Korn - Narcissistic Cannibal

[rockmaniac]

follow-up single to the top ten hit, "Get Up!" and like Get Up, this features Skrillex.

www.harddriveradio.com/Today-s-Dirt/3803425

[Minor Scratch]

Lyrically it could be better, judging from the title.

[Devin]

I have a strong feeling this won't do well based on the repeated featuring of Skrillex and the title. But I could be wrong.

[rockmaniac]

goes for adds October 18

[rockmaniac]

album's been pushed back to December 6

www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=163887

[rockmaniac]

album cover

[rockmaniac]

[Pipa]

Well, that was basically "Get Up" Part 2. No thanks.

[pen]

Oct 11, 2011 20:34:36 GMT -5 Pipa said:

Well, that was basically "Get Up" Part 2. No thanks.

How is this "Get Up" Pt. 2? Both that song and this were produced by Skrillex and this is a dubstep album so there is going to be that similarity, but "Get Up" was a more in your face rock song and this is a little deeper and less direct. Also very catchy. This is also way more natural sounding than anything on their last album.

[halo19]

I agree with pen on this one.

I actually am enjoying the dubstep Korn quite a bit. It's really the most interesting thing they've done in about a decade.

[Pipa]

Oct 11, 2011 23:32:39 GMT -5 pen said:

Oct 11, 2011 20:34:36 GMT -5 Pipa said:

Well, that was basically "Get Up" Part 2. No thanks.

How is this "Get Up" Pt. 2? Both that song and this were produced by Skrillex and this is a dubstep album so there is going to be that similarity, but "Get Up" was a more in your face rock song and this is a little deeper and less direct. Also very catchy. This is also way more natural sounding than anything on their last album.

I loved "Get Up", but I feel like releasing this next is like riding on its coattails a little. They should've put something else out to break up the Skrillex a bit.

[Ron57]

I actually find this boring. Less catchy than Get Up.

[pen]

Oct 13, 2011 1:04:43 GMT -5 Ron57 said:

I actually find this boring.

You're boring.

[rockmaniac]

tracklist

01. Chaos Lives In Everything
02. Kill Mercy Within
03. My Wall
04. Narcisstic Cannibal
05. Illuminati
06. Burn The Obedient
07. Sanctuary
08. Let's Go
09. Get Up!
10. Way Too Far
11. Bleeding Out

[Devin]

^ Do they all feature Skrillex?

[rockmaniac]

3 of the songs featured Skrillex

[Minor Scratch]

The womp womps actually spark some new life into the nu-metal sound. I like it.

[singingsparrow]

The intro reminds me of Sarah McLachlan's "Possession" until the heavy percussion is added on.

Namaste,
lisping HIBISCUS

[pen]

Oct 13, 2011 9:16:36 GMT -5 rockmaniac said:

tracklist

01. Chaos Lives In Everything
02. Kill Mercy Within
03. My Wall
04. Narcisstic Cannibal
05. Illuminati
06. Burn The Obedient
07. Sanctuary
08. Let's Go
09. Get Up!
10. Way Too Far
11. Bleeding Out

Here's the tracklist I posted on Tunelab a while back, including bonus tracks and contributors.

01. "Bleeding Out" (prod. by Feed Me)
02. "Chaos Lives In Everything" (prod. by Skrillex)
03. "Kill Mercy Within" (prod. by Noisia)
04. "My Wall" (prod. by Excision and Downlink)
05. "Narcissistic Cannibal" (prod. by Skrillex)
06. "Illuminati" (prod. by Excision and Downlink)
07. "Burn The Obedient" (prod. by Noisia)
08. "Sanctuary" (prod. by Downlink and J Devil)
09. "Let's Go" (prod. by Noisia)
10. "Get Up!" (prod. by Skrillex)
11. "Way Too Far" (prod. by 12th Planet, Flinch, and Downlink)

Special Edition Tracks
12. "Fuels The Comedy" (prod. by Kill The Noise)
13. "Tension" (prod. by Excision, Datsik, and Downlink)

[Minor Scratch]

Those Excision and Noisia tracks will be beastly.

[Nicholas2.0]

Heard it today on the radio. While this is miles better than "Get Up," I can't help but feel that, while no major rock band has experimented with dubstep, this is, nevertheless, Korn chasing trends in an attempt to be relevant again. It felt like a dubstep remix of a Korn song rather than an original Korn song. It was too hard to pick out Munky, Fieldy, and Ray's contributions. While I was listening, I liked it enough that I found myself thinking how much more I'd enjoy it had it been performed as a straight rock band. Melodically, this was probably better than anything off their last album.

[pen]

I don't know, maybe it is trend chasing, but it wasn't like Korn wasn't already experimenting with electronics on their previous albums before their retread attempt on Korn III. If it's trend chasing, it still feels to me like a natural choice forward.

[singingsparrow]

Oct 14, 2011 0:42:59 GMT -5 pen said:

I don't know, maybe it is trend chasing, but it wasn't like Korn wasn't already experimenting with electronics on their previous albums before their retread attempt on Korn III. If it's trend chasing, it still feels to me like a natural choice forward.

I agree.

To me, "Korn III: Remember Who You Are" was more of a statement to longtime listeners of theirs that they still had the traditional edge in them. I personally thought the album was pretty good, but do concur with others that it didn't mark any sign of maturity all the same, and was really a step sideways more than anything.

But now that they've made that statement (which didn't sell well), yet came to terms with how their edge defines their live show more than anything.......they realized they needed to harness that raw aggression, yet also take a step forward and update their sound. Which brings us here.

Dubstep hasn't yet caught fire at rock radio, so if anything Korn can prove to be a trendsetter. It's true they tinkered with electronica considerably on other recent efforts, but it erred more on the melodic side.

Namaste,
lisping HIBISCUS

[halo19]

Well, it's worth noting that Sonny Moore was vocalist of From First to Last and did an electropop EP on his own name before becoming a dubstep artist as Skrillex. I mean, if we're going to point out others as "trend chasing."

[Nicholas2.0]

Oct 14, 2011 6:47:25 GMT -5 halo19 said:

Well, it's worth noting that Sonny Moore was vocalist of From First to Last and did an electropop EP on his own name before becoming a dubstep artist as Skrillex. I mean, if we're going to point out others as "trend chasing."

OK, I didn't know any of the solo stuff Sonny was working on post-FFTL actually saw the light of day. Wasn't his original solo stuff produced by Ross Robinson, like, as Robinson's flagship artist for a new label? I can't imagine Ross is still onboard and behind the Skrillex project, though. Once Sonny's Skrillex stuff came out, I was like, "Wait, is that the kind of stuff he's been working on his own this whole time? 'Cause I didn't think it was..." Putting weight behind your point, a co-worker or two who listen to electronic music, with no prior familiarity with FFTL, think Skrillex is garbage, that Sonny is watering/dumbing down dubstep.

[Shadows in the Dark]

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[halo19]

Oct 15, 2011 1:53:26 GMT -5 Nicholas2.0 said:

Putting weight behind your point, a co-worker or two who listen to electronic music, with no prior familiarity with FFTL, think Skrillex is garbage, that Sonny is watering/dumbing down dubstep.

I guess American dubstep is something that didn't sit well with lots of electronic purists. To some, what he does is stereotypical of the style.

However, many young adults love Skrillex and deadmau5 (progressive house), even though many purists are not really that fond of either one.

[Devin]

Goes for alternative adds November 7th.

[david112]

I find it one of the best korn songs I've heard in years. Far better then Get Up. Reminds me of "Got the life".

[Shadows in the Dark]

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