This Day In Music History: November 16th, 1999 – Korn lands their first #1 debut with ‘Issues’

Released on November 16th, 1999, Korn experienced even more success with their 4th full-length, Issues. Their 1998 album Follow The Leader catapulted the nu-metal pioneers into the mainstream, selling millions of copies in the process, and with the release of 1999’s Issues, their hit song “Falling Away From Me” managed to reach the top of…

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This Day In Music History: August 18th, 1998 – Korn breaks into the mainstream with ‘Follow The Leader’

Korn’s decision to title their breakout third album Follow The Leader was a particularly prescient move. In the few years since their 1994 self-titled debut essentially created the sonic template of we know as nu-metal today, a plethora of like-minded bands like Coal Chamber had emerged in its wake. Certainly, the first two Korn records…

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This Day In Music History: October 11th, 1994 – Korn unleashes their legendary self-titled debut album

Equal parts menacing, emotive, and terrifying, Korn’s 1994 self-titled debut album, which was released on October 11th, 1994, is immediately recognizable as essentially the birth of a new genre – nu-metal – within the first 20 seconds of “Blind”. 5 men in a room playing some of the most unnerving and groundbreaking music to ever…

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