"When we heard this record was out there, we said, 'F--- release dates--our fans want it now!," Korn frontman Jonathan Davis said in a statement. "Korn fan have always been rabid when it comes to our music and if they can't wait, we're going to work with the label to put it out as fast as we can."

The band decided to move up the release date in part because the quality of the version leaked to the Internet is sub par, according to the statement.

"We want our fans to hear the album the way it was meant to be heard," Davis said.

The move to release an album sooner than planned in order to defeat Internet piracy is becoming more common; earlier this year, 50 Cent, Metallica and Jay-Z bumped up the release dates for their albums. Eminem became one of the first artists to do so with his 2002 album, "The Eminem Show."

"Take a Look in the Mirror" is Korn's sixth album, and is its first self-produced effort. The CD will be available in a special-edition version with "deluxe packaging, featuring an expanded CD booklet, with early archival photos from the band's personal collection, and extensive liner notes," according to a press release. The disc will also include a bonus track of Korn's live performance of Metallica's "One," recorded during the group's appearance on "MTVIcon: Metallica" earlier this year.

Korn is in the midst of a co-headlining tour with Limp Bizkit.