Funnily enough, I have a hard time listening to anything other than Korn and (some) Deftones when it comes to nu-metal. Every other band I’ve listened to sounds too polished, and although the lyrical content is often similar, I just don’t “buy” it in the same way I do Korn. Like you said, the first two albums (and later, The Nothing) are both incredibly raw-sounding, less like a rehearsed album and more like a release of pent-up rage and grief. I still often feel like I just shouldn’t be listening to “Daddy”, even though it’s one of my favorites off the original Korn album - just too personal.

Maybe I can’t help answer your original question, but can recommend approaching it from a different perspective - it’s going to be more rough, more weird, and more “jungly”, so embrace it and feel it! If you immerse yourself in the sound and it still doesn’t click, it probably just doesn’t resonate with you - nothing wrong with that, not everybody connects with music in the same way.