Jonathan Davis sounds better than ever too, strident in the melodies, and genuinely unhinged when Munky drops one of those slamming, obsidian riffs. All the KORN hallmarks are there, but its riffs are archly typical, and the chorus hook weaves the alien and the familiar together with sublime skill. Opener "Forgotten" is the perfect encapsulation of the band's late(r) career creative surge. "Requiem" is one solid, convincing lump of high-grade new KORN music. In particular, 2019's intermittently harrowing "The Nothing" was easily identifiable as the most complete and streamlined KORN album yet, with every song hitting the mark, and some of them - the cudgeling "Cold" springs to mind - sounding far more potent and impactful than anything the band have released since the '90s.Īnd so that trend continues on "Requiem", which is notable for being KORN's shortest album yet - nine songs, 33 minutes - but also for being another great example of how they have increasingly homed in on what makes their band great and have pursued that instead of endless experimentation and date-stamped collaborations. In recent times, KORN albums have been much snappier, and their songwriting has seemed sharper, more focused and less unpredictable as a result. No one sensible is going to argue that "Korn" (1994, their first self-titled record), "Follow the Leader" and "Untouchables" are all highlights in a surprisingly consistent catalogue, but each of them would have benefited from some judicious editing. Whether by nature or design, the last few KORN albums have represented a welcome sea change in the way they put their musical statements together. From their 65-minute debut to the hour-long sprawl of 2005's "See You on the Other Side", the first big stretch of the band's discography was typified by often great but generally long-winded splurges of new material. ― Allmusicįollow the Leader/13 It's On!.mp3 4.11 MBįollow the Leader/14 Freak on a Leash.mp3 3.91 MBįollow the Leader/15 Got the Life.mp3 3.45 MBįollow the Leader/16 Dead Bodies Everywhere.mp3 4.36 MBįollow the Leader/17 Children of the Korn.mp3 3.56 MBįollow the Leader/20 All in the Family.mp3 4.42 MBįollow the Leader/21 Reclaim My Place.mp3 4.17 MBįollow the Leader/24 Cameltosis.mp3 4.25 MBįollow the Leader/25 My Gift to You.mp3 14.36 MBįollow the Leader/AlbumArtSmall.jpg 2.18 KBįollow the Leader/AlbumArt_Small.jpg 2.Initially, KORN were never likely to be accused of brevity. Following three albums, the Stooges disbanded, but the group’s legacy grew over the next two decades, as legions of underground bands used their sludgy grind as a foundation for a variety of indie rock styles, and as Iggy Pop became a pop culture icon. During the late ’60s and early ’70s, the group was an underground sensation, yet the band was too weird, too dangerous to break into the mainstream. Ron and Scott Asheton formed a ridiculously primitive rhythm section, pounding out chords with no finesse - in essence, the Stooges were the first rock & roll band completely stripped of the swinging beat that epitomized R&B and early rock & roll. Iggy Pop became notorious for performing smeared in blood or peanut butter and diving into the audience. Taking their cue from the over-amplified pounding of British blues, the primal raunch of American garage rock, and the psychedelic rock (as well as the audience-baiting) of the Doors, the Stooges were raw, immediate, and vulgar. The Stooges, however, weren’t nearly as cerebral as the Velvets. Like the Velvet Underground, the Stooges revealed the underside of sex, drugs, and rock & roll, showing all of the grime beneath the myth. During the psychedelic haze of the late ’60s, the grimy, noisy, and relentlessly bleak rock & roll of the Stooges was conspicuously out of time.
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