Nu-metal

Taster's Choice project is born in Livorno (Italy) at the end of 1999 as a collaboration of four friends (Marco Bassini aka 'Ghiando', Pietro Marsili aka 'Peter', Mattia Biagini aka Jason and Alberto Pieri) concentrating on Crossover Style but, after a first promo of Five songs, the Band composition changed.
In 2000 the band has begun a process of maturation and has been supplemented with a new Guitarist, Simone Fiori, with a percussionist (Francesco Tonarini aka 'Togno') a Dj (Filippo Gherardi aka 'Homer') and another Singer (Daniele Nelli aka 'Mister').

Nonpoint was formed in January 1998 by vocalist Elias Soriano, bassist Kenneth "KB" Charman and drummer Robb Rivera.
The band created a name for itself in the burgeoning South Florida metal scene of the mid-late '90s. Other notable bands to emerge included Puya, Endo, Darwin's Waiting Room, Lost and The Groovenics.
Nonpoint's first album Separate Yourself was released independently in 1998. The band's first commercially released album Struggle was released on May 18, 1999 on the now defunct Jugular Records.

One Minute Silence were a four-piece band based in Ireland that combined influences from metal, hardcore punk and rap (and, later, elements from stoner and progressive rock). The band consisted of vocalist Brian 'Yap' Barry, guitarist Massimo Fiocco, drummer Eddie Stratton and bassist Glen Diani, started in 1997. The band announced its split after eight years in a press release dated October 21, 2003. Yap went on to record two albums with his own project Pink Punk.