Korn (album)

Korn (written on the album as KoЯn) is the debut studio album by American nu metal band Korn. It was released by Immortal and Epic Records on October 11, 1994. The band recorded the album from May to June 1994. They recorded it at Indigo Ranch Studios in Malibu, California. Ross Robinson produced the album. Robinson had produced Korn's demo tape in 1993. The album's music is about many things, such as child abuse, bullying, and drug abuse.

Korn had four singles. The album was number 72 on the Billboard 200. Over 10 million copies of the album have been sold. Many people believe Korn was the first nu metal album.^[3][4][5]

1. ↑ Hobson, Rich; Everley, Dave; Alderslade, Merlin (April 2, 2022). "The 50 best nu metal albums of all time". Metal Hammer. Archived from the original on July 11, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Follow the Leader – Korn". AllMusic. Retrieved April 3, 2023. They have yet to exhaust that sound, and that's why their third album, Follow the Leader, is an effective follow-up to their first two alt-metal landmarks.
3. ↑ McIver, Joel (2002). Nu-Metal: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk – Joel McIver – Google Books. Omnibus Press. p. 23. ISBN 0711992096.
4. ↑ Arnopp, Jason (2001). Slipknot: Inside the Sickness, Behind the Mask. Ebury Press. pp. 6–7. ISBN 0-09-187933-7.
5. ↑ Weingarten, Christopher (December 11, 2014). "Korn's 1994 Debut LP: The Oral History of the Most Important Metal Record of the Last 20 Years". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. (December 11, 2014). Retrieved on September 21, 2015