Woodstock ’99 was fucking insane. The rampant commercialism was just one aspect that didn’t resemble the original. The lineup? Absolutely stacked. Rage Against The Machine. Metallica. Korn. Red Hot Chili Peppers. And a little band called Limp Bizkit, whose popularity after their performance at Woodstock catapulted them into selling millions of copies of Significant Other,…
While Limp Bizkit’s second album Significant Other isn’t necessarily the best that rap-metal had to offer in the late 90’s, it was certainly one of the most commercially successful, moving over 600,000 first-week units (yes, this actually used to happen). A more mature album than their debut 3 Dollar Bill, Ya’ll!, it contained megahits “Break…
We’re rolling through part II of our comprehensive guide of the past, present, and future of nu-metal. In case you missed part 1, you can find that here. Part II rolls on, covering Korn’s landmark debut album, industrial rock/metal’s influence on the genre, and some surprising bands that had an influence on the emerging genre.
French alternative rock band Merge have released their new single, “The Exit”. After touring across Europe in 2015 with acts such as Limp Bizkit, Enter Shikari, The Used and Circa Survive, Merge locked themselves up in the studio to write and record their next album. “The Exit” is the first track to be unveiled, and…
