Been deep in my nu metal bullshit. Have some highlights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjTHH8gfYAE -- Crazy energy, really good music video. Aussie nu-metalcore has been a cut or three above everything else entering the pop-metal realm for the past 5 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IvpFDHmcN4 -- Reminds me of old Slipknot but with songwriters worth a damn -- All Hope is Gone-era reinterpreting Iowa-era, basically. Just constant aggression.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2RIo_kCCWw -- Insanely technical in the drums sometimes, despite bounce riffing and the standard Limp Bizkit/Korn/etc guitar feedback flourishes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4X0CG11Byw -- One of the most flexible harsh vocalists I know of (probably only beaten by Adam of A Million Dead Birds Laughing), and has a really good Jason Novak-style nasally clean voice. This song has moments of sheer chaos, occasionally verging into the very edge of grindcore territory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh3GwkoIBSE -- /Actually/ mixes nu metal and death metal. Not what people think of when they think of death metal in the context of nu metal at all -- it's got weird Morbid Angel elements, odd gothic metal flourishes in the riffs, true death metal vocals, midpaced skank beats, the works, basically your standard 90s death metal stuff. It just also has hip-hop flow, bounce riffing, turntables, build-up/freakout songwriting sections, crazy bass presence... It's a hell of a weird mixture. Oh, that reminds me!
https://traitorbsdm.bandcamp.com/track/incarnate-compulsion -- Slam death meets nu metal. This is amazing. This makes something better by miles than either of them on their own. Fucking fascinating. Check the Coal Chamber S/T flow on the vocalist, the bounce riffing, the disco groove in the slam near the end, the buildup/freakout right after that ... it literally sounds like Devourment covering Korn. Just incredible.