10 Greatest Nu Metal Albums Of All Time

10. Fallen - Evanescence

I'll admit that Evanescence might not be the most inventive band in the history of the nu metal genre, but there's always been talent at work behind Amy Lee's goth rock act. Even though some of the more seasoned veterans would much rather take an axe to a record like this, Fallen is where Evanescence always showed their stripes as a band worth paying attention to.

Yes, some of the more overtly rap metal fusions like Bring Me to Life have aged like milk in the past few years, but the more hard hitting tracks like Going Under and Haunted are still amazing metal bangers regardless of which decade you find yourself in.

Evanescence may represent the more over the top elements of the nu metal scene, but when you strip away all the bells and whistles, Amy Lee's voice is still amazing, almost giving off the impression of a dark spirit being dragged down to the underworld.

These gothic rockers may not have gotten too much further after this initial smash, but there was a lot of fun to be had with this record in the early '00s. Despite the memories of the MySpace days associated with an album like this, don't let that distract from the musical brilliance on display here.