Korn: Brixton Academy

Korn: Brixton Academy

‘Chaos Live in Everything’, including within Brixton Academy on Sunday 25 March during Korn’s dubstep-influenced performance at the epic south London venue. Looking back over Korn’s 20-year history, electronica isn’t a genre one would immediately associate with the nu-metal rockers – but isn’t this trailblazing experimentation what has kept the west-coasters still relevant since their debut self-titled album in 1994? Korn have sold nearly 20 million albums in the US – and 35 million across the world. So their popularity and success is undisputed. They can afford to mix it up a little with their style of album – especially in 2012. They’ve been known to adopt influences of hip-hop – and have been titled as ‘rap metal’ and ‘thrash rap’, to support this. Electronic music producer, Skrillex, featured heavily on their latest album, ‘The Path of Totality’ – which was played live at the Brixton Academy concert. He is known to feature on post-hardcore and metalcore tracks, so his involvement in the Korn project can hardly be deemed a surprise. This new sound for Korn wasn’t universally accepted; a lot of fans preferred the original dubstep-less material. However it didn’t disturb from the overall enjoyment during one date of their five-date UK tour. Their frontman, Jonathan Davis, was less than sympathetic to the demands of the Korn fans he claimed to be ‘so stuck in 1994’ – and, in fact, loved the provocation of stepping away from their nu-metal norm. Here’s the opinions of the old and new rockers; the dubstep fans and electro house haters. This Korn snack had the aftertaste of Marmite – did fans love it or hate it?

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Korn: Brixton Academy

Event Date: 26/03/2012

‘Chaos Live in Everything’, including within Brixton Academy on Sunday 25 March during Korn’s dubstep-influenced performance at the epic south London venue. Looking back over Korn’s 20-year history, electronica isn’t a genre one would immediately associate with the nu-metal rockers – but isn’t this trailblazing experimentation what has kept the west-coasters still relevant since their debut self-titled album in 1994? Korn have sold nearly 20 million albums in the US – and 35 million across the world. So their popularity and success is undisputed. They can afford to mix it up a little with their style of album – especially in 2012. They’ve been known to adopt influences of hip-hop – and have been titled as ‘rap metal’ and ‘thrash rap’, to support this. Electronic music producer, Skrillex, featured heavily on their latest album, ‘The Path of Totality’ – which was played live at the Brixton Academy concert. He is known to feature on post-hardcore and metalcore tracks, so his involvement in the Korn project can hardly be deemed a surprise. This new sound for Korn wasn’t universally accepted; a lot of fans preferred the original dubstep-less material. However it didn’t disturb from the overall enjoyment during one date of their five-date UK tour. Their frontman, Jonathan Davis, was less than sympathetic to the demands of the Korn fans he claimed to be ‘so stuck in 1994’ – and, in fact, loved the provocation of stepping away from their nu-metal norm. Here’s the opinions of the old and new rockers; the dubstep fans and electro house haters. This Korn snack had the aftertaste of Marmite – did fans love it or hate it?