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Performer: Korn
Engineer: Jim 'Bud' Monti; Frank Filipetti; Doug Trantow
Producer: Korn; Matrix; Atticus Ross
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Fans of Korn's blend of alt-metal and hip-hop, first unleashed with their 1994 self-titled debut, have been waiting to see if, well into the mid-2000s, the band would return to their classic sound. Those fans may be alternately pleased and frustrated by 2007's UNTITLED, which finds the quintet moving between the electronic textures of SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE and the heavier, darker sound of their early work. Despite line-up changes and stylistic experiments, Korn still deliver their trademark power chord riffage and angsty vibe, typified by the lyrics and vocal delivery of Jonathan Davis. The crunching opener "Starting Over" is a case in point, whereas tunes like "Do What They Say" show a more progressive tendency. The production, with overdubs and digital flourishes, is polished and professional, making Korn sound slightly more mainstream than they have in the past. While not an inspired leap ahead, UNTITLED shows a band reconciling their past sound with an attempt to evolve, the ultimate success of which is up to the band's legion fans to decide.

Heavy metal was in danger of losing its hold on the mainstream by the early 1990s, but Korn helped jolt the genre back to life again. Combining rage-purging, rapped/shouted vocals and explosively heavy riffs, these rap-metal pioneers spawned a slew of imitators after becoming one of the late-'90s' biggest rock bands.

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