Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Korn‘s music video for the song ‘Black Is The Soul’ can be seen below. The track is taken from the band’s latest album, “The Serenity Of Suffering”, which came out at the end of October.
Said Korn singer Jonathan Davis: “‘Black Is The Soul’ is a song about being pulled away from the right path and the video reflects that experience of trying to navigate those conflicting emotions.” Guitarist James “Munky Shaffer added: “I feel that this songwriting and production paired with the aesthetic look of the video shows a maturity and growth from the band that is continually evolving.”
‘Black Is The Soul’ was reportedly written on the birthday of Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch‘s mother. Welch said in a track-by-track video interview: “The working title for that song was ‘Mary Ellen Thrash’, ’cause her name is Mary Allen and then it turned into ‘Black Is The Soul’, which is kind of creepy after it being named after my mom.”
Welch continued: “Jonathan wrote that as one of the first songs, and he really did a good job on that one. And the lyrics… I love that line, actually: ‘Black is the soul that’s led astray.’ ‘Cause we’ve all been there — we’ve all been led astray in some in life that is unhealthy.”
Our review of “The Serenity Of Suffering” can be found here.
Korn and Stone Sour will join forces for a summer tour together with Skillet, Yelawolf, Islander, Ded, and Babymetal, which kicked off on June 16 at the USANA Amphitheatre in Salt Lake City, Utah. The trek will continue through early August. Dates and locations are listed below.
“THE SERENITY OF SUMMER” 2017 U.S. TOUR
6/16 – 6/25 WITH STONE SOUR, BABY METAL, YELAWOLF & ISLANDER
7/19 – 8/2 WITH STONE SOUR, SKILLET, YELAWOLF & DED
Jul 01 T Mobile Arena Las Vegas, NV
Jul 12 Chippewa Valley Festival Site Cadott, WI
Jul 13 Ford Festival Park Oshkosh, WI
Jul 14 Rock Fest Cadott, WI
Jul 15 Chicago Open Air Festival Chicago, IL
Jul 16 Toyota Park Bridgeview, IL
Jul 19 Lakeview Amphitheatre Syracuse, NY
Jul 20 Xfinity Center Mansfield, MA
Jul 21 Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion Bangor, ME
Jul 22 Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion Bangor, ME
Jul 23 The Xfinity Theatre Hartford, CT
Jul 25 Budweiser Stage Toronto, Canada
Jul 26 BB&T Pavilion Camden, NJ
Jul 27 PNC Bank Arts Center Holmdel, NJ
Jul 29 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville, IN
Jul 30 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI
Aug 01 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati, OH
Aug 02 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Aug 11 Kortrijk festival area Kortrijk, Belgium
Aug 12 Vier Linden Hildesheim, Germany
Aug 13 Kortrijk Kortrijk, Belgium
Aug 15 Słupsk Słupsk, Poland
Aug 17 Gröna Lund Stockholm, Sweden
Aug 19 Summerbreeze Festival Dinkelsbühl, Germany
Aug 20 Z7 Konzertfabrik Pratteln, Switzerland
Aug 21 SAARLANDHALLE SAARBRUCKEN Saarbrucken, Germany
Aug 23 02 Academy Brixton London, United Kingdom
Aug 24 Square Bayard Charleville MÉziÈres, France
Aug 25 Cabaret Vert Charleville, France
Aug 27 Reading & Leeds Festival Leeds, United Kingdom
Sep 22 High Elevation Rock Festival: Fiddlers Green Amphitheater Greenwood Village, CO
Sep 23 Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre Englewood, CO
Oct 07 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati, OH
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Video for ‘Black Is The Soul’ (Beyond The Video)