Best Nu Metal Bands That Lean Towards Industrial Metal

The Top Ten
1 Static-X Static-X formed in Los Angeles in 1994. The band had many lineup changes, but the main vocalist and guitarist throughout has been frontman Wayne Static. Other well-known members of Static-X include Tony Campos (bassist), Ken Jay (drummer), and Koichi Fukuda (guitarist). The final lineup of Static-X did not include any of these people, instead there was Ashes (guitarist), Andy Cole (bassists), and Sean Davidson (percussion).

Nu metal and industrial metal is what Static-X has been classified as. However they are usually lumped into nu metal because of who they were touring with at the time. Wayne Static considers Static-X as "evil disco". ...read more.

Or as they had put it, "evil disco". But it still is very industrial.

2 Spineshank
3 American Head Charge American Head Charge is an industrial metal band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The band has earned two nominations at the Kerrang!
4 Skrape

Anyone remember the spacey song Isolated?

5 Motograter

Remember when Ivan Moody of 5FDP was in a band that had face paint and a unique instrument? They sounded more industrial metal back then.

6 Deadsy
7 Mushroomhead Mushroomhead is an American nu metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 1993 in the Cleveland Warehouse District, the band is known for their avant-garde sound which includes influence from heavy metal, art rock and electro-industrial and their imagery which features masks and costumes as well as ...read more.
8 Stereomud
9 Orgy
10 One Minute Silence

Great band not sure if their either genre though.

The Contenders
11 Ultraspank

Sounds very much like Alice in Chains at points, but is pretty good with industrial-like guitar riffs and nu metal vocals.

Great band, listen to their song "Click" it's awesome.

12 Crossbreed
13 Scars of Life
14 Otep Otep is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1995. They have released two EPs, eight studio albums, and one live album.
15 Korn Korn is an American nu-metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band's current lineup includes founding members Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Brian "Head" Welch, and Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, with the addition of Ray Luzier, who replaced the band's original member, David ...read more.
16 Slipknot Slipknot is an American metal band formed in Des Moines, Iowa in 1996. The band is best known as one of the pioneers of the New Wave of American Alternative Metal during the late 1990s - 2000s and are distinguishable by the band's clothing choices, consisting of black/red jumpsuits and horror inspired masks. ...read more.

They definitely did lean to industrial in their self-titled album.

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