The Origins of Nu Metal

Heavy Metal Historian Episode 56: We enter the late Nineties to explore the genre that has been the most divisive among fans: Nu Metal. Ascending from Groove Metal, we will be looking into how the styles of Thrash, Alt Rock, Punk, Rap, Hip-Hop, & Reggae laid the foundations for the scene to emerge. We explore […]

Heavy Metal Historian

Episode 56:

We enter the late Nineties to explore the genre that has been the most divisive among fans: Nu Metal. Ascending from Groove Metal, we will be looking into how the styles of Thrash, Alt Rock, Punk, Rap, Hip-Hop, & Reggae laid the foundations for the scene to emerge. We explore the stylistic origins of Nu Metal…

Hosted by Greg Davies, the Heavy Metal Historian Podcast delivers to you snippets of tales from years gone by in the world of Metal, one episode at a time.

 

 

Clips and Sources

Beatles Anthology DVD

Good Will Hunting – The best Robin Williams scene

INTERVIEW WITH DEVIN TOWNSEND by JAROSŁAW NYCKOWSKI – e-gitarzystaTV

Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey

Metal Evolution

Vincent Van Gogh Visits the Gallery – Vincent And The Doctor – Doctor Who – BBC

 

 

Metal News Links

CHUCK MOSLEY, Former FAITH NO MORE Singer, Dead at 57

Denmark’s Prime Minister Gifted Indonesia’s President a METALLICA Box Set

DEVIN TOWNSEND Announces Next Album Is Called “Empath”

GWAR Guitarist BALSAC Diagnosed With Bone Marrow Disorder

Indonesian President May Have To Give Up METALLICA Box Set

JUDAS PRIEST Release Cover Art and First Music from Upcoming “Firepower” Album

JUDAS PRIEST To Release ‘Firepower’ Album; North American Tour Announced

MALCOLM YOUNG, AC/DC Guitarist And Co-Founder Dies At Age 64

METALLICA, MASTODON, MEGADETH, and More Get the Garbage Pail Kids Card Treatment

PENTAGRAM’s BOBBY LIEBLING Sentenced After Pleading Guilty to Abuse and Neglect

ROB ZOMBIE Making 3rd Movie in the HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES / THE DEVIL’S REJECTS Series

TWIGGY RAMIREZ Fired From MARILYN MANSON’s Band After Ex-Girlfriend’s Rape Accusation

 

 

Recqommended Listening:

“This Love” by Pantera from Vulgar Display of Power
“Break Stuff” by Limp Bizkit from Significant Other
“Wherever I May Roam” by Metallica from Metallica: The Black Album (1991)
“Change (In the House of Flies)” by Deftones from White Pony
“Wait and Bleed” by Slipknot from Slipknot
“Christian Woman” by Type O Negative from Bloody Kisses
“Life” by Devin Townsend from Ocean Machine
“Rise” by Pantera from Vulgar Display of Power
“Me and Bobby McGee” by Janis Joplin from The Essential Janis Joplin
“Symphony No 7 Op 92” by Beethoven from Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.5 and 7
“Cross Road Blues” by Robert Johnson from Robert Johnson’s Blues Collection
“Miles Runs the Voodoo Down” by Miles Davis from Bitches Brew
“Maggot Brain” by Funkadelic from Maggot Brain
“Help” by The Beatles from Help!
“That Smell” by Lynyrd Skynyrd from Street Survivors
“Between the Bars” by Elliott Smith from Either / Or
“Mother” by Pink Floyd from The Wall
“Rapper’s Delight” by The Sugarhill Gang from Rhino Hi-Five: The Sugarhill Gang
“The Message” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five from The Message
“Fuck tha Police” by N.W.A. from Straight Outta Compton
“Love will Tear Us Apart” by Joy Division from Substance
“Hungry Like The Wolf” by Duran Duran from Rio
“You Spin Me Round” by Dead or Alive from Evolution
“I am Immortal” by Mortal Sin from Face of Despair
“Bring the Noise” by Anthrax and Public Enemy from Attack of the Killer B’s
“No Sleep ’til Brooklyn” by Beastie Boys from Licensed to Ill
“Give it Away” by Red Hot Chili Peppers from Blood Sugar Sex Magik
“Get the Funk Out” by Extreme from Extreme II: Pornograffiti
“Epic” by Faith No More from The Real Thing
“The Gentle Art of Making Enemies” by Faith No More from King for a Day
“Head Like a Hole” by Nine Inch Nails from Pretty Hate Machine
“Disconnect” by Rollins Band from Weight
“Up to Our Necks in it” by Skunkhour from The Essential Skunkhour
“(Can’t You) Trip Like I Do” by Filterand The Crystal Method from Spawn: The Album
“Bulls on Parade” by Rage Against the Machine from Evil Empire
“Blind” by Korn from Korn
“Daddy” by Korn from Korn
“Faith” by Limp Bizkit from Three Dollar Bill, Y’all $
“Born Under a Bad Sign” by Albert King from Born Under a Bad Sign
“Guerrilla Radio” by Rage Against the Machine from The Battle of Los Angeles

 

 

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