Di critiche sull'ultimo album dei Korn ne ho sentite parecchie e la maggiorparte di esse sono infondate e utilizzate solo per screditare un gruppo importante per aver rimodellato il concetto di musica "heavy" negli anni '90, anni difficili per l'heavy metal, le difficoltà e i passi falsi ci sono stati anche per gli stessi Korn ("Untauchables" ne è un'esempio), ma si sono sempre risollevati dimostrando a chi li voleva morti da un pezzo che i Korn sono vivi e vegeti, e anche abbastanza incazzati (l'aggressivo "Take A Look In The Mirror"), un'altra prova è questo "See You On The Other Side", album diverso che si allontana dai serrati schemi del nu metal che lo stesso gruppo ha contribuito a creare e che cerca di esplorare territori nuovi aprendosi a nuove influenze, e di questo non ci dobbiamo affatto meravigliare, fan e non dei Korn, perché la parola Korn è sempre stata sinonimo di due vocaboli importanti: INNOVAZIONE e EVOLUZIONE !
E' ovvio che in questo disco non sentiamo il groove metal dell'esordio e i suoi pesanti riff perché da "Korn" a "See you on the other side" c'è stato un percorso evolutivo dello stile della band, filtrato attraverso ottimi dischi come "Life Is Peachy" o "Issues", processo che in "See you on the other side" vede i suoi primi frutti, primo perché un membro della band, il chitarrista Head, come ormai tutti sanno, ha abbandonato il gruppo per motivi religiosi, e quando una band perde un suo importante vagone (Head è stato co-compositore insieme a Davis e a David Silveria di molti classici del repertorio korniano) è costretta a reinventarsi e per me i Korn lo hanno fato discretamente con questa nuova forma di alternative metal incorniciato di forti tendenze industrial, il tutto con un velo di pop/rock che aumenta l'orrecchiabilità delle song, ma nello stesso momento non compromette la pesantezza del sound, insomma "i Korn possono essere ancora considerati un gruppo di rock pesante", parole di Jhonatan Davis che nega qualsiasi ammorbidimento del sound verso lidi più calmi.
Il disco si apre con il suo singolo di lancio "Twisted Transistor", gustosissimo riff pesante che trascina tutta la song, allegra e bella sotto tutti i punti di vista, ma non si può negare che ci sia un retrogusto pop/rock che però non rovina la canzone. I Korn vogliono far capire a tutti che sono ancora un gruppo "metal" con questa "Politics" davvero tosta, anche qui riff che trascina tutto il pezzo e ha un ritornello dal vago gusto death, il tutto con un groovy davvero pazzesco. Più su temi classici sta "Hypocrities", canzone presentata in antemprima durante i concerti, bella ritmata con il basso di Fieldy che sleppa come si deve, ma forse è il pezzo più ripetitivo e inutile del disco, molto simile a "Hypocrities" è "Souvenir", sembrano costruite sullo stesso riff, ma questa si lascia ascoltare più piacevolmente dell'altra. Primo vero cambio di rotta lo si ha con "10 or A 2 Way", mistura torbida di batteria psichedelica e sintetizzatori, qui si apre al sound tipico di Marilyn Manson e il risultato non è male, bella canzone, soprattutto un elogio alla voce di Davis che qui raggiunge punte di elevata bellezza. Ci si riposa su "Throw Me Away", qui siamo davanti a pop/rock acido misto al rock industriale di Nine Inch Nails, ci lascia per dare spazio al primo vero pezzo da 90 di "SYOTOS", la struggente e malinconica "Love Song", scritta da Davis, che si rifà allo stile di scrittura che ha utilizzato nella colonna sonora "Queen Of The Damned", il velo dark-neo romantic copre tutta la song, dove il frontman americano stupisce con una voce impeccabile soprattutto nelle parti melodiche, 10 a questa canzone!
Echi di Nine Inch Nails anche in "Open Up" che però serve solo ad introdurci all'altra grossa cartuccia dell'album, ovvero "Coming Undone", pezzo di crossover/rock, ha un riff che (vagamente) ricorda l'immortale "Walk" degli immortali Pantera e che davvero mi lascia scapocciare (fare headbanging pardon) fino alla fine. Si continua a essere pesanti con "Getting off", in cui Davis torna a martoriare il suo microfono con un growl impressionante, tutta la song ha sapori trashy conditi da un buon contorno elettronico e anche Fieldy, un po' addormentato finora si fa sentire. Si rifà vivo il nu metal con la ruffiana e schietta "Liar", song di matrice funk-metal con riff di apertura geniale e voce di Davis al massimo, verso la fine resuscita il suo growl impazzito che aveva fatto la fortuna di canzoni come "Twist", questa canzone sembra un po' un'omaggio ai vecchi fans perché non è molto in linea con il resto dall'album comunque anch'essa si distingue come una delle migliori. Abile innesto tra elettronica e quanto fatto su "Take A look In The Mirror" è "For No One", discreto pezzo ancora invischiato nel nu metal, che si libera solo nella parte finale quando mentre la chitarra di Munky si fa più corposa, la voce di Davis si scopre al suo lato più pop/rock.
Ci avviamo alla fine con due bellissime traccie "Seen It All", malinconica e triste unisce rock acido, alternative metal e una certa vena dark, "Tearjecker" è la degna conclusione per "See You On The Other Side", Davis ci rivela il lato più intimo e melodico della sua voce, accompagnato inizialmente solo da un sintetizzatore siamo di fronte ad una specie di capolavoro della melodia e del lato più psichedelico dei Korn. Riassumendo questo "See You On The Other Side" non deve essere considerato come una conferma o meno della band, ma è un nuovo punto d'inizio per riprendere la carriera sfornando buoni dischi come questo.
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02 Politics (03:16)
Everyone's corrupt
You should just shut up
Lay down, back off
The demon you disrupted
Don't want to talk about politics
Don't preach or talk about politics
Don't let me talk about politics
Don't give a shit about politics
You want to sleep with him to get to who you need to know
Think that's the way to go don't you?
It's in religion, sex, and everything we do and say
I look the other way won't you?
Everybody's raped
Lying to your face
Kick's you in the gut
Slayed you here all messed up
Don't want to talk about politics
Don't preach or talk about politics
Don't let me talk about politics
Don't give a shit about politics
You want to sleep with him to get to who you need to know
Think that's the way to go don't you?
It's in religion, sex, and everything we do and say
I look the other way won't you?
Tiny spirits are in your soul (and they remain there)
Darkest life in the deepest hole (you sit and pray there)
All the deals from the things you've done (you wouldn't ever work for)
What you thought was so much fun (you have to pay for)
Don't want to talk about politics
Don't preach or talk about politics
Don't let me talk about politics
Don't give a shit about politics
You want to sleep with him to get to who you need to know
Think that's the way to go don't you?
It's in religion, sex, and everything we do and say
I look the other way won't you?
Don't want to talk about politics
Don't preach or talk about politics
Don't let me talk about politics
Don't give a shit about politics
Don't want to talk about politics
Don't preach or talk about politics
Don't let me talk about politics
Don't give a shit about politics!
03 Hypocrites (03:49)
Your messiah was never mine [x10]
Hypocrites!
Weeping rows of Jeremiah
Drops of blood drip off your medals
Representing all our tears
in a ring of burning metal
How you wanna be, what you gonna say
it doesn't bother me, who ya gonna pay
Sorcerers and Satan's come
To define the what and why
People travel across this earth
Over water, land, and sky
How you wanna be, what you gonna say
it doesn't bother me, who ya gonna pay
Pay the ferryman, pay the fucking driver
Pay the preachers and pay the fucking liars
Pay the angels they're touching on their dates, stand by
I'm not gonna pay it's already mine
Hypocrites
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites
Your messiah was never mine
Weeping rows of Jeremiah
Purity unlike no other
Offers help to those who need it
Don't forget care to the brother
How you wanna be, what you gonna say it
Doesn't bother me, who ya gonna pay
Little old lady at home
Writing out a check to send
It's all the money that she owns
She believes the world might end
How you wanna be, what you gonna say it
Doesn't bother me, who ya gonna pay
Pay the ferryman, pay the fucking driver
Pay the preachers and pay the fucking liars
Pay the angels they're touching on their dates, stand by
I'm not gonna pay it's already mine
Hypocrites
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites
Your messiah was never mine
Hypocrites!
Pay the ferryman, pay the fucking driver
Pay the preachers and pay the fucking liars
Pay the angels, they're touching on their dates
I'm not gonna pay it's already mine
Hypocrites
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites
Hypocrites! [x4]
04 Souvenir (03:49)
I never knew what i was gonna be
somebody saw what i couldnt see
and it did me up now
I never thought i could be worthy of
lovin under the sky above
don't let the wondeful
why does everybody have to fit in
you should feel comfortable in the skin
just like me i am the
souvenir of sadness
melting to the madness
hands where you can feel this
anyone who has this...
stand up! nobody's dryin to save you
speak up! nobody's waiting to see you
wake up! nobody's trying to play you
let me make it then you'll have this
back up! nobody to destroy you
now this! nobody else to be this hard
go this! whatever's wrong with your head
love is my souvenir of sadness
they never knew what i was gonna say
punch me and kick me and drown away
now you know you are so
now look at me what do you have to say
never give up for you anyway
you know who you are so
now look at me what do you have to say
never give up for you anyway
happy child look at that
souvenir of sadness
melting to the madness
hands where you can feel this
anyone who has this...
stand up! nobody's dryin to save you
speak up! nobody's waiting to see you
wake up! nobody's trying to play you
let me make it then you'll have this
back up! nobody to destroy you
now this! nobody else to be this hard
go this! whatever's wrong with your head
love is my souvenir of sadness
souvenir of sadness
melting to the madness
hands where you can feel this
anyone who has this...
stand up! nobody's dryin to save you
speak up! nobody's waiting to see you
wake up! nobody's trying to play you
let me make it then you'll have this
back up! nobody to destroy you
now this! nobody else to be this hard
go this! whatever's wrong with your head
love is my souvenir of sadness
05 10 or a 2-Way (04:41)
Precious fingers she knows how to hold the poison
Lick it dip it and for no particular reason
She crawls on the floor slides against the door
Precious fingers over blossom and it's season
Doesn't matter she'll be doing it her way
Doesn't care if it's a 10 or a 2-way
Doesn't matter she'll be doing it her way
Every night every day
Never meant to show up here anyway
Only f**king you till the season change
Treasure deep between the places that you hold dear
Can't it hurt to act as if we are in love here?
Lying across this chair fingers everywhere
To defying all the angels up above here
Doesn't matter she'll be doing it her way
Doesn't care if it's a 10 or a 2-way
Doesn't matter she'll be doing it her way
Every night every day
Never meant to show up here anyway
Only f**king you till the season change
When you cum (Be a good girl)
Hold your breath (Make it last long)
It is called (the)
the "little dead" girl
Never meant to show up here anyway
Only f**king you till the season change
Never meant to show up here anyway
Only f**king you till the season change
07 Love Song (04:18)
Murder!
Your holding my heart, screaming.
Motherfucker!
They left me broken, bleeding.
Son of!
The man you loved and left for
The son of a bitch!
Who tried to show me death's door.
(Ah)
Everything's illuminated.
Everything is dedicated.
(Ah)
Tried to leave this life I hated
Even that what's over-rated.
Love song for the dear departed.
Headstone for the broken hearted.
Arm's to kill.
more flowers to steal.
Head-trip for the mortal earth bound.
One sip of the blood that I found.
Lying here...
Im dying here.
And then!
Obtituaries rain down.
And suddenly!
We're lying naked face down.
(Ah)
Once again decapitated.
Can't you see me fasinated.
(Ah)
Never knew enough to damage.
Even that can be mis-managed.
Love song for the dear departed.
Headstone for the broken hearted.
Arm's to kill.
more flowers to steal.
Head-trip for the mortal earth bound.
One sip of the blood that I found.
Lying here.
Im dying here.
Dying here..
Don't bring me daffodils.
Bring a bouquet of pills.
See some drainum.
Cracked to the crainum.
Protect me when you can.
Respect me when I am...
Dying.
Love song for the dear departed.
Headstone for the broken hearted.
Arm's to kill.
more flowers to steal.
Head-trip for the mortal earth bound.
One sip of the blood that I found.
Lying here.
I'm dying here.
Love song for the dear departed.
Headstone for the broken hearted.
Arm's to kill.
more flowers to steal.
Head-trip for the mortal earth bound.
One sip of the blood that I found.
Lying here...
I'm dying here.
08 Open Up (06:15)
What were you thinking
I guess i'll never know
See your eyes thinking
Pupils begin to grow
Drilling you softly
Pulling you in
Making your mind up
What's sick or a sin
[Chorus]
Open up now
Let it all go
I'm quite certain
Say it aint so
You're corrupted by
Some sick fuck
Oh no
Open up now
Head in the sky
Here's the tongue that
Keeps telling lies
Feelings in my mouth
You breathe in but can't brethe out
What you've been taking
It makes you talk
Real slow
How come i'm thinking
You'd be the last
To know
(You'd be the last to know)
Choking you gently
Gaining control
Hand you the shovel
To dig your own hole
[Chorus]
Choking you gently
Gaining control
Hand you the shovel
To dig your own hole
Open up now
Let it all go
Open up now
Let it all go
Open up now
Head in the sky
Here's the tongue that
Keeps telling lies
Feelings in my mouth
You breathe in but can't brethe out
You breathe in but can't breathe out
09 Coming Undone (03:19)
Keep holding on
When my brain's tickin' like a bomb
Guess the black bots have come Again to get me
Sweet bitter words
Unlike nothing I have heard
Sing along mocking bird
You don't affect me
That's right
Deliverance of my heart
Be straight
Be deliverance
Wait
I'm coming undone
Unlaced
I'm coming undone
Too late
I'm coming undone
What looks so strong
So delicate
Wait
I'm starting to suffocate
And soon I anticipate
I'm coming undone
What looks so strong
So delicate
Choke choke again
I find my demons are my friends
Getting me in the end
They're out to get me
Since I was young
I've tasted sorrow on my tongue
And this sweet chugga gun
Does not protect me
That's right
Trigger between my eyes
Please strike
Make it quick now
Wait
I'm coming undone
Unlaced
I'm coming undone
Too late
I'm coming undone
What looks so strong
So delicate
Wait
I'm starting to suffocate
And soon I anticipate
I'm coming undone
What looks so strong
So delicate
I'm trying to hold it together
Head is lighter than a feather
Looks like i'm not getting better
Not getting better
Wait
I'm coming undone
Unlaced
I'm coming undone
Too late
I'm coming undone
What looks so strong
So delicate
Wait
I'm starting to suffocate
And soon I anticipate
I'm coming undone
What looks so strong
So delicate
11 Liar (04:14)
My brother, you love her
But don't give up your instincts
Hang onto you know what
They'll be gone fast as you blink
They're trained to suduce you
Suck you dry quick as they can
They tried to reduce you
Now you're barely a man
Oh my God
How can you deny the flood
That's flowing through you
Hey you
You're saying that she's all that you desire
Liar
Hey you
You think you can throw water on this fire
Liar
It's not wrong to let go
And let the woman ride you
For fuck sake, don't lose touch
With the dog that's inside you
She wanted what you had
You bet she smelt the spore
Don't give up, fuck her up
One more time, slam that door
Oh my God
How can you deny the flood
That's flowing through you
Hey you
You're saying that she's all that you desire
Liar
Hey you
You think you can throw water on this fire
Liar
Oh my God
How can you deny the flood
That's flowing through you
Hey you
You're saying that she's all that you desire
Liar
Hey you
You think you can throw water on this fire
Liar
Oh my God
How can you deny the flood
That's flowing through you
13 Seen It All (06:19)
I'm an animal
I'm a victim
I'm the answer to your prayers
I'm a witness
On the witchhunt
I'm the monster of the stairs
I'm ghost that's
In the mirror
I'm everything that you fear
I'm the riptide
I'm the soldier
I'm the voice that's in your head
[Chorus]
I've seen it all
Still can't taste it
Smashed to the wall
That brought me to my knees
I've done it all
Fucked up
Wasted
Still in my blood
But now inside unseen
I'm the hunted
I'm a predator
I'm the answer to the riddle
I'm the upbeat
I'm the headfuck
I'm the way yarn flips to the middle
I the payer
I'm maniving
I'm the one who's not addicted
I'm illogic
Turn the fuck up
I'm the broken one who fixed it
[Chorus X2]
I'm just a child
With tears in it's eyes
I am holding this gift
That is broken
What do I have left now
I've seen it all
I've done it all
I've seen it all
I've done it all
[Chorus X2]
Now inside unseen
14 Tearjerker (05:05)
Well I wish there was someone
Well I wish there was someone
To love me
When I used to be someone
And I knew there was someone
That loved me
As I sit here frozen alone
Even ghosts get tired and go home
As they crawl back under the stones
And I wish there was something
Please tell me there's something better
And I wish there was something more than this
Saturated loneliness
And I wish I could feel it
And I wish I could steal it
Abduct it, corrupt it, but I never can
it's just saturated loneliness
Does the silence get lonely?
Does the silence get lonely?
Who knows?
I've been hearing it tell me
I've been hearing it tell me
Go home
Cause the freaks are playing tonight
They packed up and turned out the lights
And I wish there was something
Please tell me there's something better
And I wish there was something more than this
Saturated loneliness
And I wish I could feel it
And I wish I could steal it
Abduct it, corrupt it, but I never can
It's just saturated loneliness
And the bath water's cold
And this life's getting old
And I wish I could feel it
And I wish I could feel it
And I wish I could steal it
Abduct it, corrupt it
And I wish I could feel it
And I wish I could steal it
And I wish I could feel it
Abduct it, corrupt it
But I never can
I never can
Never can
Never can
Never can
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Di CoolOras
Un album con più idee rispetto a 'Take A Look In The Mirror' che punta ad atmosfere più cupe e un uso massiccio dell'elettronica.
Avere Jonathan Davis come cantante è un lusso che rende KoRn una band unica.
Di Mr.Room
"Il nuovo Korn è il (classico) album che non ci si aspetta, ciò significa in entrambi i sensi: nel bene e nel male."
"La vera brutalità è il fattore che per la prima volta, sento mancare in un album dei Korn."
Di Adil
Immarcescibili.
Siamo probabilmente davanti al peggiore album mai dato alle stampe dai Korn.
Di Brizz89
L'unico modo per recuperare questo gruppo dalle grandi idee è che lascino passare 3 o 4 anni prima di buttare fuori un altro album, studiando per bene e rivangando sulle proprie scelte musicali.
La potenza sembra svanire per lasciare spazio a qualcosa di più 'mainstream', ma non mancano i lavori interessanti.
Di Indio
Questo album è un insulto alla musica e alla stessa band.
Sono lontani i tempi di 'Korn' e 'Life Is Peachy', lontanissimi anni luce.
