The band's mix of aggressive riffs and dark lyrics made them a 1990s rock radio staple.
If you want to hear what they sounded like at the start, put on "Blind." For their radio breakthrough, try "Freak On A Leash."
Korn's debut album in 1994 introduced a sound that wasn't quite metal, not quite rap, but something new. Songs like "Blind" from that record established their brooding lyrical style and aggressive approach. By the late 1990s, tracks like "Freak On A Leash" and "Falling Away From Me" showed how they could balance dark, personal lyrics with hooks that worked on rock radio.
They formed in 1993 with Jonathan Davis on vocals, James "Munky" Shaffer and Brian "Head" Welch on guitars. Their self-titled debut came out the following year, and by 1998's Follow the Leader they were one of the most visible bands in what was being called nu metal. Welch left in 2005 but returned in 2013, and they've kept releasing albums fairly regularly since, including 2022's Requiem.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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