Korn - Korn

Advantages: KoRn are a great band with good lyrics and musical talent.
Disadvantages: a couple of the songs sound similar but theres no harm in that as they are still good.

Korn were formed around 1990 and they released this cd in 1994 ,this cd has very strong lyrical meanings which alot of people can relate to ,KoRn consists of 5 members which include Jonathan Davis(vocals),fieldy(bass),head and munky(guitars) and david on the drums.KoRn are also the ones who signed Limp Bizkit on their Elementree record label. Track listings: 1.Blind This song is about jons old drug habit and was very popular when it came out and ...
...revenge song.another favourite for any korn fan. 5.Divine This song is about when jon was in a different band and he fell in love with a girl but she hated him and his band but as soon as jon was in korn she came back desperately wanting to be his girlfriend but said F*ck no and got revenge for wot she did to him in the past and nice and hip tune. 6.Faget this song is similar to number 4 because it is about jon being called a faget among other ... Read review

Advantages: This is one of the cds that invented nu-metal. First listen it is "good", from then on it's jaw dropping
Disadvantages: It's perhaps less accessible than korn's other albums

...album, the like of which korn have never really managed to produce properly again. There are absolutely no fillers on this album, it does not fade out after the legendary "blind", nor does John Davies show any sign of letting up as he produces the insane sounds that make up the chorus of "ball tongue" - which is where we are first properly introduced to the unique korn bass sound - this consists of rhythms slapped unusually fast at ridiculously low ...
...elements to the sound, and korn were one of the first bands to do this; however i will make a point here that korn never ever sink to the unmusical level of football crowd shouting choruses etc, that are typical of most hip hop influenced metal bands. Whatever korn do they carry it off with style and energy, and the emotional content of the songs and John davieses voice are never dull or repetitive. For people new to metal who consider it "all shouting" ... Read review

Advantages: fabulous mixture of passion, emotion and anger
Disadvantages: none

I have all four Korn album's, and I think that in many ways this is their best. Probably the heaviest album, it all kicks off with the low slung, grinding riff of 'Blind'. From here on classic songs just pile up. Jonathan davis deals with issues many artists would shy from, and his lyrics are shockingly powerful without being perverse or overly controversial. 'Clown' fires up with its powerful line 'Throw your hate at me with all your might, hit ...
...experience the same sort of emotion and pain that he went through, something which can be very hard to do, yet Korn do it superbly. Though the other Korn albums are superb in their own individual way, you will not find a more powerful metal album than this. ... Read review

Advantages: Some good songs
Disadvantages: Some disturbing material covered

Korn’s first album has some of what I regard as their best songs on. Tracks like Blind, Predictable, Shoots and Ladders for example. Unfortunately there are also plenty of songs of dubious quality on the album. Don’t get me wrong – they’re not dire, but compared to the quality of songs across some of the other albums, Issues for example, it’s disappointing (Depending on the order you buy the albums in I suppose). Despite the up and down quality of ... Read review

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...albums. the way in which korn build up their anger and hate and fear and produce cracking songs such as 'blind' and 'ball tongue', though, korn will always be remembered for it's best song, and a rock anthem, 'faget', telling the story of jonathon davis when he was at school. perhaps i like this album because i can relate to it's themes, having experienced many myself, but even still, for those of you who are popular, it gives an inside view of what ...
...in that respect, korn have done their jobs. after 'faget' their next most notorious song is 'daddy' which has even more haunting lyrics than any other song they've done. it is truely a classic, which many people are unable to listen to because of it's theme, lyrics, and generally it's psychological effect of the listener. this album truely is a masterpiece and should be on your shelf. ... Read review

Advantages: it looks good in the bin
Disadvantages: the whole product

...iam sorry to say but this cd is useless its just a dull audio cd that tells you nothing new or exciting just reads pretty much word for word from the unathorised korn book in a very annying voice that if it doesnt send you to sleep with make you snap the cd in anger! i can see why korn wouldnt want to back this cd as all it is is just trying to cash in on fans like me that just have to have everything that has the word korn written on it there is also a korn collectors box that is worth avoiding as all it has is maximum korn 5 dull korn supose to be post cards an a more maximum korn cd for more dull adventures about a band that is amazing live an every other way but the jist of it is DONT BUY THIS CD!!!... Read review

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Advantages: Lots of excellent consistent hard and soft rock tracks!
Disadvantages: There are none if you like weird rock music. If you don't then this is probably not you're type of music

...There are two CDs in this box set by Korn, Korn and Follow the Leader. Korn was the first album out of these two, in fact it was actually Korn's first ever album. It has twelve tracks that are sort of rap hardcore metal. Not as in rap like Eminem etc. I mean a good lot of heavy metal with a good beat; it is like a mixture between rock, punk and metal. They are sort of like Slipknot in a way because of they're random music, and rhythm, however in Korn you can actually hear the words slightly clearer! Overall it is a LOUD, ANGRY, HEAVY METAL album. This album you can only play on full blast volume, it is not quiet. It has fourteen random tracks and it stays like that the whole way through. Well that's what makes it so good! It has a good rhythm and beat to it for every track. If you like System of a Down, Linkin Park... Read review

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Advantages: all classic tracks
Disadvantages: The white noise at the end of the CD - why?

...In a similar move to Coal Chamber, Korn return with album that has melodies (Yes that does say melodies) on it and the results are good, beating Coal Chamber?s Chamber Music. Without a doubt it?s Korn?s best album to date, with tracks like Falling Away From Me, Trash, Somebody Someone and Dirty it leaves Korn?s other releases behind. The Hip Hop element that was present on their previous release, Follow The Leader has gone and has been replaced by more complex arrangements of the songs and I prefer it. I liked the Hip Hop thing as well, but I this is better. There are a few things about the album I don?t like. Wake Up is a good verse spoiled by the rest of the song and the white noise that takes the places of the secret track on the normal version of the album is annoying. If you own no Korn albums, start here.... Read review

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