Korn - 1999 - Issues (320kbps) KindMetalRG

Description

Artist:

Korn



Album:

Issues



Tracks:

1. Dead
2. Falling Away From Me
3. Trash
4. 4U
5. Beg For Me
6. Make Me Bad
7. It's Gonna Go Away
8. Wake Up
9. Am I Going Crazy
10. Hey Daddy
11. Somebody Someone
12. No Way
13. Let's Get This Party Started
14. I Wish You Could Be Me
15. Counting
16. Dirty

Review:

Released in the fall of 1999, when Korn were in danger of being overshadowed by such

protégés as Limp Bizkit, Issues reaffirms the group's status as alt-metal leaders,

illustrating that the true difference between Korn and their imitators is their mastery of

sound. Korn are about nothing if not sound. Sure, Jonathan Davis doesn't merely toss off

lyrics, but in the end, it doesn't matter since his voice and the various words that float

to the surface simply enhance the mood. Similarly, the band doesn't really have any

distinguished riffs or hooks -- everything each member contributes adds to the overall

sound -- so, casual listeners can be forgiven if they think the songs sound the same,

since not only do the tracks bleed into one other, the individual songs have no

discernible high points. Each cut rises from the same dark sonic murk, occasionally

surging forward with volume, power, and aggression. It's mood music -- songs don't matter,

but the foreboding feeling and gloomy sounds do. To a certain extent, this has always been

true of Korn albums, but it's particularly striking on Issues because they pull off a

nifty trick of stripping their sound back to its bare essentials and expanding and

rebuilding from that. They've decided to leave rap-metal to the likes of Limp Bizkit,

since there is very little rapping or appropriation of hip-hop culture anywhere on Issues.

By doing this, they have re-emphasized their skill as a band, and how they can find

endless, often intriguing, variations on their core sound. Issues may not be the cathartic

blast of anger their debut was, nor is it as adventurous as Follow the Leader, but it

better showcases the sheer raw power of the band than either.

Rating (Stars):

3 1/2 Stars

Release Date:

Nov 16, 1999

Label:

Immortal/Epic

Formed In:

1992 in Bakersfield, CA

Genre:

* Rock

Styles:

* Heavy Metal
* Alternative Metal
* Post-Grunge
* Rap-Metal

Bitrate:

320kbps

File format:

mp3

File size:

122MB

Band 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, CA-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, MI, 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 likeminded 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, 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.

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Influenced By

* Fear Factory
* Tom Morello
* Mike Patton
* Primus
* Mr. Bungle
* Jane's Addiction
* Red Hot Chili Peppers
* Faith No More

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