We elaborate on another factor that helped kill nu metal…. THE INTERNET!

In the mid 00s everything started to get heavy. This set the stage for Machine Head’s “comeback” albums. 

Preamble: 

1:33 The habit of healthcare, and some mental hospital stuff 

21:18 political stuff and social media

36:42  Who is allowed to be angry, trying too hard to be friends with everyone, chasing spectacle

51:19 why i don’t play in churches anymore

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Topic

55:08  Also, the internet killed nu metal

1:09:42 2003-2004 retrospective… everything gets more metal

1:25:54 Context for Ashes release, and the Elegies Documentary

1:54:08 Through the Ashes of Empires: “and so Machine Head began composing metal”

2:03:03 Vocals/lyrics, Robb’s nu metal trajectory, and making fun of metal yoda lyrics

2:40:14 Descend the Shades of Night and briefly meeting Robb

2:46:25 The Blackening “the perfect classic metallica album from the future” 

3:06:58 track by track