How in the actual fuck was this released in 2005? I could have sworn to you it was put out in 2007 but alas I am old and time is slipping away from me at an alarming pace. It’s slippery in here.
Anyways. This marked a transitional period for Korn, where they entered into a much, dare I say, tamer direction of sound. This culminates with Korn II / Untitled being the absolute low point, but on this record, it kinda works. David Silveria is still on drums at this point, which gives the tracks a bit more heft, and the big singles such as “Twisted Transistor” and “Coming Undone” are still holding up very well.
Songs like “Getting Off”, “Politics” or “10 Or A 2-Way” (whatever the fuck that means) are absolutely weak as piss however, showing that cracks were finally showing in the armour of one of the most successful bands of the 90s. Yes, it is also true that the record before this, Take A Look In The Mirror, was also rather poor, but that was a direct continuation of the themes on the excellent Untouchables. You could draw parallels to Metallica’s Load and ReLoad with those two. Here on See You On The Other Side though, the band have clearly taken the decision to pursue a different direction, which is admirable, but the results were mixed.