Nu Metal Albums

The sixth album, and the first the band made as a five-piece after Joel Hokka's departure, following roughly a year and a half away.

A five-track EP that condenses HANABIE.’s current Harajuku-core sound into metalcore impact, digital pop color, streetwise energy and unapologetic self-affirmation.

The fifth album, and their second consecutive number one on the official Finnish album chart. Japan got it on the same day as the rest of the world, with two live recordings from Helsinki added.

The band’s first major-label EP, packing Tokyo identity, otaku culture, transformation-heroine imagery and modern romance into fierce breakdowns and vivid pop hooks.

From Zero is LINKIN PARK’s first full album in its new lineup, and it restates the band’s core urgency with a contemporary outline.

The major-label breakthrough that expands Harajuku-core through space, games, escape, everyday anxiety and rebirth, establishing HANABIE. on an international scale.

Their first album for Century Media and their first number one in Finland, built around "Dark Side", the song they took to Eurovision. Japan received it as their debut release there, retitled Sick & Dangerous.

As its title suggests, Divisive addresses distrust and division while returning to Disturbed’s direct heaviness and large-scale melody.

Requiem concentrates Korn’s uneasy grooves, down-tuned weight and Jonathan Davis’s wounded-sounding voice into a brief, dense runtime.

The End, So Far keeps Slipknot’s violent heaviness at its core while opening into ambient space, melodic vocals and unsettling sound design.

The first full album turns miso soup, dating apps, sweets and obsessive everyday life into a reform manifesto powered by metalcore and electronic color.

The third album, named after the genre tag the band invented for itself. A European tour ended about a week after its release when the pandemic closed everything down, and "Dark Side" came out of that.

Deftones' ninth studio album, from September 2020, and their first with producer Terry Date in seventeen years.

The Nothing turns Korn’s long-developed sense of uneasy groove and emotional exposure into one of its heaviest sound worlds.

We Are Not Your Kind expands Slipknot’s anger and chaos through more detailed production and a deeply uneasy atmosphere.

The second album for Ranka Kustannus. It did not appear on the official Finnish album chart until August 2021, when it entered at number 30.

Evolution keeps Disturbed’s hard-edged riffs and David Draiman’s commanding voice intact while giving more space to inward-looking, melodic material.

An early six-track EP that captures teenage urgency, envy, time pressure, ghosts and a return to zero through raw metalcore and fresh melody.

One More Light shifts Linkin Park away from guitar-heavy aggression toward electronic pop and R&B-leaning rhythm.

The debut album, produced by Jonas Olsson. It closes with "Don't", a cover of the Ed Sheeran song.

The Serenity of Suffering brings Korn’s low, sinking guitars, uneasy bouncing rhythm and pain-filled vocals to the front.

Immortalized puts Disturbed’s weighty riffs, stamping rhythms and large emotional vocal turns at the center of a powerful return.

The Hunting Party puts Linkin Park’s guitar-led aggression, fast beats and urgent vocals at the front.

.5: The Gray Chapter carves anger and loss into Slipknot’s heavy riffs, explosive rhythms and urgent melodies.

The Paradigm Shift centers Korn’s low, rolling guitars, bouncing rhythms and anxious vocal expression to restore the band’s unmistakable uneasy groove.

Living Things condenses Linkin Park’s heavy guitars, electronic beats, rap and melodic singing into short, sharp songs.

The Path of Totality pairs Korn with dubstep and EDM producers, placing the band’s heavy riffs directly against the impact of electronic sound.

Asylum builds dark hard rock from Disturbed’s low, heavy groove, tense riffs and commanding vocals.

Korn III: Remember Who You Are revisits Korn’s earlier rawness through rough riffs, bouncing bass presence and urgent vocals.

A Thousand Suns, Linkin Park's fourth album, moves into a concept-driven world of electronics and interludes built around nuclear war and social crisis.

Indestructible gathers Disturbed’s hard guitar riffs, striking rhythm and David Draiman’s singular vocal character.

All Hope Is Gone keeps Slipknot’s destructive riffs and heavy rhythm at the center while moving into broader melody and more complex arrangement.

Untitled combines low, coiling riffs, electronic noise, and Jonathan Davis’s urgent voice.

Minutes to Midnight moves beyond Linkin Park’s earlier reliance on rap and heavy riffing toward direct rock songs and quieter emotion.

Ten Thousand Fists gathers hard chugging guitar, striking beat and David Draiman’s singular vocal character.

See You on the Other Side combines low surging guitar, programmed-feeling rhythm and Jonathan Davis’s uneasy vocal character.

System of a Down's fifth album, out on 22 November 2005: the second half of the two-part work begun with Mezmerize, and their second number-one album that year.

System of a Down's fourth album, out on 17 May 2005: the first half of a two-part work completed by Hypnotize, and a number-one debut on the Billboard 200.

Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) keeps Slipknot’s destructive riffs and urgent vocals while drawing in more melody, silence and strange texture.

Deftones' fourth album, out on 20 May 2003. The self-titled record takes its trip hop and shoegaze leanings further than anything the band had done.

Take a Look in the Mirror uses low, rolling guitar, bouncing bass and Jonathan Davis’s pained voice to make direct, raw music.

Meteora compresses hard guitar, electronic beat and the contrast of rap and singing into short, dense songs.

Believe uses heavy repeating riffs, muscular groove and David Draiman’s tense vocal delivery to examine conviction and loss.

Untouchables layers low, rolling bass, heavy guitar and electronic texture with great precision, creating one of Korn’s biggest and darkest soundscapes.

System of a Down's third album, out on 26 November 2002: sixteen songs from the Toxicity era, finished by the band after unfinished versions leaked online.

Iowa by SLIPKNOT: track list, Spotify player, music videos and English liner notes on METAL BOOST.

System of a Down's second album, out on 4 September 2001. It brings in sitar and banjo and leans far more on melody and singing than the debut did.

Deftones' third album, out on 20 June 2000. It is the first record with Frank Delgado as a full member on turntables and synthesiser.

The Sickness gives nu metal a distinctive center of gravity through bouncing rhythms, blunt riffs and David Draiman’s instantly recognizable delivery.

Hybrid Theory fuses rap, rock and electronic texture into a debut that captured a generation’s tension and vulnerability.

Issues layers low, unsettling guitar, bouncing bass and nervous rhythm to make Korn’s themes of isolation and anger feel especially close.

Slipknot’s debut collides heavy riffs, accelerating drums, layered percussion and screaming vocals into an overwhelming whole.

Follow the Leader expands Korn’s unique heaviness through low, rolling bass, bouncing rhythm and vocals that expose raw hurt.

System of a Down's debut album, out on 30 June 1998: thirteen songs produced by Rick Rubin with the band, including the singles Sugar and Spiders.

Life Is Peachy collides low, twisting guitar and bass with bouncing rhythm and Jonathan Davis’s urgent voice.

Korn finds KORN in a phase that uses down-tuned guitars, elastic bass and exposed emotional fracture to lay a foundation for what would become nu metal.