KoЯn - 'KoЯn' (1994) // POLL

why on Earth would you want to offset Korn hate

where are we hating on korn, i'd like to join in

What song had that video that was filmed from the pov of a bullet? It's probably from a later album. If that's the case, I don't know what I'm doing here.

he means October 11th 2014 will be the 20th Anniversary of the shitstain on music that was Nu-Metal.

though the thread is not all haters

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why on Earth would you want to offset Korn hate

― On-the-spot Dicespin (DJP), Tuesday, May 20, 2014 4:09 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Because anyone who isn't a preening metal purist manbaby or a millennial that didn't hear Korn before 1998 knows that the first Korn album is a wall-to-wall classic

infact most people arent hating on the 1st Korn at all its more the albums and other bands that followed. The 1st Korn is probably one of the top 5 nu metal albums?

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Because anyone who isn't a preening metal purist manbaby or a millennial that didn't hear Korn before 1998 knows that the first Korn album is a wall-to-wall classic

I am neither of those things, but I heard the first Korn album around the time of its release and it's more like wall-to-wall carpet.

I know this band through people etching the band name into desks in grade school

easier to do than etch linkin park or stuck mojo

"blind" owns for the intro but this album is solid. i'll rep for the 2nd one too but then i'm out.

Voted 'Blind'.

"need to"!

infact most people arent hating on the 1st Korn at all its more the albums and other bands that followed

time to reveal myself as an issues fan i guess

"blind" owns for the intro

― adam, Tuesday, May 20, 2014 4:31 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what other album starts with just a ride cymbal?

The 1st Korn is probably one of the top 5 nu metal albums?

― ۩, Tuesday, May 20, 2014 8:20 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think the first two System Of A Down albums piss on this album from a great height.

as do the 1st 2 deftones.
top 6 if you consider white pony as nu-metal of course

"Divine", even though it has the most juvenile lyrics, still makes me writhe around happily

"Ball Tongue" has some really awesome scatting too.

i've never listened to korn on purpose. this isn't so bad.

how can you be a Korn fan and call someone else a manbaby without bursting into gigantic cloud of irony

"blind" owns for the intro

― adam, Tuesday, May 20, 2014 4:31 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what other album starts with just a ride cymbal?

― grindie cindy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, May 20, 2014 4:38 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Like probably a jillion jazz albums.

1st two Korn albums are A Ok by me. Finding it hard to believe the first one came out as early as 94 whereas people were still prattling around to Limp Bizkit and Papa Roach as late as 2001. Saw this as a beefier, more rabid update to the original RATM sound at the time - Korn were yet to become part of a wider scene and then start singing about how much it sucks to be famous and rich.
The opening two tracks are excellent. Went with Ball Tongue.

It's pretty hard to hate this album, especially "Blind". That was a monster when I first heard it. Who knew the goddamn shit-show it would inspire.

the thing i really like about this album is that everyone in the band plays like a drummer, and their parts — blappy bass, dissonant guitars, scatting vocals — all sort of depend on each other rhythmically. Like the "riff" to Blind is just four sixteenth notes

yeah fieldy's clackity bass is basically a drum sound added to the mix.

the first minute of "Blind" really showcases how all the pieces can work seperately and then together

I know this band through people etching the band name into desks in grade school

― smhphony orchestra (crüt), Tuesday, May 20, 2014 8:24 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://static.flickr.com/66/228881206_d28a586bc0.jpg

Korn is such a weird band name

KoЯn (the yellow specks in my shit)

unused album title, iirc

the thing i really like about this album is that everyone in the band plays like a drummer

agreed even though (and maybe because) i think david silveria is terrible drummer

The beginning of "Blind" is actually kind of cool and dubby. But when the real drums kick in...oh man this is awful drumming.

Like literally some of the worst metal drumming imaginable.

And schooldesk etchings are literally how I became interested in Rush back in the day. This is good reason to have a short band name.

i never got into their albums but i can dig some of the singles

not that i'm disavowing nu-metal or whatever. i like "got the life." i like staind.

the people who are all about deftones and system of a down but none of the rest of it should probably stop posting in threads about this stuff

like, it's ok to like those bands, but if that's all you like then

subposting the nu-metal thread i guess

Silveria sounds like a 6th grader playing on a schooldesk, so

I dunno, I kind of ride for silvera. He's a little on the stiff side but his double kick style takes an easy trick and made it iconic, maybe?

I'm kind of a huge fan of Clown (or 'Four' as I originally thought it was called)

Life is Peachy is my fave though. Its a bit like the great unsung dance punk album.

Fun fact: I played Porno Creep for Rev on outloud. He said it sounded like a Meshell Ndegecello song...

*Ndegeocello

The only thing I've ever heard from this is Shoots and Ladders, one time on the radio. It blows.

Best thing about Korn is they make a great ironic user name for online music forums. If you're trying to pick the least-cool name, you could do worse.

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Without revisiting, Ball Tongue

Ball Tongue is no doubt the winner here but this whole album is a classic.

And so is Life Is Peachy (minus the covers). Life is Peachy is like the darker, sloppier version of this in all the best ways. Then it was all downhill from there for them

Follow the Leader was great

Def not their worst that's for sure

i think i just cast a vote for ball tongue

actually, i know i did, but yall inspired it

not even one annotation on this

http://rock.rapgenius.com/Korn-k-lyrics

Hah I remember thinking that song was so intense when I was younger

They have a lot of short songs that are honestly nice little breaks in the album. If I remember right, that's one of them. And twisssst

Clown is the best

I dare a band have a better intro to their set than Blind.. That song live will always go off hard.. I still enjoy this album..
I saw them open for Biohazard and House of Pain but I had no idea who they were prior. The were a breath of fresh air in '94. no one was tuned down that low that anybody noticed.. They were a game changer for heavy music at a time when heavy music was pretty shitty, at least in the more mainstream areas. They quickly started to eat shit, and kinda painted themselves into a corner with no way to grow. But that shit was awesome at the time..

even though the intro to Blind is a bit of a rip off of Primus's Too many Puppies.. but whatevs

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/korn/balltongue.html

Interesting interpretation of the chorus guys.

The higgle got sick of me

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"helmet in the bush" underrated

greatest song about fucking, ever