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Podcast: Pantheon - Podcasts for Music Lovers
Episode: Metal Mayhem ROC:1999–2000- When Nu-Metal Took Over & Napster Changed Everything
Description:
Join Metal Walt, Ian O’Rourke
(Motorlord), and Bill “The Rager” for another chapter of The History of
Metal. This time, they revisit 1999 and 2000 — a defining turning point
when Nu-Metal and Post-Grunge ruled MTV, Napster upended the industry, and
legendary icons stormed back into the spotlight. Hear how Slipknot, Korn, and
Limp Bizkit reshaped the scene, why Woodstock ’99 went off the rails, and how
Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford, Dio, and Alice Cooper reignited traditional
metal. From Metallica’s S&M experiment to Linkin Park’s Hybrid
Theory explosion, this episode chronicles how heavy music survived Y2K —
and came b...