Nu Metalcore Gear Used by Nu Metalcore Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 39 nu-metalcore artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
Most-Used Nu Metalcore Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with nu-metalcore.
Nu Metalcore Harmonizer & Octave Effects Pedals
$129.00 - $239.99
#1 · Owned or saved by 12
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$184.88 - $319.99
#2 · Owned or saved by 6
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$229.00 - $449.99
#3 · Owned or saved by 6
$184.88 - $319.99
#4 · Owned or saved by 5
Gear That Defines Nu Metalcore
Not just popular — disproportionately nu-metalcore. Multipliers compare usage among nu-metalcore artists & fans to usage across all of Equipboard, so gear everyone owns doesn't crowd out the gear that makes this genre sound like itself.
DigiTech Drop
Harmonizer & Octave Effects Pedals
2.7× vs site-wide
2
Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
Distortion Effects Pedals
2.6× vs site-wide
3
Neural DSP Archetype: Gojira
Amp Simulator Plugins
2.4× vs site-wide
4
Neural DSP Parallax
Amp Simulator Plugins
2.1× vs site-wide
5
Jackson JS22-7 Dinky
Extended Range Guitars
2.1× vs site-wide
6
Boss Katana 50 MKII
Combo Guitar Amplifiers
2.0× vs site-wide
7
Fender Frontman 10G
Combo Guitar Amplifiers
2.0× vs site-wide
8
Cockos REAPER
DAW Software
1.9× vs site-wide
9
Behringer U-PHORIA UMC22
Audio Interfaces
1.9× vs site-wide
10
DigiTech Whammy DT
Harmonizer & Octave Effects Pedals
1.9× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of nu-metalcore artists on Equipboard — a few of the 39:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 39 nu-metalcore artists on Equipboard — interviews, photos, and rig breakdowns, not guesswork.
Community signal
Saves and gear-photo tags from players who love this genre add weight, so the lists reflect who actually plays this stuff.
Distinctive, not just popular
We compare nu-metalcore usage to all of Equipboard — so a tuner everyone owns doesn't drown out the gear that makes this genre sound like itself.
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