Fugitive Edward Snowden, Miley Cyrus, disgraced Toronto mayor Rob Ford and Kanye West all “star” in ‘Spike In My Veins’, the provocative new video from Korn that’s based on the second single from the band’s Top 10 album, “The Paradigm Shift”. Government corruption, NSA spying tactics, political scandals, the cult of celebrity and more — the video’s assaultive imagery underlines and comments on how the media projects chaos into our lives.
“We are the ones taking all the pain/Falling on our faces, they don’t care anyway,” Korn frontman Jonathan Davis announces in the opening lines of “Spike In My Veins”, currently Top 10 and rising on the rock chart. Directed by David Dinetz and his team at Culprit Creative, the video can be seen here.
Korn‘s eleventh studio album, “The Paradigm Shift”, 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 Brian “Head” Welch since 2003’s “Take A Look In The Mirror” and follows up 2011’s dubstep experiment, “The Path Of Totality”.
Welch recently 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 after he converted to Christianity and got off drugs. He rejoined them for a handful of live performances last year before officially becoming part of the lineup again in early 2013.
Korn will kick off its new world tour in Australia on February 20.
To read our review for “The Paradigm Shift” click here.
Upcoming Shows:
Thu, Feb 20, 2014 Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Sat, Feb 22, 2014 RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane, Australia
Sun, Feb 23, 2014 Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 Flemington Race Course, Melbourne, Australia
Sat, Mar 1, 2014 Bonython Park, Adelaide, Australia
Mon, Mar 3, 2014 Claremont Showground, Perth, Australia
Wed, Mar 5, 2014 Fort Canning Park , Fort Gate, Singapore
Sat, Mar 15, 2014 Hell & Heaven Metal Fest, Mexico City, Mexico
Tue, May 13, 2014 A2 Arena, St Petersburg , Russia
Thu, May 15, 2014 Stadium Live, Moscow, Russia
Fri, May 16, 2014 Stereoplaza, Kyiv, Ukraine
Sat, May 17, 2014 Palace of Sports, Minsk, Belarus
Mon, May 19, 2014 DVORETS SPORTA YARYGINA, KRASNOYARSK, Russia
Tue, May 20, 2014 DVORETS SPORTA SIBIR, NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia
Thu, May 22, 2014 DS KRK URALETS, YEKATERINBURG, Russia
Fri, May 23, 2014 PALACE OF SPORTS, UFA, Russia
Sat, May 24, 2014 TRUD STADIUM, NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia
Mon, May 26, 2014 EVENT HALL, VORONEZH, Russia
Tue, May 27, 2014 KSK EXPRESS, ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia
Wed, May 28, 2014 DS OLYMP, KRASNODAR, Russia
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