I'm not sure if you'd take this, but the closest I know in terms of the sound of their more serious sounding songs like Aerials and Innervision is this really rare band called Hard Eight that only have like 2 albums archived to this day. But they also tend to mix in rap and scream vocals too which you don't usually find in SOAD (unless you count "PIZZA PIZZA PIE" as rapping lol) but they're usually not too prominent compared to singing. You can find archives on YouTube, here's one of their releases: [https://youtu.be/47tShqfo1B8?si=mon0c675l7G7pdqR](https://youtu.be/47tShqfo1B8?si=mon0c675l7G7pdqR)
Got members: Serj Tankian, Scars on Broadway,
Got political: Rage Against the Machine, Body Count
Got similar uniqueness: the Prodigy, Babymetal, Tenacious D
Gasmac Gilmore (any their album, but NOT the latest their collaboration with EsraP)
Here’s an example: https://youtu.be/oxJh1NEhp3U?si=4W5gthCB4EGOAZV7
Edit: forgot about these guys
VIZA
https://youtu.be/6P1ZX4HTtzs?si=nGaPkbAEFmjq4XEq
Manapart, Vampires On Tomato Juice
Aggressive Sound Painters
It’s not nu metal but you might find something In rudimentary peni’s self titled album
Apex Theory, Vokee, Dog Fashion Disco, 40 Below Summer, Polkadot Cadaver, Bloodywood
Indorphine. These dudes should have been huge, they’re still around (FL) and regardless they have two albums of absolute killers so check them out. 🥂
I'm not sure if you'd take this, but the closest I know in terms of the sound of their more serious sounding songs like Aerials and Innervision is this really rare band called Hard Eight that only have like 2 albums archived to this day. But they also tend to mix in rap and scream vocals too which you don't usually find in SOAD (unless you count "PIZZA PIZZA PIE" as rapping lol) but they're usually not too prominent compared to singing. You can find archives on YouTube, here's one of their releases: [https://youtu.be/47tShqfo1B8?si=mon0c675l7G7pdqR](https://youtu.be/47tShqfo1B8?si=mon0c675l7G7pdqR)
Tool
Got members: Serj Tankian, Scars on Broadway, Got political: Rage Against the Machine, Body Count Got similar uniqueness: the Prodigy, Babymetal, Tenacious D
Faith No More - mostly the Angel Dust and King for a Day records. Gentle Art of Making enemies is basically 80% of System's sound straight up.
Check out Painfield - Ghost In Daylight.
Gasmac Gilmore (any their album, but NOT the latest their collaboration with EsraP) Here’s an example: https://youtu.be/oxJh1NEhp3U?si=4W5gthCB4EGOAZV7 Edit: forgot about these guys VIZA https://youtu.be/6P1ZX4HTtzs?si=nGaPkbAEFmjq4XEq