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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Japanese British pop dynamo Rina Sawayama electrifies the crowd at Elton’s party with her artful mash-up of rock, electro-pop, nu-metal and even some country pop.
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2023
The funk-metal band helped change alternative rock in the 1980s, bringing alt-metal to the forefront and laying the groundwork for the nu metal acts that would emerge in the 1990s.
—Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 18 Feb. 2020
In the shoot, Lonsdale -- wearing eclectic nu-school menswear pieces from Louis Vuitton, Maison Margiela and Prada, and a bright, off-white wig styled by Iggy Rosales -- poses for profile shots in and around a Los Angeles apartment complex.
—Alex Blynn, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2019
Many of their contemporaries from the nu metal boom years are gone now, but Papa Roach, much to their own surprise, endure.
—Allison Stewart, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2019
And in October, Ruiz released her third Jessica 6 album, The Eliot Sessions, which features eights songs dripping in her signature smoldering nu-disco sound.
—Jasmin Hernandez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Jan. 2019
Moose's Tooth's summer music series kicked off last month with Nas and rocks on this weekend with classic nu metal, alternative rock band, Incubus.
—Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2018
The drama was rowdily amplified by the nu metallers of the late ’90s and early 2000s, who experimented with rhythmic contrast by placing swampy funk and break-danceable beats amid the thudding of metal.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 25 June 2018
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Noun
In the United Kingdom, the group continues to find space on the charts — not just with the classics that made the nu-metal favorites superstars a quarter-century ago, but also with comeback tunes released just months ago.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Japanese British pop dynamo Rina Sawayama electrifies the crowd at Elton’s party with her artful mash-up of rock, electro-pop, nu-metal and even some country pop.
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2023
The funk-metal band helped change alternative rock in the 1980s, bringing alt-metal to the forefront and laying the groundwork for the nu metal acts that would emerge in the 1990s.
—Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 18 Feb. 2020
In the shoot, Lonsdale -- wearing eclectic nu-school menswear pieces from Louis Vuitton, Maison Margiela and Prada, and a bright, off-white wig styled by Iggy Rosales -- poses for profile shots in and around a Los Angeles apartment complex.
—Alex Blynn, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2019
Many of their contemporaries from the nu metal boom years are gone now, but Papa Roach, much to their own surprise, endure.
—Allison Stewart, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2019
And in October, Ruiz released her third Jessica 6 album, The Eliot Sessions, which features eights songs dripping in her signature smoldering nu-disco sound.
—Jasmin Hernandez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Jan. 2019
Moose's Tooth's summer music series kicked off last month with Nas and rocks on this weekend with classic nu metal, alternative rock band, Incubus.
—Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2018
The drama was rowdily amplified by the nu metallers of the late ’90s and early 2000s, who experimented with rhythmic contrast by placing swampy funk and break-danceable beats amid the thudding of metal.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 25 June 2018
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“Nu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nu. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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: the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet
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