Greatest Hits, Vol. 1

Korn debuted in 1994, in an era when heavy metal had ceded the spotlight to grunge. In response, the Bakersfield, CA group spliced together hip-hop drum fills and Red Hot Chili Peppers-indebted funk basslines (\"Freak on a Leash\"), minor-key gothic churn (\"Blind\"), and death metal-inspired riffs (\"Clown\"), creating an onslaught that remade mainstream metal in their own image. This best-of summarizes their first decade, with their most anthemic moments (\"Make Me Bad\") and aggressive attacks (\"Here to Stay\") fueled by frontman Jonathan Davis\' tortured wails.

A decade after changing the metal landscape drastically with their self-titled debut juggernaut, Korn got the best-of treatment just as their standing began to seem increasingly shaky, commercially at least.