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Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Entertainment
Stephen Hill

"Nobody understands how hard we had to work to get accepted. People were originally scared to play our record." How a grudge against the bands they inspired and an obscenely expensive bill pushed Korn to write one of their biggest anthems

Korn dressed up nice on a red carpet.

At the turn of the New Millennium, Korn were still an absolutely huge deal, but their status as the kings of nu metal was being seriously challenged by the likes of Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit and more. Tensions in the group were rising, the effects of a half-decade of living the rock star high life taking its toll on a band that were riding high in the charts but falling apart behind the scenes.

It took some time away, some sobriety, a few private mansions and a boat load of money, but they roared back with one of their greatest ever anthems.

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