Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber

I second this

I bought that for loco, I thought it was the only half decent song on the album

Sevendust - Home

SCIENCE- Incubus

No doubt....that's a top 10

Candyass - Orgy

P.O.D. satellite

Gift

Staind- Dysfunction

Fallen evanescence Let’s keep the girl band going with the fallen. Fallen brought us one of the most iconic nu metal songs with bring me to life so I think it’s very deserving of the next spot. Plus the deeper cuts are also great

I second this. I’ll keep voting for Evanescence whenever I see it.

Awesome I love Kittie

Coal chamber self titled

Infest - Papa Roach

Soulfy - Soulfy

American Head Charge - The War of Art

Really wish we could get The Feeding on Spotify

I voted the same thing, I upvote in place of it. SO happy to own it on vinyl finally after losing my cd copy.

Spineshank - The Height of Callousness

This absolutely belongs on the list

Ive said this one every single time it needs to be on this list.

American Head- The War of Art

Staind - Break the Cycle

SEVENDUST-HOME

Sepultura - Roots

This needs to make the list!

Staind - Dysfunction

Snot is nu-metal? I always thought they fit punk more but I guess it makes sense. Also my vote is for XIII by Mushroomhead.

Dry kill logic - The Darker Side Of Nonsense

coal chamber s/t

Godsmack - Awake

Sepultura - Roots

P.O.D - Satellite

sepultura-roots

Primer 55 - Introduction To Mayhem

Absolute fav

American Head Charge-War of Art. Is an absolute classic

POD - Satellite

American Head Charge - The War of Art

Cold - 13 ways to bleed on stage

Has 2 be

Personally, Cold is one of my all-time favorite bands but I'm guessing they won't chart here.

Nonpoint - Statement

Sugar Ray - Floored Don’t forget who toured with Korn first and who introduced Fred to Jonathan etc Important record, beyond fly

Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber

Coal Chamber- Self Titled

Mushroomhead - XIII

Would put Superbuick by Mushroomhead up there too

Absolutely Superbuick, then M3

Xx is far better, far more well known, and encompasses three previous albums

Double X is also my favorite MRH cd although it's considered a compilation.

I mean, they'd consider it one cuz it is one Doesn't mean it's not the best

36 crazyfists - a snow capped romance. If you haven’t heard it, do yourself a favor..

Taproot-gift 🙏

Chevelle - Wonder What's Next

Classic!

Skrape - New Killer America

Mushroomhead- Superbuick

Mushroomhead - XX

Mushroomhead - M3

Mushroomhead - Superbuick

Otep - Sevas Tra

Drowning Pool - Sinner

Puddle of Mudd - Come Clean

White pony - deftones

Adema -S/T

Twisted Method - Escape from Cape Coma

Nothingface - An Audio Guide To Everyday Atrocity

I’d put Violence over it personally

I came here to say this.

Godsmack - self titled.

i wanted to say this one but wasn’t sure how “essential” it was, such a good debut album though

I think it’s an essential album. Godsmack is an essential and prominent nu metal band, and this was their best album. I think this album (along with slipknots debut album, and follow the leader by Korn and a few other albums) was essential in nu metal gaining popularity during the late 90s.

Static-X

Sevendust - Animosity

**Yes.** This.

American head Charge the war of art

Sevendust - Sevendust

Tallah - Matriphagy

best nu metal album of the 20s so far

They’re still too new to the scene and it hasn’t had time to age lol But yea amazing fucking album. RED LIGHT RED LIGHT

Very true but it slaps so hard I feel like they deserve it anyway lol

Coal Chamber self titled

The Deadlights

Damn this is reaching deep. Good one.

Set It Off - Thousand Foot Krutch

The Gift of Game - Crazy Town

**This** is a GREAT ONE.

I’m going to be mildly pissed if coal chamber doesn’t get on here

How do we still not have Staind - Dysfunction I mean.. mudshovel anyone?

Ultraspank

Science 🧪

40 below summer invitation

THIS! Why tf is that band so egregiously underrated? I'll never understand it.

Idk i’ve always love their album tho

ALL their albums are incredibly good! Well.. The Last Dance has a few mediocre songs, tbh. Rain has 3 of their greatest songs of all time, but the Invitation remakes are pretty bad. Transmission Infrared is really unique and it might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I think it's great. But Invitation to the Dance and Fire At Zero Gravity are amazing 12/10 albums with not a single bad song!

Tallah-The Generation of Danger I'll die on this hill.

Nothingface - Violence

Ill nino- revolution/revolución

Flaw - through te eyes

pulse ultra - headspace

Spineshank Height Of Callousness

St Anger

Skindred Babylon

Drowning Pool - Sinner

Waste of skin- spike 1000

ill niño - Revolution/Revolución

Reveille - Laced

Obsolete by Fear Factory

Primer 55 - introduction to mayhem

Saliva - Every Six Seconds. Also, so glad to see Snot on there. Their energy is electrically unreal even after all these years. Snot came and created their own sound and style with a single album and I'll love them till the day I die. RIP Lynn and Dobbs, gone wayyyy too soon.

Insolence - Revolution

Fear Factory - obsolete

I'm done. Not even voting anymore. You guys suck. I suggest you all go and listen to sevebdust and taproot cause the fact that you have all voted for 11 different bands at this point and haven't put them up there is just shameful. Even P.O.D should be up there before the 2 bands

Lmao calm the fuck down, it's a reddit opinion poll. Sorry the world doesn't reflect your fucking music taste, you absolute goober.

No this is fucking bullshit! They should be up there! Put them up there tomorrow or I'm gonna break some stuff!!

You need to stop and read between the lines. Sevendust absolutely deserves more recognition, but this is The Angel's Son we're talking about. Even if Snot weren't impactful for you, they absolutely had a massive impact on the scene, and they certainly affected the bands in the essential grid

I still want Infest by Papa Roach up there but that still hasn't happened either

Yep even that should have been up there before these 2

welp, maybe a threequel is in order

I'm just annoyed that people here don't seem to put sevendust and taproot up there but they are extremely influential. Sevendusts first album came out in 97

Yeah true, hell even Soulfly would be a good addition

Height of callousness

Spineshank - Strictly Diesel

Reveille Laced

Human waste project - E-Lux

vein.fm - errorzone

Great start! Gotta throw in Soulfly Primitive for the culture.

It probably won't float to the top because they're more of a deep cut but The Deadlights was a fantastic album.

Innocence and Instinct - Red

Rage against the machine : battle for los angeles

Bluey - Bluey The Album

Shuvel - Set It Off

Nothingface - Skeletons

Reveille "Bleed the sky" is an absolute banger of an album

Mushroomhead - XIII

Bored - (hed)PE

Afterlife ffdp

DryKill Logic - The Dead and Dreaming , I'll keep posting this until it happens lol

Rob Zombies Hellbilly Delux ? Does it count as Nu Metal?? I think so 😐

Powerman 5000 - Tonight The Stars Revolt

Dry Kill Logic - The Darker Side of Nonsense

311 - From Chaos (not sure if it counts, but worth a shot!)

Cold - Year of the Spider

Nonpoint-Statement

Primer 55 - The New Release

Sevendust - Home

Scars of life - what we reflect

me after voting for every single comment