WinkBall Reporter Stefan was at Brixton Academy on Sunday 25 March to speak to Korn fans!
‘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?