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Oct 20, 2016Monstrously heavy from the opening riff onwards, this is classic Korn.
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Oct 20, 2016The Serenity of Suffering is a welcome return to a time when Korn were at the top of their game. It's one of their best albums, almost heart-warming in its cathartic familiarity.
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Oct 20, 2016The Serenity of Suffering is easily Korn’s most diverse release; featuring melody, aggression, new sounds and old staples in just about equal measures wrapped into some of the band’s strongest songs in years.
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Oct 21, 2016Admittedly, some riffs do feel like re-runs of Korn classics, holding the album back from true greatness. That’s charming in itself, though: reminding us how deeply important this band once were and continue to be.
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Oct 20, 2016The re-inclusion of guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch to the band has seen Korn embracing their dense roots and they’re all the better for it.
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Oct 27, 2016Serenity is certain to scratch an itch. Still, there's a sense of "good enough" with all of their recent releases, and it's a problem this record just can't shake.
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Kerrang!Oct 20, 2016Korn haven't reinvented their own here, but it's still a worthy addition to their canon. [22 Oct 20163, p.67]
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Oct 20, 2016Branching out, but not too far, Suffering is heavy enough to stand proudly in the Korn kanon, but not daring enough to be much else.
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Oct 25, 2016There are sludgy, down-tuned power chords, there are whiny lyrics about how life is constantly unfair (reminder: Korn frontman Jonathan Davis is 45 years old), there is even that vocal tic where Davis sort of cackles like a disturbed demon.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 77 out of 89
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Mixed: 5 out of 89
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Negative: 7 out of 89
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