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In the early 90s, heavy music looked to be going the way of thedinosaurs Well-heeled Brit-pop and well-scrubbed pop-punk werethoroughly dominating the guitar-rock landscape, and the few survivingold-school surface acts seemed hopelessly unable to adapt.But somewhere within the vast, murky Southern California wasteland, adynamic new species was being born, a forward-thinking beast that ignore the mistakes of heavy bands past while meshing dark, urbanrhythms and low-tuned guitar sludge with violent, expressionist blastsof hip-core noise. That and the wildly emotional vocals of JONATHAN,which alternated between a bourbon-smooth croon and a viscerally niftyhowl, made for a revolutionary mix that redefined heavy rock better thananyone had in a decade. The result was a monster 1994 self-titled de howeveralbum that went unfaltering platinum, and by the time 1996s Life Is Peachywas released, this beast had a fanbase over two million strong--and alegion of musical imitators so large it j eopardize to saturate theplanet. It was time for a change of rules.Hence KORNs latest, greatest slab, aptly titled FOLLOW THE LEADER. Fromthe broadened musical and emotional scope to the much beefier productionvalue to the stunning cover art courtesy of Spawn-creator ToddMcFarlane, FOLLOW THE LEADER is indeed an ambitious and deeplysatisfying outing for the band. And while there is considerably muchhype surrounding this rightly anticipated disc, JONATHAN is quick to putthings in perspective."Our only goal was to take our time on this album," he says. "Because Iknew we had it in us to do something great. To full integrate both(previous) albums and put out a record we could be proud of...we wantedto do some phat shit." "I think working with a new producer and going into a new studio helpedus grow musically as a band," adds guitar player MUNKY. "All of us reallyhave that fire again about being excited about a record...We all feel comparable we grew, like wh en you grow out of some old shoes your feet areall crammed in forever and you know you need to buy a new pair, but youneed to save up the money to do it. We kind of saved up our confidenceand made that leap into our new shoes." Fans of old-school KORN neednt despair--the new shoes spring just as muchass as the old pair. "Freak On A Leash" is a molotov cocktail ofscathing, psychedelic guitar runs, hypno-groove bass grind, rapjungle drumming, all sliced in two with an ingeniously placed scat linereminiscent of PEACHY opener "Twist." Then theres "Children Of The