When Korn first lurched out of Bakersfield with that downtuned, rhythmic, hybridised clatter, the world had seen nothing quite like it. “We had distorted guitars and were heavy, but no-one knew what to do with us,” Jonathan Davis told Kerrang! in 2019, as the band marked the 25th anniversary of their self-titled debut album. “We didn’t fit in anywhere. Who’s this guy with a fuckin’ tracksuit playing bagpipes? It’s the weirdest fucking shit.” They also spawned a whole musical and cultural scene – although they did spend a long time trying to deny it. “If we invented nu-metal then fuck yeah, cool,” Jonathan finally conceded in that same interview. “It’s pretty cool to say we helped invent some kind of movement, that’s pretty insane. The last big movement was us. Other...
