Nu-metal gets such a bad rap, man.

It can ultimately be boiled down to the raging toxic masculinity rampant through the genre’s culture in the late ’90s and early 2000s, but still, as a musical art form, nu-metal is much smarter than people think.

As someone who very much grew up on it, I feel like there are lots a clever moments that could help reframe the way you see nu-metal, so let’s look at a few…

Mudvayne’s L.D. 50

Mudvayne is an interesting case study in nu-metal. Formed in Peoria, Illinois, in the late ’90s, the band exploded onto the nu-metal scene in 2000 with their debut studio album, L.D. 50, which was bolstered by their debut hit single, “Dig.”

It took practically no time for people to compare the band to Slipknot, due to their use of costuming, slightly similar approache

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