Reviews (page 6 of 8)
Lame
Yeah this is pretty awful. Freak on a Leash is OK.
Not as good as the next album they put out that I had in middle school
I couldn't wait for this one to be over. I knew Freak on a Leash already, but couldn't get into any of the other tracks.
Listening to this album brought back memories of the late 90s/ end of high school. It was fun to hear the songs again but after the first few it already stayed to get old. By the time ice cube came on I was tolerating it and when Fred Durst came around I was done. The last few songs I was waiting for it to be over. I know that this album ushered in the nu-metal sound as I knew it but it has not aged well.
jeg er ikke stolt af det, men jeg synes faktisk Jonathan Davis har en fed nok stemme, så den kommer op over 1 selvom det er et meget anstrengende, tryhard abum at lytte til
Korn slaps sometimes if I'm in the mood. Meh to this one.
While I was admittedly a fan of some of their imitators/successors in my younger years, Korn never held any real appeal for me. This album has energy and style to it, for sure, but just doesn't really resonate with me the way it might have as a teenager.
2/5 bof
I was never a KoRn fan, which is interesting because I did own albums by Limp Bizkit, Disturbed, and Orgy (oh, to be a middle schooler again). I just never vibed with Jonathan Davis' whiny growling — how he manages to do both at the same time is as impressive as it is annoying. I will give him my grudging respect because he's responsible for Queen of the Damned, in my opinion one of the best soundtracks of the early 21st century; but that's mostly because he got other people to sing his songs (I still think Jay Gordon from Orgy should have been the voice of Lestat in the movie). Anyway, I digress. I'm still not a fan after listening to this album for the first (and last) time. The two singles, "Freak on a Leash" and "Got the Life" are okay, and the video for "Freak on a Leash" will go down in history both for its innovative visual effects and for bumping BSB and NSYNC from the top of the TRL chart (oh, to be a middle schooler again). I don't know, I guess it's not the worst album I've ever listened to, but it's not good. The dark power chords and the screechy, horror-movie guitar sounds mixed with rap rock just aren't for me. A lot of the songs sound very similar, with some new, random distortion noise being the only thing really distinguishing them from each other. And I'll never get the appeal of Jonathan's dog growl scatting obsession. The lyrics really haven't aged well, especially when adding Ice Cube and Fred Durst to the mix. I'm not sure if "aged well" is the right phrase, since they're pretty vulgar and juvenile to begin with, but that Jon and Fred "rap battle" on "All in the Family" sure is cringe. They really went all out on the casual homophobia ... and homoeroticism. Toxic masculinity is a hell of a drug. This album is just a lot of super aggro noise, which obviously played well with the male teen demographic they were targeting. But it never was and never will be my thing. The best thing about it is probably that Ross Robinson didn't work on it (I'll forever dislike him for what he did to The Cure's self-titled album). I can kind of see why it made the list — as much as I don't love the sound, it was pretty different from most of what was happening in music in the late 90s, and Korn should get credit (or blame) for ushering in the rap-rock/ nu metal trend that would dominate over the next decade or so. I'm just happy to never listen to it again. 2/5
Maybe I just wasn't in the mood to be yelled and growled at today but this just isn't something that has resonated with me and I don't plan to go back for more listens. I don't hate it but I also don't particularly like it.
there is a time and a place for music like this and i think i can appreciate that. but this type of music is simply not for me
Ah the 90s, Todd Mcfalaine, poor spelling, and Rap Rock.I’d write this hasn’t aged well but it sucked in 1998 too. Leave me alone mom rock, insipid and not in a fun way. A.J.Soprano music.
Not for me! Very silly and goofy and homophobic
Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum- na-ee-ma Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum- na-ee-ma
Even if I don't really like what Korn do, I do like that they've always gone about it in their own way. There's energy, creativity and humour all over their music so they did well to stand out from the mass of Nu Metal dross that was poured into our ears at the time - this album really represents a certain culture at a certain time. Was the world a better place when our biggest cultural concern was that mum wouldn't accept this isn't just phase it's who I really am? Musically, it's a clever album - the bass and drums are tight and always deliver some sort of sinister groove, the guitars weave against each other in dissonant melody/harmony patterns and the vocals are brimming with character. Some fun songs, but I got bored of the whole album easily enough - still not my thing, but mostly well executed apart from all the unfunny homophobia on All In The Family.... Favourite tracks: Freak on a Leash, Got The Life, Pretty
Didn't enjoy listening to this. I kept checking to see how many songs I had left and it felt like the list never shrunk.
Couple songs on this album still sound great (the hits, basically) but overall it just feels really dated. Worst of all is that it really drags on, I had to start skipping tracks.
they played this soo much in the late 90s. like soo, soo much.
Not my cup of tea, but fine. I wasn't expecting Ice Cube and I wasn't expecting them to rap. 2/5 stars.
I’ve heard of korn a lot but I actually don’t know them. Like even ‘freak on a leash’ which is their big hit I just don’t know it. Honestly bar it’s hook I didn’t love it actually the first song I thought was really solid was dead bodies everywhere, right after the hits. Its metal in the breed of system of a down who undoubtedly are great, although korn are nowhere near as good and it makes me desperate for someone to include toxicity on the user albums! Like SOAD are weird but in a comical charming way but korn with tracks like children of the korn made me cringe . Admittedly fred durst has sounded much worse, he usually reminds me of shaggy from scooby doo but actually he’s the better half here, not saying much though. Maybe there’s things about the bad O don’t get but they use rape without hesitation on many tracks, I find it too aggressive. 2/5 sad because I was looking forward to this
I like Freak On a Leash well enough and thought maybe I'd like some of the other songs too. Nope. This is not my jam and I was glad when it was over. That was a long hour.
Not my vibe
Besser als ich erwartet habe. Trotzdem nicht gut. Zwar wird es an einigen Stellen melodisch, die meiste Zeit wird aber nur rumgeflucht und die Songs klingen alle sehr ähnlich.
I have zero nostalgia for this.
singles ~nostalgia~, but the rest idk
I'm not going to discuss the actual musical quality of this album because it's decidedly very outdated now, but you can't pretend that Korn didn't have a huge impact on rock music during this time. The singles on this album were on every TV channel and every rock radio station for years, all across the world. There were imitators who mostly were terrible, downtuning instruments so far that the strings are just flapping around like spaghetti doesn't mean that you sound interesting unless you really work it in to your sound like Korn actually did. I listened to this a lot as a teenager, not the whole way through, but a lot of it. I liked it then, I like it a lot less now. I wish the lyrics weren't so ridiculous and that Jonathan Davis went on less trips to the scatman dimension. There's a genuine cool idea in here musically but the vocals (both quality and content) just ruin it. I don't remember their first album (which I think is way better than this?) being so over the top, or maybe it just sounded better because there was less complaining? I don't know and I don't really want to go listen to it now. "Justin" and "Seed" are the best songs on here, it's a shame they're buried deep in to the album and everything else is pretty terrible.
What a power house this was in 1998. On hit TV show, TRL, singles from this album held the #3 spot for months at a time (unable to top whatever Backstreet Boys and N'Sync videos were 1+2) and that spot became known as "The Korn Spot". You could not avoid it. It was everywhere. And I think even then I knew this album was garbage. Got the Life is the really the only track on the album that hits outside of the nostalgia of saying BOOM NOP DA BOOM NAGA DAYDUM during Freak on a Leash. So much trash. And an hour long. I would give it a 1 for enjoyment but I'm bumping it to a 2 for the insane social relevance this had when released.
It’s ok, some good tracks, some felt dated
I tried,just not into this shit
Did this album deserve my full, uninterrupted listen? Maybe. Didn’t give this album the chance it deserved? I think so.
Wow didnt think this one would be on here. Talk about a throwback to the 90s
Some hard hitting stuff. This was my shit when I was 15. Kinda tough to get through now.
There was plenty about this I liked, but….so many vocal bits that went beyond the standard growl/scream/roar of this genre and into some absolutely comical, cringey, pathetic noises. Not even lyrics, just silly noises. I just don’t get it, and I couldn’t get past it. As soon as I started to enjoy a track, there he was with his silly childish nonsense.
Woah. I do not like the themes in some of these songs. Lol 2/5 One extra star for the waaAAaaAAaaaOOaaa
I'm really not a fan of nu-metal. Around the 00s was probably the worst time for mainstream metal. Korn's sound is a bit better than many other bands though from the same era. Still I really can't get over the infantile lyrics. It feels like an angsty 14-year old wrote it. The worst offender is "All in the Family" with my least favourite rapper, Fred Durst. There are a few good songs though. "Freak on a leash" is a actually a good song and "Got the life" is decent. It plays too long and I can't get over the lyrics. 2 stars.
Couple good songs and moments. Rest is ehh.
Repetitive riffs that often consist of just one or two notes, no memorable choruses to be found. The best part is when he goes “mmm dah dah eee dah dah eenadada”
It’s good to see that the American Metal tradition of Scatting started by David Lee Roth is being continued. I can understand why Follow The Leader is on this list. Korn were an important part of the Nu Metal scene, and Nu Metal was an important part of the Rock & Metal landscape Post-Grunge. That doesn’t mean it was any good. All in the Family is proof enough of that. I don’t actually think this is that bad, or at least that badly executed. I object to it more in principle. Koяn are not good enough lyricists for either the humorous stuff they’re trying out on some of these songs or the more serious stuff they were already known for to truly land. It’s the same problem I have with Linkin Park. I’m not trying to deny the pain that either Chester Bennington or Jonathan Davis went through, I just don’t think they’re as at good at expressing their pain as Kurt Cobain or Layne Staley were. Certainly not enough to be generational defining artists. The resurgence of interest in Nu Metal will go away and Koяn and Limp Bizket will go back to being leaders of a scene that was of minor importance at best. Cobain will live forever
I saw my friend's 1 star review and I was like, "hey I don't remember Korn being tha t awful" and after It's On! and Freak On a Leash I was starting to get into it but then it just devolves into a big hot mess. You had your time in the sun Korn, goodbye.
# Album Name: Follow the Leader # Artist: Korn # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: This has not aged well at all. The Album started off strong. The first 3-4 songs are good. Freak on a leash and got the life are essential Korn tracks. Most people have heard em even if you dont like the band. But damn, the rest of the album was pretty bad. # Top Tunes: Freak on a leash / Got the life # Would I listen to it again? Only the two tracks.
1.5 stars. "Freak On a Leash" is still okay but the rest of this is so terrible. "Dead Bodies Everywhere" so cringey. Thought album was pretty bad until coming to "All In the Family" where Fred Durst's appearance brings things to a new low.
Ok it's not as bad as some other stuff in its vein, as its not wall to wall blast beats and there is the sniff of a tune. But the vocalist redefines marmite. And it goes on for ever.
After years of playing guitar hero three as a kid I started to experiment with heavier and heavier rock. Little did I know I was going down a dark path. A few of my friends started trying Korn, just to let of some stress on the weekends. It started slowly taking over their lives. Their whole lives became Korn. I could see the effect it was having on them and threw all away my metal albums. 20 years later I can definitively say this was one of the single most important decisions of my life. This album is too dangerous for our youths. It will turn you into the biggest douche bag on the planet.
An hour I want back. Complete rubbish! Except for Freak On A Leash, which stands out.
Som Rammstein fast sämre.
Ei tätä tahdo jaksaa! Liian tekemällä tehtyä mielestäni. 2/5
"You look like one of those dancers from the Hanson video, you little faggot hoe Please give me some shit to work with 'Cause right now I'm all it, kid Suck my dick, kid, like your daddy did" So glad english isn't my native language, cause I was for sure NOT listening to the *~eDgY~* lyrics when I was a teenager. 2 stars because I really liked this shit at 13 years old, just for pure nostalgia. ... But god, so fucking edgy. I cringe thinking about it.
Un dosaco en toda la regla.
2.5
Can't take these guys in big chunks. Decent listen but too long. Did appreciate the cheech and chong at the end
Not too my taste but technically well done
Takes me back to darker times. It was good then, but listening to it now makes me feel like I need a shower.
The songs on my gym playlist are good. The ones that aren't are not.
Silly nonsense
Korny edgy stuff some nice instrumentals tho
yucky yuck & a lot of the same. They're no a7x that's fo sho
I think in another universe I would be tempted to like this more--but in this one it seems kind of one-note. Fairly unimaginative lyrics with high school cursing thrown in. My parents! No! Does every song end by repeating lyrics? I actually enjoy the dissonance and genre mixing, but that is about it. Pretty is disturbing: you don't know who you feel sorry for? What the fuck are you talking about? All in the Family seems desperate, shock value masquerading as serious commentary, on what? I'm not sure. Gonna take me a sec to get this outta my ears.
All this heavy metal...I don't have any more words to express my dislike.
There are better nu-metal albums. There is even a better Korn album. Nothing here has the raw immediacy of, for example, Ball Tongue. The bass playing is exceptional. Everything else oscillates wildly between being neutered to facilitate airplay (the guitars and production) or being grossly offensive (the infantile lyrics and vocal delivery).
I remember a time when Korn and Slipknot were all the rage amongst a certain subculture - never understood it then and still don't. Some of the riffs are catchy enough but overall it's just a bit immature. I'm not bothered by explicit language but it's used gratuitiously and not even in a clever artistic manner (see: "I say what, say what? (My dick is bigger than yours)")
2.5 rounded down well. ok highlights: it’s on!, got the life, pretty (oct 23 2024)
Yuck
Earache My Ear
I actually didn’t wholly hate this, probably a but because my brother used to listen to this album a lot when it first came out, I have a soft spot for freak on a leash. Didn’t mind it but things went downhill when Fred Durst showed up
music the bad kids in elementary school would listen to.
Some pretty questionable lyrics, but it hits the nostalgia chord so 2 stars it is.
Probably the most bland and boring metal album I’ve ever heard. 2/5
Thought I would like this more because nostalgia, but beyond got the life/freak on a leash, I didn’t really enjoy this much. Very same-y and not in a way of “I would have liked this song a lot back then too”
In effort to catch back up on albums ive missed (down to just 2!), I decided to crack into Korn And… yeah, Im not a fan. I absolutely tried and found the gangsters of rock to be a little too much for me. I get some of the lyrics were tongue in cheek, maybe this kind of poetry shouldnt be set over metal? Freak On a Leash was alright.
Oh boy. I'm not sure why this is an album anyone HAS TO LISTEN TO BEFORE THEY DIE, unless it's what you listen to immediately before you die / during the act of dying. Has to be said that Freak on a Leash is a great song if you're in like 8th grade so that warrants a star. It isn't good, but it's still fun in a shitty way. I like how confidently shitty it is. The rest of it is, well, not good. It sucks.
Uuungh.
It was okay, not as good as I remember
I've never listened to Korn before. This isn't my usual genre. As I listen to it, it remains not really my usual thing. Why is this over an hour long. The rapping bits with the featured artists weren't bad. They're not the greatest, but compared to the other stuff.
Ok so at least this one makes sense being here, nu-metal was a huge deal at the time and Korn were a big part of it. As far as the music, oh boy does it go downhill after the first 3/4 songs. The collabs with Ice Cube and Fred Durst might be some of the worst songs i've heard in a long time.
You better watch out because Jonathan Davis is gonna say "fuck." Also, Fred Durst shows up to drop some slurs. It was the 90s, after all.
Only listened to a couple of songs, having been turned off by the lazy vocal work and mixing.
Solo escuché los singles en aquellos años y ahora entiendo todo. Que fortuna que el disco completo me pasó por encima, qué suerte que para esos años ya había superado los 14, porque estoy seguro que habría salido mas tonto de ahi. Freak on a Leash y Got the Life son buenos temas, populares y todo eso, incluso con ese bajo todo distorsionado terminan siendo buenas canciones, pero ese tartamudeo, ese afán por cantar como una mezcla entre Animal (de los muppets) y el Demonio de Tazmania es tan ridículo que impide que el disco alcance las 3 estrellas para mi. Asi que solo 2 por los singles antes mencionados. Tuve que dejar de escuchar cuando llegué a All in the Family. Que basurón.
Never in a million years would I have thought "Follow The Leader" would make anyone's Top 1001 list. It was unavoidable in 1998 and had people talking while it livened up rock/alt radio. "Got The Life" was all over the airwaves, followed quickly by "Freak On A Leash". Both rock hard, both have undeniable energy & both still get airplay. It was an unmistakable sound for the time and bridged hard rock and alternative rock but I'm not sure overall that the album holds up so well toda - many of the 14 songs sound like they were created from the same blueprint without much change in sound & makeup - kinda cookie cutter. Dark topics, heavy from start to finish, it's a lot to make it through all 14 songs in one sitting! After 4 songs the luster wore off...the Ice Cube collaboration, "Children Of The Korn", was unnecessary, as was "Pretty". "All In The Family" borders on offensive, then and now, while "Reclaim My Place" and "Justin" are just plain boring noise, overall a really weak second half. In my opinion there is no place for "FTL" on the Top 1000, it might make the Top 2000.
Freak on a Leash got nostalgia points. But I didn't love this music then and I don't like it now. 2.
Oh dear. I was actually quite excited for this as I haven’t listened to Korn in ages and don’t think I’d ever actually heard this one all the way through. Freak on a Leash and Got the Life both hit hard as well as a couple of other deeper cuts, but there is a lot of trash on here as well, most notably the dull and homophobic ‘rap battle’ between lead singer Jonathan Davis and Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst. It doesn’t feel as exciting and fresh as their debut or as mature and introspective as Issues, and is just a bit of a bloated mess that really struggles when it leans into the more hip-hop inspired side of their sound, which they are far worse at pulling off than their signature growly groove metal
First listen. Ok.
Njae det här funkar inte riktigt. Sången är nästan outhärdlig
Freak on a Leash is decent but this is such an edgy album that it could only appeal to a teenager
BOOOOOM DADA BUM DADA
It was awful.
Harsh, heavy, alt rock
Never really given Korn much of a listen before, outside of Freak on a Leash. It’s hard not to compare them to Slipknot - they’ve both got that nu-metal-with-horror-film-overtones thing going on (music designed to shock, to a large extent). I think Slipknot did it better though. Korn just seem cruder - especially lyrically - and there’s not much variety in this, other than some occasional rapping (the Fred Durst mutual diss track colab, incidentally, might be a fun idea on paper but the execution is poor - the put-downs are really lame). There were enough guitar effects and melodic-but-grungy hooks to keep me interested but I’m not sure if it’s actually any good. 2.5
I'm still not a fan and I love metal. I've tried but a whole album is just too much. There's some moments but overall it's just not very good.
It's ... a lot. The industrial sound, especially the guitars aren't bad. But Davis's vocals aren't great. And the songs themselves aren't great. It probably deserves to be on the list just because it's an example of a very popular genre, but it's not for me.
2.5 I liked this more than I'm comfortable admitting
I'm starting to think that maybe whoever wrote this list just tricked thousands of people into listening to the worst albums of all time. I literally just listened to emotionally disturbed men singing about dick-sucking, butt-fucking, and Boy George. Korn actually hates any and all audiences that they may have.
The songs began to blur together after about the fifth track.
Hateful in every sense of the word.
Even now I can’t say I’m a fan of their music, strange!
I had a friend who put this on to fall asleep to during a sleepover. I was looking forward to listening to this, but I think it aged worse than Chocolate Starfish.
Alltid varit mer av en bizkit fan... korn är lite väl dramatiskt och barnsligt. Musiken är helt cool men sångaren och attityden är inte min grej. Mer macho/bigoted än jag trodde det sku vara!
In the context of “should you listen to this album before you die,” no.
Tiene temazos, pero es medio denso.
Korn's Follow the Leader album, released during the nu-metal wave, exemplifies their pioneering efforts in blending heavy guitar riffs with hip-hop elements, fronted by Jonathan Davis's distinctive vocal style. The music is undeniably forceful, featuring tracks like Freak on a Leash and Got the Life that showcase the band's raw energy and experimental sound. However, the lyrics can be controversial at times, exploring dark themes that may not resonate universally. Davis's vocal delivery, while emotive, occasionally veers into a whiny tone throughout the album. As one of the forefront bands in nu-metal, Korn pushed boundaries and influenced many peers with their aggressive yet melodic approach. Follow the Leader serves as a testament to their genre-bending abilities and their impact on the music scene. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 0 STAND OUT TRACK - None
I don't like this album or Korn in general I'm sick of my friends 🚫🚫🚫 ngl I do enjoy a little bit of life is peachy though
Not a Korn fan, but it's not unlistenable. Low 2.
Ugh!
At least I never have to listen to it again
Not for me. I got bored.
i understand people not liking soad or linkin park now a bit. 2.5
lmao I'd somehow made it this far without hearing "Freak On A Leash" before. The album hits you in the face with fun insane decisions like that up front, but then drags on so long that it all wears out its welcome extremely hard. Probably my least favorite nu-metal act I've listened to for the project--SOAD was a great time, and even Linkin Park was mostly cute.
I was very curious how I was going to feel about this. I mostly missed out on Korn because either I was too young when an album came out (I was 9 or 10 for this one) or just hadn't really developed a taste for that kind of music. That definitely came later. I ended up feeling kinda "eh" about it overall. There were some songs I really enjoyed, and I liked the overall sound. Unfortunately the songs that weren't my thing REALLY weren't my thing. For the first half of the album I was feeling like this definitely would be a 3 star for me but as I listened on I started leaning more towards a 2. The last two songs were weak enough to me that it slid it pretty solidly into a 2. I'd give it a second listen if the mood struck but don't think I'll be reaching for this very much as there are other albums that scratch a similar itch. I'd be more likely to just skip through most of it and stop on a few songs.
What were they thinking
Despite enjoying some nu metal and generally lots of metal, Korn were never among my favourites, so Follow The Leader doesn't quite hit the right notes for me, but it's good enough in places. Like Freak On A Leash was massive because of the video but the song is pretty meh, but when they go heavier like they do on Dead Bodies Everywhere and BBK and My Gift To You I'm happier. The whole thing is too long and most of the tracks have too much of that weird low screechy hum in them somewhere that is most pronounced in the mix for FoaL and I find it distracting. No higher than a 2.
To be fair I was expecting to give this a 1. But having listened it’s better than others of this genre and I would give 2.5 if I could.
Oh, Korn. I've never spent much time listening to these guys, but I know "Freak On A Leash." The cover to this album is much more memorable to me. and seeing this artwork takes me back to middle school and high school, where the 'scary' kids wore shirts emblazoned with this picture. I listened to a fair amount of alternative rock when this came out, and I used to hear this song on the radio that had the lyrics "so follow the leader down, and swallow your pride and drown." I assumed this must be the title track from this album. Nope, that was "Seein Red" by Unwritten Law, and there is no title track on this album. Anyway, on to the album at hand. I'll admit right off the bat that I was never a huge nu metal fan at the peak of its popularity. I owned a Linkin Park's Reanimation, and I still enjoy Limp Bizkit's "Rearranged" and "Take A Look Around" (look, they're not particularly good songs, but they're fun jams. The lyrics to "Take A Look Around" are so bad, but I love them in the worst way. "I don't even know what I should say, 'Cause I'm an idiot, a loser, a microphone abuser." That just rolls off the tongue so well). I don't mind dark music, but this stuff is dark to the point of where it's dirty, like the darkness has made it mildew. The distortion, with it's screeches and wavering, is just unpleasant to listen to in my opinion. And maybe that's the point, but if so, it's lost on me. The drumming on this album is really good though, and I love how it can go from slower and softer to chaotic and booming in about half a second. The same thing can be said about Jonathan Davis's voice. I'll never understand how he can go from singing to screaming to growling and then back to singing so quickly. "Freak On A Leash" is easily the standout song from this album, with its iconic singing, and the well-known... scream scatting? by Davis towards the end of the song. Most of the songs sounded pretty similar to me, but the album was livened up a bit by guest appearances by Ice Cube, Fred Durst, and Tre Hardson. Durst's appearance on the crass "All in the Family" was particularly fun. I'm a fan of the occasional intentionally filthy song, and this didn't disappoint. Aside from the homophobic lyrics (not that it makes it right, but lyrics like that weren't very rare in the nineties, sadly), the song is pretty hilarious as Durst and Davis take turns dissing each other in increasingly filthy ways. Also, shoutout to the bagpipes on "My Gift to You." This album isn't up my alley at all, but I appreciate its influence. Korn helped push hard rock in a new direction, and popular music would look much different without their influence.
Dark and gloomy, can’t work out whether old mate is scratching the record back and forth to get those sounds or if it’s actually coming from his voice. Either way it gets old quickly.
I like Korn. This is my least favorite Korn album.
Un dosaco en toda la regla.
Dead Bodies Everywhere sums up the project - let’s be controversial and juxtapose shouting ‘Dead bodies everywhere’ over metal noise with lullaby tunes. Well done guys. You made a great point. No, wait, All in the Family sums up the project. Weak ass rap battle with Fred Durst, screaming choruses and jeez, if 'You call yourself a singer? / You're more like Jerry Springer' isn't both the worst rhyme and worst diss ever recorded. No, wait, its Cameltosis, where we're just scattering the C word all over the place. So shocking, lads.
Un dosaco en toda la regla.
I'm convinced the only people who enjoy this album today feel this way because of the 90s/teenage years nostalgia. in the first song the singer sounds like he's screaming while crying (tbf I'd also cry if I had to sing this) – and this image of an angsty teenager throwing a tantrum remains with me through the rest of the album. in all fairness, though, there are some cool musical moments in there that remind me of a few "modern-day" noise-rock/punk bands
Þetta er... já já, alveg hægt að hlusta á þetta. En ekkert uppáhald.
Bombastic side eye @ All In the Family
The band really named themselves after Corn
Freak on a leash is still pretty fun
This just wasnt that good sadly.
Nu metal is not for me, but I can appreciate the Nine Inch Nails-ish imprint on some songs and the Ice Cube appearance.
Disappointing metal album by Korn. It has not aged that well.
I'm usually up for defending nu-metal but never quite got Korn. Extra star just for nostalgia but not great...
# Playlist track - Freak On A Leash # Notes - This cover brings me back memories! Especially memories from the AWESOME music video for "Freak On a Leash" (go watch it if you haven't!). That broke my mind back on MTV days. - Sadly, the whole album isn't as cool. It is a bit too long and repetitive. - Only recommend to nu-metal fans. It didn't age too well, on my humble opinion. But go ahead if that's your thing.
it’s just endlessly obnoxious I get why some people like this kinda stuff but it is not for me at all - 3/10
I had been waiting to hear Korn as I've frequently heard their praises. Normally, metal has me hopeful, and then disappointed. This was no exception. Metal, Nu Metal...so far, not to my liking, even when given a fair chance.
A lot of cringe lyric-wise. Definitely a product of the nu metal era. Glad that era died out. I like some of the instrumentation. And I would still take this over Nortorious B.I.G.
I just don’t know.
not my style at all. ugh. need to go sit in a quiet room for a while. only reason they get 2 stars is that a 1.5 not available. they can play instruments, and have a distinct sound- I just don't care for it
Just a little to out there for me.
Like when someone offers me fried livers... no thank you.
Curious if there's a more polarizing album in this mix. Maybe there's some ICP lurking somewhere. Culturally I feel positioned to try to dislike this album (and I do, haha) but, since I grew up listening to hardcore / alternative rock, there are moments in here that I dig. Got The Life is a track I could see myself hankerin for. Might just be because it reminds me of my sister 🙂
Was ok, I am less into metal generally though.
Must have hit a very specific age of teenagers because there's nothing here that's new or better than can be found in a thousand other bands. Bit whiny and samey.
I used to quite enjoy doing the weird beatbox thing in Freak On A Leash. I never really clicked that this album was released in the 90s as I first heard Korn around 2005 as an angsty little tween. I’m not sure I’ve ever listened to this album in full, so let’s listen! Songs I already knew: Freak On A Leash Favourites: Freak On A Leash This is such as album of its time. That’s clear enough by the feature of Fred Durst on All In The Family (which features lyrics such as “I’ll lick your little dick”). Freak On A Leash is a definite highlight here. The rest of the album is a bit naff in my silly little opinion. If you’ve never heard Freak On A Leash, definitely give that a listen. Don’t bother with the rest here though.
Seems like NiN, a little aggressive for me
I love the production on metal bands on so much, those heavy guitars, loud drums , it’s amazing but I just can’t stand the vocal performances on most of the songs. PS: Ice cube sounds great over some rock production lol
Bf no puedo con el metal
While there were a few parts I liked, I didn't enjoy this album as a whole. The musicianship is definitely solid, but the tracks were way too chaotic for my taste. The vocals aren't quite my cup of tea either.
Un dosaco en toda la regla.
Not really a fan then. Not really a fan now.
Grunge não é pra mim.
Surprisingly, I liked more from Follow The Leader than I thought I was going to. I remember when Korn was a new band and seeing some of their videos and performances on TV. I didn't like the music back then and I still don't like the music now. I don't dislike the music as much as I used to. I one of the reasons that I don't like Korn is that I'm not as angry and upset with the world, so it's hard to surround myself with that kind of content. There are times when some of the music draws me in but the vocals and lyrics push me right back out. With guest artists like Ice Cube and Fred Durst, you shoul not be surprised that I can't get past 2 stars.
while i appreciate the instrumentation on the album. the riffs and melodies are certainly rememberable and energetic. the vocals and the vibe of it is just not for me. also, i want my music to really sound harsh when it wants to be and this album sort of never gets there. the vocals are meh and the production gets samey after a while. the rapping is not to its credit as well. while i can appreciate some songs like freak on a leash, got the life, it's on!, bbk i just don't see myself listening to it. it sort of just hangs in the middle where i can't understand what it's for. the riffs and overall sound is not dark, rough enough for my liking. the vocals are kinda whiney. and i don't know when i'd like to listen to this. it's a strong 4 to a light 5.
This band has great sound alchemy. The music is great but I'm not a huge fan of the vocal stylings and the poetry of the lyrics doesn't really grab me. The album starts off strong. I like the first 4 songs then everything goes downhill when they start bringing in the guest rappers. Favorite song is Got the Life. Wish there were more songs like that on the album. I took a listen to Korn's first album which I did like better than this one. If I ever compile a playlist for summonsing a demon, Dead Bodies Everywhere will definitely be on it.
I had this album back in the day and really enjoy Got The Life and Freak On A Leash. Like Limp Bizkit, the angry, aggressive vibe isn’t always my thing, but this album feels more thought out than Chocolate Starfish…
I was a bit disheartened to see Korn come up this morning after Limp B yesterday. As lawdogg remarked, “Did these cards get shuffled?” 😆 It’s not terrible, just not the type of music that moves me. I do like this one a bit more than Chocolate Hot Dogs. Hoping to have a break from this genre after today though.
This isn't my cup of tea but it has its moments. Korn have no shortage of raw power and they sound good on a technical level. The rhythm section is solid too. Even when I didn’t love the song, I still caught myself banging my head from time to time. But the songwriting is lacking. And without memorable melodies, the tracks blur together. Getting through an hour of this music can feel like a slog. There are some good metal riffs but it wasn't enough for me. This is missing something. The low point is definitely the Fred Durst-featuring, homophobic insult battle "All in the Family." That one was rough. I really like the animalistic grunt-scatting on "Freak on a Leash." I wish there were more strange, creative choices like that in the music.
Så mye edge at jeg nesten kuttet meg selv.
As much as I quite liked some of tracks, it’s a very creepy album. I couldn’t ever quite shake a picture in my mind. Kids in Matrix coats.
I feel dirty after listening to this album. Enjoyed the guitar work and that's about it.
not at all my cup of tea ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ unexpectedly tough, it's an arguably easy listen, didn't expect it.
-- Stimme nervig
I had never heard Korn previously and was expecting something a little heavier and wilder. It sounds a bit by the numbers.
Lyder lidt for meget som hvis et angstanfald fik et Heavy metal backing travl
Really not my cup of tea. Freak On a Leash is kinda funny but the album is hard to dance to and overall just sounds angry, not my vibe at all.
Meh. the rapping is embarrassing over 20 years later, but the metal grinding levels that out a bit, but does not save it.
Awful music for awful people
I started listening to Korn because my friend Dave was into them. We were goofy little pre-teens who thought excessive swearing was the epitome of cool. We scrawled that logo with the backwards R everywhere. Around the time of this album's release I remember thinking it was good, but not as good as the first two albums: too polished and well-produced for my oh-so-edgy and underground self. The album after this, Issues, was OK. I didn't listen to it as much, and from there my interest in Korn kind of drifted off as I got older. Re-visiting this, there are still moments I enjoy here (the de-tuned percussive bass sound is still great), but there's just so much cringe for me now. I mean, the rap battle with Fred Durst, come on. I struggle to comprehend how this record did such numbers at the time.
I really wanted to like this album. Korn weren't really on my listening radar even when I was angry youth, other than Freak On A Leash. I was excited to fill in a gap in my listening history and indulge in some serious adolescent level rage and angst. But maaaaan, so much of this is so naff. And quite boring? I stopped paying attention quite quickly. The. Rap. Battle. Fred Durst. Need I say more? The first few songs are decent but it tails off so fast. Not for me.
I remember being exposed to Koᴙn in my early high school years and hating them with a passion. I've widened my musical tastes since then and can tolerate them more these days, even tapping my feet to Got The Life out of familiarity. Follow The Leader wasn't as awful as I recall from 25 years ago but it's still too heavy and obnoxious for my overall liking.
Freak on a leash deserves better
My parents were super strict and wouldn't let me buy CDs with the Parental Advisory sticker. Right before 9th grade, they relented and this was one of the first albums I bought (come to think of it, 99 was a good year for dumb white teenagers with inchoate rage and some extra cash). This was one of my favorite albums in high school, but the next few years revealed to me that Korn was not a good band. So after tiring of their sound and moving on to better metal bands, I sold this CD to the Exchange and Korn went into my mental "do not listen" file. And there they stayed for several years. Then one day, Got the Life popped up on my Spotify. I had started to recognize that there was good Nu-Metal and it was OK to listen to some of the dumb and cringey stuff I liked as a teen. Got the Life had the stuff I look for when I go for good Nu-Metal- cool use of guitar tone, heavy use of the bass, and interesting use of sounds from funk, rap, and electronic music. That song and Freak on a Leash made their way back onto my playlists and, yes, into my heart. So when this album popped up on the generator I was ready for it. I was still a little skeptical, but I suspected this album could be a 3 for me. It's On started and, indeed, it was on. From that song through to Dead Bodies Everywhere, I was back to being that teenager, filled with a rage that I now recognized was caused in part by the sneaking realization that not everything was OK in America following the Reagan and Clinton years, despite what adults at the time believed. I had fully let Korn back into my heart! Then the rest of the album happened. And just... Fucking yikes.
1. itz on - 1 2. freak on a leazh - 1.5 3. got the life - 1 4. dead bodiez everyuuhere - 1.5 5. children of the corn - 0 6. bbk - 1.5 7. pretty - 1 8. all in the family - 0 9. reclaim my place - 1.5 10. juztin - 1 11. zeed - 1 12. cameltoziz - 1 13. my gift to you - 1 14. earache my eye - 1.5
Some nice moments, not exciting overall. Not my type of noise.
First few songs are good, generally hasn’t aged super well
Album 206 of 1001 Korn - Follow the Leader Rating : 2 / 5 Favorite Tracks : Earache My Eye Kind of sucks. Was headed for a '1' but the cover of Earache My Eye popped up.
not for me but neat
dumb but fun to listen to (even if just for the beatbox on Freak on a Leash) but only once.
Flashback to junior high…reminded me of sister’s cruddy ex-boyfriend.
MMM ennummepiashe
Kan het nog pathetischer? Toch nog twee punten omdat ik op het einde een doedelzak hoorde.
Interesting. Not what I need in my life now, but I have a soft spot for KoRn.
This was really not my thing. The guitar sounds were really inventive and interesting but really nothing else about this record 'holds up'. I realize this band/record spawned an entire genre of music that is still popular and evolving today, but it's really not for me. Although the 'hits' are listenable most of the rest of this record is not.
Terrible
A lot of cringe worthy songs, with a special shout out to the lame rap duel with Fred Durst.
The longer this album went on, the more bored I became with it Also I think it’s safe to say that (like most nu-metal from this era) this hasn’t aged very well musically and lyrically Favourite tracks: It’s On!, Freak On a Leash
Younger me - 4/5 Me now - 2/5
couple of ok songs, but overall it tended towards being shit.
Was expecting similar to Slipknot. Not as heavy or industrial. Nothing awful, but nothing special to my ears, so 2.5.
Not for me
Ni metal. Ruido y gritos.
Nu-Metal - combining Hip-Hop with Metal - was an experiment that I think was worth a try in its time. But that time has passed now, and it didn't really work, as it didn't do any favours for either genre. This is mediocre metal music combined with all the traits of Hip-Hop I've come to loathe. 2/5
Not my style of music. Did not like.
Boy, that's for sure the sound of a specific 5 years or so. And there's a reason you don't hear bands like this anymore. It's freaking annoying. I'll give them one star for the sheer balls it took to smash so many genres together. It's a bold move and the sales numbers would say that it paid off for them. In the short run, anyway. I'd go so far as to say that, musically, they pulled it off. These tracks are energetic and gritty and I think they accomplished their goals here. The problem (as is so often the case) lies with the vocals and lyrics. Hot. Garbage. Every line is stupid, every delivery try-hard, and every track is shallow. I'd argue that getting Ice Cube to guest on your nu-metal album is a coup... but then there's that Fred Durst track. And that isht is legitimately horrendous. Completely erases any positives that proceeded it. Ultimately, "Follow the Leader" is a valid data point in the evolutionary timeline of modern music but nothing more. It's not really worth listening to. Not even for research.
Korn didn't catch my interest back in the day and after listening to this album that didn't change. This is probably why people can't take nu metal seriously even though there are good bands in the "genre" though Korn isn't one of them.
Nah I’m good. 3/10
I have a lot of respect for Korn being a groundbreaking act that put nu metal on the map, along with having a super signature style and really talented performances across the board. But I just...cannot stand listening to Korn. They're not for me, there's like maybe 2 Korn songs I like enough to revisit. Granted, one of them, Got the Life, is on this album, but damn these album tracks just blow. Songs like All in the Family and Earache in My Eye are unlistenable, and even on the better songs I really can't stand Jonathan's vocals on this album. I have some respect to this project, but even that is limited when I just HATE some of the songs here.
Freak On A Leash is a hit, even with the scat break that sounds like a dog eating a bowl of lumpy rocks and ice cream. Got The Life has a fun dance beat. Dead Bodies Everywhere sucks ass. God this album is cringy to listen to. Woof this thing is awful in the back half.
My biggest question is why... The music is a mix of doom metal, hip hop, industrial etc. This sounds interesting on paper. However, Korn's songs are so formulaic that the predictability really wears on the listener. Here how to write a Korn song. Begin with a high simplistic guitar riff, ideally with bends and double tracked. Then come in heavy with the main crunchy riff and back off the volume for the vocals which may or may not feature random noises and poorly placed electronic/industrial noises. If you want to put a filter on the drums for a bar or two, knock yourself out, why the hell not. Lyrically, this album is all posturing that to the best of my memory, appeals best to white boys in middle school who thinking being edgy is a personality down to the use of the f-slur. Monkee and Head are great guitarists no doubt, but they are as wasted here as the 70 minutes it took to get through this album. It gets two stars solely because of its influence.
too samey the fred durst feature was really fitting but the ice cube feature was so incongruent
I was surprised to find that I was kind of enjoying this album at first despite it not really being my kind of thing. It was rockin' and I was getting into it. Then "All in the Family" came on (this was their first single release?!?) and it was so terrible it tainted the rest of the album, which seemed to go on forever with the screaming and the fucks and the rest to finish up the over-an-hour with the most painful, pointless skit ever.
I’ve heard of Korn and had some idea of what the album would sound like…I wasn’t very excited about the assignment. However, as I started into it, I was kind of digging it. I think these dudes found an interesting mix of sounds and styles. By the time All in the Family came up, I was getting bored, and then that dumb track was just a complete waste of time…and I think that tainted the rest of the album to the point that I just wanted it to end.
singles OK, the rest pretty bad
This is pretty much the only Korn album I was into. I love how they were distinctive. Until today, I hadn't listened to this for over two decades, so it wasn't something I needed. Got the Life and Freak on a Leash landed for me as something that sounded different and grabbed me. Nothing else was memorable.
I loved this album when I was 16. I don’t remember any of the later tracks on the album. The percussive slap of Freak on a Leash and Got the Life drive this album, but it hasn’t aged well as a complete work. The singles still move my head, but the overall album is lacking in something that I would feel a worthy of being on this list.
Not a fan, basically everything here was and is done better by system of a down in the Nu Metal genre
No sé què li va donar al món per escoltar i encimar discos com aquest a finals del '90. Ara ja sona totalment superat i per sort no va generar cap escola ni influència futura. Hi ha algun tema salvable, sobretot cap al començament del disc, però la major part del minutatge només té sentit en aquells temps, a on et transporta automàticament
Not my vibe.
Meh
This isn't for me.
Amazing how long an hour and change can feel.
2.5
It's Korn!
Rap rock is looking/sounding it's age.
Not for me
Knock off Rage Against the Machine.
Ya know for Korn, not as upset as I was expecting
This is very mediocre but it's far from the worst thing on this list. As with anything even remotely close to the metal genre this was SO UNBELIEVABLY LONG
Bass playing and sub bits are nice, ruined by the condmosh scatting from the dreadlocked kilt wearing weirdo.
I can’t really relate to all these emotions
I don't like hip hop and don't like metal. Why not try to put them together? While I like the fusion more than the component parts, the album lacks substance and it's tough slugging to listen to more than a few songs. I like that the name of their tour in support of this album was called "The Family Values Tour". Gotta love the sarcasm. Didn't we have a Cheech and Chong cameo on a recent album. Here we go again on the last track. I'm in favour of new fusions with music and particularly with hip hop so wtf, +1.
Despite growing up in the 90s/00s I realised I'd never actually listened to Korn properly before. I liked it more than I thought I would, appreciate the tight production but it's still not really my thing.
There is some 4 star instrumental stuff on here. And through the first four songs, I was formulating how I was going to rationalize a 3 star rating. But the vocals man. Ugh! The low register growling is just so unbearable. I barely noticed it on the first four tracks. But the. Some of the instrumentals fall off (All In The Family is bad) and all I notice after that is RWAAAARRRRRRRRR…and I gotta turn this shit off.
Why is he so angry and needlessly swearing constantly!?! Yes, I am old! End of the album gave me a headache yet some good riffs, shame about his voice!
what if slipknot was bad
No. Sorry..
Woof. I wanna say I think there is merit here because I think Korn was genuinely influential to the sound of rock after this album. Was it a good influence? That stands to be seen. The first song on this album is bad. Freak on a leash, while I hesitate to call it good, is at least a song I know? There’s an Ice Cube verse on this album! It’s pretty bad. That’s kind of how I feel about everything involving this album. Like, “oh cool this is a thing! Oh shit. It’s bad. “ is pretty much the monologue though this whole album. I’m giving it a 2 because I think it was a majorly influential album…but man this is really bad.
Hated this. Everything I like least about metal plus some dopey rapping and junior high edgelord obscenity. There is some competent musicianship when it isn't descending into long noodling spooky ooky wing wang intervals under a bunch of whisper-growl lyrical B.S.
Meh. I don't dislike the genre as a whole, but I have never warmed to Korn, and didn't particularly enjoy listening through this album. Maybe because I'm of the female persuasion? Anyway, no, no thank you.
Cant. Lyrics are basic, drums are the best of the album, maybe “Got the life” its the best track but i wouldnt listen the album again. It is not necessary a lot of noise to play industrial metal
Starts out very slow lyrically. I prefer my metal to me more fast and angsty also homophobic I guess that's the language used in 1997.
2.5 - Not as horrible as I expected it to be. Could actually work out to a couple songs. Had no idea Earache in the Eye was a Cheech & Chong cover.
The instrumentals are really solid and interesting, vocally its utter shite
I understand why this album and this type of music is attractive to some people. It is not for me, but I did not skip any of the songs. I was familiar with several of the songs but the first time I listened to the whole album. The screaming is never necessary. I cannot relate to the lyrics either and they are not good. I have no desire to revisit the album. It is better than some of the ones on this list. I will round up to a 2 but it is close.
2.5 Freak on a Leash is classic. All in the Family Rocks, the rest seems repetitive.
Faith No More's "Angel Dust" is an ugly album. But in it I find a number of songs I do keep coming back to because in the harshness of the songs there is something there. The songs are challenging, but I find a reward to the songs. I mention this because I feel the harshness here too, but there's not the sense there's something deeper in these songs. It's just a lot of mindless, directionless anger. I know the two songs that were big from this album. I liked the duet with Ice Cube, I felt that worked. But there needed to be some kind of calm somewhere in this album, and I didn't feel it. All I felt was exhausted. And that's never good. Next.
nu metal poo metal
Good production and drums but what are the vocals
I appreciate the heaviness. There is some metal I like a lot, but for some reason I don’t like Nu Metal that much. I liked this album more than slipknot, but a little less than the linkin park album.
Very heavy, would probably only be good for the gym.
A true endurance run that has aged like milk. What the hell is "All in the Family"? A contestant for the title of the worst song ever made, I guess. Fred Durst is like King Midas, except instead of turning shit to gold, he turns gold to shit. Not to imply this album would be gold without Durst. Two out of five because there are still some undeniably good songs here - "Freak on a Leash" especially. My favorite part was when they used the goofy-ass Final Fantasy IX Black Mage Village "hoo" MIDI instrument in the song "Children of the Korn".
Not for me
metal/rock not really my jam
I couldn’t finish it. First one I couldn’t get through. 2 stars because I understand how people with a certain taste could enjoy it
Nostalgic, still not that good
Top 3 Songs: 1 - Justin (10) 2 - Freak on a Leash (2) 3 - Dead Bodies Everywhere (4)
Sounds of the 90s. Better left as a memory
Nu-metal. What a genre. I wasn't hardcore enough to listen to Korn back in the day. Maybe I overlooked their music, we'll see. lol @ the Fred Durst feature. Still not really the type of music I want to listen to.
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Why do I even waste my time, it’s too long and too shit. The most uninteresting sub-genre of rock that nearly killed the movement, it’s stale and soulless and there isn’t any notion of creativity whatsoever. Stupid fucking toxic male energy, how could you possibly call a homophobic back and forth exchange with Fred Durst a good song?
This is some high energy stuff and sometimes if you don't think about it too hard you will find yourself banging your head along with the music, but if you pay too much attention it all just feels kind of pointless. 2.5 stars
I think he thinks he's a freak? The Linkin / System side of me doesn't find this as bad as I thought I would. The singing not exactly melodic but the riffs are OK. The lyrics not the most savoury but enjoy 'warm as a mitten' in a sexual context.
Porn
ICE CUBE WAS ON THAT? kinda indifferent
The guitar tone is great. And Jonathan D gets a star for how endearing he was in the Woodstock 99 doc. I'm super surprised I didn't get into them when it came out (I was 12, the perfect age for "naughty" music). There's a song where Jonathan and Fred Durst take turns calling each other faggots, which accurately summarizes the state of rock music in 1998.
Couldn't finish this one. Started out pretty good. Then got into some more horrible rap/rock/metal stuff. Production value was good. Drumming with great. Songs are meh.
Well I could have disliked this a lot more than I did. I found it different and had some elements of music I enjoy, but it was mostly loud and aggressive and relentless. Not in and of itself a bad thing but just not the type of aggressiveness that turns my crank. 2.5 stars
Music that kinda just makes you pity the people who made it.
Oh lord. This is one of those albums that really speak to the low quality of this list - this has no place on any self-respecting list of essential music. I say this as someone who listened to Korn in general and this album in particular a lot when I was in my early teens. I am intimately familiar with everything about this album. What pivotal role does it play? I could see arguments for the first Korn album, which has redeeming qualities. It was highly influential on metal and drastically changed the direction of music in the 90s. This? This is Korn reaching commercial success. But choosing this album over the first, you're signifying that the purpose of the list is to reference popularity over historical significance. But casting aside the list's failings, is this a good album? No, not really. It doesn't really hold up. It's better than any Korn album that came after it, but it really showcases the band fitting their sound into a cookie cutter to crank out. While the self-titled debut actually felt like Jonathan Davis had things to say about childhood trauma, this feels too glossy, too produced, too manufactured by comparison. It's got a couple catchy singles, but it's also got an abysmally cringey Fred Durst guest appearance. It's not the worst album ever. It (probably) doesn't deserve a 1. But this is a relic of a bygone era when angsty teen edgelords were a huge marketing demographic. What does this say to anyone now? Your dad really thought no one understood him? I would expect that the people who grew up with this album (those that don't work in gas stations or sell meth for a living) would be really embarrassed by this. Lord knows I am.
Not my jam but it did bring me back to hanging out with my brother and his friends.
I really liked Korn when I was a young person. In the same vein as Slipknot and Disturbed. It's fire when you hate the whole fucking world. But like, as an older dude. It doesn't hit anywhere near as hard as I thought it would. I won't allow myself to cringe over my teenage years. But if I did, this is one of those albums that would get that cringe lol.
Hard-rock. Ik kan deze wel hebben. Zanglijn is soms best melodieus en de muziek heeft soms geinige geluidjes. Maar over het algemeen is het niet mijn ding en het gaat op den duur zelfs vervelen. **
Thought it started out ok but it went steadily downhill
Took 2 weeks to listen to the whole album.
Very close to being good in an ironic way. Don't understand how anyone could listen to this straight faced and say it was good
Blast from the past; I tried so hard to get into this album when I was in high school, being a huge fan of the first two. But Follow the Leader never really clicked for me and still doesn't. Most of the songs seem to be trying to recapture the sound that made them big, but with a few exceptions it comes off as kind of flat.
When I first got into metal, nu was all but on the way out, and what I heard from the bands still getting radio play didn't impress me, including Korn. I've tried to give them a shot here and there in the years since and... yeah, still not a fan. I found this very annoying, actually. Probably my least favorite album so far. F
I thought the rhythms in this album were pretty enjoyable to listen to. I really hate metal, but this one didn’t feel as bad in the beginning. I think the drumming was the main aspect keeping my attention throughout this album, but as the album progresses, the rhythms generally become less interesting. Ice Cube is also there which was a bit of a shock listening through. However, this album is also fairly long, and it feels like an eternity going through it. I get the appeal of this album, but I still did not enjoy going through it. Favorite track: Got the Life
Some cool sounds and beats but the vocals are goofy and I couldn’t buy in
I was a bit skeptical about this album when it first popped up, but honestly sometimes I do feel like a freak on a leash Much of what I said about Antichrist Superstar applies here. The music for this album is actually pretty cool, and I wonder what this album would sound like if you removed the sensitive boi lyrics and left just the instrumentals. I like Korn's lyrics far better than Manson's, but to be fair I like reading the ingredients in a shampoo bottle better than Marilyn Manson's lyrics. The production on this album is really clean, which makes it easy to listen to. I understand better now why people liked it so much in the 90s than I did then. Honestly, I was kind of digging it minus the childishness of the lyrics. Then All in the Family brings the album to a grinding fucking halt. The combination of homophobia and bad rapping is absolutely crucifying. Traditionally, rappers make diss tracks about other rappers, rather than inviting those rappers on the album to diss them back, but I guess Korn's approach to shitting on themselves works too. Unfortunately, it also drops this album's rating to 2/5 because I had to sit through it 2/5 2/5
Not really my jam. Not really my jelly, either. Nor Vaseline(tm). It's a bit too much rage for me. I do respect that they have built their own font. That's not nothing.
Wasn't really a fan of this one. Thought the instrumentation was pretty basic, just loud. Loud... I think that word really applies to this. The vocals are a bit off-putting here. There were moments where I was listening to this and *almost* got into a song or two. Then they started singing. It feels like there's little variation in the lyrics and the tone. The angstiness of it gets old after about 20 minutes. The lyrics are on an unnecessary spectrum between annoyingly vulgar and downright offensive. Homophobia doesn’t make your album any better, lads. That's another thing about this record, its LONG. Too long for how much the songs sound the same. The instrumentation here is pretty basic. Not really worth talking about. I feel like I've been excessively harsh on this one, considering that I only got the time to listen through to it once, but I can't bring myself to listen to those cringeworthy vocals/lyrics again. Nevertheless this album is punctuated by better moments, so isn't quite bad enough to warrant a one. Overall I'd give this one two stars. It's okay. It's great (probably) if you're an angsty teenage boy who's cross about homework or whatever kids do these days, but I didn't find it particularly appealing. Maybe I'm getting old...
It was ok, not my cup of tea. I used to hear a lot of this sort of music in Metros. It's ok to mosh to when you're out with your mates in a club, but at home it's actually not that interesting.
Not for me
This has aged quite badly. Really outdated lyrically
2.8 - I actually sort of like what these guys are laying down - the guitar riffs are nasty, the vocals are angry and intense in a "fuck-the-world" kind of way, and their sonic palate is broader than other nu metal bands I've heard. I could see blasting some of these songs if I'm having a bad day. But the anger turns hateful, homophobic and misogynistic, which makes the vibe feel anti-social.
Overall, not for me. Too screamy and angry. I enjoy the hip hop songs tho- those were dope.
Eh not my thing.
Pretty good for being trash metal, but for 14 years olds only
Can see this being a pretty good album but too heavy for me
Another one I'm not too fond of, mostly because I don't know how to feel about it. Korn somehow makes a 4.5 minute song feel like a 9 minute song, and I'm not sure if that's good or not. The guy also really wants to be a guitar with metal skatting? idk if it works but just imaging them recording it in a studio is hilarious to me The album cover slaps though
I know it's a good example of the genre, I just hate the genre. Doesn't help that Fred Durst was on it
While there were a few parts I liked, I didn't enjoy this album as a whole. The musicianship is definitely solid, but the tracks were way too chaotic for my taste. The vocals aren't quite my cup of tea either. I'd give it 2.5 stars but will round it down because I thought the ending track of the album was pretty horrendous.
Actually... I didn't hate it. There were good moments in there but stuff that could be cut. It didn't need to be over an hour long
Different
Weirdly I was kinda looking forward to this. I was in Middle/High School around this time and while I was never a huge fan of these bands, I definitely listened to some of this stuff since it was omni-present. Never owned or fully listened to this record but I remembering liking Freak on a Leash. Wow, this has not aged well at all. Particularly the lyrics. So much homophobia everywhere and it sounds so stupid and childish. "All in the Family" is particularly stupid. Musically, the vocalist is pretty annoying. He's a bit nasal when he's singing and his guttural screams are a bit annoying too. They sounds kind of put-on if that makes sense. He's not really an MC at all and has no flow on the rap-like tracks. About the only time he's interesting is when he does his freak-out scat-type stuff. The guitar work is sometimes interesting. Some weird modulation stuff going on with the west coast whistle style sounds in between the harder metal parts. The heavy parts aren't that interesting and don't sound that well recorded to me. The record is also too long. Definitely falls in that 90's CD-era where every record had too many songs on it just because they could. Overall, it's pretty weak - especially in 2021.
Really never have been a fan of the genre or Korn but it's not bad, just not my thing. Like that they mixed in Ice Cube and Fred Durst in a couple songs though. 5/10
I didn't hate this as much as I thought I would, there are SOME redeeming things here. There is some interesting instrumentation in the background. The guitars are plagued by that super-midrange-late-90s metal sound that is so cliche. I don't mind "dark", and I can sort of see that they are kind of self-aware that a bunch of this is pretty dumb. I had friends who listened to Korn in HS and I never got into it then. The "scatting" that they do that's a buncha weird noises is hilariously dumb and is a trope now, it made me laugh at least. But you know, I bet it would be entertaining to see Korn live during this album's tour, I'd never listen to it on my own but in that setting I'm sure it would be at least interesting. It's not boring that's for sure.
Tracks 2 and 3 are keepers. The rest of the songs can go. Definitely marks a demarcation point between Woodstock ‘94 and ‘99.
Loud
It's on - ok? freak on a leash - nice start. Different. Then degenerates into some unpleasant madness! got the life - not sure i like this much. Very shouty, gets better when it goes on. dead bodies everyhere: just a bit unpleasant. children of the korn - pretty out there too. BBK: I like the start of this. Pretty - not bad! All in the family : nasty. Homophobic? reclaim my place - also not very nice Justin Seed Cameltosis my gift to you Didn't enjoy it much but I can see what they are trying to do
Just... Really not my kind of music. Semi-enjoyed Children of the Korn and All in the Family though when they crossed genres a bit. And I realize I have bias against them so that gives a slight bump
Really looses steam after Got The Life. Glad it exists for the kids that need it.
Oh, kinda not appreciated. Не ценитель, не стал ценителем. Мне было скучно и даже грустно слушать этот альбом, я не узнал чего-то нового, я не испытал прилива энергии. До следующего раза.
New Metal just isn't an area of interest and save one single this album doesn't hold much appeal.
Not a hot take, edgy does not mean good. Well, actually, edgy kind of just holds me back from enjoying something to the fullest. The music had its charm but hoo boy the vibes were off. I'll stick to my own taste in metal.
It's real poison which I guess will resonate with some people but it's music to make the spirit ill. 'got the life' is a tune though.
I honestly enjoyed it for a few songs but Korn is the epitome of a singles band, not an album band to me. Also the music is very simple and dated. I loved "Life is Peachy" when I was in middle school, but I was at military school when this came out so I didn't have much nostalgia for it (Military School was my intro to hip hop, no one listened to metal or grunge there). Cringy lyrics, boring AF and waaaaaaaaaaaay too long (thank in large part to filler) at an hour and 10 minutes.
Don't love Korn. This wasn't great.
I dont like it..... Not my music at all......... Ice cube was cool tho. 1.5
this is the first album to offend me. I was a huge Korn and loved the nu-metal scene. It jumped the shark hard and became a joke. This is the album that killed the scene. Overproduced and inauthentic.
Not a fan of the genre.
I'm okay with the music, but the dark imagery got old pretty quick. Not really my cup of tea
My brothers favourite album from the 90s
Woof.