The Path Of Totality
| Korn
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Sputnikmusic
Every song follows the exact same pattern to an absolute tee, to the point where any potential character is meticulously stripped back until all we’re left with is a bunch of lifeless, quasi-industrial hybrid pieces, completely unrecognizable from the next.
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AllMusic
Korn remembered who they were just in time to forget it all again on The Path of Totality, an unexpected left turn into dubstep and all manner of dark electronica from the kings of nu metal.
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Consequence of Sound
I don’t consider the UK-scorned Skrillex or any other intervention on this record all that groundbreaking. Also, The Path of Totality isn’t without major flaws in mixing; however, it does manage to make one repetitive style of London club music sound agreeable thanks to aggressive guitars and an original vocalist.
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No Ripcord
Perhaps the most upsetting thing about the album is that it confirms that, however odious the man and his image might be, Skrillex actually does possess some talent.
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IGN
Jonathan Davis and crew attempt to take their grimy brand of hard rock in a different direction on their latest album.
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Prefixmag.com
It’s little more than a 90’s nu-metal album with some sub bass and wobble-punches thrown in. If you already hate Korn, this is an invitation to hate them even more.
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Ultimate-Guitar
The music isn't bad. The songs aren't bad. It's just so mundane. It's as if the band is playing in the unused water closet next door.
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musicOMH
Even with these slight problems The Path Of Totality is overall quite an interesting and largely rewarding proposition. Whether it manages to please dubstep or Korn fans however is another matter.
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What Culture
This is an album that may not go down well with traditional Korn fans, but the band has shown theyre not afraid to change to keep up with the ever-changing times.
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HTF Magazine
The album definitely does become repetitive quite quickly and other than the massive choruses of the Skrillex produced tracks, you would be forgiven for feeling as though the rest of the songs were interchangeable.
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Weekend Notes
The revelation is simply how well done it is. I would consider this to be their best album since Follow the Leader.
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Loudwire
Metal music snobs and Korn haters may not like the idea of the album, but if you give ‘The Path of Totality’ a chance, you might find that it works very well. Although there are bands that have tried the dubstep metal mix, ‘The Path of Totality’ is something like you’ve never heard before. Korn are alive and well, as they continue to reinvent themselves.
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Louder
Davis discovers dubstep. Civilisation shrugs.
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The Arts Desk
Hard rockers take a forceful but faltering step into electro-metal's future.
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