Nu Metal · ranked by score

Best Nu Metal Albums, Ranked

12 albums reviewed

Downtuned grooves, hip-hop rhythms and alternative-rock songwriting. Nu metal broke through in the late 1990s with Korn, Deftones, Slipknot and Linkin Park and reached a mainstream audience no metal style had before.

We have reviewed 12 Nu Metal albums released between 1994 and 2013, averaging 7.8 out of 10. The highest score so far goes to Tool's Lateralus (8.5). Korn (2), Slipknot (2), System of a Down (2) appear more than once.