Music Head Wrote:online listen
liked these guys when they first came out
the sound seemed unique at the time
sounds old now
what's up with all the featured artists
can't do it on your own guys
and the growling guy......grrrrr
1.3 and a converted 2.4 from the pros at allmusic

from the album - Narcissistic Cannibal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUOlc_j4rMA

released Dec 6th, 2011



from all music

Bio

Korn's cathartic alternative metal sound positioned the group among the most popular and provocative to emerge
during the post-grunge era. Korn began their existence as the Bakersfield, California-based metal band LAPD, which
included guitarists James "Munky" Shaffer and Brian "Head" Welch, bassist Reginald "Fieldy Snuts" Arvizu, and
drummer David Silveria. After issuing an LP, the members of LAPD in 1993 crossed paths with Jonathan Davis, a
mortuary science student moonlighting as the lead vocalist for the local group Sexart. They soon asked Davis to
join the band, and upon his arrival the quintet rechristened itself Korn.

After signing to Epic's Immortal imprint, they issued their debut album in late 1994; thanks to a relentless tour
schedule that included stints opening for Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Marilyn Manson, and 311, the record slowly but
steadily rose the charts, eventually going gold. Its 1996 follow-up, Life Is Peachy, was a more immediate smash,
reaching the number three spot on the pop album charts. The following summer, they headlined Lollapalooza, but were
forced to drop off the tour when Shaffer was diagnosed with viral meningitis. While recording their best-selling
1998 LP Follow the Leader, Korn made national headlines when a student in Zeeland, Michigan was suspended for
wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the group's logo (the school's principal later declared their music "indecent,
vulgar, and obscene," prompting the band to issue a cease-and-desist order). Their annual Family Values tour also
started in 1998, featuring a lineup that consisted of Korn collaborators such as Limp Bizkit and Ice Cube and like
-minded artists such as Rammstein. The tour was an enormous success, so much so that it continued on with Korn
overseeing the lineup for years after.

Issues followed in 1999, and in typical Korn fashion they debuted their new single in an episode of South Park. The
band toured behind the album into the next year, but their efforts were cut short by an injury that took out
drummer David Silveria. They hired former Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin to help them finish the remaining
shows, and took a short rest before joining a summer tour with Metallica, Kid Rock, Powerman 5000, and System of a
Down. (Silveria later returned amid rumors of leaving the band for a fashion career, but these stemmed from some
modeling work he had done before his injury.) In the meantime, Fieldy released a gangsta rap album and Davis scored
the film Queen of the Damned, but at the end of 2001 the band reunited as a unit and entered the studio. A few
shows with Static-X helped iron the wrinkles out of the new material, and by the next summer they had Untouchables
ready for release. Korn did a run of Ozzfest dates in support, and the album was another smash hit. The self-
produced Take a Look in the Mirror arrived in 2003. Billed by the band as a reconsideration of their sound, the
album was accompanied by a tour of smaller venues called Back to Basics.

In 2005, Welch left the band, evidently due to his newfound Christian faith. But Korn continued on, playing shows
that summer as a quartet and signing an expansive recording and development deal with Virgin. The following
December they released See You on the Other Side, a number three hit that featured a batch of songs co-written with
hitmaking production team the Matrix. Live & Rare, an aptly titled disc of live recordings and rarities, was
released in May 2006 with the live acoustic recording MTV Unplugged following in March 2007. Later that year, after
returning to the studio, this time without drummer David Silveria, the band resurfaced with an underwhelming album
appropriately named Untitled. The band found a permanent drummer by way of Army of Anyone's Ray Luzier. In 2010, it
was announced that the band had signed with Roadrunner Records, and later that year they released their ninth
studio album, Korn III: Remember Who You Are. Looking to expand their sound in new directions, Korn sought out
electronic producers like Skrillex and Noisia, who helped them infuse their already heavy sound with pounding
dubstep on their electronic-tinged tenth album, The Path of Totality.

Album Review

Korn remembered who they were just in time to forget it all again on The Path of Totality, an unexpected left turn
into dubstep and all manner of dark electronica from the kings of nu metal. Unexpected this move may be, but not
unnatural. Korn always emphasized texture over riffs, so shifting from a gray guitar grind toward claustrophobic
electronic collage doesn’t induce shock, apart from the shock that the album actually works. Korn’s cast of
collaborators -- notably the Grammy-nominated Skrillex, but also Noisia, Excision, Feed Me, and 12th Planet -- does
not redefine the band’s character but rather reinterpret it, retaining the same tempos, the same creeping minor-key
melodies and riffs, the same sense of enveloping angst that have been present since their 1994 debut. The
difference of arrangement -- heavy on skittish drums and electro walls of assault -- has the curious effect of
making Korn seem not adventurous but rather mature: the content of Jonathan Davis’ rants matter less than his tone,
and the producers have folded his vocals, along with Munky’s buzzing guitar, into a web that feels like Korn even
if it doesn’t strictly sound like any other Korn album, not even the industrial-funk of See You on the Other Side.
Despite all the electronics, there’s no mistaking The Path of Totality as a Korn album...and one of their better
ones to boot.

Track Listing

1. Chaos Lives in Everything Feat. Skrillex
2. Kill Mercy Within Feat. Noisia
3. My Wall Feat. Excision
4. Narcissistic Cannibal Feat. Skrillex & Kill the Noise
5. Illuminati Feat. Excision and Downlink
6. Burn the Obedient Feat. Noisia
7. Sanctuary Feat. Downlink
8. Let's Go Feat. Noisia
9. Get Up! Feat. Skrillex
10. Way to Far Feat. 12th Planet & Flinch
11. Bleeding Out Feat. Feed Me