Earlier this month Korn frontman Jonathan Davis revealed that he originally felt Sepultura‘s 1996 album “Roots” was a “blatant Korn rip off.” Though he admitted that he’s since changed his stance and said he now appreciates the album, which he himself guests on, it’s become a topic of conversation for the band’s former brotherly duo of Max and Iggor Cavalera. That pair have been touring behind it with full-album performances as of late and during an appearance on ‘Démentièllement Vôtre‘ (via Blabbermouth,) Iggor said of Davis‘ comments:
“I don’t see it like that. I think especially the sound of Korn, in my opinion, with the bass, is horrible. We didn’t have that; we had a lot of low end and things that the Korn album didn’t have. So I don’t see why he would be pissed off, because I don’t see that much of a [similarity] between the two of them.”
Max added:
“Plus, Korn wasn’t the only reason we wanted to work with Ross [Robinson.] He had done a Fear Factory demo that I really liked and had a really raw sound. And he had done a Deftones song on the ‘Adrenaline‘ album that I really liked.”
“Saying that is like saying Sepultura should be pissed off at Cannibal Corpse because they used [producer] Scott Burns. I’m not pissed off at Cannibal Corpse; I think they’re great. ‘Cause we were one of the first that used Scott Burns, we should be mad at all the bands that use Scott Burns? That’s childish. So he’s just really being childish. And I really don’t give a shit about Korn or anybody.
“We [were] very different from [Korn]; we have own way of playing and the songs are different. Everything is different. It’s just the same guy that recorded [both albums]; that’s the only similarity.”
He later added:
“Even some of the Korn guys said somewhere else that they were influenced by [Sepultura‘s] ‘Chaos A.D.‘ when they were making their music, so it’s kind of weird to hear that.”
