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EPISODE · Dec 15, 2025 · 1H 15M

Are You Ready (For Something Nü)!?

from Heavy Metal 101 · host Eric Schwartz

Wherein Eric battles John, at his very most Johnniest, in a doomed effort to convince him that nü metal can actually be pretty damn cool in the hands of practitioners including Korn, Limp Bizkit, Sevendust, System of a Down, Slipknot, and Deftones.Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode:Video Break #1: Comparing and contrasting nü metal with groove metal through two iterations of Machinehead-A) Nü: "From this Day" from The Burning Red (1999)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJzeJiHHQOY B) Groove: "Locust" from Unto the Locust (2011)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxjeqCd6Zm0Listening* Break #1: Korn "Blind" from Korn (1994)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGK00Q7xx-s*The official YouTube links for each of the "listening break" songs are music videos, so feel free to watch or just listen. Whatever floats your boat!Listening break #2: Limp Bizkit "Break Stuff" from Significant Other (1999)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUYjpKg9KYListening break #3: Deftones "Change (In the House of Flies)" from White Pony (2000)- ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPpDyIJdasgPlease do consider joining us at our Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠(you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!)Contact us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social media:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/heavy_101⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are always released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month!Underscore credits:Royalty Free Nu Metal Instrumental [ music no copyright ]The 8FloorsColonel Bogey March free music no copyrightFree MusicStryper - To Hell With The Devil (8-bit)Joseph Adan AngelKorn - Blind (8-Bit Version)WalrusUplifting & Tropical (Free Music) - "JOURNEY" by Roa 🇯🇵BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free MusicSacred Light - Choir Music Royalty FreeTalekeeper Music - Royalty Free Music for VideoFunk of Steel [Funk Metal Fusion Instrumental] [Royalty-Free]Guitar Soul Purification and Momirko8-BITS)KORN-ADIDAS(8-BITS)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio(8-BITS)KORN-FREAK ON A LEASH (8-BITS COVER)Scooby Doom 8-bit radioEmotional Sad Piano Music | Touch (Download and Royalty FREE)MATTIA CUPELLI(8-BITS)LIMP BIZKIT-NOOKIE(8-BITS)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio(No Copyright) Explainer Video Background Music | Medical Science Corporate Music Royalty FreeRealTunesStudioLimp Bizkit - Faith (8 bit)Chiptune PlanetLimp Bizkit - Break Stuff 8bit- 8Bit Albums By MegaTallica8-BIT ARCADE - Rumble Fish (8-Bit Sevendust Emulation)8-Bit Arcade - OfficialSugar [8 Bit Tribute to System of a Down] - 8 Bit Universe8 Bit UniverseWait And Bleed (8-bit) - Slipknot- 8bitQueen11(8-BITS)DEFTONES-ELITE(8-BITS)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio(8-BITS)DEFTONES-7 WORDS(8-BITS COVER)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio(8-BITS)DEFTONES-BACK TO SCHOOL(8-BITS)Scooby Doom 8-bit radioRoyalty Free Sober Sad Music (For Videos) - "Yearning" by Shane Ivers 🇬🇧BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free MusicRoyalty Free Music | Classical | Auld Lang Syne | Copyright Free MusicRoyalty Free Music for You

Wherein Eric battles John, at his very most Johnniest, in a doomed effort to convince him that nü metal can actually be pretty damn cool in the hands of practitioners including Korn, Limp Bizkit, Sevendust, System of a Down, Slipknot, and Deftones.Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode:Video Break #1: Comparing and contrasting nü metal with groove metal through two iterations of Machinehead-A) Nü: "From this Day" from The Burning Red (1999)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJzeJiHHQOY B) Groove: "Locust" from Unto the Locust (2011)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxjeqCd6Zm0Listening* Break #1: Korn "Blind" from Korn (1994)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGK00Q7xx-s*The official YouTube links for each of the "listening break" songs are music videos, so feel free to watch or just listen. Whatever floats your boat!Listening break #2: Limp Bizkit "Break Stuff" from Significant Other (1999)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUYjpKg9KYListening break #3: Deftones "Change (In the House of Flies)" from White Pony (2000)- ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPpDyIJdasgPlease do consider joining us at our Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠(you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!)Contact us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social media:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/heavy_101⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are always released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month!Underscore credits:Royalty Free Nu Metal Instrumental [ music no copyright ]The 8FloorsColonel Bogey March free music no copyrightFree MusicStryper - To Hell With The Devil (8-bit)Joseph Adan AngelKorn - Blind (8-Bit Version)WalrusUplifting & Tropical (Free Music) - "JOURNEY" by Roa 🇯🇵BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free MusicSacred Light - Choir Music Royalty FreeTalekeeper Music - Royalty Free Music for VideoFunk of Steel [Funk Metal Fusion Instrumental] [Royalty-Free]Guitar Soul Purification and Momirko8-BITS)KORN-ADIDAS(8-BITS)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio(8-BITS)KORN-FREAK ON A LEASH (8-BITS COVER)Scooby Doom 8-bit radioEmotional Sad Piano Music | Touch (Download and Royalty FREE)MATTIA CUPELLI(8-BITS)LIMP BIZKIT-NOOKIE(8-BITS)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio(No Copyright) Explainer Video Background Music | Medical Science Corporate Music Royalty FreeRealTunesStudioLimp Bizkit - Faith (8 bit)Chiptune PlanetLimp Bizkit - Break Stuff 8bit- 8Bit Albums By MegaTallica8-BIT ARCADE - Rumble Fish (8-Bit Sevendust Emulation)8-Bit Arcade - OfficialSugar [8 Bit Tribute to System of a Down] - 8 Bit Universe8 Bit UniverseWait And Bleed (8-bit) - Slipknot- 8bitQueen11(8-BITS)DEFTONES-ELITE(8-BITS)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio(8-BITS)DEFTONES-7 WORDS(8-BITS COVER)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio(8-BITS)DEFTONES-BACK TO SCHOOL(8-BITS)Scooby Doom 8-bit radioRoyalty Free Sober Sad Music (For Videos) - "Yearning" by Shane Ivers 🇬🇧BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free MusicRoyalty Free Music | Classical | Auld Lang Syne | Copyright Free MusicRoyalty Free Music for You

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Wherein Eric battles John, at his very most Johnniest, in a doomed effort to convince him that nü metal can actually be pretty damn cool in the hands of practitioners including Korn, Limp Bizkit, Sevendust, System of a Down, Slipknot, and...

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