Untouchables [ECD] [PA]

Rolling Stone (7/25/02, p.72) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Simultaneously lighter and heavier...producer Michael Beinhorn helps Korn's vicious rhythm section pound harder while expanding the band's higher frequencies...Staying sober has enabled Davis to achieve subtleties far beyond his death-metal belch..." Rolling Stone (7/25/02, p.72) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Simultaneously lighter and heavier...producer Michael Beinhorn helps Korn's vicious rhythm section pound harder while expanding the band's higher frequencies...Staying sober has enabled Davis to achieve subtleties far beyond his death-metal belch..." Rolling Stone (7/25/02, p.72) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Simultaneously lighter and heavier...producer Michael Beinhorn helps Korn's vicious rhythm section pound harder while expanding the band's higher frequencies...Staying sober has enabled Davis to achieve subtleties far beyond his death-metal belch..." Q (8/02, p.126) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Melodic without losing any of their splenetic power, this is Korn at their most accessible..." Q (8/02, p.126) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Melodic without losing any of their splenetic power, this is Korn at their most accessible..." Q (8/02, p.126) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Melodic without losing any of their splenetic power, this is Korn at their most accessible..." Alternative Press (7/02, p.75) - 8 out of 10 - "...Their darkest, most impenetrable record yet....a mammoth, labyrinthine record..." Alternative Press (7/02, p.75) - 8 out of 10 - "...Their darkest, most impenetrable record yet....a mammoth, labyrinthine record..." Alternative Press (7/02, p.75) - 8 out of 10 - "...Their darkest, most impenetrable record yet....a mammoth, labyrinthine record..." CMJ (7/1/02, p.16) - "...Korn continues to dominate the genre it spawned and, as always, we will continue to follow the leader." CMJ (7/1/02, p.16) - "...Korn continues to dominate the genre it spawned and, as always, we will continue to follow the leader." CMJ (7/1/02, p.16) - "...Korn continues to dominate the genre it spawned and, as always, we will continue to follow the leader." NME (Magazine) (6/8/02, p.32) - 8 out of 10 - "...A return to former golories...it's good to know Korn can still rock like Armageddon....Korn blows the opposition to atoms." NME (Magazine) (6/8/02, p.32) - 8 out of 10 - "...A return to former golories...it's good to know Korn can still rock like Armageddon....Korn blows the opposition to atoms." NME (Magazine) (6/8/02, p.32) - 8 out of 10 - "...A return to former golories...it's good to know Korn can still rock like Armageddon....Korn blows the opposition to atoms."

過去最長の制作期間を費やしたニュー・アルバムは、総指揮を務めたジョナサン・デイヴィスのキャラが大爆発してる。読経にも似たヘイト・スクリーミングは影を潜めたが、そのぶん濃ゆ～い情念が高らかに歌われるのだ。言葉はますます重く辛辣に、そして幅を広げた唱法は、彼の心に潜む複雑なエモーションを鋭く照らす。ゴシックな肌触りの暗黒ニューウェイヴ・サウンド。そのなかを漂うダークで鮮烈なフレーズの束、ノイズやエフェクトを駆使した音粒。これらもジョナサンが掲げる〈アートとしての挑戦〉なのだろう。いずれにせよ賛否両論が予想される大胆な進化と呼べる。ほかのメンバーもこの全面的な構造改革をバックアップ。磨きをかけたテクニックは演奏力の向上に繋がり、至高のヘヴィー・グルーヴを楽曲に提供する。芸術家・ジョナサンの完璧主義な作風に圧倒される一枚だ。
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