List of 20 Underground Nu Metal Bands

  • Spread
  • Smolder (probably the most underground band on the list)
  • Swift
  • Stepa
  • Powderburn
  • Presence (they had a song in Bionicle: The Legend Reborn. They toured Red Rocks)
  • Shuvel (probably the most known band out of the list, my favorite out of the list too. Toured Ozzfest)
  • Drop Logic (they had a song for Initial D
  • Nervepitch
  • Helio
  • Godmode
  • Banehinge
  • Halfgain
  • Shovel (oldest band on the list, from Switzerland. They sound kind of like Helmet, Deftones, and Rage Against The Machine. They were known as Eastwood and Motocross before Shovel)
  • Defy All Odds (their singer was hit in the face with a guitar, pretty funny video)
  • Slapshock (the singer died, R.I.P.)
  • Zeromind (toured in Japan a lot, the guitarist and drummer were in Defy All Odds)
  • Systematic (they were signed by Lars of Metallica, they toured Ozzfest)
  • Grade 8 (pretty underground but toured Ozzfest)
  • Skribble (very heavy band)
  • 3rd Degree
  • Nullset (they were signed by the Beastie Boys if I remember correctly)