"The purpose of the list is not just to shine a light on the bands that influenced an era-defining style of music-some of whom go a lot more overlooked today than others-but also to show how nu metal was actually a logical extension of a lot of bands who did tend to be taken more seriously than nu metal did in its prime. If you like the albums on this list and still haven't given nu metal a chance, some of it might surprise you."
"One of the most interesting things to me about looking at nu metal from this angle is seeing that nu metal was often more influenced by non-metal than by metal. A lot of the early nu metal grew out of the freakiest corners of the alternative rock world, and a good chunk of it also came from industrial and hardcore."
"Korn's debut came out in 1994, but genres don't develop overnight so this list spans from 1989 to 1996, including a handful of albums that came out after the most widely-accepted "first nu metal album" came out. As nu metal continued to evolve throughout the '90s and into the 2000s, you can really hear the influence that some of the later albums on this list brought to the table."
Nu metal has been reassessed as an influential moment that fused non-metal elements with heavy music. Early nu metal emerged from alternative rock's strangest corners and absorbed significant influence from industrial and hardcore scenes. Korn's 1994 debut functions as a dividing line between proto-nu metal and the genre's emergence, while later 1990s albums helped shape nu metal into the 2000s. The influencing albums span 1989–1996 and demonstrate how many more seriously regarded bands provided logical extensions into nu metal's sound. Some predecessor bands could arguably be heard as nu metal themselves.
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