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Korn III: Remember Who You Are (2010)

Where the lyrics of Korn III: Remember Who You Are take you, and where it was really made.

Korn's ninth album was recorded in a cramped 8 x 8 foot cubicle, even though the band had access to a large recording studio.

Key places

Recorded at Korn Studios (2010)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — The release credits list Korn Studios as the recording location of the album. The point sits at Los Angeles city center, not at the studio building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Cover photo shot in Oildale (2010)

Album cover Oildale, California — The front cover photo was shot in Oildale, California. Roadrunner Records described the image as a gripping image. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Korn III: Remember Who You Are is the ninth studio album by the American nu metal band Korn
• Released July 13, 2010
• The second album recorded as a quartet after the 2005 album See You on the Other Side
• Vocalist Jonathan Davis called the album simple because it lacks the multi-layered effects of the band's other albums
• The album returns the band to its roots
• First album since 1996's Life Is Peachy to be produced by Ross Robinson
• First album with drummer Ray Luzier, who had previously been a fill-in member

Background

• Followed the untitled eighth album (July 2007, Virgin Records) and a ten-month hiatus during which members focused on solo projects
• The band was unsigned during recording and paid for the album and the Escape from the Studio tour itself
• Luzier replaced former drummer David Silveria; it was his first appearance on a Korn album
• Robinson had previously produced Korn and Life Is Peachy, and was hired again as producer

Recording

• The band wrote material in Arvizu's garage, with Luzier, Arvizu and Shaffer writing early songs
• The album was recorded as a four-piece with guitars and lap steel, without keyboards
• Recorded on an analog 24-track tape machine without Pro Tools, similar to the band's first albums
• Davis wrote eleven songs in less than five days and recorded demos himself
• Robinson insisted on recording in a cramped space nicknamed the catbox, originally meant for guitars

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993 by James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and David Silveria, former members of L.A.P.D.
• Name styled KoЯn; the backwards R was borrowed from the Toys R Us logo.
• Demo Neidermayer's Mind (1993) pioneered the nu metal sound.

Members

• Current: Jonathan Davis (vocals), James "Munky" Shaffer (guitar), Brian "Head" Welch (guitar, returned 2013), Ray Luzier (drums, since 2008).
• Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu (bass) departed in 2021; Silveria left in 2006.

Career

• Debut album Korn (1994); Life Is Peachy (1996) brought commercial breakthrough.
• Follow the Leader (1998) and Issues (1999) both debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
• Over 40 million records sold worldwide as of 2021; two Grammy Awards from eight nominations.
• Fourteen official releases reached the Billboard 200 top ten; the band is credited as the originators of nu metal.

Reception

At release

• Metacritic: mixed or average reviews, with a weighted average score of 57 out of 100 from 12 critic scores
• AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine was very critical of the 2007 untitled album
• Erlewine said the band went back to the coiled, furious sputter of its debut, but the album shows Korn is an older band
• AllMusic originally gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, later revised to 2.5
• Rock Sound's Giles Moorhouse gave the album 8 out of 10
• Moorhouse called Let the Guilt Go an absolute monster that could stand against mosh anthems by Slipknot and Drowning Pool
• BBC's Louis Pattison wrote that the album is the sound of a band recycling its past rather than rediscovering it

Records

• US: sold 63,000 copies in its first week, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200
• Tour support: the band released Korn Live: The Encounter, filmed at crop circles, as a live concert tied to the album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title refers to the band's third album with producer Ross Robinson, who produced their first two albums.
• Robinson insisted the album be recorded in a small 8' x 8' cubicle, a space originally intended for recording guitars and nicknamed the catbox.
• Together with Untouchables, this is the only Korn album without bagpipes, according to the French article.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · fr.wikipedia.org

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