The first two in a series of track-by-track videos for Korn‘s 11th studio album, “The Paradigm Shift”, can be seen below. The clips focus on the CD’s first single, “Never Never”, and the track “Love & Meth”. Like the album itself, the single is the first to feature original Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch in more than eight years. Welch rejoined the group permanently earlier this year after leaving in 2005.
According to The Pulse Of Radio, the melodic, almost pop-driven style of “Never Never” has met with some mixed reactions from Korn fans, which singer Jonathan Davis told Metal Hammer was his intention. He explained, “We put this out first cause I knew it was going to piss off a lot of people. And um, so I did it. That song ain’t for dudes, it’s for the ladies.”
Guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer told The Pulse Of Radio that the new disc is another big step forward for the band musically. “The melodies on it, on the tracks we did, they just sound like, so much like a mature band,” he said. “Sounds like they’re well thought out, the themes of, you know, the songs that Jonathan wrote about — it’s just where we are now. Every record’s just sort of a snapshot of where you are musically, personally . . . financially. [laughs].”
Korn will release “The Paradigm Shift” on October 8. A deluxe edition will feature two bonus tracks and a documentary DVD called “Reconciliation”.
The band will kick off a headlining North American tour on September 26 in Philadelphia, concluding in Las Vegas on October 12.
Tracklist:
01. Prey For Me
02. Love & Meth
03. What We Do
04. Spike In My Veins
05. Mass Hysteria
06. Paranoid And Aroused
07. Never Never
08. Punishment Time
09. Lullaby For A Sadist
10. Victimized
11. It’s All Wrong
12. Wish I Wasn’t Born Today [bonus track on deluxe edition]
13. Tell Me What You Want [bonus track on deluxe edition]
Upcoming Shows:
Sun, Sep 22, 2013 @ Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, AZ, United States
Thu, Sep 26, 2013 @ Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Fri, Sep 27, 2013 @ Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, United States
Sat, Sep 28, 2013 @ The Palladium, Worcester, MA, United States
Mon, Sep 30, 2013 @ Sound Academy, Toronto, ON, Canada
Tue, Oct 1, 2013 @ The Fillmore, Detroit, MI, United States
Wed, Oct 2, 2013 @ Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, United States
Thu, Oct 3, 2013 @ The Myth, St. Paul, MN, United States
Sat, Oct 5, 2013 @ 1st Bank Center, Broomfield, CO, United States
Thu, Oct 10, 2013 @ The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Fri, Oct 11, 2013 @ Big Fresno Fair, Fresno, CA, United States
Sat, Oct 12, 2013 @ The Pearl Concert Theater, Las Vegas, NV, United States
Sat, Oct 19, 2013 @ Arena Anhembi, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tue, Oct 22, 2013 @ Estadio Cubierto Malvinas Argentinas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fri, Oct 25, 2013 @ Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie, Grand Prairie, TX, United States
Sat, Oct 26, 2013 @ Socorro Entertainment Center, Socorro, TX, United States
Sat, Feb 22, 2014 Brisbane, Australia
Sun, Feb 23, 2014 @ RNA Showgrounds, Sydney, Australia Olympic Park
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
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Video below ‘Never Never’
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