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As a millennial metalhead, I was laughed at for loving nu metal. In 2023 it's filling festivals and influencing more young bands than ever - and I couldn't be happier about it

Nu metal was derided as silly, overblown and undeserving of recognition in the wider metal scene. Admittedly, two of those things were kinda true, but it still ruled, OK?!

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The 10 greatest nu metal bands of all time

Nu metal is undoubtedly the genre that defined a generation of heavy bands. Here are the ten greatest to ever be blessed with the nu metal tag

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10 nu metal bands who should have been massive

The nu metal explosion took heavy music into the mainstream like never before, but some of its most promising names sadly fell by the wayside

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“I thought Eminem was chanting my name, but he was chanting for me to jump!” Why Rage Against The Machine protested against Limp Bizkit atop a 15-foot statue and started the most one-sided rivalry in nu metal history

In 2000, Limp Bizkit beat Rage Against The Machine in a MTV VMA category. The very public protest that followed started the most one-sided feud of the nu metal era

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“She didn’t even show up for the rehearsal." From a nixed red carpet date to an angry Playboy interview, inside the unlikely MTV VMAs duet between Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst and Christina Aguilera

Limp Bizkit were the biggest band on planet earth come the end of 2000. It resulted in one of the most unlikely duets in the history of awards shows.

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"It was a beautiful scar on the metal world." How Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Korn and the rest took nu metal from hated subgenre to the biggest thing on Planet Earth

Nu metal may have been shunned by metal elitists, but it took heavy music to the masses like never before, or since

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Limp Bizkit review – nu-metal elders can still rock the party like it’s 1999

Fred Durst and co – whose notoriety was recently restoked by a Netflix series about Woodstock ’99 – pound out their irresistibly aggro rebel anthems with cheerful abandon

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“Don’t show up at my shows or you’ll get ****ed”: Fred Durst once threatened a nu metal band for turning down a record deal

Nu metal band Taproot turned down Limp Bizkit’s label Interscope while looking for a record deal – and frontman Fred Durst wasn’t very happy about it

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10 times nu metal gloriously gatecrashed mainstream TV

From Slipknot smashing TFI Friday to bits to Evanescence beefing with 50 Cent at the Grammys, the 2000s had it all

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10 terrible nu metal albums with one classic song

Nu metal gave us countless rock club anthems...but many of the albums they came from just didn't cut it

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"My dad listened to nu metal a lot." We spent two days in Las Vegas at the world's biggest nu metal festival, and it was an eye-opener

With headliners System Of A Down alongside new bands Turnstile, Spiritbox and Loathe, Sick New World was supposed to be the ultimate nu metal celebration. But could it live up to hype?

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Watch 100,000 people emotionally singing their hearts out to Limp Bizkit's Behind Blue Eyes cover while Fred Durst dons a proud 80s perm

We swear no band provokes as many different emotions as Limp Bizkit

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Listen to this Fred Durst-approved Limp Bizkit x Queen mash-up for a good ol' booty-shaking boogie

Queen's Another One Bites The Dust and Limp Bizkit's Break Stuff work together remarkably well. Don't believe us? Ask Fred Durst

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Yungblud sung Break Stuff with Limp Bizkit at Rock Im Park and there are some interesting outfit choices going on

In an unlikely crossover, Yungblud joined Limp Bizkit on stage at Rock Im Park in Germany to perform the OG nu metal rager Break Stuff

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10 metal songs that are weirdly popular on streaming

These lesser celebrated tracks by Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold, Slayer and more have even outshined some of their biggest hits

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Soulfly at 25: how Max Cavalera assembled the metal avengers to save himself from grief, depression and addiction

After leaving Sepultura following the death of his stepson, Max Cavalera was at his lowest ebb. Then he got an idea for something new

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Limp Bizkit announce huge UK headline show and here's how to get tickets

Nu metal legends Limp Bizkit are Rollin' back into the UK with a huge outdoor show in London this summer with support from Australian drum and bass band Pendulum

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Limp Bizkit announce biggest UK headline show in decades, Pendulum to support

Limp Bizkit and Pendulum will play London's Gunnersbury Park in August!

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A beginner's guide to nu metal in five essential albums

A brief history of nu metal courtesy of five albums that have defined the genre

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Fred Durst: “People call Limp Bizkit 'jock rock'. I despise jocks - those were the guys beating my ass all the time”

Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst wholeheartedly rejects the notion that his band makes music for jocks and bullies

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Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst and Wes Borland unveil bold new looks as Limp Bizkit launch European tour

Watch Limp Bizkit give a live debut to Barnacle as they launch their European tour in Munich

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10 completely bonkers guest spots from metal legends on non-metal songs

From Ozzy rapping and Rob Zombie collabing with P Diddy to Serj Tankian teaming with Benny Benassi, these are some appearances from metal icons we were NOT expecting

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10 times rock and metal bands totally ruined TV talk shows

From L7's pubes to Sepultura fans causing chaos, here are just some of the reasons we don't get to see many heavy bands on mainstream talk shows

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Woodstock '99: 10 lessons learned from the 'Trainwreck'

It was supposed to be a celebration of peace, love and music, but what they got was feces, anger and fire.

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Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst marries for the fourth time months after couple went official

Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst will be hoping it's fourth time lucky after saying I Do once again in a secret ceremony

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