Untouchables (album)
Occupation
- Jonathan Davis - Vocals
- Brian Welch - Guitar
- James Shaffer - Guitar
- Reginald Arvizu - Bass
- David Silveria - Drums
Untouchables (English for " untouchables") is the fifth studio album by the American nu-metal band Korn. It was released on 10 June 2002 at Immortal and Epic. The album reached as opposed to its predecessors only number two in the United States, but was the first and so far only, which was in Germany at the top chart. With the song Here to Stay, the band won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2003. The album sold over four million copies worldwide.
Background
Untouchables was released after a three year break, during which the band members looked after by about side projects and film soundtracks. At this time and during the recording of the album in 2001, there were tensions in the band, which continued also during the subsequent tour. There were some performances with Static-X played to try out the new songs live. The band appeared at the Ozzfest. Untouchables was produced by Michael Beinhorn was mixed the album by Andy Wallace. There are increasingly being used synthesizers and vocal effects, the latter at about Hollow Life. The guitar sound was described as " melting into each other " and as compared with Helmet. With Alone I Break one of the quietest Korn songs is included. The album was released as a limited edition bonus with additional digital video content.
Reception
In Visions, the plate was referred to as " the most brutal compromise the music world ." The band satisfy fans and critics, sword at the same time different and distinctive. Praise was also " the dark character of the plate ." Nevertheless, the band was now a "corner ungetoastetes white bread with Nutella finger thickness: Sometimes there is nothing better in the long run this can not but be anything. " According to Bradley Torreano of Allmusic.com the tunes on the album are "more important" than before, also be corn " experimental ". Were particularly critical of the texts that too often in the grain typical " become- as- crazy -? - Case " fell. The rating was three stars out of five.