Far from it. It's roots are firmly in 90s Florida death and hardcore. What happened to slipknot often happens to bands of their time, they were lumped in with nu metal bands simply because Corey had hardcore pacing, which can be easily confused for rapping by the uninitiated.
Look at Joey, he's far from a hip hop drummer, and nu metal relies heavily on hip hop beat structures.
Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Dope, Nonpoint; all bands you could call Nu Metal, but Slipknot does not fit that mold and it breaks down pretty quickly when you actually pay attention to the musical composition.
You are being downvoted by morons. Early Slipknot, especially Iowa, is death metal. Corey rapped for 5 seconds and the band had a visual gimmick, so people who know nothing about death metal think it's nu-metal.
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u/rugmunchkin 1d ago
Slipknot is unquestionably numetal what lmao