Is 2000’s rock a bygone era? Breaking Benjamin, Korn, Slipknot, Godsmack, etc.

Submitted by Dull-Refrigerator-33 t3_11alvnb in Music

They were my middle and high school anthems and I’m back into them again.

But I’m a bit sad because I feel like they all peaked in the mid to late 2000’s and while I love that some still produce new music (Godsmack dropped their final album today), it seems like the torch hasn’t been passed on?

Is this genre dead now? I’ve tried A Day to Remember but it doesn’t sound the same or land for me

Was that era really big or did I think it was bigger than it was? I feel like the production quality was insane on some of those tracks like So Cold, Stand Alone, I Get It, and more.

Where should I look next or is it just for the memory banks now?

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tgulli t1_j9ss8xk wrote

It's all relative, I think 3 if those 4 peaked before 2000

I'm need to dig into what I listen to to figure out if anything is newer lol

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Wheelsz69 t1_j9st03b wrote

If you're not opposed to hardcore there are a lot of bands who were heavily influenced by 2000s rock and metal

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elijah47 t1_j9su0hh wrote

It’s called Nu-Metal. Some fresher bands have used that sound:

•Of Mice & Men on the album “Restoring Force”

•Darke Complex, this guys split up but they have some good bangers

•Abbie Falls, this is my fresh new favorite band, Parasite and Death Row are my favorite songs

•Suicide Silence on “The Black Crown” give us a nice example of nu metal elements applied on other genre, maybe now this sounds like those two bands I told you up here but when released it was a fresh sound

•Architects (UK) “For Those That Wish to Exist” is very melodically album but is full of nu metal sounds and influences

•Beartooth the “Disgusting” album its an ode to modern metal

•Bring Me The Horizon “amo” it’s a mf nu metal album filled with pop choruses

•Emmure, this mfs know about nu metal for sure

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Charming-Twist-7514 t1_j9t5hhy wrote

Not sure if this is the same, but I loved Highly Suspect’s and Shinedown’s newest albums last year. I will listen to the new Godsmack this morning. Thanks for mentioning it! I see something new from Pop Evil that I need to check out, too :)

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stu54 t1_j9t9fpy wrote

That's just how music works. A new sound is popular, lots of bands distribute a lot of it, and then it isn't new anymore, and people listen to something else.

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HecatombCometh t1_j9tc7oa wrote

Just today I was thinking that some clean/mixed-vocal djent (AKA "technical groove metal" but nobody's gonna call it that) artists sound like a modern extension of nu metal, albeit with more technical chops than mainstream 2000s rock/metal had.

You might like Periphery. They're probably the biggest djent band right now and have a new album out soon.

Monuments have a bit of a rocky discography overall, but if you can get into harsh vocals then 2014's The Amanuensis is really good.

Unprocessed are a German band treading the line between virtuosic musicianship and poppy metal, which is a really weird combination. Great production; often lacklustre lyrics but if you're coming from nu metal then that shouldn't be a problem.

I don't think Sleep Token really take many direct cues from 2000s rock/metal, but they're worth mentioning anyway as a major up-and-coming artist right now. They've got a new album out soon as well and the singles suggest that it'll be pretty diverse in sound.

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EveSixxx t1_j9tfm9v wrote

Ah yes, the But Rock. Ain’t nothing wrong with that

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raising_creampies t1_j9thn8o wrote

Way it goes man. Look at the difference from 40's music, to 60's music. Then 60's to 80's.

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piranhabait89 t1_j9tprao wrote

Thanks for the existential dread. Getting older

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LalaPaintGirl t1_j9turcd wrote

The music business isn’t what it was 30 years ago. It’s a lot harder for new bands to get any exposure. You have to pay bigger bands to headline for them, do your own merch, production, marking everything. There are very few new artists getting contracts anymore. It really needs to be a passion because your most likely going to loose money for a long time. My guy always tells me of artists having gold/platinum records and living at their moms.

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941JJO t1_j9uswx6 wrote

We play every band you mentioned, and have interviewed all too.

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Peter_Easter t1_j9w9lel wrote

Hipsters on the internet made it cool to hate on Nu Metal and Post-Grunge, so alot of younger folks don't even bother checking it out, sadly. I've been diving back into alot of late 90s/early 2000s rock lately, and love it even more now.

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NervousMNG34 t1_j9xwoos wrote

Turnstile and The Dirty Nil would fit perfectly in that era

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