The Serenity of Suffering
With its dystopian hook and 10-ton impact, “Insane” is the perfect gateway to this recharged offering from nu-metal’s most influential band. Anyone who thinks fame and fortune have mollified Korn needs to hear “Rotting In Vain,” a raging release of Jonathan Davis’ innermost animosities. Slipknot’s Corey Taylor shows up for the outstanding “A Different World,” but the band saves “Please Come For Me”—its fiercest, most economical attack—for last.
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Like MEGADETH, MOTÖRHEAD and AC/DC, KORN have their own unique sound. You know it's KORN by the band's lurching rhythms, its deep, deep chord chunks and the vibrating plucks off the neck of "Fieldy" Arvizu's bass, all before Jonathan Davis squeals or ralphs a single word. Like a star major-league pi...
Perran Helyes reviews the twelth full-length album from nu metal godfathers Korn entitled The Serenity of Suffering. Read it here on Distorted Sound.
Love them or hate them, Korn has made a mark and proven their worth to stay in the game.
Korn - The Serenity of Suffering review: Korn regain their focus and release their best album in 15 years.