Artist: Korn | Album: Untouchables + 4 Bonus Tracks | Released: 2002 | Label: USA, Epic/Immortal Records | Genre: Metal, Nu Metal
After a three-year break that included solo projects and soundtrack work, Korn’s re-emergence in the summer of 2002 was met with great anticipation. They delivered Untouchables, an album that shows them building on their previous sound and emphasizing its strengths. The use of melody is more important than ever, allowing Jonathan Davis to utilize his wide palette of vocal tricks. His charismatic voice can now move from a clear-throated wail to a death metal growl with ease, lending the album a manic side that brings to mind King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime-era Faith No More. The only problem with Davis is his lyrics, which tend to fall into the “am I going crazy” trap that many of Korn’s contemporaries perpetuate. This is a shame, because here he often avoids the social issues that he confronted on the first few releases. The band is far more experimental this time out, delivering Helmet-like ringing guitars that melt and morph into each other, a mix of Metallica-esque blastbeats and tight funk drumming from the constantly improving David Silveria, and memorable riffs that take the shape of dark sound structures and offer more than just a collection of chords. In fact, it is the last point where the album sets itself apart from most nu-metal offerings; Korn understand that the overall sound of hip-hop works because of the sonic stew that producers create through samples. The band does the same with instruments, cutting the chugging riffs of the past and replacing them with edgy soundscapes that are equally as menacing. There isn’t even a rapped verse here, save for Davis’ rhythmic scatting at moments, further distancing the band from the scene it helped create. But by cutting away some of the fat and finding new ways to deliver their trademark roar, Korn manage to offer a strong and lean album that maintains their place as innovators in a genre with few leaders.
Tracklisting:
01 – Here to Stay
02 – Make Believe
03 – Blame
04 – Hollow Life
05 – Bottled Up Inside
06 – Thoughtless
07 – Hating
08 – One More Time
09 – Alone I Break
10 – Embrace
11 – Beat It Upright
12 – Wake Up Hate
13 – I’m Hiding
14 – No One’s There
15 – Kick the P.A. (Korn & The Dust Brothers) (Bonus Track)
16 – Fuck Dying (Ice Cube feat. Korn) (Bonus Track)
17 – All in the Family (Beats in Peace mix) (Bonus Track)
18 – All in the Family (Scary Bird mix) (Bonus Track)
EAC
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008
The EAC report on the extraction carried out on December 8, 2009, 17:34
Korn / Untouchables
Drive: TEAC DW-552GA Adapter: 3 ID: 1
Reading mode: Reliability
Using the exact stream: Yes
Disabling the audio cache: Yes
Using Pointers C2: No
Correction of displacement at reading: 6
Ability to read areas of Lead-in and Lead-out: No
Filling of the missing samples with silence: Yes
Removing blocks with silence at the beginning and end: No
In CRC calculations, zero samples were used: Yes
Interface: Installed external ASPI-interface
Output format: Internal WAV operations
Sample format: 44.100 Hz; 16 bits; stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
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17 | 67: 14.08 | 4: 10.64 | 302558 | 321371
18 | 71: 24.72 | 8: 37.54 | 321372 | 360200
Characteristics of the extraction range and error messages
Selected range
File name C: mp3 Korn - Untouchables.wav
Peak level of 100.0%
Quality of the range is 99.9%
CRC copies of DE169524
Copying ... OK
Errors did not happen
End of report
Single download
Category:Metal
Main catalog
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