If all the underground nu metal bands went mainstream and reached the same level of popularity as Limp Bizkit and Korn, which bands do you think would have hit songs?

I'm sick of listening to Spotify's nu-metal playlist over and over again. I looked at the wiki to see modern nu-metal bands but it seems to a little outdated, I'm sure a lot of good bands released modern classic (classic as nu-metal can be) songs/albums since then. What are some you can recommend? My favorites are Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Spineshank, Adema and Korn. I'm particularly into the later 2000s way more polished and radio friendly nu-metal era, not so much earlier Korn.

I'll go first: Fentanyl 81 (Factory 81) Edit: I don't see a lot of nu metal references being commented 😭 that said, heres more I came up with

Pothead 55 (Primer 55), Crak (Brik), Junkie (Kittie), Strangers With Cocaine (Strangers With Candy), Snortdacrack (Spyndakit)

I'm not denying people discuss the music it's literally why I'm here. But I just find it disappointing that a genre I loved for it's eerie atmosphere and angst that feels genuine is commonly seen as nothing more than an aesthetic or fashion style

Yo. My teenage son and I have made a website called All Things Rock, reviewing and ranking albums by the bands we love, and recommending things that people may not have heard. We have just revisited the amazing Coal Chamber and published a ranking, and I'd love to hear your thoughts and opinions! We have also made a playlist of lesser-known tracks that casual fans may have missed. What do you think? https://www.all-things-rock.com/all-albums-ranked/coal-chamber

(Hot take...in our opinion, Dark Days is the best...)

We have also ranked Slipknot, One Minute Silence, Spineshank, Machine Head and several others. It's all for fun, not profit, and to give my son some exposure to amazing music 😉

Instead of including SOME albums/bands because of historical ties (apart from sound/aesthetic), I tried going for a more sound-based/aesthetic focus, and including some recommendations from others in the replies of the original post. Hopefully you guys like this one more and find it more accurate. (Be hostile about it again and I'm just going to ignore you, no more reddit moments)

I'm trying to somewhat avoid total sound-alikes. (With exceptions obviously)

When the label was trying to force Linkin Park not to have the rapping part or Evanescence to have rapping (ironic right) - that's understandable, since the bands weren't famous at the time. But I heard multiple ocassions, where labels are forcing bands that already have their name out there to release certain types of tracks. For example - "Back to School" by Deftones - the label wanted another nu-metal track, so they just did it for a couple of hours or even bigger, the label of Three Days Grace was forcing them to make more radio-friendly music and every album after One X was getting lighter and lighter. Both bands already had 2 really big albums behind them - how is the label the one in control? I assume with the amount of fame they had, every label would want them, so I assume the label would have more respect for these bands and let them make whatever kind of music they want.

Drop your favorite obscure, underrated, or forgotten rap-metal bands from the classic nu-metal era. I’m looking for heavy riffs and old-school flows that never made it mainstream—who deserves more listeners?

DM me if you know where I can

the quality of the audio is fucking ass.

https://youtu.be/iSis9XU5qAg?si=LJLTYwL2hXqPZj_GSong Link