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Korn (promoted with a ya
Ya (Cyrillic)

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 as Ko?n) is the self-titled debut album by American nu metal
Nu metal

Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
 band Korn
Korn

'Korn' is an American rock music band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band's catalogue consists of nine consecutive debuts in the top ten of the Billboard 200, including a compilation album, Greatest Hits, Vol....
, released on October 11, 1994 through Immortal
Immortal Records

Immortal Records was an independent record label out of Los Angeles, California. Founded by Happy Walters in 1995 in music, the label had helped launched the careers of such influential acts as 30 Seconds to Mars, Korn and Incubus over the years....
/Epic Records
Epic Records

Epic Records is an United States record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. The label was founded in 1953 as a jazz label, and was eventually expanded to several genres of music....
 and has been certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA in the US.

album merges influences from traditional groove metal
Groove metal

Groove metal is a term coined to describe a subgenre of metal that branched from thrash metal in the early 1990s. As a derivative of thrash metal, groove metal also drew influence from hardcore punk and Traditional heavy metal....
 and alternative metal
Alternative metal

Alternative metal is an Eclecticism form of heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside Grunge music. It is characterized by some heavy metal trappings , but usually with a pronounced experimental music edge, including unconventional lyrics, odd time signatures, more syncopation than typical metal, unusual technique,...
 and funk
Funk

Funk is an United States Music genre that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music....
, which altogether make up a trend in metal music which would later be called nu metal
Nu metal

Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
.






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Korn (promoted with a ya
Ya (Cyrillic)

Ya is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet, the civil script variant of Old Cyrillic . Among modern Slavonic languages it is used by Russian language, Belarusian language and Ukrainian language to represent both the combination in initial or post-vocalic position and after a palatalized consonant; in Bulgarian language it may represent or...
 as Ko?n) is the self-titled debut album by American nu metal
Nu metal

Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
 band Korn
Korn

'Korn' is an American rock music band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band's catalogue consists of nine consecutive debuts in the top ten of the Billboard 200, including a compilation album, Greatest Hits, Vol....
, released on October 11, 1994 through Immortal
Immortal Records

Immortal Records was an independent record label out of Los Angeles, California. Founded by Happy Walters in 1995 in music, the label had helped launched the careers of such influential acts as 30 Seconds to Mars, Korn and Incubus over the years....
/Epic Records
Epic Records

Epic Records is an United States record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. The label was founded in 1953 as a jazz label, and was eventually expanded to several genres of music....
 and has been certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA in the US.

Musical and lyrical style

This album merges influences from traditional groove metal
Groove metal

Groove metal is a term coined to describe a subgenre of metal that branched from thrash metal in the early 1990s. As a derivative of thrash metal, groove metal also drew influence from hardcore punk and Traditional heavy metal....
 and alternative metal
Alternative metal

Alternative metal is an Eclecticism form of heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside Grunge music. It is characterized by some heavy metal trappings , but usually with a pronounced experimental music edge, including unconventional lyrics, odd time signatures, more syncopation than typical metal, unusual technique,...
 and funk
Funk

Funk is an United States Music genre that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music....
, which altogether make up a trend in metal music which would later be called nu metal
Nu metal

Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
. It is also regarded as the first album of this particular genre. The band has been said to "disdain the metal label," and consider the album more of a "ultra-aggressive metal-rap hybrid."

While these elements have been adapted by other bands, the album includes elements that are unique to Korn
Korn

'Korn' is an American rock music band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band's catalogue consists of nine consecutive debuts in the top ten of the Billboard 200, including a compilation album, Greatest Hits, Vol....
, including scatting
Scat singing

In vocal jazz, scat singing is vocal Musical improvisation with random vocables and syllables or without words at all. Scat singing gives singers the ability to sing improvised melodies and rhythms, to create the equivalent of an instrumental solo using their voice....
 vocals
Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
, and the use of bagpipes
Bagpipes

Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reed fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes have historically been found throughout Europe, and into Northern Africa, the Persian...
.

It has also been proposed that this album borrows elements from such acts as Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. For most of its career, the band was composed of vocalist Perry Farrell, bassist Eric Avery, guitarist Dave Navarro, and drummer Stephen Perkins....
, Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1991. The band's lineup, unchanged since formation, consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford, and drummer Brad Wilk....
, Helmet
Helmet (band)

Helmet is an United States alternative metalpost-hardcore band formed in New York City by Page Hamilton with Henry Bogdan , Peter Mengede and John Stanier in 1989....
, Faith No More
Faith No More

Faith No More is an American alternative metal band who formed in San Francisco, California, and were active between 1984 and 1998. Faith No More combined elements of heavy metal music, funk music, progressive rock, hip hop music, hardcore punk, thrash metal, and jazz, among many others, and have been hailed as an influential rock band....
, Anthrax
Anthrax (band)

Anthrax is a New York City-based Heavy metal music band that released its first full-length album in 1984. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene and is notable for being the first to combine heavy metal with Hip hop music music....
, Public Enemy, and the N.W.A.

Reception

Since its release in 1994, the album has proven to be a seller over time, being certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA in the US.

"Shoots And Ladders
Shoots and Ladders (song)

"Shoots and Ladders" is a song written and recorded by United States rock music band Korn for their Korn . It was released as the album's second single in 1995....
" was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.

Q magazine (8/00, p.127) - Included in Q's "Best Metal Albums Of All Time" - "[Their] clinical power generated maximum moshpit activity, while singer Jonathan Davis' lyrics spoke directly to any teen who'd ever been misunderstood, bullied or abused."

Track listing

  1. "Blind" - 4:19
  2. "Ball Tongue" - 4:29
  3. "Need To
    Need To

    "Need To" is a song written and recorded by United States rock music band Korn for their Korn . It was released to U.S. radio stations as the album's fourth single in 1995....
    " - 4:01
  4. "Clown
    Clown (song)

    "Clown" is the third single by nu-metal band Korn from their Korn . The video for this song, directed by McG actually refers to lead singer Jonathan Davis painful experiences from high school, where he was constantly picked on and ridiculed....
    " - 4:37
  5. "Divine" - 2:51
  6. "Faget
    Faget (song)

    "Faget" is a song written and recorded by American rock band Korn for their Korn . It is the album's sixth track. The song's title is an intentional misspelling of the insult faggot ....
    " - 5:49
  7. "Shoots and Ladders
    Shoots and Ladders (song)

    "Shoots and Ladders" is a song written and recorded by United States rock music band Korn for their Korn . It was released as the album's second single in 1995....
    " - 5:22
  8. "Predictable" - 4:32
  9. "Fake" - 4:51
  10. "Lies" - 3:22
  11. "Helmet in the Bush" - 4:02
  12. "Daddy
    Daddy (song)

    "Daddy" is a song written and recorded by United States Nu metal band Korn for their Korn . It is the album's 12th and final track....
    " - 17:31


Chart positions


Credits

  • Jonathan Davis
    Jonathan Davis

    Jonathan Houseman Davis is the lead vocalist for the multiplatinum nu metal band Korn. He was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, where he lived with his father and stepmother....
     - vocals
    Singing

    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
    , bagpipes
    Bagpipes

    Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reed fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes have historically been found throughout Europe, and into Northern Africa, the Persian...
  • Brian "Head" Welch - guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
    , vocals
  • J. "Munky" Shaffer
    James Shaffer

    James Christian 'Munky' Shaffer is the guitarist for the nu metal band Korn. He also performed live backing vocals. His nickname, 'Munky', is apparently a reference to the fact that his feet, when spread, resembles monkey's feet ....
     - guitar
  • Fieldy
    Reginald Arvizu

    Reginald "Fieldy/Reggie" Arvizu is the bass guitar player for the band Korn....
     - bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
  • David Silveria
    David Silveria

    David Randall Silveria is a drummer, best known as the drummer for the band Korn from 1993 until he went on his "hiatus" in 2006....
     - drums
    Drum kit

    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
  • Judith Kiener - vocals on the lullaby at the end of "Daddy."
  • Chuck Johnson - engineer, mixing
    Audio mixing (recorded music)

    Audio mixing is the process by which a multitude of recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics and panoramic position are commonly being manipulated and effects such as reverb might be added....
  • Ross Robinson
    Ross Robinson

    Ross Robinson is a music producer, who has worked with acts such as Machine Head , Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot , The Cure, Sepultura, Glassjaw and many others....
     - producer
    Record producer

    In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
    , engineer, mixing
  • Eddy Schreyer - mastering
    Audio mastering

    Mastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced ....
  • Stephen Stickler - photography
    Photography

    Photography is the process, activity and art of creating still or moving by recording radiation on a sensitive medium, such as a photographic film, or an ....
  • Jay Papke/Dante Ariola - Art Direction and Design


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