One of the very best albums to ever come out of nu metal and still to this day one of the finest metal albums of the 21st Century. Unapologetically nasty, rhythmically ferocious and genuinely groundbreaking, The War Of Art is a bona fide masterpiece. Heavy, arty, catchy and filthy, there’s not a single itch that this album doesn’t scratch. Sure, there’s a lot of Mike Patton’s influence on here, but The War Of Art ranks among the best albums produced by Rick Rubin. Don’t doubt it. Just blast it out loud.
Korn are the founding fathers of nu metal, and a band who single-handedly changed the direction of heavy music in the 1990s. They’ve had their share of ups and downs, but their best albums stand among metal’s greatest. Here are all 14 Korn albums to date, ranked from worst to best.
Korn
Twist
Release Date: 10/15/1996
Album Type: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
Reviewed on 10/29/2011.
This is classic Korn!
Rebecca G. (Rebecca) from BEDFORD, TX
Reviewed on 1/15/2007.
Great cd!
CD Reviews (4 out of 5 stars) I have mixed feelings about Life is Peachy, and I m giving it the benefit of the doubt with a 4 star rating as opposed to the 3 star rating I was tempted to give it. This album shows the awkward developmental period between the self-titled and Follow the Leader. The result is interesting and fun if not necessarily the high point of Korn s career.
The album starts out well enough with the infamous Twist, a 49 second scat from Jonathan. It s not a fantastic song but it sets the stage for the rest of the album, a hodgepodge blend of heavyness and creepiness with playfullness and vulgar humor. From here out, the first part of the album is basically a funkier, weirder take on the self-titled sound, with lots of abstract chords and offbeat rhythms. Th