A 23-minute video recap of Korn‘s participation in this year’s Soundwave festival, which took place in February and March in Australia, can be seen below.
Korn‘s eleventh studio album, “The Paradigm Shift” (Prospect Park), sold 46,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 8 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on October 8, 2013 via Prospect Park.
“The Paradigm Shift” is the first Korn disc to feature guitarist Brian “Head” Welch since 2003’s “Take A Look In The Mirror” and follows up 2011’s dubstep experiment, “The Path Of Totality”.
Welch told Rolling Stone that the new album has “the old Korn vibe, but with a new twist . . . The end product is a really good mix of old Korn mixed with some new elements. It’s got a fresh new Korn 2013 sound.”
Welch left Korn in 2005, got sober and embraced Christianity, saying that as a single father he did not want his daughter around the rock and roll lifestyle. “The last two years I was in Korn, I partied non-stop and started doing speed every day,” he said. “I got so addicted that I got scared. I tried to go to rehab, but that didn’t work. No one could help me. Then I ended up seeing if Jesus was real, and He instantly took the drugs away. He revealed Himself to me and gave me the strength. Once I figured that out, I knew I was accountable to God.”
Welch pursued a solo career for several years before rejoining Korn onstage in 2012 at a festival.
In 2012 Welch reunited with the group permanently and recorded his first album with them in 10 years, “The Paradigm Shift” which is released on October 8 2013.
To read our review for “The Paradigm Shift” click here.
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Sat, May 31, 2014 Kansas City, MO, United States Rock Fest – Liberty Memorial Park
Fri, Jun 27, 2014 Alberta, Canada Tail Creek Mud & Music Festival
Sat, Jun 28, 2014 Alberta, Canada Tail Creek Mud & Music Festival
Sun, Jun 29, 2014 Alberta, Canada Tail Creek Mud & Music Festival
Sat, Jul 5, 2014 San Bernardino, CA, United States San Manuel Amphitheater
Sun, Jul 6, 2014 Mountain View, CA, United States Shoreline Amphitheatre
Tue, Jul 8, 2014 Auburn, WA, United States White River Amphitheatre
Wed, Jul 9, 2014 Nampa, ID, United States Idaho Center Amphitheater
Fri, Jul 11, 2014 Phoenix, AZ, United States AK-Chin Pavilion
Sat, Jul 12, 2014 Albuquerque, NM, United States Isleta Amphitheater
Mon, Jul 14, 2014 Morrison, CO, United States Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Tue, Jul 15, 2014 Maryland Heights, MO, United States Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Thu, Jul 17, 2014 Clarkston, MI, United States DTE Energy Music Theatre
Fri, Jul 18, 2014 Oshkosh, WI, United States Rock USA Festival
Sat, Jul 19, 2014 Noblesville, IN, United States Klipsch Music Center
Sun, Jul 20, 2014 Tinley Park, IL, United States First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Tue, Jul 22, 2014 Mansfield, MA, United States Xfinity Center
Wed, Jul 23, 2014 Saratoga Springs, NY, United States Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 Toronto, ON, Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 Burgettstown, PA, United States First Niagra Pavilion
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 Hartford, CT, United States Xfinity Theatre
Tue, Jul 29, 2014 Darien Center, NY, United States Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Wed, Jul 30, 2014 Wantagh, NY, United States Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
Fri, Aug 1, 2014 Camden, NJ, United States Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat, Aug 2, 2014 Scranton, PA, United States Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
Sun, Aug 3, 2014 Bristow, VA, United States Jiffy Lube Live
Tue, Aug 5, 2014 Atlanta, GA, United States Lakewood Amphitheatre
Thu, Aug 7, 2014 Oklahoma City, OK, United States OKC Downtown Airpark
Sat, Aug 9, 2014 Dallas, TX, United States Gexa Energy Pavilion
Sun, Aug 10, 2014 The Woodlands, TX, United States Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
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