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• Linkin Park

  Linkin Park's 2000 debut album Hybrid Theory became one of the best-selling debut albums of the 2000s, blending nu metal's heavy guitar foundation with electronic production and rapping alongside singing, and the album's massive commercial success brought nu metal to its widest possible mainstream audience. The band's combination of Chester Bennington's powerful, emotionally intense vocals and Mike Shinoda's rapping and production work gave Linkin Park a distinctive dual-vocalist dynamic that became one of the most commercially successful formulas within the broader nu metal and rap-rock landscape. Bennington's death by suicide in 2017 became one of the most significant losses in rock music of that decade, and the band's subsequent extended hiatus before eventually returning with a new lineup reflected the profound impact his loss had on the group's ability to continue. Their combination of massive commercial mainstream success and their genuine emotional songwriting depth, particularly regarding mental health struggles, has made Linkin Park one of the most commercially significant and culturally impactful bands of the nu metal era.

• Limp Bizkit

  Limp Bizkit's 1999 album Significant Other and 2000 follow-up Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water both debuted at or near the top of the Billboard 200, reflecting the band's massive commercial dominance during nu metal's absolute peak of mainstream popularity around the turn of the millennium. Frontman Fred Durst's brash, confrontational public persona and the band's combination of rap-influenced vocal delivery with heavy guitar riffs made Limp Bizkit one of the most commercially recognizable acts of the genre, even as they drew significant critical skepticism throughout their career. The band's headlining performance at the chaotic 1999 Woodstock '99 festival, during which their set was later cited amid broader discussions of crowd violence and property destruction at the event, became a significant and controversial part of the band's broader public history. Limp Bizkit's combination of massive early commercial dominance and their significant, if polarizing, role in nu metal's mainstream popularization has made them one of the genre's most commercially significant, if critically contested, acts.

• System of a Down

  System of a Down, formed by musicians of Armenian descent, blended nu metal's heavy sound with genuinely unconventional song structures, unpredictable tempo changes, and explicitly political lyrical content, distinguishing them musically and thematically from more straightforwardly aggressive genre contemporaries. Their 2005 double album release Mezmerize and Hypnotize, released in the same year, both debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, an unusual commercial achievement reflecting the band's massive popularity despite their genuinely unconventional, less radio-formulaic songwriting approach. The band's sustained advocacy for recognition of the Armenian Genocide, including direct references in their music and public statements, gave System of a Down a level of explicit political and historical engagement uncommon among mainstream rock acts of their commercial stature. Their combination of genuinely unconventional musical structure and their explicit political and cultural advocacy has made System of a Down one of the most artistically distinctive and thematically substantive bands to emerge from the broader nu metal movement.

• Slipknot

  Slipknot's nine members, each performing in matching jumpsuits and individually designed masks while assigned numbers rather than emphasized individual names, gave the band one of the most visually distinctive and theatrically elaborate stage presentations in nu metal and heavy metal more broadly. Their combination of extreme aggression, incorporating additional percussionists and turntable elements alongside conventional metal instrumentation, gave Slipknot a uniquely dense, chaotic sonic identity that distinguished them from more straightforwardly commercial nu metal contemporaries. The band's masked anonymity, maintained consistently across their career even as individual members' identities eventually became publicly known, reflected a deliberate artistic choice to prioritize the collective Slipknot identity over individual member celebrity. Their combination of genuinely extreme sonic aggression and their elaborate, theatrically distinctive visual presentation has made Slipknot one of the most commercially successful and visually iconic bands to emerge from nu metal's more extreme, less radio-friendly wing.

• Deftones

  Deftones distinguished themselves from more straightforwardly aggressive nu metal contemporaries by incorporating shoegaze, dream pop, and ambient influences alongside their heavy guitar foundation, giving their sound a more atmospheric, texturally varied quality that helped the band achieve sustained critical respect beyond typical nu metal genre boundaries. Their 2000 album White Pony marked a significant artistic maturation, incorporating more melodic and atmospheric elements that distinguished it from the band's earlier, more straightforwardly heavy material, and the album is widely regarded as one of the most artistically ambitious releases associated with the broader nu metal era. Frontman Chino Moreno's vocal range, moving fluidly between aggressive screaming and genuinely melodic singing within the same songs, gave Deftones a dynamic vocal versatility that distinguished the band from acts relying more heavily on a single vocal approach throughout their material. Their combination of genre-blending atmospheric ambition and their sustained critical respect well beyond nu metal's typical commercial lifespan has made Deftones one of the most artistically significant and enduringly influential bands associated with the broader movement.