Reviews (page 8 of 9)
Knock off Rage Against the Machine.
There is some solid metal somewhere in there, but it is intermixed with emo lyrics and terrible hip-hop tracks.
Yeah Korn
This was my shit as a teen - my edgy bread and butter washed down with razorblade cereal. So listening with fresh ears was... actually, surprisingly easy. This album aged like breast milk left in the sun. It's all the same song dude. I can't believe Jon and Fred D sat back after recording "All in the Family" and went "yep, that's the absolute best we could do! Nailed it dood". Guess this is how reformed Mormons feel.
There is a real dip in the middle of this, but damn this takes me back and I love it.
This is my first 1/5 during this challenge. I hate everything about this album and can't find any redeeming qualities. The worst part is hearing things practically stolen from great alt metal bands like Faith No More and then made substantially worse. Why would you listen to that then? Why did it got so popular and put on that list? This is garbage
Not really my style but I can tell this is a good album
Not my cup of tea. However, there is a guest spot from Ice-T, which makes for an interesting collaboration.
da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma!
prekky kool, ifk youk ask mke
Fucking awful. I wasn't into these guys as a teen in the 90's, but went into this with an open mind and open ears. But noooooo. Atrocious. File under "gimmick music" along with Marilyn Manson, and Nine Inch Nails.
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.
ATTENTION ALL PARENTS
Some great tracks but some shite on there too. The song with Fred Durst is bizarre. Overall enjoyed it tho.
miellekästä musiikkia jos kuuntelee yhren biisin silloin tällöin...koko albumi toistuva ja tuon ääni niin vitun raastava...amerikka lyriikat... harmi kun on kiinnostaviakin elementtejä mutta vitutus liian suuri its on
Foi uma surpresa, porque realmente essa onda nu metal nunca me pegou. Reconheci algumas músicas, culpa ainda da MTV, outras só escutei mesmo. Não daria uma chance, mas o material foi realmente inovador para a época.
I can’t really relate to all these emotions
I made it through! Imagining they were singing “old Macdonald had a farm” on every song helped.
Really terrible. Starts out as generic boring whine/grunt schoolboy nonsense, then Fred fucking Durst shows up and it goes rapidly down a puerile hill to sub-1* quality. Makes sense they are from Bakersfield, this dross is the perfect sonic analogue of that shithole.
There were some good sections of metal in there but a lot of weird stuff I did not enjoy along with random rap segments
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.
Though I had never heard Korn before, I knew enough to stay away from them, since they were lumped into the new metal category. The 1st few songs were a pleasant surprise. They were more melodic, less heavy, less pompous with less predictable riffs than I was expecting. The singer has quite a range and at times I thought they may have brought in a guest on some of the quieter sections but I was wrong. This type of music benefits from the introduction of a rapper or two – Ice Cube worked but that Limp Biscuit guy made me cringe. The song “Got the Life” is a keeper. It reminds me a bit of Dinosaur Jr.
Why do these heavy metal bands all sound the same, you know the usual trope - quiet passage with soft singing, then heavy guitars and drums with loud singing. Rinse and repeat for all songs, and their fans all seem to lap it up. SMH.
Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Freak on a leash
sonzeira, pesada
I never did much like Korn. This affirmed that notion.
This should probably be a 2. But I used to do support work with a guy who would get filled with rage. And he'd listen to this album to 'calm down'. It didn't work. So I attach some slightly traumatic memories to it. Plus it's a bit shit.
This woke me up
Definitely over the top at times but these first of tracks are straight bangers
Blood racket mostly.
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.
So this album was way better than I would ever have thought it would be. I'm actually pretty shocked as I had heard it when it came out and thought it was way too hardcore for me. All these years later, it sounds reasonable. Would have gone four, especially with the rap star cameos, but for the overuse of 'faggot' throughout the album which makes them sound like a likely bunch of bigots. So 3.
I feel like my ears have been scrolling through awkwardfamilyphotos.com for the past 67 mins. After the entertainment subsides and the WTF settles in, you begin wondering why you're even listening to this. Once that happens, the embarrassment takes hold. Especially after finding out that Ice Cube decided to be a part of this album. I would note the Fred Durst appearance, but that's like kicking this album when it's already down. Terrible, but there's worse stuff on this list... Linkin Park, I'm lookin' at you.
There are so many dumb background noises in some Korn songs that I began to wonder if Korn invented ASMR. Curious to know where ASMR actually originated, I researched to learn that the weird sounds in YouTube videos are not ASMR. They are using sounds intended to induce ASMR, which is a tingling sensation that moves down the spine. People say it is euphoric and relaxing. ASMR videos do not actually give me an autonomous sensory meridian response. And neither does Korn. Korn does sometimes give me a skin-crawling type sensation, but not a pleasant spine tingling thing. We can mock "Follow the Leader" today, but this album was huge when it came out. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard chart. It won the Grammy for best music video. In fact, it is pretty quintessentially 1998. The late 90s were bizarre, and Woodstock '99 documentaries aside I think we still don't fully understand what was going on with that cultural zeitgeist. And like much of the late 90s, Korn (sorry, "KoЯn") really doesn't age well. "Got the Life" is the only song on the album I don't hate. It's not all bad though. While much of his growling and nu-metal beatboxing are really irritating, occasionally Jonathan Davis does interesting things with his voice. There are flashes of potential in the guitar and the dynamic drumming. But instead it's track after track of potential-squandering ear-bleed inducing trash.
Whatever you want to call this, nu metal, rap-rock, aggro-metal, alternative metal...it sucks. Look, I like to scream along as much as the next kid, but stop growling your lyrics at me. Wikipedia tells me people liked this album with Entertainment Weekly reviewer Jim Farber calling it "a big load of dumb fun" and said that "going to almost laughable lengths to mess with metal cliché". They got the laughable and clichéd part right.
I liked this more than I thought I would. Sadly no mosh pit here.
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.
Garbage. Was back when, still is now
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!
Very good, unique but dated in some parts
This was definitely my favorite album! But then I was not 11 anymore lol. Well the album has some good moments that hit hard, and some other fun/cringe moments as well. Thumbs up for the metal that does not jerk guitars off. I was considering buying this on vinyl for old times sake but, well, upon this listen I think I’ll pass on that
what if slipknot was bad
Ah, my teenage angst years! I would say Korn was my early introduction to heavier music, and although I prefer their earlier stuff, this one is a banger! Quite a dark album, some of the songs go to very bad places, but I feel they were done in a good way, they're not cheap or exploitative. (Pretty) The songs with Ice Cube and Fred Durst are terrible, they were back in 1998 and still are. Drags on a bit towards the end, long songs that all sound the sound. 3 stars.
No. Sorry..
favorite - its on!, my gift to you, earache my eye least favorite - freak on a leash, children of the korn (feat. ice cube), all in the family (feat. fred durst),
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.
This album was awful. I mean, I guess I can see how it was influential and I do catch myself having Freak on a Leash stuck in my head every once in a while/it is a good pump up song...but overall...these songs are terrible.
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.
Was a slow burner for me, I really wasn't feeling it in the morning...vocals felt too artificial and self obsessed, overly compressed guitars making metal sound too neat and tidy as with a lot of nu-metal and similar...but I warmed to it as the day went on and was listening to it as background...my office sound system makes everything a bit muddy at low volume and it may have accidentally benefitted from losing a lot of vocal definition.
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
“something takes a part of me” -“🗣🦧👹😵💫😈👿👺👽”
Disgusting lyrics and overall very unpleasant to listen to. I never thought I'd see Fred Durst's name anywhere near this list
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.
Tedious and awful. Ice Cube mixes things up a bit but this is nu metal at its most noxious.
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.
Rating 1 due to the rampant homophobia
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.
I'm not a metal fan, but I was able to listen to this album without too much trouble.
Ne soyez pas avares d'affection avec vos enfants, ou ils pourraient rejoindre un groupe de nu metal.
qui a écouté ces morceaux autant de fois c'est pas possible
I could only make it through like 3 song of this cacaphonic maelstrom.
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.
There's dark and melodic and then there's dark and demonic. Sometimes this album is the former (cool) and other times it feels more like the latter (not good). All in the Family was truly F'd up. I was never a big fan of Freak on a Leash though it's ok (not F'd up, but a little too heavy or too much distortion for me). I prefer their other big single Got the Life. Ice Cube adds a nice contrast to the regular vocals on Children of the Korn; I dig the sound overall. In the end, it's a lot to take on listening to this album (heavy? intense? abrasive?) but I did not hate it, which is more than I can say for other nu metal bands like Limp Bizkit.
Nie wiem czemu, ale korn kojarzyl mi sie zawsze z polackim darciem mordy, a tu calkowite zaskoczenie, bo darcie mordy bylo z hameryki, magnum opus krindzowatej kultury lat 90 przelanej w forme nu metalowego rzygu, rozlanego na 13 trakow i meczacych uszy godzine z dziewiecioma minutami, jesli ktos mnie zapyta po dzisiejszym odsluchu dlaczego synteza rapu z metalowym brzmieniem byla pomylonym pomyslem bede mogl podrzucic ten wlasnie krazek, co bedzie najlepsza odpowiedzia na to pytanie, co najbardziej utkwi mi z dzisiejszego odlsuchu, beda to pewnie piekielne pajpy
For me this record is just decent, but objectively it is quite solid.
Collectively, we are all dumber for listening to this record. Unequivocally, you don’t need to hear this before you die.
Just a godawful sound. Too heavy, too angry
The Woodstock 99 documentary has scarred me
Goofy ass album.
I initally groaned when I got this because its an hour plus nu-metal album, but Follow The Leader surprised me. The opening stretch of songs were really good, especially Freak On a Leash and Got the Life. Even the Ice Cube collaboration was pretty neat. I do feel that the first half is much stronger than the second, although that could just be me having enough. The Fred Durst collab was entertaining though, even if it was pretty dated.
Classic
nu metal poo metal
OK I guess, didn't really do it for me Pretty standard example of the genre, not bad but not special
This is one of the albums of all time for sure
My first concert was KoRn in Amsterdam in 2008. It was amazing and they played a few of this songs too ofcourse. Nostalgia!
Hated it. Positively.
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.
Some of this is really good stuff; nice riffs, fun songwriting, and I even enjoy the parts where Jonathan Davis sounds like a masturbating gremlin. Unfortunately, some of this is really bad... that Ice Cube feature should be an embarrassment for all parties involved. Quite a mix.
Honestly a really strong work, but a few pieces detract from the overall experience enough to lower it for me.
Holy hell this is awful
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".
Metalrap, I liked it Could go hard in the gym
Le simple fait qu'eltrapeze apprécie la musique de ces joyeux gueulards me donne une raison suffisante pour les rouler dans la boue. Passez votre chemin.
J'ai adoré cet album, seulement voici son problème: l'ombre de Mc Fly et Carlito plannait au-dessus de moi tout au long de l'écoute. J'étais effrayé à l'idée d'entendre un "je suis une tik-tok girl" rententir, et suis donc resté sur le qui-vive pendant les 1h10 de metal proposé par nos joyeux gueulards de Korn.
Not a fan
Not for me
I just... I mean... really? Okay, let me try and be fair here since Korn is the seminal band on my skiddy metalhead husband's youth. I'll admit nü-metal was a moment in time where something very different started happening musically. Someone was innovating, that's what must make this album worthy of our consideration. I don't think it was different or innovative for the better though. Woodstock '99 is a perfect example of how dangerous the energy that this music taps into can be. Inciting white male aggression never turns out well for anyone. I'm all for misfits and weirdoes finding the things that make them feel seen and understood. I'm all for a darker artistic expression of self, it can be powerful and cathartic to express your pain and vulnerability, like Kurt Cobain did. And it's important to have shared experiences and relate to others. Music helps us do that in such a transcendent way, especially controversial music. But I just don't like this. It's too hateful and frankly, scary.
metal/rock not really my jam
Rock industrial, pesado, guitarrero, con intensidad. Algún corte interesante. No es mi estilo preferido, pero me gusta el aire que desprende
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
Parts of this album still rocks as hard as it did when I got a preview copy of it back in early `98. The fury, the fear, the intensity. Too bad half of the album is just dated and some of the lyrics are majorly (as the kids these days say) cringe. No quite a 3, more of 2.5
Wat een herrie
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.
Good stuff from my childhood. Besides the hits, the rest of the album was ok
I disliked this so much. The lyrics are so infantile and cringey I barely made it through
Would have liked it when I was 13, but I'm in a better place now. Or at least I have better taste in music.
I might be being generous with a 3 but I'm honestly not even completely sure of my feelings on this album yet. It's kind of weird but this album feels like it's on the cusp of being something that I could really enjoy but it never really gets there for me and there are aspects that hold it back. I like a lot of the tones and riffs on this album and some of the lyrical subject matter is just disgusting in a way that I can't look away from (i.e. "Pretty" or "My Gift to You"). I even enjoy the vocal timbre of his voice which I know some other people don't but something here just pulls me out of fully enjoying this album. Maybe it's some of the really cringy lyrics at times taking me out of the music. Maybe it's none of the features really jiving with me all that well despite me enjoying the artists involved (aside from Fred Durst). Maybe this is just the type of record that I need more time to settle how I feel about it but I'm just going to go with a flat neutral rating right now so I can stop thinking about it for awhile. Anyways "All in the Family" and Fred Durst are complete trash.
I once saw Korn at a music festival when I was fifteen. My mate threw a bottle of piss and it hit the drummer right on the head. That's the best thing about them. Best Tracks: Freak On a Leash; Got the Life; Children of the Korn (feat. Ice Cube)
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2/10 this was lame as hell
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?
Headbangingly dreadful.
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.
Nice
the year was 1999, the location was woodstock. Nah, like fuck i was there. Korn passed me by, i was more in to the knob jokes of blink and limp bizkit. listening to it now i realise it was a bit harsh for them to get lumped in with the nu-metal crowd of retards as this is serious music for serious people.
Korn are the most important bands I've ever had the pleasure of watching. They moved me to tears with their eyes and knees. Their hands and teeth were a little bit warmer than I had anticipated, but that made my ankles weak and my thighs swollen.
Porn
Je suis fou ou j'ai adoré, on dirait que ca me rappelle tellement ma jeunesse. Ca brasse et il y a juste assez d'agressivité ahah. On écoute pas dans le système son avec les enfants . 3.85
Couldn't make it past the 4th track. Never liked Nu Metal, and these guys are at the apotheosis of that particular trashheap
Maybe I'm being generous because of nostalgia, this album was formative for me, but while I admit alot of the "nu-metal" I was into is cringe and hard to listen to now I can still throw this on an get into it so that has to count for something.
17th August 2022 Listened the day after while working from home. Was in the office and out for book club - in order to live. I like that you can feel the rock and roll rhythm throughout this album. It swings back and forth like a pirate ship.
An band that I enjoy and an album that is pretty decent. Reading some other reviews it’s evident that if you don’t like nu metal then you despise it. I enjoy it and find the hard rock style a good blend between metal and grunge alt rock. It’s a step before all the goth/emo music that came in the early 2000s. This album has a few solid songs and a majority of them are ok. The lyrics are a bit harsh and I’m sure some people can’t stand them. For me it’s a decent album. 6.3/10
no me gusta
🌽
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.
Hey look! It’s korn! ROOGA-ah-ah ROOGA-ah-ah
Not much there there Bu the end of the album it kinda felt like it was all the same song.
Pretty good, and the Cheech & Chong cover is epic.
I owned this once, briefly. I have absolutely no idea why. Remarkable to think that this entered the Billboard Top 100 at No 1. I wonder what happened to all the unhappy young men who bought it at the time? Anyway...
Music for angsty teens in the 90s. A lot to like in this but some of the themes haven't dated well over the years.
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.
I don't think I've ever listened to this album in full. I like metal and I like Korn, so +1 here. I'll probably listen to all of their other albums! It just never seemed like a right time, but why tf not?! Either way has some weird rappy bits but overall a solid album.
Thought I was going to hate this but it was ok(ish). Liked the distonal guitar sounds, production is quite tight. Vocals are bearable. Its aggressive and heavy Will I play it again? No. This stuff always feels like its listened to by high-school shooters. I know I'm not the target audience. 3
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.
Gave it a full listen but it doesn't do anything for me. Seems like guy is trying to be angry but it's not convincing. Likes some of the rap that came in at the end
Not my jam but it did bring me back to hanging out with my brother and his friends.
Hits are good, but the other songs not so much.
One of my first experiences with "heavy" music was this album. Don't quite remember All in the Family being as bad as it was, but still a good album.
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
CRINGE
Angry teen school project. The beat boxing is terrible.
Freak on a leash is a classic to me - the rest are a bit too intense
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
Funny, that i got this album, the day, Korn was playing in my City.
At around the 3rd or 4th track I thought to myself, "this has to be some kind of joke." Fast forward to the 11th or 12th track and I audibly said to myself, "this isn't funny anymore." 1.5/5
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.
This album was way better than I remembered. Back in the day, I disliked this album for not being as good as Life is Peachy and for, I dunno, the rap influence or whatever. It's actually really fun in general though.
Absolutely bangs. Korn wasn't my go-to nu-metal in my teens but I still appreciated them and still very much do. The rap song with Fred Durst is complete garbage but luckily that's the only big stumble for me on this album.
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
There’s just no one like Korn. FTL holds up as some of their very best work, even with thirteen tracks of silence. 4
Music is a 4 or 4.5. Lyrics are a 2 on so many tracks.
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
There's so much to say. In terms of how this music has aged, it's so a 1. It's such an album from the turn of the millenia, and it just has that sound, but similar to my review of Devil Without a Cause, there's personality here. Something just draws me to this. I was going to rate it a 2 because of this and the fact that I like the song with Ice Cube, but I have to bump it to a 3. "All in the Family" with Fred Durst is very funny. There should be more of these kinds of diss tracks where the featured artist shits on the artist and the artist shits on the feature. That's absolutely wonderful. It has a lot of homophobic language, but as a gay man, I still think it's pretty funny. It feels very 2000s xbox live public chat lobbies and all around childish which made me snicker throughout it. The lead singer, Jon Davis, was also bullied a lot in his younger years because people thought he was gay (which I couldn't find to be actually true, he was married twice to women, and has children. Some names include "Pirate" and "Zeppelin" which is cool and funny in its own right. I apologize for this slight tangent). Korn is not my least favorite nu metal band either, I think they relied on hip-hop influences a little harder, and that personality improves it a lot. Korn knows what they are, and they play it well. The sound is dated, and it definitely doesn't feel like something that is going to make a resurgence. Highlights: 5, 8, and 11.
Dreadful. I'd rather peel my own skin off with a broken bottle than have to sit through this again.
Если честно, музыка не моя, альбом не зацепил. Единственная композиция, которая меня позабавила, это Earache My Eye. Она весело звучит, драйвово и качово. В остальном - альбом не мой.
not for me
Metal legit never fails to put me in a good mood. I have a major character flaw in that I CANNOT take metal seriously and just imagine the band yelling and making strange noises, and hence, I smile and giggle my way through each song. I highly enjoyed this album, though I recognize not in the way it was probably intended 😃
I like the instrumentals and the drive most of the album has but honestly, the vocals take away from the songs to me. When he's not doing weird shit I like it but to me it takes away from what else is going on. I know they did a ton for the genre but it's not my favorite metal subgenre.
Korn was really popular when I was like 7/8 years old so I grew up scared of them. I think I’m still scared but they are definitely a very musically inclined heavy metal band and that, I appreciate.
Other than the 2 major hits I've heard a million times, nothing really stood out at me as worth listening to ever again. Wish the song with ice cube was better.
I was a metalhead at this point in the 90s and I kinda liked that Korn was heavy, but I also hated that theyv drowned out stuff like Metallica and Alice in Chains. These days it still has an oddly nostalgic sound to it - most of my friends were into nu-metal and Korn being one of the biggest bands I was exposed to it a lot. Plus a few tracks from this were huge radio hits. I listen to it every now and then. It's a bit long but I do have to give it a 4/5. Also, amazing production.
Really not my thing, but was surprised by how musical the music was. Like it was a really well put together album but I’m just not into shouty gravel vocals.
Some cool sounds and beats but the vocals are goofy and I couldn’t buy in
It's fine. In my early teens I really liked Korn but never listened to a full album, and eventually moved on to Deftones (the best band to ever, at one point, wear the "nu-metal" tag). It's a rough, full listen. I love the bass playing, and the singles, but it really starts to blend together after a while. Ice Cube really sounds like he phoned in his verse (his ad-libs are fun, though), and "All In the Family" is...uh... "dated". Favorite tracks: "Got the Life", "Freak on a Leash"
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
Dreadful.
Krap
krap
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.
It starts phenomenally well... the first 5 tracks are super strong, rowdy and energetic. All in the family is a clever idea but i think it pretty much fails, and the homophobic slurs don't age here. By the time it has gotten to cameltosis and eararche, I was ready to move on. Definitely had some good points though.
I had Slipknot earlier in this list and I ended up enjoying it; so I went into this with an open mind. It's awful, they try so hard to be edgy but I'm not buying it, just a bunch of try-hards acting like they're hard. Dropping some slurs in All in the Family totally lost any lingering respect I might have had for the fact that they can make chords happen on their instruments. I'd give this a 0 if I could. Garbage.
I'm not a big fan of Nu Metal or Korn. But their cultural impact cannot be denied. I often think of the band before I think of the grain and I have never lived more than a mile from a cornfield. That backwards R is iconic as well. "Freak On a Leash" is definitely the best track and probably the only Korn track most people know. It's not a bad album by any means just not something I vibe with very hard. Its impact is a 5/5 but personally I view it as more of a 2/5. Factoring both of those I'll give it a 3/5
I thought there could not be anything more annoying than the Hair Metal music of the late eighties and than a decade later, comes this Nu Metal combining metal with rap, funk and just about anything. For me this music defined the whole ridiculosity of the MTV/Spring Break scene at the time. But, just like the Hair Metal Era, there is some decent (very minimal) music to come out, and, I guess for me, this album falls into the something decent coming out of the Nu Metal Era category. For as much as I wanted to hate this album, when the band and their lead singer, Jonathan Davis, kick in full throttle, it does rock. The music overall pretty much sticks to a heavy metal riff throwing in sampling every now and then. I do like the eerie and scratchy guitar sounds. An all-star list of guests (Ice Cube, Fred Durst, Tre Hardson (The Pharcyde)). The song subject matters are all over the place: peer pressure, record companies, rebellion, suicide. The record is long at 70 minutes. If you were to get one album in the Nu Metal genre, this might be it.
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
Just about listenable weird metal with the odd scooby doo sound init. Nit my bag soz.
Nope
An enjoyable mix of nine inch nails type goth metal, hip hop, bagpipes, weird bleeps, funky bass. A bit too angsty for my tastes, but still enjoyable and good stuff.
I'm taken back to the Krazy House rock nightclub in Liverpool, moshing away to nu-metal. I wasn't much of a fan of Korn at the time, they were alright, but this album past me by. Listening now it's full of hard hitting beats, but I'm feeling too old to mosh, and feels a bit too long. Interesting that Ice Cube and Fred Durst cameo on tracks, and hadn't known that Todd McFarlane did the artwork.
This album starts out SO strong - "It's On!" is an excellent opener and gets the listener pumped up for the album's best two tracks, 'Freak on a Leash' and 'Got the Life'. After that, you can stop listening to the album and not miss all that much. 'Children of the Korn' is interesting, what with Ice Cube's cameo, and there are some worthwhile moments in the other songs, but for the most part, it just feels like filler.
This has aged quite badly. Really outdated lyrically
Nice
Korn have always been one of those bands where I like a handful of songs, but never really fell for any of their albums. Of course this has Freak On a Leash, amongst a few other hits.
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.
Can't say a dislike this badass heavy snoring. It really brings me back. But listening to it now, the songs really sound so indistinguishable from one another. I remember distinguishing them so clearly when I was younger, though. I can see what my dad saw when he listened to my generation's music. I wonder if I just can't pay attention to the sounds anymore because I just can't no longer relate to the angsty and angry feelings they convey. It's still powerful as fuck, and I remember this album was already old when I listened to it back in the good old CD/mp3 days of the 00's.
It's just noise. I get why it's on the list but absolutely not something I would willingly go near again. Over an hour with each song seemingly indistinguishable.
This is really bad. The decent instrumental performances are bogged down by head-scratching hip-hop influences and obnoxious vocals. I can't really see why/how this could take precedent over...any better metal album?
Really bad music. Riffs that have potential but are mixed terribly and have strange effects on them that take away from what it could be combined with Jonathan Davis's awful vocals and lyrics make for an excruciating listen. The fact that this was included on this list and classics like Madvillainy, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, and Soundtracks For The Blind aren't is genuinely baffling.
Overall, not for me. Too screamy and angry. I enjoy the hip hop songs tho- those were dope.
Not for me
Eh not my thing.
A lot of this didn't age well, but I enjoyed some of the grooves. I'd still rank this higher based on its influence to the genre.
Pretty good for being trash metal, but for 14 years olds only
There are a couple songs I liked in middle school, but the fred durst song is so bad I can't give more than 1
This was so bad that I have to assume it was just a mean joke, right?
Can see this being a pretty good album but too heavy for me
Although not my usual go-to stylistically, I hear some really great playing and creativity. I think I'd heard of this band before, not really sure, but definitely had not listened to anything by them in the past. Hard-driving gritty stuff but not too messy and not so overdriven and distorted that it crumbles into static, as can happen (at least to my ear) in metal. The screamed vocals are at times too much for me, but it makes sense for what I think they're going for here. As always, kudos to this project for making sure I open up my listening ears to music I don't usually hear.
Pretty good! Not as heavy as I expected!
Voi juma! Itse olin Kornin suhteen myöhäisherännäinen ja sen aikaisessa kaveriporukassa tämä oli kovaa kamaa. Jykevä basso ja voimakkaat kompit yhdistettynä ruumishuoneella työskennelleeseen ördäilyyn kykenevään laulajaan sai erektion aikaiseksi teini-ikäisessä nuoressa.
Ehkä yks tai kaks hutia, mut muuten erittäin viihdyttävä
Look, Nu Metal gets a bad rap (ha, pun unintended). And it deserves most of it, being deeply emblematic of the aggressive edginess of the late 90s and the aughts. But damn if it doesn't still go hard at times. 4 stars for the iconic Freak on a Leash
Meh
Really like the album as an intro to metal. Favourite songs are "Freak on a a Leash", "Children of the Korn" and "Seed"
Never liked them.
first half is pretty good
Maybe not the best cross-over around, but a good album still
Was going to give 5 stars except for the noises in the songs that made me worried my car was going to fall apart.
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
Really didn't like this one, all the songs sound exactly the same and the vocals range from whining to screaming. I also don't like being edgy for no reason, which is a lot of this album. Also what a weird collab, when I think of who would work with a band like Korn, I don't think about Ice Cube. His verses were low-key the best parts of the album 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
Quite fun! Definitely nostalgic
homophobic - ugh
No. 1/5
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
Korn was one of those metal bands I never really got into because I only liked maybe two of their songs. I never listened to any others except when I did I didn't like them. Hearing them in the context of this album, which I know some of these songs came on in the football locker room, I have more appreciation for them. I really liked Freak on a Leash and the rest kind of just flowed. I still wasn't a fan of some of it, but the ones I liked I really liked. And that's a fantastic album cover too.
A bit korny, innit? I like Korn, at least in doses. Going into this, I wanted to understand why metalheads hate nu metal, and it seems to be about bastardizing/popularizing metal elements without respect for the genre's core tenets (I don't fully understand what this means, bear with me). With appearances from the likes of Ice Cube on here, I think I get where they're coming from. It's metal-ish, with more accessible, and at times hip-hoppy, beats and vocal delivery. The anger feels a little aimless and vacuous sometimes (how about the "WTF" chant on Reclaim My Place?). But as someone without that historical metal fandom anchoring my perspective, I find this decently enjoyable. The music is heavy either way. I don't need an entire album of it, but there are a handful of tracks I'll hang on to. None of the Korn hits I know, but I think this is pretty good if you're looking for this sort of thing. Favorite tracks: It's On, Freak on a Leash, Pretty, Justin, Reclaim My Place. Album art: Whoaaaa trippy, follow the leader off a cliff????? A bit like those instagram posts like "most people won't understand the deeper message." I like the art style though. 3/5
I refuse. There as absolutely ZERO reasons to listen to this album before you die. Listen to something good instead. Listen to Tool. Literally ANY album by Tool. It's a travesty that they're not on this list but this trash and KID EFFING ROCK are.
"Issues" and self-titled are better but this is still a solid album. "All In The Family" is complete trash tho
I don't leave many reviews but I wanted to say that I definitely did not need to hear this before I died. I'm glad that the list is exploring different genres but isn't there better nu metal out there? I particularly found the vocals and lyrics very annoying. And the instruments weren't doing anything interesting to hold my attention.
enjoyed this much more than I expected to. Truthfully I did not know what to expect. Of course I had heard of Korn but I don't think I've ever heard a song. I wasn't even sure what style their music is. It's still hard to pin down; there re elements of heavy metal, rap, grunge, progressive. I don't like all of it, the vocals are generally a miss for me with some exceptions, the guitar sound is a little heavy and plodding in spots, but all-in-all an enjoyable listen. 3.5 stars
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
Very aggressive, I like it. Favorite track is either Freak on a Leash or Dead Bodies Everywhere.
Hard to rank. I wanna go Higher for the music and lower for the vocals.
Yet another classic, though I like Issues best
Ok I guess. Not the kind of hard rock I enjoy. 2.5 stars, and rounding up for the genre.
I had a thoughtful review written about this album and how while we may not like it, we have to reckon with the fact that Korn and bands like them made it onto mainstream radio in this era, but it all got deleted and i'm crestfallen. || Its easy to dunk on, but this sound changed rock and metal. Thank god it has continued to change and we're past it though.
When I was a teenager I listened to a little bit of Korn and found it scary. Now, it sounds, not as scary, and maybe better than I thought it would sound. But I don't need to listen to Korn every day to say the least.
Oh man. You know what... I'm not going to even listen past the first song. That's right. I'm not even going to give it a chance. I just can't stomach this right now.
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.
This was another surprising album. It was much better than I thought but some of the songs are comically edgy and the lyrics can be very dated at times. However, it’s about as good as nu metal gets. Fav songs: freak on a leash, bbk
shouty good
3 Nice surprise in the disco hi-hat and vocal whimsy in "Got the Life."
If you asked me which album's bass would push the limits of my Sonos 1s, I wouldn't have guessed it'd be a Korn album. Yet here we are... I was also surprised by how enjoyable revisiting this album was as a 40 year old.
Tracks 2 and 3 are keepers. The rest of the songs can go. Definitely marks a demarcation point between Woodstock ‘94 and ‘99.
Starts strong, but I can’t maintain that energy for the full 67 minutes. Cut ‘All in the Family’ and everything after except the top notch Cheech & Chong cover and we’ve got a 4 star album.
Oooh, look, the R is backwards! Get ready for something edgy here, people. I've low key dreaded getting an album like this to review, but I decided I have to give everything a fair listen. But man, this one really tested my patience. I guess I can say now that I've listened to a Korn album all the way through. That's something, right? Musically the album is fine. The guitars (Head and Munky), the bass (Fieldy) and the drums (David Silveria), they actually aren't bad at all, and the band is talented at what they do. Their sound is heavy and very much in the vein of a lot of music from this era. But it’s boring. The arrangements are samey and the album is also entirely too long. They're obviously trying to go for something dark here, but they don’t elicit any kind of feeling from me. As for Jonathan Davis… a lot this album’s problems land squarely on this guy’s plate. Davis’ vocal style is terrible, whiny-then-vomiting, forgettable. That weird scatting he likes to do is just dumb. The rapping makes it somehow worse, my god. I was going to dig into the songwriting, but I went in and read the lyrics, and good grief. Davis (and by extension, the band) has an anger problem. He has a problem with women. He seems to especially have a problem with his own success. Other artists have similar problems, but they’re better songwriters. I don’t have the energy to close read garbage lyrics today. I feel like I've been more generous to some pretty hard to listen to albums that have been generated for me, like from Napalm Death and Sepultura. But see, there's a world view and some creativity behind that music that I respect, even if it's not my thing. This music feels very empty to me, a cash grab attempt to be edgy that is embarrassing for me to have to listen to, as a person with ears. Fave Songs: None. How about least favorite song? There are so many candidates. I'm going to go with All in the Family, what kind of warmed over garbage was that?
There is only one Korn album that should be anywhere near this list and buddy, this ain’t it. They are so sonically limited as to sound no different from song to song, album to album. The stuff they’re peddling now aged 50 is the same as they were peddling at the start of their careers, same as here. Whatever way you cut it, it’s all self-generated angst, pseudo-hip-hop stylings with zero comprehension or cohesion and (of course) bagpipes. There is a song on here called Cameltosis - these songs written by men in and around their 30s - which tells you all you need to know. Truly stupid.
What appealed to this 14 year-old, hidden beneath his Korn hoodie on the bus to school? Where to start? How about: "I cannot every love another cunt / You trick ass slut / Look twice and you'll get fucked"? Truthfully, no. I didn't hate girls, didn't actively enjoy them being brutalised in the music I liked. I even skipped Kim back then, not yet able to parse its brilliance. I knew Korn (probably, hopefully) didn't mean it. But 50% of their appeal for me was simply that they said things my parents wouldn't approve of. You know that adolescent itch, the one that has to be scratched. So from a personal point of view, this garbage is defensible. And so too from an artistic one... in theory. Flirting with danger and taboo is an important function of art. There are too many great examples to name. This just happens to be a shit one. So why did I latch on to Korn's danger dance and not the good ones? Simply, partly they did it with no subtlety and I was almost as dumb, partly the other 50% of their appeal: dick bick energy riffs, creepy gimmicks, occassional breakbeats, basslines that spend most of the time building up to a letdown--I mean breakdown--and, of course, Davies' spastic yip-yapping. But those two elements, 100% of the appeal to me, are only 50% of KoRn's sound. The rest is characterised by emotionally-stunted morons who've chosen the hinterland between self-pity and self-aggrandisement because they don't have the... I don't know what... to grow up. Teenagers get a bad rep for being intolerant, so fair play to me for putting up with that side of a crappy bargain for so long.
Oh, middle school edginess. I can't hate it. It's unironically cheesy fun.
Stronger in the first half bit still good overall.
This does not deserve to be on the list for any reason. What the f***?
Loud
An incredibly strong start to a good album
Not my favorite Korn album but was definitely groundbreaking for it’s time and was super influential in molding modern metal.
Liked most of the songs, the rapping felt out of place to me. Heavy guitars, great vocals
3.5 Buen disco, pero le doy las 4 solo por Freak on a Leash
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
This album is every bit as enjoyable as I thought it was when it was originally released. Which is to say - not very. The longer the album goes on the more it becomes something akin to an aural military endurance test. About half way through I’m tapping out with the same ferocity as I would if I found myself in a Ronda Rousey arm bar inside the octagon. I love the concluding statement on the write up from the book… “So did this angry, twisted music do anything positive? It certainly made a truckload of money.” If that is your take - why the hell put it in the book? If I am being completely fair - Freak on a Leash is definitely a unique sound that lended itself to a lot of other music and I shouldn’t discount that simply because that particular sound is almost certainly the soundtrack in my own personal version of Hell. Still - the “beat box/scatting” is atrocious and I’ll die on that hill.
Lots of nostalgia tied up with this one for me. I still wouldn't say it's an essential listen at all though. Especially coming right off of Muddy Waters. Putting those two in the same list is borderline offensive.
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
Not for everyone, but one of the best examples of its genre. Also helped popularize extended range guitars in metal.
Amazing record. Good mix of metal and some rap parts. Some songs can get really dark while some other songs can be more "fun".
Solo conozxo una cancion y me gusta mucho, no me dio tiempo a escuchar las otras :(
Forgot how much I actually listened to this album when it came out. Few forgotten belters. Opening 3 tracks are all time. Glad I got the chance to go on a journey I never knew I needed.
Lot of solid head bangers. Started out strong with it’s on, freak on a leash, got the life. Less convinced with some of the raps/ monologues/limp bizkit beef but overall enjoyed the album.
Not as screaming as I imagined. Actually kinda liked it, to my surprise.
Lyssna inte så länge, men det var bra det.
Nope. Voor de helft geluisterd, kan me voorstellen waarom sommige mensen dit leuk vinden, maar t is niet voor mij.
Stor överraskning hur bra även alla icke-singlar var. Bästa skivan so far
Decent pump up music but gets old pretty quick. Best things about this album: 1) Got the Life 2) Hardcore Scatty Breakdowns 3) Ice Cube 4) "It's a little fucking toot."
It’d be very easy for me to say I hate this. But I get it. They’re certainly an original band. There are some cool grooves and guitar tones. Also, Got The Life is a certified banger. All In The Family is ridiculous as fuck though.
Really looses steam after Got The Life. Glad it exists for the kids that need it.
probably a 3.5 for me. Like the general sound, but the lyrics are definitely crude at times.
Nope
sorry, had to shut it down. What a unhappy, angry, sad bunch of people. Would never listen to or buy anything they ever or would do. Life is to short to be so angry.!!!
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.
Brought back lots of teen angst memories. Really liked the hip hop collaborations on this album. It kinda loses its lustre towards the end but it opens about as strong as you could expect.
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 didn't hate it. Ice Cube was the last person I was expecting to pop up after those opening few tracks.
Great album - really took me back to my youth.
Hmm, the most tiring experience so far.
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.
Unlistenable to begin with and has aged even worse. Almost single-handedly responsible for the creative and intellectual drought that plagued heavy music at the start of the '00s.
Don't love Korn. This wasn't great.
Production: 9/20 Songwriting: 8/20 Innovation: 12/20 Bangers: 5/20 Emotional response: 11/20 =45 Much better then I though it would be
Je suis vendu d’avance, j’adore leur style. C’est heavy mais ça me fait méditer. Ils font une recherche incroyable pour les mélodies, aweille la cornemuse!
Still the jam!
this was surprisingly really good
Not my vibe but enjoyed more than I thought I would. Quite accessible for non-metal fans and was a welcome accompaniment whilst making Remy’s birthday card late last night
Kinda interesting, the vocalist definitely needs to grow on you.
Reminds me of Finchley in the late 90s. Can appreciate the musicianship and like most other bands in this genre I like the odd song here and there but ultimately not an album I’d choose to listen to. But this album felt pretty accessible and there were parts of it that were cool.
125 albums and we finally get a decent metal band 🤘 This album massively reminds me of university days and "Freak On A Leash" is an undisputed banger 🤘 Some cool guests on this too: Ice Cube, Fred Durst, SlimKid3 from The Pharcyde. That said, it's not my fave metal album. It might not even be my fave Korn album. Still worthy of 4 stars tho. 7.5/10
Not my vibe, but substantially better than The Young Gods so gets an extra star for that
Enjoyed it a fair bit, and it got the lid head banging.
I dont like it..... Not my music at all......... Ice cube was cool tho. 1.5
What an abrasive voice. I kind of wish he was screaming harder so I wouldn't be subjected to these lyrics. Why does he need to beatbox. Also why the hell is Ice Cube on here. there are moments here and there where I like what the guitars and percussion have going on, but its pretty standard metal stuff and nothing interesting enough to make up for everything else. is the second to last song about fucking somebody while killing them? jeez. highlights: "generation triple X, we're all about the weed smoke and the kinky sex" "fagpipes" "you pumpkin pie, I'll jack off in your eye" "all you eat is Zingers" a song being called Cameltosis
Oh gosh. That was a lot. There were moments when it was fine but as a whole album it was creepy and didn't feel good. I made it through but I think it was just because I was doing homework the whole time. 1 star.