Issues
Korn
- Style
- Thrash meets Atmospheric Metal
- Label
- Epic Records
- Year
- 2000
- Reviewed by
- Danny
/ 100
Killing songs: Trash, Wake Up, Falling Away From Me, Jingle Balls.
Where disappear their "hip-hop" trash of their previous released ?
Good question. Here you will ear new sounds and their "trash" seems
now to be out of reach for their direct competitors (is it still hip-hop
"trash" by the way ?). Korn wanted to walk on a new path and have added
very "atmospheric" metal part on some songs (strange but catchy). Melodies
are also more present than before. But the big difference is the voice
which is much more "clear" and less "shouting"(don't worry not on all
the disc). This give another dimension to their songs and also to KORN.
Listen to the second song "Falling Away From Me" and if you don't find
what is new, trust me you're deaf. Without going to far in the experimental
part (even if sometimes you got that feeling to ear Pink Floyd, George
Michael or the Who here and there) it sounds definitively fresh and
new. Last word, their are songs that could have been perfectly used
for film like "Seven" : mystical, psychedelic and marvelous. In the
bonus disc called "All Mixed Up", you will ear different previously
released remixes plus one unreleased "heavy" mix of Jingle Bells called
Jingle Balls. This new record is a must for Korn's fans. A strange curiosity
for all others. At least it deserved one listening.