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Classic Album Review: Korn | Take A Look In The Mirror

The nu-metal mooks might be more self-aware than they let on with their sixth LP.

This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


The last song on Korn’s latest CD Take A Look In The Mirror — their sixth monotonous slugfest of bludgeoning funk-metal, grinding buzzsaw guitars, shrieked abuse and sub-Marilyn Manson creepiness — is titled When Will This End. Funny, I was thinking the same thing by that point. The fact that it comes after songs titled Here It Comes Again, Did My Time and Y’all Want A Single does not help their case — though it does suggest they might be psychic. Or that they’re far more self-aware than they let on.