British metal was in fine form in the early 90s. While it might not have had the commercial clout of grunge, thanks to the efforts of Paradise Lost, Carcass, Napalm Death, Cradle of Filth and many others, the little island nation that could showed that it was capable of going toe-to-toe with whatever the US was putting out, creatively at least. Then nu metal happened.
The rise of metal’s most divisive movement changed the focus of genre solely to what was happening Stateside. British bands wouldn't claw their way to any parity with their US peers until the success of Bring Me the Horizon and Bullet For My Valentine over a decade after nu metal's year-zero. For a few years, being a UK-based metal band was tough going.
