Guest Black Lushus Posted June 12, 2002 Report Posted June 12, 2002 I know Korn has really been shitty these past few years, going mainstream, trying to get outta that, putting out a shitty Issues album and all, but take the time to listen to Untouchables...lot of very different sounds for them that actually work. It may not be their best album but it is pretty damn good, definently better than the last 2. a few songs Jonathan Davis actually sings rather than whining or growling or shouting and doesn't sound half bad...Fieldy is on point on this one, very heavy bass here and probably David Silveria's best drum work IMO...Munky and Head actually do something during the songs rather than just wait til the chorus to start playing like past albums...so if yo ujust hate Korn, don't listen but if you still like Korn or liked em once and thought the fell to shit like i did, check this album out, a good buy and only 10 bones at best buy, can't beat that!
Guest Mark4steamboat Posted June 12, 2002 Report Posted June 12, 2002 It's alot better than Issues from what little ive heard of the album/
Guest Posted June 13, 2002 Report Posted June 13, 2002 I haven't heard this one yet, but I've always liked Follow the Leader the most. If it's better, I'm sure I'll like it. My retarded ex-girlfriend thought Issues was great. What else should I have expected from a Nu Metal disciple?
Guest Posted June 13, 2002 Report Posted June 13, 2002 This album sucks just like Korn. I hate nu-metal and everything it stands for.
Guest evenflowDDT Posted June 13, 2002 Report Posted June 13, 2002 This album sucks just like Korn. I hate nu-metal and everything it stands for. I can't believe I actually agree with Maven&Blackman=Ratings on this one... that's a first. KoRn has a best album? I find that hard to believe... although I will admit back in the day I listened to Follow the Leader and actually bought it. I listened to it for the first time since 1998 a few weeks ago... man, it was terrible, full of awful homophobic and misogynistic lyrics and pretty crappy music too. And that's supposed to be one of their BETTER albums?!?! The video for "Freak on a Leash" was pretty cool though.
Guest redbaron51 Posted June 13, 2002 Report Posted June 13, 2002 The self titled is probably the best Korn CD, anything else is shit.
Guest converge241 Posted June 13, 2002 Report Posted June 13, 2002 ive given it multiple listens, being a long time Korn fan (saw them before the self-title came out). It seems just like Issues. so much though that i cant believe they were recorded sperately. its a letdown , especially considering how much it went over budget. best tracks are blame, beat it upright, maybe hollow life. my ranking (in order) Korn Follow The Leader Life Is Peachy The Demos (seriously. just for Alive, Xmas song, and this town) Untouchables (production sounds better , but with all tose millions it better) Issues. I dont expect them to stay the same, and they need to change and grow, but i dont think they are doing their best at it. Wake Up Hate sounds like a Peachy leftover. it made me ill.
Guest swan Posted June 13, 2002 Report Posted June 13, 2002 I bought the first one when it came out in 94 and thought "Not bad, these guys might just go somewhere." Little did I know it would be to the shitter. Each album gets progressively worse. Thank god I saved my money on Issues. Haven't heard the new one yet but the single shows a little promise.
Guest Posted June 13, 2002 Report Posted June 13, 2002 Well, to be fair, Falling Away From Me was a good song...and it was off Issues...the rest of the CD sucked, though. I couldn't stand the new song when it first came out, but it's starting to grow on me...sort of.
Guest redbaron51 Posted June 13, 2002 Report Posted June 13, 2002 The new song doesn't have much of a hook on it too.
Guest crandamaniac Posted June 14, 2002 Report Posted June 14, 2002 I got it. It was ok but, like the Eminem cd, kinda the same ol same ol.
Guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Posted June 14, 2002 Honestly, i like Korn's new album... Personally, judge me all you want , i live off your hate anyway, i've always been a fan of Korn's style. Their new album kicks your teeth in with the first few tracks..then picks you back up slowly and calmly, just before knocking your head clean off your shoulders. Oh the wonders of Metal... This has been the Taker Mark
Guest Renegade Posted June 14, 2002 Report Posted June 14, 2002 I really liked Korn's first, but every other (inlculding the new one) album just really didnt work for me, the second i heard twist i knew Korn had lost it.
Guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Posted June 14, 2002 Honestly, i like Korn's new album... Personally, judge me all you want , i live off your hate anyway, i've always been a fan of Korn's style. Their new album kicks your teeth in with the first few tracks..then picks you back up slowly and calmly, just before knocking your head clean off your shoulders. Oh the wonders of Metal... This has been the Taker Mark™ NOOOOOO Korn is not metal. Their really crappy pop just like Limp Bizkit.
Guest converge241 Posted June 14, 2002 Report Posted June 14, 2002 NOOOOOO Korn is not metal. Their really crappy pop just like Limp Bizkit. if you play with Megadeth, Fear Factory, Flotsam And Jetsam, Ozzy, Danzig you are metal
Guest redbaron51 Posted June 15, 2002 Report Posted June 15, 2002 Korn made Nu-Metal very popular, and what is now very shitty. Faith No More started Nu-metal, but don't tell that to Mike Patton then.
Guest MaxPower27 Posted June 15, 2002 Report Posted June 15, 2002 I'm going to have to agree with the Baron, in that "KoRn"'s self-titled CD was their best yet. Life is Peachy wasn't bad, FTL was pretty bad. Issues sucked hard, and I don't really like the new song.
Guest CoreyLazarus416 Posted June 15, 2002 Report Posted June 15, 2002 From converge241 if you play with Megadeth, Fear Factory, Flotsam And Jetsam, Ozzy, Danzig you are metal Then I guess that makes Papa Roach, Linkin Park, and Puddle Of Mudd metal...since they've all been on tour with Ozzy. See, children, just because you tour with metal bands...that doesn't make you a metal band. I forget what newspaper had this quote, but David Silveria and Fieldy, Korn's drummer and bassist respectively, have gone on record saying that Korn are nowhere near metal. That said, I won't buy the new album. Only CD I actually truly liked was Follow The Leader, since every song on the s/t was exactly the same. Ditto for Life Is Peachy. Fuck Issues.
Guest Mark4steamboat Posted June 15, 2002 Report Posted June 15, 2002 Well those rowdy Metalheads Crazy Town toured with Ozzy too....
Guest converge241 Posted June 17, 2002 Report Posted June 17, 2002 papa roach and crazy town and puddle and linkin played with ozzy, megadeth, flotsam, and danzig like korn did? wow i must have missed that because they have only played with one of those bands..... ozzy. btw silveria is a major dick..i met the band twice and he is very full of himself, so i wouldnt doubt he would not refer to himself to the lowly "metal" branding.
Guest Mark4steamboat Posted June 18, 2002 Report Posted June 18, 2002 Anyone else notice in the Here to Stay video that clips of the best of backyard wrestling commericals are in there for about 3 seconds? very briliiant video. their music basically sucks but their videos are great.
Guest mesepher Posted June 18, 2002 Report Posted June 18, 2002 I thought the animated video of Korn's was rather shitty... That's the only bit of Korn I heard/saw but dang... it was bad. The only Korn fans I know are teeny booper girls so what does that say for the band? Mcfarlane did a much better job on the Pearl Jam "Do the Evolution" video.
Guest TheyCallMeMark Posted June 19, 2002 Report Posted June 19, 2002 I've only listened to the album once, so forgive me for any innacuracies. But man for KoRn's outing after an awful record this was not what they needed. It was a big change in direction. Sort of. It was a big change of direction the way The World Needs A Hero was Mustaines change back to thrash. It kind of was a change, but so much remained the same it was dissapointing. Don't get me wrong, the album isn't as bad as Issues, it was lacking alot of things that was necsessary for them to redeem themselves from the weak chunks in Issues. For one, the rhythm section (which is... the only section) was weakened creativly. Fieldy had just blown is beat wad on a solo project which was alot similar to what KoRn does anyway. Alot of the time he was just recycling old material. But the main hitch to halt them from really evolving their sound to something completely different was with Fieldy. It's that he has slapped his way through five records, and that is the focal point of KoRn's music. They want to change pace, but they keep this concept as the focal point of all there songs so their sound is still fundamentally the same. That was what killed this record, and would've saved it. Head and Munky were the biggest movers in this. They really abandonded their original bland style and adopted a different bland style. Not a bad thing, it was a change and it was within their capabilities and I don't blame them for doing it. It's a nice style, but drop tuning your seven string guitars using some funky octave drops on Whammy pedals just isn't going to carry a band. The vocals were the same for me, minus all the reall cool hooks. I don't know much about what he did differnet other than he rapped less... I just didn't get it. No stand out songs, and a couple overly shitty ones. However each time I hear one of the songs it sounds a little better to me so maybe the album is just a sleeper-hit sort of thing. Anyway that's just what I think.
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