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Free Music Review: The Issue is not the Twist of your Transistor
Hit: 5 Stars
The true Children of The Korn is My Gift to You. KoRn is an un-metal band that made it big in the early 90s giving the world a new sound, a new look, a new beginningin music. Their lyrics spawned an open door to a dimension of pain that people all over
can relate to. KoRn with sales taking the charts with a 5x Platinum CD called Follow the Leader quickly ran to the top of the list of 1998's most successful bands. Follow the Leader brings a lot to people and a feeling of renewed thinking, giving a cold defiance to the crowd that hungers for it. Thousands of kids, teens, and even adults take
what's offered by KoRn (And so many others like them) and eat it whole.
Being a child of the KoRn, my roots with this band are deep giving way to the flow of uneasiness that many look for. KoRn's third album, Follow the Leader, is without a second thought one of the best albums out there. KoRn, along with
Incubus, Orgy, Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube and Rammstein are featured all around the world but in no way ranked among them (one being Rap and others just a different sound of music). "In side my hart dies...Don't lay that sh** on me...Let me live my life" is off ,Follow the Leader, in `Dead Bodies Everywhere'. `Dead Bodies Everywhere' gives light on darkness that is covered up by just not confronting what's right in front of us (pain,
suffering, and aggravation). KoRn, being one of the is bigger bands out there to date, shows a new view in music. Giving no stop for air KoRn grows to be one of the tallest bands in a city of skyscrapers. To the Freaks on a Leash out there with a demented tint in mind, cannibalizing this album would be the way to go.
KoRn being un-metal gives to them not only that name but looking up on their history they made un metal. KoRn, formerly known as LAPD (that was Love And Peace Dude, or the more obscene name liked by quite a few, Laugh At People Dying), had a slow start at the finish line `so to speak' but after that "Once up on stage it took no time at all to have the heads rolling" quoted from a security guard at the start of KoRn's fame. Fame went all over from Epic/Immortal Records (in October of 1994) to Sony Records, then went on to Virgin Records getting them known all over the land.
After listening to the first twelve tracks, which hold 60 seconds of silence, the listener is in for hell's finest sounds heard in heaven. "It's On,!" "Dead Bodies Everywhere," "Seed," and "Freak On A Leash" are some of my favorites, for the mind-
boggling expression of emotion in each song. Some of the ranting on these songs, "Something takes a part of me, Something lost and never seen" and "Every time I start to
believe, Something's raped and taken from me" show some very powerful meaning in their music that only the depraved would understand.
The only somewhat bad songs that were incorporated in this album, if any would have to be the songs the group took slow like tracks 19,24 (`Pretty') and (Cameltosis). "It's getting so cold" "How could some one........" ; that little bit took about five toseven seconds to say. Compared to their other songs they went really slow and in some parts soft too. For the matter of style of guitars, KoRn uses 7-stringed (not 6) like somehave come to believe. KoRn has millions of followers being led to the peace people so rightly deserve. KoRn is now, KoRn is the future and KoRn is here to stay. Like KoRn, the people behind them are just as strong as they are in number, their rain of sullen, un-venial darkness will fall for lifetimes to come.
Fans of all ages, groups, and genders can tell what is going on at the farm. Those coming into an out-world life that demands the experience of death and pain, it's with KoRn and all of the followers. The life is here, now, and ready for everyone;
life is more then just living it out as a mindless work drone, it is what happens in that life span that sets every one apart. The empty godforsaken path that many walk can be
helped and helped by KoRn is the choice to be made. "Corny" I think not, `Follow the Leader' different in an other wise ordinary land of Nothing. KoRn will go on giving more people a choice and its children will offer their help, giving the word to whom that seek it.
Free Music Review: Welcome To The New Skool
Hit: 5 Stars
The original adds for this album that appeared in music magazines around the time of it's release read something like this: "Korn-'Follow The Leader' available now, featuring 'Got The Life', 'B.B.K.', and 'Children Of The Korn (featuring Ice Cube)'...'Welcome To The New Skool'. The only reason that I'm telling you this is because, in retrospect, both the album's title and the slogan "Welcome To The New Skool" seem remarkably appropriate for this album, the third by the Bakersfield-bred fivesome with a habit of misspelling words, Korn. The album's title seems appropriate because, in the time between when the band's debut was released, at the end of 1994, and the release of "Follow The Leader", their third album, in 1998, quite a number of similarly-inclined aggro bands had appeared, including Deftones, Snot, Limp Bizkit, Coal Chamber, and Nothingface, and looking back, it almost seems like the granddaddies Korn were almost intentionally sending a wake up call to all their new found followers with "Follow The Leader", which both defined and redefined the the new hard rock sound that would come to be known as "nu-metal". And the "Welcome To The New Skool" slogan seems particularly prophetic because "Follow The Leader" was undeniably, for better or for worse, the album that broke Korn, and nu-metal as a whole, into the mainstream radio and MTV music world. And while some claim that it was because Korn softened their sound, I disagree, owing their new-found success more to timing. True, "Follow The Leader" does definitly sound different from either their debut or their sophmore album "Life Is Peachy", and while it certainly is more assesible than the other two, lighter? I think not. How else can you explain songs like "Dead Bodies Eveywhere" or "Pretty", which stand as some of Korn's darkest and heaviest material to date? True, they do experiment more with melody and more dancable beats, but I think the main reason "Follow The Leader" shot to the top of the charts is because for the first time Korn wrote actual "songs", not just exercises in rage. And so what if vocalist Jonathan Davis's lyrics were less personal (not entirely) and more universal? They were still his best yet. Other than that, the biggest change was the abundance of guest musicians, all of which were rappers. Korn has experimented with this once before, on "Life Is Peachy", on a cover of Ice Cube's "Wicked" with Deftone's Chino rapping, but here they take it one step further with a collaberation with The Cubemeister himself on the anthemic "Childeren Of The Korn", one of the album's highlights. The other two collaberations, "All In The Family", and "Cameltosis", featuring Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit and Tre Hardson from The Pharcyde respectively, are somewhat less amazing, though certainly not bad. Apart from being responsible for Korn's being mislabeled as a rap-metal band, which they definitly are NOT, seeing as Jonathan Davis DOES NOT rap, these collaberations do nothing to dilute the music's power. Actually, the last four of five songs on the album are pretty "out-there", if you know what I mean, and stand as some of Korn's most edgy material to date, esspecially "My Gift To You", who's bagpipe intro (courtesy of Davis himself), along with the toy piano in "Dead Bodies Everywhere", are welcome breaths of fresh between the fits of rage, while only elevating the album's mood, an area the band would explore more deeply on their next album "Issues". On one closing note I'd also like to say that I think "Follow The Leader" contains not only Korn's most accomplished songwriting up to that time, but also their most accomplished musicianship.My personal favorite songs on this album are the massive hit "Freak On A Leash", the almost danceable "Got The Life", "Children Of The Korn", the underrated "B.B.K.", and "Reclaim My Place".
If you like "Follow The Leader", I'd highly recommend you check out Korn's other three albums, along with Orgy, Videodrone, Tool, Coal Chamber, and Finger Eleven.
Free Music Review: Follow The Leader- Korn
Hit: 5 Stars
Alright, I'm here to review the album Follow The Leader by Korn (which I got along with their first album for £6, so you people in the UK should look out for that...) and I'd happily pay for more for it too! Korn are one of the four nu-metal bands I enjoy (alongside Slipknot, System Of A Down (not really nu-metal but classed that way) and Incubus, but I dislike the rest of the nu-metal genre.)So, lets get down to business on a track-by-track rundown...
1.It's On! 9/10:
High-energy opener, starts with a weird nose and slowly builds with the drums. And the tension builds towards the end of the songs and ends with Jonathan Davis screaming "It's On!" over and over again until again he sounds out of breath. His gasp for breath can actually be heard in the first few seconds of....
2.Freak On A Leash 10/10
One of my favourite Korn songs, especially with the incredibly catchy chorus. The lyrics regard that Jonathan feels that the record company are using his pain to earn money. My favourite bit of the song is the "scat" section which leads to the heavier section of the song, where Jon screams often inetelligible lyrics but it still sounds great.
3.Got The Life 10/10
Possibly my favourite Korn song, and a great choice of a single (along with Freak On A Leash.) Very funky bass lines over Jonathan Davids more rapped lyrics. One of the few metal songs I've heard which uses the lines "Come and dance with me" and "Get your boogie on." Great use of tension and a killer chorus.
4.Dead Bodies Eveywhere 10/10
This is another great song, with great lyrics regarding Jonathan Davis' farther. Great riff, and very creepy intro, with a funky mid section. The song ends with Davis screaming "Dead bodies everywhere!" and the ending leads into track 5...
5.Children Of The Korn 7/10
I can't make up my mind about this one.... I think the verse sections are weak, but the chorus flows really well, but like with most Korn songs- keep away from sensitive parents! Ice Cube does a good job here.
6.B.B.K 10/10
Another highlight in my opinion, and keeps the traditional Korn tradition of tortured lyrics, and the "scat" sections both make me laugh and rock out. A great song.
7.Pretty 8/10
A very creepy song (most Korn fans know the story behind it, so I'll leave that out) but has some good riffs, and a pretty funky feel to it, the lyrics are clever too ("Who do I feel sorry for?")
8.All In The Family 6/10
It's an alright track. The appearance of Fred Durst, doesn't really help it. But I guess some of the lines are kinda funny. The chorus isn't weak though ("I hate you, you hate me, it's all in the family") but the last variation is kinda funny.
9.Reclaim My Place 9/10
Quite a catchy song, the lyrics are quite good too. It's about the band picking on Jon, and he's snapping. Are very good song overall.
10.Justin 6/10
I'm not a huge fan of this song, despite the meaning behind it (it's about a terminally ill fan they met) but I think the lyrics could use some work, as they aren't really that caring... ("You're gonna die, you wanna see us, why?") but some of the lines work too ("Your light's too bright") So my opinion changes on it. For now I'm gonna give it a 6.
11.Seed 9/10
Another really good song, the riff is pretty good, and with another hypnotic intro. The "scat" bits again work here. The guitar riff in the verses is really creepy and works well. It seems to be about Jon dealing with fame.
12.Cameltosis 8/10
Hmm.. my opinions change on this too. Tre' from The Pharcyde does some good work on this one, and the chorus is pretty good too. For now it's a 8.
13.My Gift To You 9/10
More bagpipes! A pretty sweet riff too, a very twisted love song. After this there's some talking, and a hidden track, which is pretty heavy, and very enjoyable
Overall it's a 5-star album, and my favourite Korn album.
Good stuff.
Free Music Review: Created the whole
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the kind of CD which comes out very rarely. The kind of CD which all of the garage bands try to sound like. Artists like Metallica, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Faith No More, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Misfits, Mr.Bungle, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Sex Pistols, and Green Day are among the elite group who have done this. All of these bands as well as korn create this buzz for a reason and it isn't because they know how to attract an audience, the music is truly innovative and revolutionary.I have noticed there are many reviews claiming this CD is nothing more then "the backstreet boys with guitars" , "made so angst teenagers will feel accepted and hardcore" or "guys who picked up instruments and made noise". Now Follow The Leader may not have profound lyrics, technical guitar solos, or vocals about death or fantasy books, but it does have a great blend of guitar, drums, bass, and vocals as well as combining many genres of music into one sound that works.
On Follow The Leader Korn manages to take the commotion of heavy guitars, the funk of hip hop, the intoxication of industrial, and the emotion of Emo and create one excellent sound. The creativity on this album is amazing. The sound will both excite and upset you. vocalist Jon Davis sings mostly about his troubled childhood, while it may not provide many different subjects for listeners to enjoy it captures what children(and abused adults) have had to endure for years and helps them deal with it.
If you are looking for the loudest, fastest music or complexity this cd may not be for you. I would recommend looking into "speed/thrash metal", "progressive" and other genres... "Nu-Metal" is a genre which shares little in common with what is consider "true" Metal. usually the biggest similarity is how loud the music is. Metal is based around guitar, yet Korn and Nu-Metal in general are not. There are no guitar solo's, most songs are made up of power chords, and guitar is only a piece of the puzzle. Korn's sound is about the whole band, upon listening to this album you should see that they rely on the whole band to be creative and it shows.
This third CD of the quintuplet which is Korn has many songs with a sound that is worthy of a party. With most hard rock the need to dance (not mosh) is low, with this CD you want to groove.
Songs which feature other artists provide a nice blend of sound on this album and allow nearly any young music fan to enjoy this cd. The collaborations include: "Children Of The Korn" with rapper ice cube, "All In the family" with Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst, "Cameltoesis" with Tre Hardson of The Pharcyde, and the secret track "earache in my eye" which features Cheech Marin of the Cheech and Chong movies and covers a song from one of the movies.
To me korn is like the Metallica of Nu-Metal/ Alt metal. They started off with a very loud sound that was popular underground, but not accepted in the mainstream and then had one breakthrough album which was suitable for the radio. Korns was "follow the leader" and Metallicas was the black album. many fans of Follow The Leaderstarted enjoying Korns older albums and claiming them better as did fans of the black album. Both still make some good music, but it is not the same as when they started.
This cd is not the same as "Korn" and "Life As Peachy" and some may like it less because they have made a few songs that will provide the radio support they needed to get attention by making some quieter songs. The complexity has been turned up and you can see how Korn's artistry has improved. The vocals no longer sound like Davis is struggling, the guitar is not as repetitive, the bass is clearly more present, and the drummer is right beside them. If you have ever heard Korn and were interested or have ever been told about Korn this cd is worthy of your collection. Right now 80% of the hard rock you hear on TV or the radio is inspired by korn and much of it is just an attempt to be Korn. 5 stars for innovation.
Free Music Review: Korn's Breakthrough Album
Hit: 5 Stars
Their first album, simply titled Korn, is often considered to be the very first true nu metal album ever. Bands such as Helmet and Faith No More had elements of nu metal in their music before Korn burst onto the scene, but "Korn" is often considered to be the true start of nu metal. That being said, Korn's third album "Follow the Leader" is equally important because it is recognized as the album that ultimatly ushered nu metal into the mainstream. The record's two hit singles "Got the Life" and "Freak on a Leash" are definitive nu metal songs, while "Children of the Korn"(with Ice Cube), "All In The Family"(with Fred Durst), and "Cameltosis"(with Tre Hardson from Pharcyde), set the standard for the rap elements that would be seen in many nu metal bands that would follow. Korn are my all-time favorite band and, in my opinion, this is their best album. Pick it up if you're a fan of nu metal that wants to see how it all began. Or, if you're a Korn fan that doesn't already own this album, of course get it as soon as possible.
13. It's On!: A strong start to to the album, I think this is about the pressure Jon used to feel when he would go to parties. 10/10
14. Freak On A Leash: Probably the most famous Korn song ever. About how the music buisiness can make you feel like a prostitute. It's a bit softer than most of the other songs on the album, but it's still really good. The video for this song is often praised as one of the best music videos ever made. 10/10
15. Got the Life: The second big hit off the album. A really funky track that showcases Jon's rapping skills. 10/10
16. Dead Bodies Everywhere: Heavy song about how Jon's parents(in particular his Dad) didn't want him to enter the music buisiness. 10/10
17. Children of the Korn: The first song to feature a guest artist. Ice Cube does a great job with Jonathan on here, with them working together to complain about how over-protective and misguided parents can sometimes be. 9/10
18. B.B.K.: Stands for "Big Black Kock." Another funky song in the vein of Got the Life. David(the drummer) has said before that this is his favorite Korn song ever. 10/10
19. Pretty: A disturbing song about a 10-11 month old infant that was raped, murdered, and thrown in a trashcan to die by her father. Jon saw the baby when he worked in a morgue before joining Korn. It's an okay song, but it could've been better. 8/10
20. All in the Family: Second song to feature a guest artist. A dumb but entertaining rap battle between Jon and Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit. 9/10
21. Reclaim My Place: Apparantly about how Jon's fellow bandmembers used to sometimes pick on him just like his high school nemesises would. Average song. 8.5/10
22. Justin: Song about a dying boy who utalized the Make-A-Wish Foundation to meet Korn. Shows how much of a personal bond Korn has with their fans. Touching song. 10/10
23. Seed: Second longest on the album. About how Jonathan wishes he could be carefree and innocent like his son Nathan. I used to barely ever give this song a listen, but I now love it. 10/10
24. Cameltosis: The third and final track with a guest artist. This time, it's Tre Hardson of the little-known rap group the Pharcyde. Average. 8/10
25. My Gift To You: Following the tradition set forth by their first two albums, Korn save the most emotional and personal for last. Longest song on the album, and also the one that featues Jonathan's famous bagpipes. A "love letter" written to his then-girlfriend. 10/10
Make sure you buy Korn's new album "See You On The Other Side" off of Amazon or from your local music store, out December 6th.