There’s plenty of rock that sounds similar to those bands still out there and being made very successfully. The real problem is that your method of exposure has changed. You remember all these because they happened at a time when radio and MTV were how most people discovered ALL music. The only other way was word of mouth exposure. It’s never been easier than it is today to discover new music, but the flip side is that breakouts are few and further between, and largely only cater to whatever is already popular. It’s why “everything sounds the same” now - because a lot of what is mainstream literally is the same. Same tempo, key, beat, rhythm, vocal patterns etc. If Freak on a Leash, Wait and Bleed, or Break Stuff came out today, 99% of people would never know because it wouldn’t be played on any radio station. Gotta save that valuable air time for (way) more ads, and the same tswift and weeknd songs you heard 35 minutes ago.
As for numetal specifically, the real answer is that 5 of 6 of these weren’t really metal of any sort, but they also didn’t fit nicely into a TRL genre (Slipknot being the mega exception - they were very metal from the get go). I’m not going to get into a debate on what is and is not metal and more importantly not disparage anyone for what they like or don’t like! I’m not disparaging any of these bands at all just noting that part of what made them standouts is that they didn’t have a nice neat genre to fit into. Slipknot largely stayed Slipknot, and the other either evolved (LP, PR), didn’t have staying power (Evanescence, LB) or had a good run and split up (Korn).
Slipknot is no longer as trashy (in the metal sense) and raw as they were, but they are still churning out albums and selling out arenas. So is Papa Roach for that matter (though they play much smaller venues than Slipknot)!
There’s plenty of rock that sounds similar to those bands still out there and being made very successfully. The real problem is that your method of exposure has changed. You remember all these because they happened at a time when radio and MTV were how most people discovered ALL music. The only other way was word of mouth exposure. It’s never been easier than it is today to discover new music, but the flip side is that breakouts are few and further between, and largely only cater to whatever is already popular. It’s why “everything sounds the same” now - because a lot of what is mainstream literally is the same. Same tempo, key, beat, rhythm, vocal patterns etc. If Freak on a Leash, Wait and Bleed, or Break Stuff came out today, 99% of people would never know because it wouldn’t be played on any radio station. Gotta save that valuable air time for (way) more ads, and the same tswift and weeknd songs you heard 35 minutes ago.
As for numetal specifically, the real answer is that 5 of 6 of these weren’t really metal of any sort, but they also didn’t fit nicely into a TRL genre (Slipknot being the mega exception - they were very metal from the get go). I’m not going to get into a debate on what is and is not metal and more importantly not disparage anyone for what they like or don’t like! I’m not disparaging any of these bands at all just noting that part of what made them standouts is that they didn’t have a nice neat genre to fit into. Slipknot largely stayed Slipknot, and the other either evolved (LP, PR), didn’t have staying power (Evanescence, LB) or had a good run and split up (Korn).
Slipknot is no longer as trashy (in the metal sense) and raw as they were, but they are still churning out albums and selling out arenas. So is Papa Roach for that matter (though they play much smaller venues than Slipknot)!
Thank you for the detailed answer