Album Info
Name : Issues
Producer : Brendan O'brian
Release Date : Nov 16 Worldwide
Guests : None
First Single : Falling Away From Me
Cover Designs
Korn and MTV held a competition for fans to design the cover of Issues. Over 25,000 designs were received. Four entries were so outstanding that the for a limited time there will be 4 different covers. The best of the four will then be the permanent cover.
Check out the four winning covers here. The winning cover was designed by Alfredo Carlos. The three finalists are Vince Queau, Jamil "Phoenix" Clarke and Brad Lambert.
Winner Profiles
Find out more about the Issues cover winners. Two of the four winners have given Issues-KoRn exclusive interviews!
Also check out our cover design gallery where other artists work is on display.
Album Review
When you think that you've finally grasped the chaos of Korn, then comes "Issues" to blow your mind. The involved, tripped-out 4th album from the thrash-metal titans stretches the dimensions of neo-metal thought. [More]
It looks like a great time was had by all who attended the recent
autograph signing in Northridge, California.
Thanks to our friend Mark McLaughlin from Korn.com who was at the signing and took a bunch
of snaps which we've put up for your viewing pleasure.
The in-store was hosted by ISSUES cover art contest winner Alfredo Carlos, who was presented with a plaque from the band in honor of his entry, which was chosen from over 20,000 fan submissions to appear on the cover of ISSUES. As part of the contest, the Southern California-based Alfredo also received a $10,000 prize and appeared with the band on MTV's "Total Request Live." In addition, three additional finalists were chosen for limited edition covers of the album.
As usual there were loyal Kornweb visitors in the crowd who have kindly sent us their reports of the day.
Korn Perform Issues Live at Apollo Theatre
KORN performed a landmark sold-out show at The Apollo Theatre in Harlem on the eve of ISSUES' November 16 release. At a press conference the following day, the band announced a nine-week U.S. tour set to kick off in mid-February.
At the sold-out Apollo show--which marked the first-ever rock concert at this historic venue--KORN world premiered ISSUES in its entirety and in sequence with a live global broadcast via radio, satellite and the Internet. The band were joined onstage by the Pipes & Drums of the NYPD Emerald Society and a choir, conducted by acclaimed musical director Richard Gibbs (who has composed music for films such as "Dr. Doolittle" and "Say Anything" and has worked with Robert Palmer, Chaka Khan and Aretha Franklin). The set list of course included the current single, "Falling Away From Me," which is currently bulleted at #11 in its third week on the Billboard Modern Rock chart and holds the #15 spot on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
Of the group's intense live performance, Devin Gordon of Newsweek noted: "...for one blistering, bizarre hour at the Apollo, rock and roll ruled the roost
