Nu Metal Band Name Generator
Original band names with that late-90s nu metal edge
Generate original nu metal band names in the true 1998-2004 style: misspelled one-word names, numbered names, angsty compound words, and short phrases that would look right on a Family Values Tour poster.
About nu metal band names
Nu metal band names have a very specific look, forged between roughly 1994 and 2004. The genre favored single blunt words, often deliberately misspelled or spelled with a K: Korn, Staind, Adema, Skrape, Snot, Flaw, Endo, Coal Chamber. When bands went longer, they leaned on numbers and unit-style names (40 Below Summer, Primer 55, Powerman 5000, Apartment 26, Sevendust) or on gritty compound words like Spineshank, Nothingface, Mudvayne, and Godsmack. The vocabulary was body horror, suburbia, and malfunction: static, skin, numb, blister, chamber, machine. Rap-metal acts like Limp Bizkit and Crazy Town added playground-insult misspellings, and everything looked best in lowercase or in a chunky sans-serif logo.
The names in this list were made up in that style, not taken from real bands, and follow those rules on purpose. You'll find one-word K-swaps and misspellings (Kaustik, Skorn, Sikk), numbered names (Deadweight 7, Sektor 7, Cellblock 9), compounds (Sludgeworm, Splinterhead, Concrete Lung), and a few of the two- and three-word phrases with a Sunday, Static, or Youth ending that gave later nu metal its brooding tone. The list also holds dial-up glitches (Modem Scream), turntable words (Needle Skip), masks (Burlap Mask), and counted names (24 Hour Grudge).
Pick one, drop the caps, slap it on a black t-shirt in a distressed font, and it's ready for the reunion tour poster.
How to choose nu metal band names
- One word beats three. If you love a longer name, try trimming to its harshest word and misspelling it (Chemical Sunday to Kemikal).
- Swap a C for a K or drop a vowel (Kaustik, Skorn, Downkast) for instant late-90s authenticity, but do it once, not to every letter.
- A number after a plain word (Deadweight 7, Meltdown 5) reads as a real nu metal band, especially if the number seems to mean something.
- Check Spotify, Bandcamp, and a trademark database; the genre had hundreds of bands and some obscure ones still hold the names.
- Style it in lowercase or all caps in a distressed sans-serif to test how it looks as a logo before you commit.
Frequently asked questions
Why do so many nu metal bands misspell their names?
Partly branding and partly the anti-polish attitude of the era. Korn, Staind, Limp Bizkit, and Skrape all used deliberate misspellings to look raw and to make the name easier to trademark and search for than the ordinary word.
Are the names in this list real bands?
They were made up in the style of the genre rather than taken from real bands, and real acts like Korn, Slipknot, and Deftones appear only as examples of the naming conventions. The list was de-duplicated and screened, but not checked against any register of bands, so a short name here may match a real act.
What makes a name sound nu metal instead of just metal?
Nu metal names are short, blunt, and modern rather than epic or gothic. Death and black metal reach for words like Necro, Throne, or Wolves, while nu metal reaches for static, numb, skin, chamber, and numbers, and it prefers one misspelled word over Latin or fantasy vocabulary.
Can I use one of these names for my band?
Yes, they're free to use. Search streaming platforms, social media, and your country's trademark register first, since a defunct band from 2001 may still own the name.
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All 1,000 nu metal band names
A: 23 names
- Abraid
- Ache
- Adamant
- Adrenochrome
- After the Flood Line
- Aftershok
- Amnesiak
- Amp Riot
- Anesthetik
- Anklebiter
- Ankyl
- Answering Machine Ghost
- Antfarm Riot
- Anti-Body
- Antidote 6
- Antifreeze
- Arcade Token
- Ash Machine
- Ashen
- Ashfall 7
- Ashkult
- Ashtray Kids
- Attempt Fifteen
B: 103 names
- B-Boy Breakdown
- Backlash 9
- Backspin Riot
- Backwash
- Bad Posture
- Bad Reception
- Bad Sector
- Bad Sekt
- Bad Wiring
- Ballast 3
- Barbd
- Barbwire Smile
- Bare Knuckle Hymn
- Bass Bin Bully
- Battery Acid
- Bearing Seize
- Beatdown
- Bedtime Sedative
- Before It Breaks
- Bent Tricycle
- Between Two Sedatives
- Bilgewater
- Bitemark
- Bitrot
- Bitter Pill Club
- Bittergrind
- Blackeye
- Blackmold
- Blackout Theory
- Blacktop Static
- Blackwater Sunday
- Blakk Lung
- Blakk Metal
- Blakkjak
- Blakkwater
- Blakout
- Blaktooth
- Blank Tape
- Bleach Kult
- Bleachbone
- Bleak
- Bleed Slow Logic
- Bleedout
- Bleedr
- Blindside
- Blister
- Blister Theory
- Block 4
- Bloodhound Sunday
- Bloodklot
- Bloodletter
B, continued
- Bloodline Static
- Bloodrust
- Bloodshot Radio
- Bloodsport 7
- Bloodwurm
- Blown Fuse
- Blown Gasket
- Blown Woofer
- Blue Screen Prophet
- Blunt Force
- Blunt Trauma 9
- Blyte
- Boilerplate Kids
- Bolt Kutter
- Bonemeal
- Bonesaw
- Bonesplinter
- Boombox Autopsy
- Bootloop
- Born Tired
- Bottlerocket
- Bounce Kontrol
- Bowling Alley Brawl
- Brakefluid
- Breakbeat Ritual
- Breathe Empty Room
- Breathing Under Ice
- Brickdust
- Broken Halo
- Broken Kode
- Broken Kompass
- Broken Marionette
- Broken Signal
- Brood
- Bruisd Fruit
- Bruise Kult
- Bruised Ego
- Bruised Sky
- Bruiseville
- Bruizer
- Brytle
- Buffer Overrun
- Bulletproof Youth
- Bunker 8
- Buried in October
- Burlap Mask
- Burn Quiet Engine
- Burn the Receipt
- Burnout 44
- Burnpile
- Button Eyes
- Bypass 12
C: 57 names
- Cagematch
- Carburetor Cough
- Carpet Burn
- Carry Dull Weight
- Cathode Kid
- Cavity 4
- Cell 22
- Cellar Kult
- Cellblock 9
- Centipede Kid
- Chainlink
- Channel Three Snow
- Chapter Nineteen
- Cheap Stitches
- Checksum
- Chemical Sunday
- Chew Glass
- Choke Chain
- Chokehold
- Chrysalid
- Cicada Shell
- Cinderblok
- Cindr
- Circuit 19
- Class Clown Coma
- Clenchd
- Clenched Jaw Choir
- Climbing Down Slow
- Clot
- Clown Paint Riot
- Cold Boot
- Cold Chamber
- Cold Hand Committee
- Cold Shoulder Committee
- Cold Static
- Colder Than Before
- Coldsore
- Coma
- Concrete Lung
- Corridor 6
- Corrode
- Corrupt Save
- Corrupt Society
- Cracked Rattle
- Crash Dump
- Crawl Home Bleeding
- Crawlpipe
- Crawlspace 5
- Crayon Scar
- Cringe
- Crooked Teeth
- CRT Glow
- Culvert 9
- Curb Grinder
- Curfew Hour
- Cyanide Youth
- Cypher
D: 59 names
- Dataloss
- Dead Pixel Army
- Deadbeat Nation
- Deadbolt
- Deadbolt Theory
- Deadend Kids
- Deadfall
- Deadlift
- Deadmall
- Deadskin
- Deadstock
- Deadtongue
- Deadweight 7
- Deadwire
- Deadzone
- Deck Wrecka
- Ded Air
- Deface
- Defrag
- Dekay
- Dented Locker
- Detention Hall
- Detonate
- Dezolate
- Dial-Up Demon
- Diesel Skin
- Dim Lit Reason
- Dirtnap
- Diskard
- Diskonnekt
- Ditchwater
- Dizmal
- Doggface
- Doll Parts Bin
- Dollhouse Fire
- Dosage 10
- Down Below Sunday
- Down for Nothing
- Downkast
- Downpour
- Downshift
- Downtrodden
- Downwire
- Drag Heavy Sky
- Draincover
- Drainpipe 3
- Dredge
- Drednaut
- Dregz
- Drive-Thru Despair
- Drop D Disciples
- Dropkick Junkie
- Drownd
- Dry Rot
- Dry Throat Gospel
- Dubplate
- Duct Tape Halo
- Dumpster Kingdom
- Dustlung
E: 8 names
- Ekko Chamber
- Empty Lot Gospel
- Erode
- Error 404 Choir
- Exhail
- Exhibit Sixteen
- Exit 12
- Eyesore
F: 50 names
- Face Down Summer
- Fade Grey Summer
- Fader Burn
- Faktory
- Fall Damage
- Fall Short Method
- Fallout 8
- Fangmouth
- Faultless
- Faultline
- Fazed
- Fear Kult
- Feedback Loop
- Fenderbender
- Feral Kid
- Festerd
- Feverdream Theory
- Filth Element
- Filthgrind
- Filthgrip
- Filthy Lukre
- Fist Through Drywall
- Fisted Youth
- Fistfull
- Fistkiss
- Flail
- Flatline Choir
- Fleshpile
- Fleshwound
- Flinch
- Floodgate
- Floor 13
- Floppy Drive Funeral
- Flow Hazard
- Fluorescent Hum
- Fogmachine
- Food Court Felon
- Forty Ounce Sunday
- Four Track Fury
- Fractur
- Fragile Like Glass
- Fragment Eleven
- Fraktal
- Frayed
- Freakshow
- Freestyle Wound
- Frostbyte
- Fumes
- Further From Fine
- Fyrewall
G: 37 names
- Gangreen
- Garage Door Down
- Gasmask Prom
- Gasoline Choir
- Gasp
- Gaspump
- Glitchmouth
- Glower
- Gnarld
- Godhead Static
- Gravel in the Wound
- Gravelthroat
- Gravyl
- Greasepaint
- Greasetrap
- Grey Day Division
- Grid 9
- Gridlock 2
- Grief Engine
- Grifter
- Grime Syndicate
- Grimey
- Grimface
- Grimlok
- Grimm Sunday
- Grind Theory
- Grinderz
- Grindhaus
- Griptape
- Gritmouth
- Groundwire
- Grubworm
- Grudge Match
- Grudgeface
- Grudj
- Gutpunch
- Gutterball
H: 20 names
- Hacksaw Grin
- Half Past Numb
- Halfpipe Hernia
- Halogen
- Handshake Failed
- Hang Low Halo
- Hangnail
- Hard Reset
- Haytred
- Hektik
- Hex Dump
- Hexed
- Hive Collapse
- Hockey Mask Hymn
- Hold Still Hurt
- Hollow Chest Company
- Hollowpoint
- Hornet Jar
- Hostyle
- Hubcap Thief
I: 11 names
- Icepik
- Ill Fitting
- Ill Kontent
- Ill Logic
- Ill Mannered
- Impakt
- Impulse 21
- Incident Eighty
- Inflikt
- Ingrown
- Insomniak
J: 7 names
- Jack in the Coffin
- Jaded
- Jinxd
- Jump Krew
- Jumpsuit Nine
- Junk Sikk
- Junkyard Sermon
K: 93 names
- Kadaver
- Kaged
- Kalloused
- Kannibal Kids
- Kannon Fodder
- Kaos Kult
- Kaotik
- Kapsize
- Karbon Kopy
- Karkass
- Kaskade
- Katalyst
- Kaustik
- Kaustik Kandy
- Kellar Door
- Kemikal
- Kerosene 6
- Kettle Blakk
- Kickflip Kasualty
- Kill Sequence
- Kill Soft Signal
- Kill Switch Sunday
- Klamp
- Klapback
- Klatter
- Klaw
- Klawhammer
- Klinikal
- Klone
- Klorine
- Kloroform
- Klosed Casket
- Kloset Monster
- Klub Ded
- Klutch
- Knucklescar
- Kobalt
- Kode Red
- Kokroach
- Kold
- Kold Kase
- Kold Sweat
- Kollapse
- Kollision
- Kombust
- Kondemned
K, continued
- Konflikt
- Konkrete
- Konkussion
- Konsume
- Kontamination
- Kontrol Freak
- Konvulse
- Korrosive
- Kortex
- Kowlick
- Krak Whip
- Krakhouse
- Kramped
- Kranium
- Krank
- Krankshaft
- Krater
- Krawl
- Krawlspace
- Kreep
- Krisis
- Krome
- Krooked
- Krossbones
- Krossed Out
- Krossfire
- Krow
- Krowbar
- Krude
- Krumble
- Krunchtime
- Krunk
- Krush
- Krush Switch
- Krushed Velvet
- Krypt
- Krypt Kicker
- Kudgel
- Kul-de-Sak
- Kult of Nothing
- Kurdle
- Kurfew
- Kutback
- Kutlass
- Kutthroat
- Kutting Room
- Kynetik
L: 25 names
- Lagspike
- Larva
- Last Clean Breath
- Last Kid Picked
- Laundromat Loner
- Leadpipe
- Leave Me Buried
- Lethargik
- Level 4
- Limbik
- Lo-Fi Liability
- Loathsum
- Lockjaw Lullaby
- Locust Summer
- Lokjaw
- Loose Teeth
- Lose Sleep Slowly
- Lost Packet
- Lot 66
- Loud Kloud
- Loudmouth Sinner
- Low Ceiling
- Lunchbox Bruise
- Lungbutter
- Lyv Wire
M: 33 names
- Maggotmouth
- Mainframe Decay
- Malfunkt
- Malfunktion
- Malice
- Mangl
- Manhole 7
- Mantis Prayer
- Marrow
- Meat Hook Sunday
- Meatgrinder
- Meatlokker
- Meltdown 5
- Melted Visor
- Meltface
- Method of Ash
- Mic Check Mayhem
- Mildew 12
- Mini Mart Meltdown
- Minivan Mosh
- Modem Scream
- Module 5
- Monkey Bar Fall
- Mothbitten
- Motorkade
- Motorpsycho
- Mudflap
- Mudslinger
- Muffler Drag
- Music Box Malfunction
- Mute Button
- Muzzled
- Myopik
N: 41 names
- Nailbiter
- Nailbomb Theory
- Nailgun Sunday
- Nailhead
- Nausea Ward
- Neckbrace
- Needle Skip
- Neglekt
- Nekrotic
- Nervegas
- Nervekill
- Nervus
- Never Said Sorry
- Nickelplate
- Nightlight Out
- Nightshift Kill
- Nine Below Static
- Nine Lives Left
- Nine Volt Sunday
- Ninefinger
- Ninefold
- Ninety Degree Burn
- Ninety Proof
- Ninety-Nine Cent Skin
- Ninth Circle Static
- No Carrier
- Nokshus
- Nokturnal Youth
- Nokturne
- Nosebleed
- Nothing Left
- Novokain
- Nu Breed
- Nul Point
- Null Pointer
- Nulled
- Nullset
- Numb
- Numb Skull Theory
- Numbskull
- Nursery Crime
O: 11 names
- Oblivius
- Obskure
- Ofset
- Oilslick
- Ostracyz
- Overclockd
- Overdose 3
- Overkast
- Overpass 31
- Overpass Kids
- Ovrload
P: 31 names
- Painsaw
- Panik
- Papercut
- Papier-Mache Face
- Parazyte
- Pariah Complex
- Parity Error
- Parking Lot Prophet
- Patient Fifty
- Pavementburn
- Pawn Shop Halo
- Payn Threshold
- Phat Fracture
- Phault
- Phlegm
- Phobik
- Phunk Disorder
- Pinchd Nerve
- Ping Timeout
- Pipebender
- Pixelrot
- Placebo Effekt
- Platter Scar
- Playground Scar
- Porcelain Crack
- Powertool
- Pressureplate
- Primer Grey
- Puke Theory
- Puncture
- Puppetmouth
Q: 2 names
- Quarantine 2
- Quarter to Never
R: 49 names
- Rage Sequence
- Railspike
- Rancor
- Ratbag
- Ratchet
- Ratkill
- Ratpoison
- Ratrace Sunday
- Rattlr
- Razorwire Garden
- Reason Number Nine
- Rebar
- Recess Riot
- Red Cap Revolt
- Reflux
- Reject Nation
- Reklaimed
- Rekluse
- Rekoil
- Relapse 11
- Remorz
- Resentmint
- Residue Thirty
- Rewind Kill
- Rewired
- Rhyme Hazard
- Ribcage Radio
- Riddim Riot
- Riot Sequence
- Roachmotel
- Roadkill 5
- Roadrash
- Rocking Horse Wreck
- Room 101
- Rootrot
- Rotgut
- Rotmouth
- Rotworm
- Run Dry Reason
- Runtime Error
- Ruptur
- Rustbelt
- Rustdog
- Rusted Halo
- Rusthead
- Rustkage
- Rustnail
- Rustproof
- Rusty Nail Sunday
S: 186 names
- Sackcloth
- Safe Mode
- Salted Wound
- Sample Thief
- Sandbox Burial
- Sandpaper Throat
- Say Nothing Loud
- Scan Line
- Scrapheap
- Scratch Patrol
- Screamo Sunday
- Screen Door Slam
- Scuffmark
- Sedate
- Seesaw Snap
- Segfault
- Seizur
- Sekt
- Sektion 8
- Sektor 7
- Sepsis
- Sevenfold Silence
- Sever
- Shag Carpet Static
- Shinsplint
- Shockcollar
- Shok Therapy
- Short Circuit Sunday
- Shrapnl
- Shuddr
- Shut Eye Method
- Sideffekt
- Signal to Noise
- Sik Puppy
- Sikk
- Sikk Boy
- Sikk Kicks
- Sikko
- Sikness
- Silo 18
- Sinkage
- Sinkhole
- Sinner Suburb
- Sinnerkid
- Sirens Off
- Six Feet Static
S, continued
- Six String Suffocation
- Sixpak
- Sixty Cycle Hum
- Sixty Watt Halo
- Skab
- Skabland
- Skalpel
- Skarab
- Skarecrow
- Skarlet Fever
- Skarred
- Skewd
- Skidmark
- Skinflik
- Skinjob
- Skinnd
- Skinned Knee Society
- Skinner Box
- Skinny Dip Riot
- Skinnybones
- Skinsplitter
- Skinsuit
- Skinwalker
- Skitchd
- Skitzo
- Skitzofrenik
- Skorched
- Skorn
- Skorpio
- Skourge
- Skratch
- Skratchtiket
- Skrawl
- Skreech
- Skuff
- Skulk
- Skulldrag
- Skullfist
- Skullkrusher
- Skum
- Skwerm
- Slackjaw
- Slag
- Slagheap
- Sledge
- Sleep Thin Wire
- Sleepwreck
S, continued
- Slick Nation
- Slipmat
- Slipstream
- Slither
- Slow Suffocation
- Slowburn
- Sludge Theory
- Sludgehammer
- Sludgepit
- Sludgeworm
- Slugbait
- Slugbite
- Slugsalt
- Smile Bitter Ghost
- Smuther
- Snakebite Sunday
- Snakepit
- Snakeskin Sunday
- Snarl
- Sneer
- Snotrag
- Snub
- Sombr
- Sonik Death Monkey
- Sparkplug
- Spasm
- Speak Low Tremor
- Specimen Twelve
- Spinelok
- Spit Guard
- Spit Kicker
- Spitvalve
- Splatterhead
- Splinterhead
- Splintr
- Splitface
- Splitlip
- Splitscreen
- Spyte
- Squalor
- Stack Overflo
- Static Diskord
- Static Halo
- Static Klash
- Static Klinik
- Static Overload
S, continued
- Static Threat
- Static Youth
- Static-Free
- Station 9
- Steelhead
- Still Life Wreck
- Stinger Out
- Stitched Grin
- Stormdrain
- Strain 23
- Strangl
- Strayn
- Strip Mall Seance
- Stripped Bolt
- Stryfe
- Stuttr
- Styfle
- Stylus Wreck
- Sub-Basement
- Sub-Level 3
- Sub-Zero Sound
- Subject Fourteen
- Substation 4
- Suburb 7
- Suburban Blight
- Suburban Rot
- Subwoofer Sermon
- Suffer
- Suffokate
- Sugarfist
- Sulfur Sunday
- Sulk
- Sullen
- Sunday Bloodbath
- Sunday Massacre
- Sunday Sedative
- Sunday Sunday Sunday
- Surge Protektor
- Suture
- Swarm Reflex
- Swingset Rust
- Symptom 6
- Synapse 7
- Syntax Terror
- Systematik
- Systemik Failure
- Systemshok
T: 47 names
- Tag Crew Tantrum
- Tailpipe Choir
- Tape Hiss
- Tarpit
- Teethgrind
- Ten Second Silence
- Ten Ton Static
- Terminal Youth
- Test Pattern
- Tetherd
- Tha Downstroke
- Thin Wall Whisper
- Third Rail
- Thousand Yard Static
- Thrash Reflex
- Threshhold
- Throttld
- Thumbscrew
- Tinfoil Crown
- Tirefire
- Tonearm
- Tonguetied
- Toothpick Army
- Tourniquet Club
- Toxik Waste
- Toxik Youth
- Toxyn
- Toybox Tantrum
- Tracking Error
- Trailer Trash Theory
- Trapdoor
- Trashfire
- Trashkan
- Trashkompaktor
- Trauma Center
- Tremr
- Trench
- Trunk Rattle
- Tunnel 8
- Turntable Trauma
- Twelve Angry Kids
- Twelve Below Zero
- Twelve Step Skin
- Twelve Stitches
- Twelve Volt Skin
- Twelvegauge
- Two Fisted
U: 11 names
- Ulcer
- Under Grey Water
- Underpass 5
- Undertoe
- Undertow Choir
- Unhinj
- Unit 13
- Unravyl
- Unwell
- Uprize
- Upstairs Neighbor
V: 23 names
- Vacant
- Vacant Lot Anthem
- Vandal
- Vandalize
- Vaporlock
- Vault 13
- Vayne
- Venim
- Vent
- Verbal Bruise
- Vertigo Machine
- Vex
- VHS Burial
- Vice Grip
- Viceclamp
- Viktim
- Vinyl Abrasion
- Vitriol
- Voidwalker
- Volatyle
- Volume 0
- Vomitorium
- Vulgar Sky
W: 38 names
- Waiting on Winter
- Wake Tired Machine
- Wallet Chain Gang
- Ward 6
- Warpd
- Warthead
- Waspnest
- Wasteline
- Wax Poison
- Wear Thin Mercy
- Weedkiller
- Welt
- Wetcement
- Wetwork
- Whiplash Theory
- White Noise Ward
- Wikked Flow
- Wince
- Wind-Up Wound
- Wire Mother
- Wirebrush
- Wiretap
- Wither
- Without a Pulse
- Woodchipper
- Word Up Wreckage
- Wormfood
- Worn Out Welcome
- Wound Kulture
- Wreck Room
- Wreckage
- Wreckd
- Wreckhead
- Wrekkage 5
- Wretch
- Write Protekted
- Writhe
- Wrungout
X: 1 name
- Xpired
Y: 1 name
- Yearbook Defaced
Z: 6 names
- Zero Signal
- Zero Tolerance Sunday
- Zip Kode
- Zipper Mouth
- Zombyfied
- Zone 7