在Korn的第二张专辑《Life Is Peachy》中，他们已然提高了自己在金属界的影响力，更加深入钻研黑暗的旋律结构与碾磨，阴险的节奏直率地表达了地下金属的黑暗。Korn加入了足够的alternative rock（另类摇滚）的元素来构建歌曲并使其变得更容易被大众理解，他们的歌曲写作也有相当的进步。然而，乐队的主力是他们愤怒和内在的呐喊，这比他们歌的曲子更加有效的让人挂怀。他们的连复段并不一定总能够牢牢衔接，但是其吉它和主音的配合却总能深深打入人们心

Deftones is an American alternative metal band formed in Sacramento, California in 1988. It was formed by Chino Moreno, Stephen Carpenter, Abe Cunningham, and Dominic Garcia.

摇滚界火爆浪子Fred Durst继2003年Results May Vary后，施展出早期猛重Nu-Metal力度在第五张全新录音室大碟The Unquestionable Truth（Part 1）中，最令乐迷惊喜的莫过於Wes Borland归队协力创作，再次结合爆发力十足的厚实吉他音墙、与Fred在Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water时期真假音转换的嗓音?释！单曲The Truth果真如同Fred力誓重现讨伐体制乐团解体前的辉煌音调，以及电子与嘻哈融合的The Key，全辑七首歌曲，毫无冷场一气呵成，道出LB出道近10年来风风雨雨的高声呐喊！
很多歌迷认为这张likm Bizkit的新专辑过于地下，风格属于另类的说唱，tempi都不在节奏点上，是比较偏向独特风格有别于一般的商业说唱！

With their fourth album, thrash heroes Static-X head back to the future of metal as Start A War marks the return of original producer Ulrich Wild and original guitarist Koichi Fukuda, both of whom were instrumental in the success of the band's platinum debut Wisconsin Death Trip. Unrelenting and uncompromising, Static-X elevate their bone-crunching hard rock to a new level of earth-scorching destruction.

Papa Roach, <em>Getting Away with Murder</em>