Bands Like Vended: 12 Nu-Metalcore & Heavy Bands to Watch

Iowa's next generation

Vended come with a story built in: two members are sons of Slipknot's Corey Taylor and Shawn "Clown" Crahan, and they emerged from the same Des Moines pressure-cooker that produced the Nine. But the reason to care isn't the bloodline — it's that Vended actually rip, fusing nu-metal groove with modern metalcore and deathcore weight into something that feels genuinely dangerous.

So "bands like Vended" pulls from two eras at once: the nu-metal forefathers and the current wave of heavy. Here are 12 bands sorted by lineage, groove, and rage.

Short on time? Start with these three: Tallah, Slaughter to Prevail, and Slipknot.

The forefathers (where the DNA comes from)

Slipknot

The obvious one, and unavoidable. Vended's whole sonic and visual language grows out of Slipknot's chaos-as-catharsis. Non-negotiable homework.

Korn

The band that invented the nu-metal template — the detuned groove, the raw emotional howl. You can hear it in Vended's low end.

Mudvayne

Technical, tribal, and heavier than most of their nu-metal peers. The groove-forward, precise side of Vended's sound traces back here.

Static-X

Industrial-tinged, machine-heavy nu-metal built for the pit. Blunt and relentless — pure adrenaline.

The current nu-metalcore wave

Tallah

Maybe the closest active peer — unhinged nu-metalcore with a frontman who treats the mic like a exorcism. If you want the modern version of Vended's chaos, start here.

Left to Suffer

Atlanta's nu-metalcore heavyweights, blending deathcore brutality with nu-metal bounce. Crushing and groovy in equal measure.

Gates to Hell

Beatdown-leaning heavy hardcore with a nu-metal streak — built entirely for the mosh. Ignorant in the best way.

Alpha Wolf

Australian metalcore that leans hard into nu-metal bounce and electronic texture. A perfect bridge between the old sound and the new.

The heavyweight rage

Slaughter to Prevail

Alex Terrible's inhuman gutturals and stadium-sized brutality. If Vended's heaviest moments are the draw, this is the escalation.

Knocked Loose

Metallic hardcore that crossed over without going soft. Shares Vended's raw aggression and pit-first energy.

Distant

Dutch downtuned deathcore-slam. For the days you want to be flattened.

Orbit Culture

Swedish melodic groove-metal with a massive, modern low end. Heavier and more melodic — a strong next step outward.

How we picked these

We started from what makes Vended Vended — the nu-metal lineage, the groove, and the modern-metalcore rage — and cross-referenced subgenre, scene, and how our community actually moves between these bands on The Band Index. Half the list is the ancestry; half is the peer group Vended are running with right now.

Frequently asked questions

What band sounds most like Vended? Tallah is the closest active peer for the unhinged nu-metalcore sound; Slipknot and Korn are the foundational influences.

Are there underground bands like Vended? Left to Suffer, Gates to Hell, and Alpha Wolf are rising heavy acts in the same nu-metalcore lane.

What genre is Vended? A fusion of nu-metal and modern metalcore (with deathcore weight) — "nu-metalcore."

Where can I find more bands like this? Dig into the nu-metal and metalcore hubs on The Band Index, or vote and follow to push your favorites up. Every band above links to its full profile.