Korn Logo Patch

Follow the Leader wasn’t just a Korn album — it was the moment nu-metal went from underground pressure to a full-blown cultural takeover.

Formed in Bakersfield, California, Korn rewrote the rules of heavy music by pulling from hip-hop, metal, funk, and pure psychological chaos. Their sound was darker, slower, and more confrontational than anything breaking through in the mid-’90s. Down-tuned guitars, slap bass, dissonance, and Jonathan Davis’s unmistakable vocals turned alienation, anger, and vulnerability into something brutally honest and impossible to ignore.

Korn helped define what would later be labeled nu-metal, but they were never chasing trends — they were creating them. Their influence reshaped heavy music, opening the door for countless bands that followed while proving that raw emotion and heaviness could coexist in the mainstream without compromise.

The distorted Korn logo became an icon of that disruption. Unpolished, aggressive, and instantly recognizable, it represents a band that never cleaned up their sound to make anyone comfortable. This patch is a direct nod to that legacy — the band that broke rules, crossed genres, and permanently altered the landscape of heavy music.

Size: 4 x 4 inches

Material: Heavy-duty black duck cotton canvas

Type: Sew-on patch