Follow The Leader

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Love 'em or despise 'em, you've got to give Korn props for kick-starting a new metal movement that blends aggressive hip-hop rhythms with roaring hate-metal riffs. In the wake of the band's 1994 debut, many like-minded groups cropped up, including Deftones, Snot, and Limp Bizkit. But with the release of Korn's disappointing 1996 sophomore effort, Life Is Peachy, the imitators seemed likely to usurp the innovators. Maybe that's why Follow the Leader is so crafty and inspired. Instead of continuing on cruise control, Korn have diversified their formula, experimenting with mood and dynamics while intensifying their melody and noise thresholds. "Got the Life" blends a seductive disco beat and vocals reminiscent of "Epic"-era Faith No More with oppressive guitar chimes and squawks. "Children of the Korn" features a propulsive rap beat, throbbing bass lines, and angry guest vocals by Ice Cube. But just when Korn's groovin' psychedelic fury starts to make listeners see red, the band lashes out with "All in the Family," a hilarious rap-metal diss-fest duet with Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, that proves Korn are much more than the sum of their rage. --Jon Wiederhorn

Product Description

First 12 tracks are blank...music begins on track 13.

Review

...This is a mix of the comic, the disparate, and the desperate. -- Entertainment Weekly

Calling Korn the most political band around is precisely the kind of thing that would have the band themselves reaching for more ice coldies, then belching en masse. Even when they try to be funny, Korn are pathetic ... in a sort of a good way.... -- Spin

Overall, this is a record that taps a sort of free-floating, mall-rat angst that is both insular and small-minded. -- The Los Angeles Times

Power chord exercises like "Freak on a Leash," "Reclaim My Place" and "It's On" epitomize the band's volatile fusion of funky hip-hop, metallic rock and scream therapy. -- USA Today, ISBN13:B000009QOR ISBN10:B000009QOR Material Type:audioCD