Adam wrote:
I love the reverse elitism in this thread.
I don't really hate all Korn. I liked Follow the Leader as well (minus the atrocious song with Fred Durst). Its On! and Justin are still cool songs if you ask me, but this album just sucks. For starters, the production robs the guitars of having any real punch like they did on later albums. The songwriting feels simplistic to a fault. I'm sure even the band, in a private moment, would admit this is their weakest material. Again, for the reverse elitists, I don't see where anyone has denied the influence this album had, but that doesn't mean its automatically good.
I like Goat's review because he's obviously approached it with an open mind and tried to find something he likes in it. If he finds it lacking, then that says something about the album, I guess. I feel the same way as him, really.
I think a lot of metalheads do just write this kind of thing off without giving it the same chances, so in that sense I can sorta see where the reverse elitists are coming from. I mean, Soul Society, when you went on your Korn marathon, are you 100% sure you hadn't written it off before you started?
What I heard until I gave the albums a listen (Freak on a Leash) didn't exactly impress me so, yeah I didn't expect much from the album, although if I find something good in what I expect to be shit, I have no problem admitting it, for example, I like Psychosocial from Slipknot's new album, even though I loathe the rest of their discography.