I don't like Korn much but they're pretty good live.

This is a horrible excuse for a review; obviously dripping with pre-ordained intention. I just can't take it seriously. It's quite obvious when you fail to cite any song in particular, and rant about the very *idea* of the album for most of your "review" that you failed completely to give the album even a scrap of a chance. You just never humored it. I hate that. Coupled with the 0.5, this is a review that you shouldn't have written. In my eyes, your credibility is now ruined.

Now that the time for forwardness is done, I'll tell you something. I love electronica music. It's great. I also like my pop/rock music. Yes, I was afraid of mixing them. I didn't think it would work. But I truly think it did here. I'm not saying this album is perfect (it could have been so much more), but the idea itself is great to me. The key to enjoying it is, in my opinion, conceding that it's *rock music* infused with "brostep". That is, it's more rock than brostep. That's quite clear to me when listening.

Also - just thought of this now - your "brostep" terminology is another sign of your bias, along with the fact that you already admitted to disliking most of the DJs featured on The Path of Totality. I'm telling you, you shouldn't have reviewed this.

I love electronica music.

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

Yeah

Album Rating: 1.5

woah now...



...this sucks.



why do people have an issue with the review? I think he made it very clear how he feels about the

album and why

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

butthurt kornstep fans

Album Rating: 1.5

kornstep has fans?

BECAUSE I APPARENTLY DIDN'T GIVE IT A CHANCE

Album Rating: 3.0

I think he made it very clear how he feels about the album before it was available for listening.

apparently if you don't like an album, you're not allowed to review it...?

Album Rating: 3.0

Staff reviews should come from a person knowledgeable about the music, but not so strongly inclined to worship or belittle the style of music and/or the particular artist that the bulk of their opinion is immutably formed prior to even listening to the album itself.



This being the sputnik featured review is a disgrace to be quite honest.

Album Rating: 1.5

"I think he made it very clear how he feels about the album before it was available for listening."



Well, yea, cuz it was a fucking stupid idea... and he would have had to have eaten his words if it was executed well. But instead they realeased this piece of shit.

i love a good rant, but this was more a piss take on electronic music you hate tangentially related to the album in question.

I feel bad because a lot of dubstep purists are so against the genre they can't admit when some brostep is genuinely well-produced EDM. Not saying Deviant is one of them, I've even seen some Downlink and stuff on his lists. (I actually talked to him, really nice guy).

But yeah, the majority of this is kind of cheesy.

Album Rating: 2.5

I believe it's somewhat fair to give this album a .5 even though I'll probably rate 2 or 2.5

First, Korn using brostep? This is a publicity stunt.



Where is the soul? Originality? Davis goes back to the rape thing like in Issues as if he's swaying back old school fans. Choruses are horrible and bland.



We know that Korn does good with what it's good at...nu-metal. This isn't nu-metal anymore, and I can't even really describe what it is. Unfortunately not only is Korn using a generic structure but Davis can't sing the demanding choruses the songs ask of him any more. While he appears to have power here, go back to their first few albums and you'll hear some REAL fucking power.

Album Rating: 2.5

Exactly what I was thinking.



You see this?



Quoting Davis:

“Everybody calls us the godfathers of nu-metal and I’m fucking tired of that. We don’t want to join the nostalgia circuit. Us, Limp Bizkit, Staind or some shit like that. Fuck that.”



Davis is more comfortable with the label he created himself while listening to the new album – “Future Metal.”



source: http://purerocknews.com/jonathan-davis-talks-new-korn-album-says-fans-will-be-pissed-off/



It would funny if this IS what happens to metal and Korn becomes once a again the pioneer of another genre, metalstep, where eventually we get post-metalstep, and after that Korn decides to go back to roots in 10 years with a post-nu-metalstep album called Korn X Remember Who You Are II.

Album Rating: 3.0

How is that proving your point? It just shows that that he doesn't want to be playing the same old style of music that he's "supposed" to play. This record is clearly something he's genuinely more into.

Album Rating: 2.5

Whatever his feelings were, the dubstep makes this album sound cheap. His singing style does not fit with dubstep in my opinion.



Also, he had a great voice in the last album because he was in his element. With this, he seems like he has to force himself. Might not make sense to you but I'm a big Korn fan and it just confuses me.

Album Rating: 3.0

Well, man. I'm thankful that there are artists who experiment with these things. There was a time when downtuned guitars and certain singing styles didn't fit with hip hop either. (inb4: "it still doesn't")

Album Rating: 2.5

I get you there. Like I was saying earlier in a kind of sarcastic tone, it could lead to a new genre like Davis said himself. Korn either needed to make an amazing album or some thing that would fuck shit up so much some one would make some thing out of it eventually, even Korn themselves. And this might be that album.



I forgot to mention that the intro Narcissistic Cannibal is great but I just wish Davis wouldn't sing like he's on the radio all the time!

This isn't that bad really. Not great or memorable but good enough to pass the time over a few listens.