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146-455: Korn III: Remember Who You Are is the ninth studio album by American nu metal band Korn . It was released on July 13, 2010. It is the band's second album recorded as a quartet since their 2005 album See You on the Other Side . Vocalist Jonathan Davis stated that the album is "simple" due to the absence of the multi-layered effects present in the band's other albums; he added that the album

292-568: 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

438-684: 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

584-597: 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

730-612: A central concept, such as cars, surfing, and teenage lifestyles. Writing in 101 Albums That Changed Popular Music , Chris Smith commented: "Though albums such as Frank Sinatra's 1955 In the Wee Small Hours and Marty Robbins ' 1959 Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs had already introduced concept albums, [the Beach Boys' 1963 album] Little Deuce Coupe was the first to comprise almost all original material rather than standard covers." Music historian Larry Starr , who identifies

876-567: 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

1022-420: A concept album was not turning out as he had intended. He proposed that, instead, he was just going to sing however he felt at that moment. Davis also communicated the album would combine the "raw catharsis of early Korn records" with the "storytelling [of recent records]". I wanted it to start out as a concept album but now there are other things coming up that I want to talk about. I don't know necessarily if

1168-1265: 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

1314-437: 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

1460-789: 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

1606-582: A little boy seeing himself in a mirror where a shadowed presence looms behind, and a little girl bringing her swing to a stop to squint at a menacing man standing before her - saying all three depict a child abuse theme. In August 2009, Korn announced plans to release a three-track EP featuring an instrumental demo from the upcoming album. The EP was released digitally exclusively to premium-paying members of Korn's website on September 28, 2009. The band allowed premium members to view live studio production sessions via webcam . Shaffer revealed in an interview that

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1752-513: A live concert filmed on June 24 at the crop circles. It was the band's first live album to feature drummer Ray Luzier who joined the band in 2007, as well as their second to last live album recorded as a quartet before original guitarist Brian Welch returns to the band in 2013. The concert premiered via HDNet on July 11, and the day after via MySpace . The unusual setting for the concert was inspired by Pink Floyd 's 1972 Live at Pompeii concert. The 80-minute concert included several songs from

1898-428: 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

2044-519: A lot of shit built up inside me; that doesn't go away." During the recording of the album Shaffer used several vintage guitars, echos , long delays , effect pedals and reverbs as well as employing fingerpicking during certain instrumental passages. Shaffer commented, "When we did the first two records, we broke the music down to a completely emotional beast. Through the years, we started to experiment with vocal harmonies and more orchestrated pieces. Recording this album, we brought that knowledge into

2190-452: 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,

2336-402: 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

2482-535: 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

2628-477: A much better album if Ross hasn't been so fucking hard, and let us have a bit of fun. There was a song I wrote about my wife, when she was having problems with a pill addiction. Ross called her without me knowing and asked her to show up to the studio, and I had to sing that part to her. "He pushes your buttons on purpose to get those kind of performances. He wants you to get so fucking mad, the emotions just come pouring out. I get it – but I don't necessarily want to be

2774-441: 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

2920-477: A normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 57, based on 12 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". AllMusic 's Stephen Thomas Erlewine , who was very critical of 2007's untitled album , noted that "They've gone back to the coiled, furious sputter of their debut but there's no disguising that Korn is an older band, substituting precision for frenzy without diluting their power", originally giving

3066-440: 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

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3212-413: A part of it now I've been there and done that." Despite his love and respect for Robinson, Davis adds: "That record sounds forced to me, and it took me to a very dark place that I didn't want to go back to." Robinson later expressed regret over his treatment of Davis during the recording of Korn III , stating that he "[pushed] too hard, and it had the opposite effect". In April 2009, Davis revealed that he

3358-523: 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 a nu metal revival; many bands that combined it with other genres (for example, metalcore and deathcore ) emerged, and some nu metal bands from

3504-429: A permanent member now it feels like a mini fresh start. "Remember Who You Are"? Well, we're not in the giant comfy recording studio that we're used to, we tried not to be too overproduced and really tried to capture our passion. That's pretty much what this whole record's about. There was nothing like, "Let's try and play our instruments perfectly." It was much more, "Let's just rock this," and we played what we felt like at

3650-450: A record label. He mentioned releasing the songs three at a time on the Internet, on a USB drive or on CD, or possibly all three options. While no official release date had been set, Shaffer hinted at February 2010. In December 2009, Davis revealed that the recording of the album was complete and that the album was targeted for a June 2010 release. In January 2010, a video of the band recording

3796-422: A rock album (as a story, play, or opus), or a project that either revolves around a specific theme or a collection of related materials. AllMusic writes, "A concept album could be a collection of songs by an individual songwriter or a particular theme – these are the concept LPs that reigned in the '50s ... the phrase 'concept album' is inextricably tied to the late 1960s, when rock & rollers began stretching

3942-515: 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

4088-411: A special category for "concept album" in its annual recordings of the year awards , to celebrate "albums where a creative mind has curated something visionary, a programme whose whole speaks more powerfully than its parts. A thought-through journey, which compels to be heard in one sitting." In a year-ending essay on the album in 2019, Ann Powers wrote for Slate that the year found the medium in

4234-939: 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

4380-432: A state of flux. In her observation, many recording artists revitalized the concept album around autobiographical narratives and personal themes, such as intimacy, intersectionality , African-American life, boundaries among women, and grief associated with death. She cited such albums as Brittany Howard 's Jaime , Raphael Saadiq 's Jimmy Lee , Jamila Woods ' Legacy! Legacy! , Rapsody 's Eve , Jenny Lewis ' On

4526-461: A suite of original songs about a man's search for love. In the early 1960s, concept albums began featuring highly in American country music , but the fact went largely unacknowledged by rock/pop fans and critics, who would only begin noting "concept albums" as a phenomenon later in the decade, when albums became closely aligned with countercultural ideology, resulting in a recognised " album era " and

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4672-491: 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

4818-546: Is Woody Guthrie's 1940 album Dust Bowl Ballads . The Independent regards it as "perhaps" one of the first concept albums, consisting exclusively of semi-autobiographical songs about the hardships of American migrant labourers during the 1930s. In the late 1940s, the LP record was introduced, with space age pop composers producing concept albums soon after. Themes included exploring wild life and dealing with emotions, with some albums meant to be played while dining or relaxing. This

4964-542: Is "about the vibe". The album features a return to their roots. It is their first album since 1996's Life Is Peachy to be produced by Ross Robinson , as well as their first to feature drummer Ray Luzier , who was previously a fill-in member. Following the release of its untitled eighth album (July 2007) with Virgin Records , Korn embarked upon a ten-month hiatus , allowing band members to focus on solo projects . Guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer 's side project, Fear and

5110-462: 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

5256-496: 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

5402-957: 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 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

5548-467: Is another example of a modern concept album. Dorian Lynskey, writing for GQ , noted a resurgence of concept albums in the 2010s due to streaming : "This is happening not in spite of the rise of streaming and playlists, but because of it. Threatened with redundancy in the digital era, albums have fought back by becoming more album-like." Cucchiara argues that concept albums should also describe "this new generation of concept albums, for one key reason. This

5694-467: Is because the unison between the songs on a particular album has now been expanded into a broader field of visual and artistic design and marketing strategies that play into the themes and stories that form the album." Towards the end of the 80s, however, as heavy metal suited a fairly niche crowd, a few heavy metal artists began producing concept albums, particularly among the more progressive groups. King Diamond's Abigail and Savatage's Hall of

5840-534: 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"

5986-399: 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 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

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6132-433: Is one of the most famous concept albums by any artist. In addition to The Wall , Danesi highlights Genesis ' The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) and Frank Zappa 's Joe's Garage (1979) as other culturally significant concept albums. According to author Edward Macan, concept albums as a recurrent theme in progressive rock was directly inspired by the counterculture associated with "the proto-progressive bands of

6278-595: 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

6424-570: Is the sound of a band not so much rediscovering their past as recycling it." All tracks are written by Korn Korn III: Remember Who You Are sold 63,000 copies during its first week in the US, landing at number two on the Billboard 200 . 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

6570-465: Is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical. Sometimes the term is applied to albums considered to be of "uniform excellence" rather than an LP with an explicit musical or lyrical motif. There is no consensus among music critics as to the specific criteria for what a "concept album" is. The format originates with folk singer Woody Guthrie 's Dust Bowl Ballads (1940) and

6716-459: 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

6862-435: 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

7008-723: 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

7154-640: The 1960s", observing: "the consistent use of lengthy forms such as the programmatic song cycle of the concept album and the multimovement suite underscores the hippies' new, drug-induced conception of time." Progressive soul musicians inspired by this approach conceived concept albums during this era reflecting themes and concerns of the African-American experience , including Marvin Gaye (1971's What's Going On ) and George Clinton (the 1975 Parliament album Mothership Connection and Dope Dogs ). With

7300-407: 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 the late 2010s and early 2020s, and interest in nu metal rose in the early 2020s. Nu metal

7446-490: 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

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7592-445: 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

7738-427: 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

7884-464: The Beach Boys' 1964 releases Shut Down Volume 2 and All Summer Long as heralding the album era, cites Pet Sounds as the first rock concept album on the basis that it had been "conceived as an integrated whole, with interrelated songs arranged in a deliberate sequence." The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time (2015) states that the Ventures "pioneered the idea of the rock concept album years before

8030-482: The Guilt Go ". In July a number of viral videos were released by the band, the first two videos included amateur footage of crop circles and UFO , while the second two videos included news footage of the phenomenons identifying its location as Kern County . The Korn logo could also be seen in one of the crop circles. On July 7, the band announced Korn Live: The Encounter, A Concert for Korn III: Remember Who You Are ,

8176-729: 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

8322-455: 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

8468-475: 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

8614-550: The Moon (1973) and the Eagles ' Hotel California (1976)." In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked Dark Side of the Moon at number one among the 50 greatest progressive rock albums of all time, also noting the LP's stature as the second-best-selling album of all time. Pink Floyd's The Wall (1979), a semi-autobiographical story modeled after the band's Roger Waters and former member Syd Barrett ,

8760-595: The Mountain King , both released in 1987, stand some of the earliest examples of concept albums produced by a heavy metal artist. A year later, Iron Maiden's , Seventh Son of a Seventh Son , released in 1988, would become one of the most notable examples of a heavy metal concept album at the time. Around this time, progressive metal began taking form with artists such as Queensrÿche , Fates Warning , and Savatage. Shortly later in 1988, Queensrÿche would release Operation: Mindcrime , which would be considered one of

8906-536: The Nervous System , began recording a debut album. In July, Shaffer reported on the band's MySpace page that the album would not be released August 8, 2008 as previously mentioned. Bassist Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu recorded guitars for StillWell 's debut album Dirtbag . Davis recorded his first solo album along with his back-up band the SFA's who also backed Davis on his Alone I Play tour. StillWell's debut, Dirtbag ,

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9052-612: 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

9198-664: 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

9344-407: 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

9490-451: 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,

9636-636: 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

9782-491: The Who's Tommy is "popularly thought of as the first rock opera, an extra-long concept album with characters, a consistent storyline, and a slight bit of pomposity", it is preceded by the shorter concept albums Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake ( Small Faces , 1968) and S.F. Sorrow ( The Pretty Things , 1968). Author Jim Cullen states: "The concept album reached its apogee in the 1970s in ambitious records like Pink Floyd 's Dark Side of

9928-442: The album a 4 out of 5 rating (later revised to a 2.5). Giles Moorhouse of Rock Sound gave the album an 8 out of 10 rating and noted that " Let the Guilt Go " is "an absolute monster and will easily go toe-to-toe against mosh anthems like Slipknot 's ' Duality ' and Drowning Pool 's ' Bodies ' without breaking a sweat". BBC 's Louis Pattison had a different take on the band's back-to-basics approach, writing: " Remember Who You Are

10074-519: The album changed from a collection of heterogeneous songs into a narrative work with a single theme, in which individual songs segue into one another." Speaking of concepts in albums during the 1970s, Robert Christgau wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), because "overall impression" of an album matters, "concept intensifies the impact" of certain albums "in more or less

10220-453: 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

10366-482: 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

10512-565: The album was revealed on Roadrunner Records official website. The front photo was shot in Oildale, California , described by Roadrunner Records as a "gripping image". Jay DiNitto from Noisecreep awarded it "album cover of the week", which was noted as "is less elaborate, embracing a minimalism with a simple photo". DiNitto compared the cover, where an old man in a vehicle approaches a confused young girl, to Korn's earlier album's Life Is Peachy and their debut album Korn - which respectively show

10658-495: The album would be simple, rather than complicated as he suggested their previous few albums were. In April 2010 Davis revealed that topics for songs were "about me living my life for others when I shouldn't, people-pleasing all of the time, stress, guilt and all kinds of emotions we live with everyday that destroy us and tear us down. I write about all of the fake people around us and how I always try to fix other people's problems. I write what I feel, and it comes out naturally. I've got

10804-518: The album's concept. It's total freestyling—complete stream-of-consciousness. I'm really digging it. I might just go with what's coming out of my body at that moment... Davis also proposed that the album would recall their early albums, using a vibe that didn't sound over-produced. He elaborated, "We're not trying to do Korn II, or Life Is Peachy II, but it's just to have that vibe back where it's not too over-produced. Just slamming people's faces, like we did back, in '94, '95, and '96." Davis concluded that

10950-468: 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

11096-416: The band had access to a large recording studio, Robinson insisted that the album was recorded in a small 8' x 8' cubicle nicknamed "the catbox" originally intended for recording guitars. Jonathan Davis stated in 2017 that he feels this album was the band's biggest mistake. Davis said: "I think going backwards rather than forwards might have been the biggest mistake we made as a band. I think it would have been

11242-597: The band intended to embark on an 18-month world tour to promote the album, starting in February. In January 2010, Kevin Lyman revealed that Korn would headline the Rockstar Mayhem Festival tour , throughout North America along with Rob Zombie , Lamb of God and Five Finger Death Punch . Davis later revealed plans for the Ballroom Blitz Tour, a concert tour featuring 2Cents , held in smaller venues similar to

11388-438: 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

11534-476: The band's first tours. On May 27, Roadrunner Records released a free MP3 download for the song "Are You Ready to Live?" but only for a 24-hour period. On March 26, 2010, Korn performed the first single from the album, entitled " Oildale (Leave Me Alone) ", at their show in Anchorage, Alaska . On July 1, 2010, the band were musical guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where they performed "Oildale (Leave Me Alone)" and " Let

11680-437: 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

11826-416: The band's previous album had been more experimental and contained keyboards performed by touring member Zac Baird to give their music more atmosphere, the album was recorded as a four-piece band with guitars and lap steel. Unlike the band's more recent albums, the music was recorded with an analog 24-track tape machine and without the use of Pro Tools , similar to the band's first albums. In addition to

11972-403: The beginning because you can get caught up in the money and the fame and the traveling. It's kind of like, 'OK, let's hit the reset button'." Drummer Ray Luzier related in an interview with Altsounds: Well, it's exactly what it reads as — it's "Korn III" because it's our third album with [producer] Ross Robinson . It's not like we're trying to start a new generation of Korn or anything, but I'm

12118-500: 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

12264-703: The business aspects and marketing and all that other stuff that I'm never really into..." The album was released on July 6, 2010, in Japan, and Australia and Germany three days later. The album was to be released on July 13 in the United Kingdom, the same day where it was shipped in North America and New Zealand, but this date was pushed back to July 12. The album was released on July 20 in Mexico. The album received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Metacritic , which assigns

12410-556: The concept album "was originally defined as a long-player where the songs were based on one dramatic idea – but the term is subjective." A precursor to this type of album can be found in the 19th-century song cycle , which ran into similar difficulties in classification. The extremely broad definitions of a "concept album" could potentially encompass all soundtracks , compilations , cast recordings , greatest hits albums , tribute albums , Christmas albums , and live albums . The most common definitions refer to an expanded approach to

12556-416: The concept's going to stick or not ... It's weird. I've been humming my lyrics along with the band as they play. I haven't done that in forever. We'd usually do our parts separately, and then I'd do my thing over the music after the song was done. We've been writing altogether as a band this time. I've been freestyling all of these lyrics that aren't necessarily about the five things I initially came up with for

12702-942: 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

12848-412: The definition a bit, to where the album is the concept, then it is clear that progressive rock is entirely a music of concept albums—and this flows rather directly of Rubber Soul (December 1965) and then Revolver (1966), Pet Sounds , and Sergeant Pepper's . ... in the wake of these albums, many rock musicians took up "the complete album approach." Popmatters ' Sarah Zupko notes that while

12994-521: 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

13140-557: 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

13286-476: The emergence of MTV as a music video network which valued singles over albums, concept albums became less dominant in the 1980s. Some artists, however, still released concept albums and experienced success in the 1990s and 2000s. NME ' s Emily Barker cites Green Day 's American Idiot (2004) as one of the "more notable" examples, having brought the concept album back to high-charting positions. My Chemical Romance ’s The Black Parade (2006)

13432-480: 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

13578-417: 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

13724-455: The field of classical music has adopted the idea of the concept album, citing such historical examples as Schubert's Winterreise and Schumann's Liederkreis as prototypes for contemporary composers and musicians. Classical composers and performers increasingly adopt production and marketing strategies that unify otherwise disparate works into concept albums or concerts. Since 2019, the classical music magazine Gramophone has included

13870-534: The first 'concept album' even though the songs were unrelated." Author Bill Martin relates the assumed concept albums of the 1960s to progressive rock : In discussions of progressive rock, the idea of the "concept album" is mentioned frequently. If this term refers to albums that have thematic unity and development throughout, then in reality there are probably fewer concept albums than one might first think. Pet Sounds and Sergeant Pepper's do not qualify according to this criterion ... However, if we instead stretch

14016-446: The first 'concept album', but Sgt. Pepper was the record that made that idea convincing to most ears." Musicologist Allan Moore says that "Even though previous albums had set a unified mood (notably Sinatra's Songs for Swingin' Lovers! ), it was on the basis of the influence of Sgt. Pepper that the penchant for the concept album was born." Adding to Sgt. Pepper ' s claim, the artwork reinforced its central theme by depicting

14162-408: The first progressive metal albums, and was also a concept album. Thus it could be argued that from the genre's inception, progressive metal has been a hotspot for concept albums, like its rock counterpart. Other notable progressive metal concept albums are Dream Theater 's Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory , Opeth 's Still Life , and Orphaned Land 's Mabool . In the 21st century,

14308-445: The four Beatles in uniform as members of the Sgt. Pepper band, while the record omitted the gaps that usually separated album tracks. Music critic and journalist Neil Slaven stated that Frank Zappa 's Absolutely Free , released the same day as Sgt. Pepper , was "very much a concept album, but The Beatles effortlessly stole his thunder", and subsequently Sgt. Pepper was hailed as "perhaps

14454-501: The genre is generally acknowledged to have been born". Writing in his Concise Dictionary of Popular Culture , Marcel Danesi identifies the Beatles' Rubber Soul (1965) and the Who's The Who Sell Out (1967) as other examples of early concept albums. Brian Boyd of The Irish Times names the Kinks ' Face to Face (1966) as the first concept album: "Written entirely by Ray Davies ,

14600-481: 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

14746-416: 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

14892-465: 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

15038-1367: 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

15184-579: The introduction of the rock concept album. The author Carys Wyn Jones writes that the Beach Boys ' Pet Sounds (1966), the Beatles ' Revolver (1966) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), and the Who 's Tommy (1969) are variously cited as "the first concept album", usually for their "uniform excellence rather than some lyrical theme or underlying musical motif". Other records have been claimed as "early" or "first" concept albums. The Beach Boys' first six albums, released over 1962–64, featured collections of songs unified respectively by

15330-409: 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. Concept album A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. This

15476-581: 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

15622-444: 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

15768-425: The limits of their art form." Author Jim Cullen describes it as "a collection of discrete but thematically unified songs whose whole is greater than the sum of its parts ... sometimes [erroneously] assumed to be a product of the rock era." Author Roy Shuker defines concept albums and rock operas as albums that are "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical. ... In this form,

15914-600: 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

16060-497: 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

16206-487: The music was recorded. The band reported that it had written about fifteen or sixteen tracks of original material. According to Arvizu, the band had planned to play new material on tour, but abandoned the idea due to the amount of material that had emerged during the recording sessions. After the conclusion of the band's Escape from the Studio tour in late 2009 the band returned to the studio with Robinson to begin recording. While

16352-551: 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

16498-504: 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

16644-534: The obstacles Korn had to overcome. Luzier commented "The first week or so, I was having a hard time with it. I wanted to strangle the guy. He was punching cymbals, kicking stands, screaming. On a couple of tracks on the record, you can actually hear him yelling. He would come up and push my arm on a fill. It was intense." Luzier also earned the nickname "Dr. Octopus" during the recording process because many of his drum takes demanded that he cross his arms to reach different drums and cymbals. Luzier commented that his playing

16790-457: 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

16936-430: The raw emotion of what we already knew. You hear the melodies and layers, but it still comes from a very primitive Korn." Luzier's drum parts were recorded without the use of a click track allowing the band to change tempo as a song progressed. Robinson heavily involved himself in drum recording and composition, often deliberately interrupting Luzier mid-take. Shaffer commented that this was done to make Luzier understand

17082-485: The recording process the band referred to the album as Korn III – a reference to the band's early material – later the title of the album was extended to Korn III – Remember Who You Are . Davis explained that meaning of the album's title with: "It comes down to one question: 'Who the fuck am I?' It's about remembering where we came from. The title sums up everything I'm talking about lyrically." Shaffer commented, "You can lose focus of why you wanted to start playing music in

17228-467: 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

17374-445: 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

17520-484: The song "Are You Ready to Live?" (under the demo title "My Time") was leaked, uploaded copies of the song and video, which were described as "old school Korn". On March 15, in the announcement of the Ballroom Blitz Tour , the album title was also revealed to be " Korn III: Remember Who You Are ". In March 2010, Shaffer revealed via an online chat with fans that Korn had chosen to sign with Roadrunner Records . This

17666-452: The songs already written by Shaffer, Arvizu and Luzier, Davis wrote eleven songs in less than five days. He recorded demos of his songs, playing guitar and bass himself over a programmed drum beat . He presented the demos to the rest of the band, who played the material live, to "add their own flavor to the songs", according to Davis. Shaffer later revealed that "The Past" and "Never Around" were based on re-written riffs from Davis' demos. While

17812-441: The songs so that the lyrics created a flow from track to track, affording an impression of a narrative, as in musical comedy or opera . ... [He was the] first pop singer to bring a consciously artistic attitude to recording." Singer/pianist Nat "King" Cole (who, along with Sinatra, often collaborated with arranger Nelson Riddle during this era) was also an early pioneer of concept albums, as with his Wild Is Love (1960),

17958-500: The songs were supposed to be linked by pieces of music, so that the album would play without gaps, but the record company baulked at such radicalism. It's not one of the band's finest works, but it did have an impact." "Popular consensus" for the first rock concept album, according to AllMusic, favours Sgt. Pepper . According to music critic Tim Riley , "Strictly speaking, the Mothers of Invention 's Freak Out! [1966] has claims as

18104-517: 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

18250-404: The time. It's all about the passion. I kind of miss that. You hear so many records nowadays that just sound perfect, and when you see the band live they're very untidy. You're just left with this feeling of, "Why? That sucks!" [laughs] When we play our songs live, they sound just like the album, except with an added energy of the live scenario. We're kind of proud of that. On May 14, the artwork for

18396-411: The upbeats and hit the downbeat with the floor tom instead?' The "Oildale" song is just that. The main groove of it is me hitting the floor tom and all the kicks are on the upbeats" Davis also remarked that he "didn't stack four or five vocal parts like" he usually does. He's "singing one part for every song, which was scary." It's just him "and the microphone, and you can really hear the emotion". During

18542-424: The upcoming album, as well as older songs and fan favorites. Davis noted that "the setting and the mood took us into a totally new direction musically. We took the opportunity to stretch out and experiment with the performance" while Shaffer described it as "a new frontier musically for Korn". In an interview in October 2009, Shaffer revealed that the band had discussed options for releasing the album, with or without

18688-469: The way Sgt. Pepper intended", as well as "a species of concept that pushes a rhythmically unrelenting album like The Wild Magnolias or a vocally irresistible one like Shirley Brown 's Woman to Woman , to a deeper level of significance." In the 2016 BBC documentary When Pop Went Epic: The Crazy World of the Concept Album , narrated by Rick Wakeman , it is suggested that the first concept album

18834-459: 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

18980-506: Was Luzier's first appearance on a Korn album. During this time, the band was unsigned and funded the recording of the album and the Escape from the Studio tour themselves. In the early stages of production, Luzier, Arvizu, and Shaffer wrote material for the album in Arvizu's garage. During this time, Davis had purposely avoided hearing the band's new material, stating that he would work on lyrics after

19126-598: Was accompanied in the mid-1950s with the invention of the gatefold , which allowed room for liner notes to explain the concept. Singer Frank Sinatra recorded several concept albums prior to the 1960s rock era, including In the Wee Small Hours (1955) and Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely (1958). Sinatra is occasionally credited as the inventor of the concept album, beginning with The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946), which led to similar work by Bing Crosby . According to biographer Will Friedwald, Sinatra "sequenced

19272-497: 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

19418-674: 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

19564-522: 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

19710-489: 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

19856-624: 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

20002-671: 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

20148-400: Was different from his previous work, particularly the album's first single – " Oildale (Leave Me Alone) " – which Luzier described, saying "[that] groove is so weird and odd for me to play, so I would come up with my own ideas but Ross would alter them. Some of them he would try to take in another direction, or if I was hitting the kick on the down, he would say, 'What if you put all the kicks on

20294-400: Was later confirmed by Davis who called the label " a good home [for Korn]" and added that "they're one of the last real, respected labels left... We looked at all the other options and didn't want to go down that road again." Davis also explained that the band ultimately decided to abandon the idea of releasing the album independently, "We could do it on our own, but it's so complicated with all

20440-464: 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

20586-414: Was planning to make the album a concept album , that was to lyrically revolve around the concept of five symbols that Davis identified as the "downfall of man". One of these symbols was organized religion , something that Davis felt were responsible for a lot of things that have gone wrong in the world today. The other symbols were drugs, power, money and time. In September 2009, Davis said that his idea for

20732-435: Was released on May 10, 2011, while the remaining two solo albums were expected to be released sometime in 2011. When getting back into the studio for the recording of the band's ninth studio album, Korn again hired Robinson, whom the band had previously worked with on Korn and Life Is Peachy , to act as producer. They also hired Luzier, whom they had previously toured with, to replace former drummer David Silveria . This

20878-524: 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

21024-411: 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

21170-434: Was subsequently popularized by traditional pop singer Frank Sinatra 's 1940s–50s string of albums, although the term is more often associated with rock music . In the 1960s several well-regarded concept albums were released by various rock bands, which eventually led to the invention of progressive rock and rock opera . There is no clear definition of a "concept album". Fiona Sturges of The Independent stated that

21316-541: 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

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