10 Most Underrated Nu Metal Albums

Nothingfaces's first three LPs left many writing them off as a rather shameless Korn rip-off. Arguably the founding fathers of nu metal, there were certainly worse groups to take inspiration from than Korn. Regardless, the decision hampered these Washington D.C. rockers' reputation for some time.

With 2003's 'Skeletons', the group, perhaps sensing the end of nu metal as a leading scene, changed up their sound. Proving more creative than ever before, they blended everything from thrash metal to hardcore punk with their new urban focus.

Following 2000's 'Violence', the band struggled with a variety of personal setbacks and tragedies. 'Skeletons' captured them at perhaps their lowest ebb in many ways. For listeners, however, the amount of passion and emotion poured into this troubled album shone through, making it the group's most powerful musical statement.

Frontman Max Holt goes to war with the world on the lyrical front, slamming everything from organised religion to the US government. The heat in his words is bolstered by guitarist Tom Maxwell's most blisteringly impressive work with the group. Tracks like 'Patricide' and 'I Wish I Was a Communist' are as blunt and harsh as their titles suggest. What the band may lack in witticisms they more than make up for in unbridled rage and turmoil-laden riffs though.

Between struggles with loss and addiction in their personal lives and the general fading of the nu metal genre, Nothingface called it quits after this one. They went out on a high note that deserved much more notice than it got.