Take A Look In The Mirror

Description

We don't really know if, as mentioned by its leader, this new album by Korn will be the last. A huge trickster of metal who enjoys scaring people, Jonathan Davis is capable of asserting everything and its opposite, that's how we recognize him. Nevertheless, this new chapter of the saga of the Bakersfield (California) band, supposedly inspired in Davis by a bus trip through deep America, is rather a return to the boiling roots compared to the controversial experiments of Untouchables. Brutal, complex, sturdy, and effective, most of the compositions hit the mark in a genre (the nasty alternative metal) that, unfortunately for Korn, tends to rust before its time. Without humor, without perspective, and without any real boldness other than that of assaulting a consenting audience, the otherwise furious band wears down its teeth but no longer truly bites like in the days of Follow The Leader or Issues.
However, Korn remains incapable of mediocrity even when it takes charge (the band produced the record) but should consider a readjustment or, as the title of the record indicates, take the time to... take a look in the mirror.