{"id":718228,"date":"2026-06-22T00:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/718228\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T00:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:13:08","slug":"halestorm-trivium-architects-ice-nine-kills-black-veil-brides-etc-members-weigh-in-on-the-best-nu-metal-album-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/718228\/","title":{"rendered":"Halestorm, Trivium, Architects, Ice Nine Kills, Black Veil Brides, Etc. Members Weigh In On &#8216;The Best N\u00fc-Metal Album Of All-Time&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the likes of Limp Bizkit recently headlining this month\u2019s \u2018Download Festival\u2018 in Donington, UK, n\u00fc-metal was in the air. British publication <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerrang.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kerrang!<\/a> took advantage of the conglomeration of metal and rock talent in attendance during that fest to launch an inform poll of what the the best n\u00fc-metal album of all-time is.<\/p>\n<p>Below you can watch some explanations from each artist to answer the question. As you\u2019d expect, the regular suspects in genre pillars like Korn, Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park all got multiple mentions. Some artists also chose to include Deftones, while noting that band\u2019s own well-documented struggles to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprp.com\/2025\/08\/25\/news\/chino-moreno-admits-deftones-have-tried-not-to-get-lumped-in-with-the-nu-metal-resurgence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">eschew that genre\u2019s trappings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for who took part in this informal poll and their respective choices, read on. Below you can also watch the video itself with commentary from each participant.<\/p>\n<p>Spencer Charnas (Ice Nine Kills): Korn \u2013 \u201cKorn\u201d \/ Korn \u2013 \u201cFollow The Leader\u201d (tie)<\/p>\n<p>Harmony Cavalle (South Arcade): Limp Bizkit \u2013 \u201cChocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Dan Searle (Architects): Deftones \u2013 \u201cWhite Pony\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Jayant Bhadula (Bloodywood): Linikin Park \u2013 \u201cHybrid Theory\u201c<\/p>\n<p>William Von Ghould (Creeper): Slipknot \u2013 \u201cSlipknot\u201c<\/p>\n<p>R\u00d8RY: Linikin Park \u2013 \u201cHybrid Theory\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Charlton (Thornhill): Limp Bizkit \u2013 \u201cChocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Matt Heafy (Trivium): Limp Bizkit \u2013 \u201cThree Dollar Bill, Y\u2019all\u201d \/ Linkin Park \u2013 \u201cMeteora\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Andy Biersack (Black Veil Brides): Slipknot \u2013 \u201cIowa\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Scene Queen: any album from Limp Bizkit.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Aalon Butler (letlive.\/Fever 333: Deftones \u2013 \u201cWhite Pony\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Lzzy Hale (Halestorm): Sevendust \u2013 \u201cHome\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the likes of Limp Bizkit recently headlining this month\u2019s \u2018Download Festival\u2018 in Donington, UK, n\u00fc-metal was in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[23371,309359,309360,66781,88,35696,159505,96966,205133,115658,22439,216,23609,40123,28572],"class_list":["post-718228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-architects","tag-black-veil-brides","tag-creeper","tag-deftones","tag-entertainment","tag-halestorm","tag-ice-nine-kills","tag-korn","tag-letlive","tag-limp-bizkit","tag-linkin-park","tag-music","tag-slipknot","tag-thornhill","tag-trivium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}