The Day Nu Metal Died (For Me)

I listened to The P.O.D. Kast's review of Limp Bizkit's much-maligned Results May Vary album, and have to concur with one of the sentiments expressed right out of the gate. When that album dropped, I really did feel like the entire nu metal genre — of which I was always a strong proponent and defender — was absolutely done.

I have vivid memories of downloading the album and forcing myself to listen to it several times before I could admit to myself that it wasn't good at all. The arrival of third-stringers like Trapt and Breaking Point further highlighted the genre's descent into clichéd and derrivative joke territory. I had already been cultivating my fandom of extreme metal and increasingly weirder niche genres, so a disappointing album from one of my favourite bands was somewhat cushioned by the fact I'd already been moving on to broader pastures.

Since listening to that episode, I've had a growing urge to do some reviews of classic nu metal records. Some albums, like Significant Other, I have reviewed almost a half-dozen times, others I have never written much about at length. These would likely be shorter reviews, in the vein of the ones I've posted here over the past couple months.

PUBLISHED: 2026-06-21

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