Summary from 27 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Korn's catalog across 17 albums from 27 opinions, with an overall average of 6.7/10. The top-rated Korn album is Korn (1994) with a 8.2/10 average from 3 ratings, followed by Requiem and The Nothing. The discography on Wavelength spans 1994 to 2022. Twisted Transistor ranks as the highest-rated Korn song on Wavelength with a 9.0/10 average.
Korn
“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit a foundational nu metal album where a singer’s life of hurt and trauma gets weaponized by his band’s trailblazing sound.”
Requiem
“nu-metal veterans’ ‘happy’ album is still dark as fuck”
The Nothing
“On ‘The Loss’, the penultimate track from Korn’s new album, ‘The Nothing’, frontman Jonathan Davis sings, “happiness is a club I’ll never be in.” It’s a stifling, hopeless image, one with little light at the end of the tunnel, and a lyric that sums up not only this album, but the band’s 26-year career in general. All metal bands deal with bleak topics – drugs, abandonment and suicide – but few of ”
Follow The Leader
“Anger is not pretty or pleasant. It can turn violent, hurtful, even homicidal. But there are times when just getting mad beats getting even, when that backlog of rage, resentment and helplessness is something to be exorcised — channeled to a purifying extreme that leaves you feeling scrubbed raw and new. And Korn know where […]”
Take A Look In The Mirror
“New metal is dead, but Korn remain, stronger than ever trends have shifted away from these new-metal pioneers, snuffing the careers of many of their countless clones. In response, Korn have circled the wagons and self-produced their best album to date, refining the formula to a black-cancer marmalade of corrosive riffs, fist-flying rhythms, gothic-carnival atmospheres […]”
Follow The Leader
“Serenity is certain to scratch an itch. Still, there's a sense of "good enough" with all of their recent releases, and it's a problem this record just can't shake. ”
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