu metal group Korn "arrived in 1993 into the burgeoning alternative metal scene, which would morph into nü-metal the way college rock became alternative rock ." Stereogum similarly said that nu metal

9882-444: The late 2010s and early 2020s. Poppy has incorporated nu metal on her albums Am I a Girl? and I Disagree , Grimes on album Miss Anthropocene and Rina Sawayama on Sawayama . The songs " We Appreciate Power " and " Play Destroy " were pioneering examples. Poppy has described this fusion as "nu-Poppy" or "Poppymetal". I Disagree received critical acclaim for this fusion, with single " Bloodmoney " nominated for

10004-433: The lifespan of Coal Chamber themselves." Revolver credited the band for introducing gothic and industrial influences into the look of nu metal, which Kittie and Dope would later adopt. Likewise, Kerrang! said that the band "pre-empted the arrival of outfits like Slipknot , marrying feelings of personal anguish to slab-heavy catharsis, then filtering the lot through an absurdist nightmare lens." The band's 1997 debut

10126-403: The lineup of Fafara, Cox, and Rascón, along with Chela Rhea Harper on bass. Peulen rejoined the band on bass in 2013, and Coal Chamber released their fourth album, Rivals , in 2015, before disbanding again in 2016. They then reunited a second time in 2022. Coal Chamber was originally formed in 1992 under the name She's in Pain by vocalist Dez Fafara and guitarist Miguel "Meegs" Rascón, based on

10248-645: The local press. Shea began working on his first issue in his mother's house in Aurora, Ohio . Shea and a friend, Jimmy Kosicki, targeted the Cleveland neighborhood of Coventry. Financial problems plagued AP in its early years, and by the end of 1986, publication had paused due to its financial problems, only resuming until the spring of 1988. With the growth of alternative rock in the early 1990s, its circulation began to increase. Notable AP covers included bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers and Soundgarden . By 1994,

10370-431: The magazine was doing cover stories on Beastie Boys , Henry Rollins and Love and Rockets . By the early 2000s, after resisting attempts to reform and design the so called "fanzine," Shea and Bobby Crist breathed new life into the publication and sought new avenues for its survival, revamping the magazine and marketing it in many venues. They shifted the focus of Alternative Press to the newer punk music associated with

10492-762: The magazine's audience. Cover stars include artists such as Waterparks , Rina Sawayama , Chase Atlantic , Willow Smith and more. The editorial shift has expanded their coverage to broader avenues that touched on lifestyle, culture, and style conversations within the alternative sphere. By 2022, the brand had formed new franchises to symbolise the shift in direction, such as Gen AP, and AP&R. In January 2022, Alternative Press closed its offices in Cleveland , Ohio and relocated to Burbank , California. 2022 saw Avril Lavigne debut on their March Issue, and other notable cover stars that year included Demi Lovato , Louis Tomlinson , Spiritbox , and Arctic Monkeys . Upon

10614-600: The most prominent flavors of contemporary metal". While some media outlets believed these 2010s artists marked the start of a nu metal revival, Metal Hammer writer Dannii Leivers cited the aforementioned groups as simply hinting towards a revival, instead claiming a revival began in 2021, "a crop of young revivalists... looking to put a brand-new spin on the music of their formative years", namely Tetrarch . Other notable acts in this wave include Tallah , Orthodox , Vended , and Wargasm . Electronic and art pop singer-songwriters incorporated nu metal into their sound in

10736-497: The much reviled Limp Bizkit ... did far more to break down the artificial barriers between 'urban music' and rock than any of their more critically acceptable counterparts." Lyrics in nu metal songs are often angry or nihilistic; many of the genre's lyrics focus on topics such as pain, angst, bullying, emotional issues, abandonment, betrayal, and personal alienation, in a way similar to those of grunge. Many nu metal lyrics that are about these topics tend to be in

10858-551: The nu metal genre with their album The Burning Red and their vocalist Robb Flynn spiked his hair in the fashion of many nu metal musicians, the band were accused of " selling out " and many fans criticized their change of appearance and musical style. Machine Head's drummer Dave McClain said, "Pissing people off isn't a bad thing, you know? For people to be narrow-minded is bad ... [i]t doesn't bother us at all, we know we're going to piss people off with this record, but some people hopefully will actually sit down and listen to

10980-504: The nu metal genre. In 1999, Korn's fourth studio album Issues peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200. The album was certified 3× platinum by the RIAA in one month. The album sold at least 573,000 copies in its first week of release. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, multiple nu metal bands such as Korn, Limp Bizkit and P.O.D. appeared repeatedly on Total Request Live . As nu metal became popular, it especially appealed to certain groups of young people. Although Limp Bizkit

11102-457: The occasional heavy riff or tendency to scream, making their designation as 'metal' quite dubious indeed ... [b]ut the movement also produced plenty of heavier bands with primarily metal influences". Metal Underground on nu metal's association with heavy metal. Jody MacGregor of FasterLouder called nu metal "music's most hated genre"; conversely, he also wrote that nu metal is "not as bad as people think", praising several examples of

11224-440: The realization that Coal Chamber would probably never tour or make music ever again. He then went on to say that the band is "done forever". In July 2018, Fafara officially announced that Coal Chamber was not coming back. In 2020, Fafara spoke about the band's status during an interview with Metal Hammer. When asked about a possible reunion, Fafara stated: "I'm not gonna say no, because we've all spoken", adding, "The main thing for me

11346-597: The record was "one of the few instances where a band lumped into the whole nü-metal phylum sought to challenge their audience." Chamber Music sold 48,000 copies in it first week and debuted at number 22 on the Billboard 200 chart, while its lead single, a cover of Peter Gabriel 's " Shock the Monkey ", featuring Ozzy Osbourne , gave the band their first radio hit. Despite this, the album received mixed reviews from critics and did not sell as well as their debut, with only 272,000 copies sold by 2002. According to Cox, "A lot of our fans hated [the] album, after not getting more of

11468-403: The release of their Demi Lovato cover, the print publication announced it would be moving to quarterly releases, as opposed to its monthly roll-out. The Alternative Press Music Awards was an annual music awards show in the United States, founded by the music magazine Alternative Press . The inaugural awards show in 2014 was hosted by Mark Hoppus , bassist and vocalist of Blink-182 . In 2015,

11590-478: The rock band Glass Piñata, previously known as Piñata. The group released a few demos on their website, and faced several line-up changes before eventually disbanding. Following Glass Piñata, Rascón joined the Orange County rock/electro band NEO GEO in mid-2009, although he later left the band in 2010. Fafara and Rascón settled their differences on October 24, 2008, with Rascón joining DevilDriver on stage at

11712-467: The sales of their then-recent album Significant Other were not affected. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 643,874 copies in its first week of release, topping over one million sold in two weeks, and eventually being certified 7× platinum in 2001. Significant Other sold at least 7,237,123 copies in the United States. In 1999, Slipknot emerged with an extremely heavy nu metal sound, releasing their self-titled album , which

11834-700: The same as the first one. The second MTV played our video, that's it, they said we were sellouts ." Fafara recognized that that record's direction was not well-received by the band's fanbase but did not view it as a failure due to its initial positive reception. Coal Chamber embarked on headlining and festival tours in support of the album. That year, the band took part in Insane Clown Posse 's Amazing Jeckel Brothers Tour , along with Biohazard , Krayzie Bone , Twiztid , and Mindless Self Indulgence . While Biohazard, Mindless Self Indulgence, Krayzie Bone, and Twiztid were well received by audiences, Coal Chamber

11956-462: The same scene, and as such, shared the same audiences and sound, the latter was perceived as being derivative of Korn, since the former group had achieved success first. By 1999, the band was considered "a pariah of the metal community", according to CMJ New Music Monthly . In 2009, Dayal Patterson of The Quietus called Coal Chamber "something of an icon for nu metal's limitations", while describing their legacy as "a collection of one-idea songs and

12078-445: The same structure of verses, choruses, and bridges as those in pop music. Instrumentation in nu metal is heavily syncopated and is based mostly on guitar riffs , with riffs often being inspired by groove metal. Mid-song bridges and a general lack of guitar solos contrasts it with other genres of heavy metal. Kory Grow of Revolver wrote, "... [i]n its efforts to tune down and simplify riffs, nu-metal effectively drove

12200-465: The show when the latter returned to the band's tour bus. Two days after the concert, Coal Chamber dropped off the Jägermeister tour. On May 15, 2002, the band made their debut appearance on television, performing " Fiend " on Last Call with Carson Daly . In June and July 2002, they embarked on a summer tour of the United States with American Head Charge , Lollipop Lust Kill , and Medication. For

12322-517: The term "nu metal" are often attributed to the work of producer Ross Robinson , who has been called "The Godfather of Nu Metal" between producers. Robinson has produced for nu metal bands such as Korn, Limp Bizkit and Slipknot. Many of the first nu metal bands, such as Korn and Deftones , came from California; however, the genre soon spread across the United States and many bands arose from various states, including Limp Bizkit from Florida, Staind from Massachusetts , and Slipknot from Iowa . In

12444-555: The true reason for their actions on The Howard Stern Show , on August 19, 1999. On air, Osbourne, who also appeared as a guest, informed Bruce and Utsler that Coal Chamber filed a lawsuit for breach of contract . Between August and December 1999, Nadja Peulen filled in on bass while Rayna Foss went on maternity leave . Foss returned to the band in January 2000. On March 10, 2000, it was announced that Coal Chamber had amicably parted ways with Sharon Osbourne Management. Rascón said that

12566-495: The two were high, and they had been fighting before the show. During the first song, Rascón stabbed Fafara with the headstock of his guitar, after which they began fighting. Fafara then announced to the audience, "This is the last Coal Chamber show ever!" and stormed offstage. Coal Chamber attempted to continue the show with Rascón on vocals but soon stopped altogether after two more songs; Cox demolished his drumkit before storming offstage. Fafara and Rascón exchanged further blows after

12688-459: The whole record". Robb Flynn, Machine Head's vocalist, said There's a minute and a half of rapping on that album. The other 53 minutes of the record are like a giant scar being ripped open while I projectile-vomit through it. If all that people got out of [ The Burning Red ] was rap-metal, then they didn't fucking listen to it. Jonathan Davis, the vocalist of Korn, spoke about the criticism of nu metal from heavy metal fans, saying: There's

12810-604: Was a "weird outgrowth of the Lollapalooza -era alt-metal scene". Nu metal merges elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop , grunge , funk , and alternative rock according to Blabbermouth.net . Nu metal bands use many elements of heavy metal genres such as rap metal , groove metal , and funk metal . Some nu metal bands, such as Static-X and Dope , made nu metal music with elements of industrial metal . In contrast with other heavy metal subgenres, nu metal tends to use

12932-500: Was an influence on nu metal by combining hip hop and rap with heavy metal on their 1987 EP I'm the Man , which laid groundwork for nu metal's development. Nu metal bands often borrowed their heavy metal influence from Pantera, with the pioneering nu metal band Korn's lead vocalist Jonathan Davis said about Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell , "if there was no Dimebag Darrell, there would be no Korn". Joel McIver acknowledged Korn as

13054-691: Was blamed by TV news reports for a riot that occurred at the 1996 U-Fest festival. Adrenaline was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the summer of 1999. It was also certified platinum by the RIAA in September 2008. Sepultura's 1996 album Roots features nu metal elements that were considered influential to the genre, while Roots itself was influenced by Korn's self-titled debut album. Nu metal continued to rise in popularity when Korn's 1996 album Life Is Peachy peaked at number 3 on

13176-553: Was brought back as her official replacement; Foss's departure was announced in January 2002. Dark Days was issued on May 6, 2002, to mixed reviews. The album had sold 200,000 copies by December 2003. Prior to its release, Coal Chamber joined the Jägermeister tour across the United States, which commenced on March 8. On April 17, Fafara and Rascón got into an onstage altercation during a show in Lubbock, Texas . Tensions between

13298-534: Was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the summer of 1999, and certified platinum by the RIAA in June 2011. In 1998, nu metal's popularity fully coalesced into mainstream success. Billboard cited August 18, 1998, as the "Biggest Day in Nu-Metal History", which saw the release of Korn's third album Follow the Leader , Kid Rock 's major label debut Devil Without

13420-489: Was certified multi-platinum in the United States and sold at least 6,100,000 copies in the United States. Limp Bizkit's 2003 album Results May Vary , which features a change in sound with many alternative rock songs alongside nu metal songs, peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200, with sales of at least 325,000 copies in its first week of being released. In 2004, Blabbermouth.net reported that, according to Nielsen SoundScan , Results May Vary sold 1,337,356 copies in

13542-629: Was certified platinum in 2000 and 2× platinum in 2005. In a review of the band's self-titled album, Rick Anderson of AllMusic wrote about Slipknot, "You thought Limp Bizkit was hard? They're the Osmonds . These guys are something else entirely." Anderson noted the death metal influence on the album. Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison , noted by Anderson for his death metal-influenced drumming, said of Slipknot's music: "The roots are death metal, thrash, speed metal , and I could go on and on about all those bands." In 1999, Staind's second album Dysfunction

13664-727: Was declining in 2002, citing that Korn's fifth album Untouchables and Papa Roach's third album Lovehatetragedy both sold less than the bands' previous releases. Korn's lead vocalist Jonathan Davis believed music piracy was the reason for the lower amount of sales of Untouchables compared to Follow the Leader and Issues because Untouchables had been leaked to the Internet more than four months before its official release date. MTV also wrote that nu metal bands were played less frequently on radio stations and MTV began focusing on other musical genres. MTV wrote that Papa Roach's third album Lovehatetragedy has less hip hop elements than

13786-463: Was founded in 1985 by Mike Shea in Cleveland, OH. The company is now managed by MDDN, and based in Los Angeles, CA. The first issue of Alternative Press was distributed at concerts in Cleveland, Ohio beginning in June 1985 by AP' s founder, Mike Shea to advocate for bands playing underground music . The name of the magazine, Alternative Press , was not a reference to the alternative rock genre, but referred to this fanzine being an alternative to

13908-430: Was not. ICP fans were not purchasing tickets, as they did not like the band. For the three shows that Coal Chamber played, there were multiple ticket refunds. ICP member Violent J and his brother, Rob, made the decision to eliminate Coal Chamber from the tour. After doing so, there were no ticket refunds for the remaining tour dates. ICP claimed that Coal Chamber had been removed due to equipment problems but later revealed

14030-464: Was particularly popular among " jocks " and fraternity men due to its hedonistic, hypermasculine lyrics, many other nu metal bands, especially the bands with heavier music, instead appealed particularly to mall goths and outsiders who identified with the genre's typically angsty lyrics. The Woodstock 1999 festival featured multiple nu metal artists and bands such as Korn, Limp Bizkit and Sevendust . During and after Limp Bizkit's performance at

14152-461: Was permanent and they would not be reforming. He also described a reformation as "like asking someone if they would ever want to go back and repeat the third and fourth grades after they're already done with high school". Fafara continued as vocalist of the metal band DevilDriver, recording seven albums: DevilDriver , The Fury of Our Maker's Hand , The Last Kind Words , Pray for Villains , Beast , Winter Kills , and Trust No One . He

14274-497: Was released on May 19, 2015, and was their first studio album in 13 years, as well as their first to be released by Napalm Records . In May 2016, Fafara confirmed during an interview with Blunt magazine that Coal Chamber was on indefinite hiatus, stating that due to the current success of his other band DevilDriver, Coal Chamber "has no place in my life whatsoever at this point." In June 2017, Fafara explained that he would start performing Coal Chamber songs with DevilDriver, coming to

14396-531: Was released; the track " Mudshovel " peaked at number 10 on the Mainstream Rock chart . Dysfunction was certified platinum by the RIAA in 2000 and 2× platinum in 2004. In 2000, Limp Bizkit's third studio album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water set a record for highest week-one sales of a rock album, selling over 1,000,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release—400,000 of which sold on its first day of release, making it

14518-575: Was selling 5,000 copies per week. On December 21, 1999, it was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), signifying over 500,000 copies sold. In 1997, the band toured Europe with Machine Head , Napalm Death , and Skinlab , including a show at the Dynamo Festival in the Netherlands. Coal Chamber also supported Pantera on tour from September through December 1997, along with Anthrax . Also, in 1997 and 1998,

14640-411: Was significantly less heavy than previous albums and shows the band's departure from nu metal and a movement towards a lighter sound. Papa Roach abandoned the nu metal genre entirely with their 2004 album Getting Away with Murder , moving to a hard rock style. System of a Down released two albums in 2005, Mezmerize and Hypnotize . Both did well commercially and critically, but the band took

14762-551: Was the best-selling debut album by any artist of any genre in the 21st century and nu metal's popularity peak. The album was also the best-selling album of 2001. Linkin Park earned a Grammy Award for their second single " Crawling ". Their fourth single, " In the End ", was released late in 2001 and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 2002. In 2001, Linkin Park's album Hybrid Theory sold 4,800,000 copies in

14884-533: Was the second nu metal record ever to come out." Nu metal In the late 1980s and early 1990s, bands like Pantera , Helmet , and Faith No More were influential in the development of nu metal with their groove metal and alternative metal styles. Korn is often credited as pioneering the subgenre in the mid-1990s. Nu metal became popular in the late 1990s, with bands and artists such as Korn, Limp Bizkit , and Slipknot all releasing albums that sold millions of copies. Its popularity continued through

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