Untouchables
by Korn
  • Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: Jun 11, 2002
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Rolling Stone
    60
    With his background in both trailblazing funk and hard art-rock, producer Michael Beinhorn helps Korn's vicious rhythm section pound harder while expanding the band's higher frequencies with electronics and symphonics, even as its famously down-tuned guitars buzz away.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    50
    Nothing here explains the reported $4.5 million budget. [28 June 2002, p.142]
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  3. CultureDose.net
    50
    Untouchables ends up heavy on stadium rock bluster, with precious little of the musical texture and intricacy that made Follow the Leader one of the few transcendent albums of its genre.

Awards & Rankings

51
#51 Best Album of 2002
24
#24 Most Discussed Album of 2002
32
#32 Most Shared Album of 2002

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 128 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 118 out of 128
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 128
  3. Negative: 6 out of 128
  1. Shadow96
    Feb 20, 2012
    10
    I have been a KoRn fan for already three months, and i can´t say their records are very good (except for a few) but this one isI have been a KoRn fan for already three months, and i can´t say their records are very good (except for a few) but this one is different. It may be heavier than their other albums, and it´s very probable that you won´t understand anything until the tenth time you hear it, but it´s worth enough. Untouchables is a Heavy/Industrial/Alternative/Whatever Metal album, long and full of strength. Since the amazing Grammy-awarded Here to stay and the epic Thoughtless too the depressive ballad Alone I Break It´s a modern classic.… Full Review »
  2. Jay_Pickens
    Jul 25, 2018
    9
    What a classic nu-metal album. This is a time capsule that brings me back to the good old days of 2002. If you don't headbang to Here To Stay,What a classic nu-metal album. This is a time capsule that brings me back to the good old days of 2002. If you don't headbang to Here To Stay, we can't be friends. Pickens approves!… Full Review »
  3. JaydenPickens
    Feb 20, 2019
    9
    What a classic nu-metal album. This is a time capsule that brings me back to the good old days of 2002. If you don't headbang to Here To Stay,What a classic nu-metal album. This is a time capsule that brings me back to the good old days of 2002. If you don't headbang to Here To Stay, we can't be friends. Pickens approves!… Full Review »
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