Season 1 of Sonic Subcultures looks at 9 records that represent the range of musical styles that fall under the nu metal banner. Each record represents an aspect of nu metal that has surprising relevance today as nu metal has become a strangely resurgent genre. How is nu metal back? Why? To find some answers, Safa Hachi and Marc Lajeunesse look back at each record from our unique perspectives: Marc was there when nu metal began but Safa got into it twenty years later. We do a deep dive on each record, consider their form, lyrics, and impact when they were released, and piece together what each record means now in the present day.
Season 1 of Sonic Subcultures looks at 9 records that represent the range of musical styles that fall under the nu metal banner. Each record represents an aspect of nu metal that has surprising relevance today as nu metal has become a strangely resurgent genre. How is nu metal back? Why? To find some answers, Safa Hachi and Marc Lajeunesse look back at each record from our unique perspectives: Marc was there when nu metal began but Safa got into it twenty years later. We do a deep dive on each record, consider their form, lyrics, and impact when they were released, and piece together what each record means now in the present day.
Back in 2001, Digimortal imagined a future where humans and machines merge to survive. Over 2 decades later, Fear Factory’s industrial-meets-nu metal record feels less like sci-fi and more like the blueprint.
In a world of AI, deepfakes and digital immortality, the album's themes of control, technological takeover and existential dread hit closer than ever.
In this episode, Marc Lajeunesse and Safa Hachi dive into Digitmortal’s cybernetic vision, connecting its dystopian riffs to Black Mirror, surveillance capitalism, and the real-world cost of technological obsession.