The Nothing
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The Nothing
The Nothing is the thirteenth studio album by American nu metal band Korn. The album was released on September 13, 2019 by Roadrunner and Elektra. - Wikipedia
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NME
The heavy pioneers join their contemporaries Rammstein, Slipknot and Tool as giants of metal who have proved their longevity with urgent LPs in 2019.
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Kerrang!
The Nothing is a dark record. In fact, Jonathan Davis himself has claimed it to be his band’s most emotionally heavy record ever.
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Blabbermouth.net
A quarter of a century on, KORN have very little to prove, but "The Nothing" doesn't sound like the work of a band with one eye on retirement. Instead, in spite of the hideous realities that inspired its thematic core, this is absolutely one of the best records the Bakersfield quintet have ever made.
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Sputnikmusic
It has elements of all of their past works in there, but at times brought out either a heavier side of those elements. The emotions and pain are really delivered quite nicely by Jonathan on this album. Overall, ‘The Nothing’ will go down as one of their best records to date.
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Louder
Korn's The Nothing recaptures the genuine darkness of their earlier works
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411MANIA
The Nothing is the most mature, profound and powerful record in Korn’s entire catalogue.
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AltPress
And like the landmark Issues, The Nothing is a slow-burn, long-playing listening experience, with subtle innovations on the way to its explosive finale.
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Revolver
'THE NOTHING' IS KORN'S BEST ALBUM IN OVER 10 YEARS.
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Metal Nation
The Nothing bridges the gap between 90’s Korn and their more modern era. It is a progression of their 1994 self-titled album, that was the soundtrack to many people from my generation, all the way to the modernized Korn the younger generation has grown to love.
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Metal Insider
The Nothing is ultimately; the KoRn album fans have waited to hear since 2002’s Untouchables.
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Ghost Cult Magazine
Again, it may not aspire to reinvent the wheel, but The Nothing seems to be checking off all the boxes of what we want in a Korn record today.
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Distorted Sound Magazine
For existing fans of KORN, or fans of any genre of metal in general, The Nothing is firmly cemented as one of 2019’s must-have albums.
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Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life
There is a lot on the album that will go down well with new fans and plenty for old fans too. It isn’t vintage Korn, those days are probably gone., but we do get a handful of bangers so I’ll take that.
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Rock Sins
Released on Friday 13th it perhaps should come as no surprise that Korn’s 13th album The Nothing is the darkest of their long and storied career. Penned in the aftermath of the death of frontman Jonathan Davis’ wife Deven last August, The Nothing is more than an album, it’s part of the grieving process.
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Myglobalmind
“The Nothing” is undoubtedly a very painful record, but also the most important one in the last decade for the nu-metal pillars Korn.
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AltPress
And like the landmark Issues, The Nothing is a slow-burn, long-playing listening experience, with subtle innovations on the way to its explosive finale.
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Revolver
'THE NOTHING' IS KORN'S BEST ALBUM IN OVER 10 YEARS.
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Metal Nation
The Nothing bridges the gap between 90’s Korn and their more modern era. It is a progression of their 1994 self-titled album, that was the soundtrack to many people from my generation, all the way to the modernized Korn the younger generation has grown to love.
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AltPress
And like the landmark Issues, The Nothing is a slow-burn, long-playing listening experience, with subtle innovations on the way to its explosive finale.
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Ghost Cult Magazine
Again, it may not aspire to reinvent the wheel, but The Nothing seems to be checking off all the boxes of what we want in a Korn record today.
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Distorted Sound Magazine
For existing fans of KORN, or fans of any genre of metal in general, The Nothing is firmly cemented as one of 2019’s must-have albums.
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Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life
There is a lot on the album that will go down well with new fans and plenty for old fans too. It isn’t vintage Korn, those days are probably gone., but we do get a handful of bangers so I’ll take that.
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Rock Sins
Released on Friday 13th it perhaps should come as no surprise that Korn’s 13th album The Nothing is the darkest of their long and storied career. Penned in the aftermath of the death of frontman Jonathan Davis’ wife Deven last August, The Nothing is more than an album, it’s part of the grieving process.
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Myglobalmind
“The Nothing” is undoubtedly a very painful record, but also the most important one in the last decade for the nu-metal pillars Korn.
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Metal Insider
The Nothing is ultimately; the KoRn album fans have waited to hear since 2002’s Untouchables.
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Red Roll
“The Nothing” is a walkthrough of hardships but also a tale of Korn’s strength and ability to overcome the darkness of life. This album is another great entry to Korn’s discography.
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Maximum Volume Music
“The Nothing” is the sound of everything being poured into a record. Warts and all. And its there for when that childlike innocence of my baby niece banging two cups together like it’s the best thing in the world (which at seven months old it probably is) has long since disappeared. Make no mistake, this is scary as hell.
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Outright Geekery
The Nothing is both a look into a harrowingly hard chapter in Jonathan Davis’ life and a showcase of Korn’s strengths when hard times do come.
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The Soundboard
As of now, it’s by no means a classic-in-the-making, especially among the catalogue of one of the most pivotal acts in nu-metal, but the level of quality that’s been maintained is nothing to sniff at, and the human experience within makes it hit just that bit harder.
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SonicAbuse
Dark and disturbing in places, but tempered by some truly blistering single material, the nothing is a powerful body of work – essential for long-time Korn fans and a stinging riposte to anyone who has doubted their continued relevance.
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audioeclectica
The Nothing is an album that will draw older fans back into the fold while giving those skeptical ones something to sink their teeth into.
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The Metal Report
Recommended listening for under a full moon, on Friday the thirteenth.
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Busy
"The Nothing" turned out to be not just a gloomy album, it turned out to be really hopeless, even ominous, melancholy and hopeless, crazy and unpredictable. Musicians managed to achieve an incredible atmosphere of complete detachment and hopelessness, both musically and in lyrics.
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Metal Express Radio
The Nothing is a wounded animal lashing out blindly both lyrically and musically. Its blasts of dark emotion are unfocused and musically it lacks cohesiveness for a sense of flow. No amount of profanity or eruptive riffs can add enough shock value to elevate these songs into a permanent spot on your playlist.
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Ronon's Reviews
The Nothing isn't the homecoming of the Korn of old, they've been back for a while now, but I do see it as the return of the raw and emotional Korn, the one that bares its soul for the world to see, the one that shows its fans that no matter what they are never alone, but apart of a massive family that spans the globe.
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Music Existence
This album is dark, heavy, and therapeutic.
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DISCOVERED MAGAZINE
Lucky number 13, ‘The Nothing‘ is the soundtrack for a tale of horror, death, torture and in the end, thrills.
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DeviantArt
Overall, "The Nothing" might not be one of the albums that brings Korn to a new level of success in their near three decade career, but nothing resonates more than a band doing what they do best with a deeper element behind it, and that's what this album brings forth.
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Loudwire
Korn fan or not, no one can deny that The Nothing is an extraordinarily emotional and well-written record. It beats out hundreds of bands’ second, third, or fourth records by a mile.
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