Gen Z React to Nu Metal...

as a gen z, i apologise in advance

Yeah most of the video is cringe but these kids seemed like they actually enjoyed most of these songs. So i welcome them with open arms

Thank you Noah for holding down the fort for Smosh

Older Gen Z here with a sibling born in 1991; this was a tad painful, yeah. But it's really nice to see younger people getting into Nu Metal/older music in general. I say good for them!

I actually DIDN'T want to gouge my eyes out watching this. I'm shocked.

Im shocked that deftones or early sevendust isnt in this video. Ill always have a soft spot for this genre. Im more of a modern metalcore person now but nu metal will always be in my heart

"Who was your favorite?" "LIMP BIZKIT!" Literally everyone in the 90's

I really didn't hate this one. I like watching people react to metal and actually enjoy themselves and that's what this video was.

As a fellow angsty 16 year old gen z core kid, im sorry. Please forgive our generation’s foolishness.

You can't blame them. It's like making fun of someone for not knowing about things you know. Like I can rock to nu metal but I know Jack shit about it

I love that somebody mentions Anthony from Smosh and then boom, Noah from Smosh.

"TOONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER!!!" Close, kid. I think you're mixing up THPS with NFS, that or Static X with Powerman 5000, but there's folk who were there when the deep memes were written who wouldn't remember Powerman 5000

They do not speak for all of us (sincerely, a gen-z metal head)

Ah yes, my favourite songs from the 1990s: Bring me to life, Chop Suey and Down with the sickness

I always feel like genz is 2 different generations slapped together

The part where the kid calls Fred Durst “Limp Bizkit” almost killed me from laughter yesterday

The fine bros really have to get better at writing scripts for these kids tbh

2:03.... I already hate this.

Compared to other Gen Z reacts to different genres, at least this one had them receptive to our genre. I’m used to way more embarrassing moments. Surprisingly proud 34 year old here.

I'm so glad my dad (and sort of my mom) are metalheads. Being born in 2000, I was brought up on Sabbath, Metallica, Korn, Pantera, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, KSE, Godsmack, etc. The first band/genre to get me into heavier music was the Seattle Grunge scene, specifically Soundgarden. Fast forward to today, and my favorite bands are Opeth, Gojira, and Mastodon. "Favorite" genre is death metal (more prog/tech side) and have started getting into black metal a little bit (Ihsahn rules!). I have my uncle to thank for the death/black metal thing. Grunge kid to semi-core kid/thrash kid, to any metal teen to any metal, but death leaning adult. Also, I have you to thank for getting me into Spiritbox (one of my favorites) and other metalcore and adjacent bands (also one of my all time favorite techdeath bands, Archspire) so thanks Nik!