Sauce

5/10

Korn is one of those bands most people have heard of, and have, at sometime in their life, enjoyed one of their songs. Like myself, you can be sceptical of a band that is still going after all that time, since they were highly successful through the late-90s nu-metal era.

Korn’s sound hasn’t overly changed. You can still distinguish that it is them, but without some of the original members – drummer David Silveria (in hiatus) and the departure of guitarist Brian (Head) Welch – there are missing components of the sound that were originally part of Korn. The tracks that will please Korn fans such as Evolution, Killing, and Hold On still maintain the early sound of the band.

Korn have, with some songs, gone with a soft approach, like in the tracks Kiss and Do What They Say, showing an unusual approach for a band that has such a gritty heavy edge. When listening to the album, while there are songs that you like, there’s the underlying thought of having heard it all before in previous albums, making you wonder if there’s anything new.

Korn have experimented more with the sound of this album, giving it a gothic presence by incorporating keyboards and different drummers’ styles. The album’s title sums up the overall sound of the album – you don’t really know what to call it. Korn’s eighth album release is a mixture of a couple of great songs – Evolution and Killing – with the rest being an undecided clutter.

DAVID WALKER