With all the hyperbole and bullshit aside, I still maintain that Slipknot and Mudvayne are both legitimately great metal bands that got unfairly tarred with the nu-metal tag.
Yes, they have some shit in their catalogues, but both have put out some excellent metal.
Just because some record exec decided to shit out a million bands that tried to emulate Korn, doesn't mean that all the bands from that era were garbage.
It's like saying that Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots and Pearl Jam are shit just because a bunch of shitty grunge was released at the same time.
Slipknot's Iowa album is basically death metal and Mudvayne have more in common with Tool than nu-metal.
Fight me...