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UNTOUCHABLES
Korn
(Immortal-Epic-Sony)
Yes, those are some truly haunted-looking children on the cover of Korn's latest album.
What did you expect?
These alt-rap/industrial-metal kingpins have returned with another ear-splitting collection of dysfunction-loving songs produced by Michael Beinhorn.
"Maybe I'm insane, walking on the wire/ Maybe I'm the same, nothing to take me higher," sings Korn frontman Jonathan Davis on I'm Hiding. "Tell me where to start, think I'm at the end/ Right now feeling pain, make it go away."
Other titles include Blame, Hollow Life, Bottled Up Inside, Thoughtless, Hating, Alone I Break, Wake Up Hate, etc. Korn are definitely packing a couple of new stadium anthems with the pummeling opening track Here To Stay, and the equally headbang-worthy Blame, Hollow Life and Hating.
Davis' often strangled vocals alternately evoke Burton Cummings, Marilyn Manson, Erasure's Andy Bell and Beelzebub -- the juxtaposition keeps it interesting.
There's also an electronica feel to the record, particularly on the strings-accompanied epic, Alone I Break, the album's standout track. (More on Korn)
Track Listing
1. Here To Stay
2. Make Believe
3. Blame
4. Hollow Life
5. Bottled Up Inside
6. Thoughtless
7. Hating
8. One More Time
9. Alone I Break
10. Embrace
11. Beat It Upright
12. Wake Up Hate
13. I'm Hiding
14. No One's There