I was planning on writing a review of See You on the Other Side, but it’s going to take more time than I thought. I want to really listen to it and then take the time to do a big write up. Some first thoughts: it’s a very different album and it’s going to split the fan base right in half. It’s a experimentation album much like Issues was. With Head gone, there was no way it was going to sound like the same old Korn. I hear a lot of cinematic touches that Davis has grown real fond to. The whole album sounds expensive, the production is really through the roof. I think that helps and hurts though as it doesn’t sound like raw old school Korn, and this one has an even greater electronica feel than Issues ever did. In fact there are a few instances where it doesn’t sound like Korn at all aside from Jon’s tradmark vocals (I actually hate the last track “Tearjerker” because it sounds nothing like Korn, it seems like it would have been better suited for a solo album from Jon). There are more than a few songs that I can’t get out of my head though.

I like every album they’ve put out and this one is no exception…it’s just a really different style. They still rock (s’up “Liar”, “Hypocrites”!) but metal, they are not. Then again they really haven’t been metal since the first album so that’s really not suprising.

I’m shooting for Sunday to have my review done.