Was Korn's debut album the darkest, most ground breaking metal album of its time?

Soda Pop Fu · 08-21-2013, 01:31 PM

I used to be a big Korn fan during their rise but I dropped off after their 3rd album and haven't listened to their debut album in over a decade. I recently started listening to it again with my "matured" musical ears and was blown away. It's one of my favorite metal albums of all time now. I know some will say it is heavily flawed from a technical standpoint, but it shouldn't compared to traditional heavy metal or death metal because it is a completely different style. From a creative, expressive and stylistic standpoint, was there anything else like it? It was more melodic, expressive, rhythmic and darker than anything Pantera or Helmet did, who they are usually compared to. It was like metals version of The Scream painting by Edvard Munch. Thoughts?

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Soda Pop Fu Groupie Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Best Coast Posts: 18	Was Korn's debut album the darkest, most ground breaking metal album of its time? I used to be a big Korn fan during their rise but I dropped off after their 3rd album and haven't listened to their debut album in over a decade. I recently started listening to it again with my "matured" musical ears and was blown away. It's one of my favorite metal albums of all time now. I know some will say it is heavily flawed from a technical standpoint, but it shouldn't compared to traditional heavy metal or death metal because it is a completely different style. From a creative, expressive and stylistic standpoint, was there anything else like it? It was more melodic, expressive, rhythmic and darker than anything Pantera or Helmet did, who they are usually compared to. It was like metals version of The Scream painting by Edvard Munch. Thoughts?