According to Korn.com, Korn‘s much-anticipated 11th studio album, “The Paradigm Shift” [Prospect Park], has had its release date pushed back to October 8 from the previously announced October 1. The follow-up to 2011’s “The Path Of Totality” features the return of guitarist Brian “Head” Welch to the lineup after more than eight years away. His last album with the band was 2003’s “Take A Look In The Mirror”.
“Never Never”, the first single from “The Paradigm Shift”, will arrive online and at radio stations on August 12 and singer Jonathan Davis shared some insight with The Pulse Of Radio into what it’s about. “I mean, it’s about relationships,” he said. “it’s about anything. It seems like you try and try to make things work and you repeatedly fail at it. It’s just like, throw your hands up in the air and give up, and it’s that kind of vibe. I was feeling that towards life, basically.”
Other songs on the new set, which was recorded with producer Don Gilmore [Linkin Park, Bullet For My Valentine, Lacuna Coil] atBuck Owens‘ studio in Korn‘s original hometown Bakersfield and at Los Angeles’s famed NRG Recording Studios, include “Prey For Me”, “Love & Meth”, “Spike In My Veins”, “Mass Hysteria”, “Paranoid And Aroused” and “Victimized”.
The deluxe version of “The Paradigm Shift” will include a 60-minute documentary on Welch‘s return to the group and two bonus tracks, “Wish I Wasn’t Born Today” and “Tell Me What You Want”.
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:
Sat, Aug 17, 2013 Shanghai Outdoor Stadium, Shanghai, China
Thu, Aug 22, 2013 Syracuse, NY, United States New York State Fair Grandstand
Sat, Aug 24, 2013 Rock Jam, Grand Junction, CO, United States
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 Isleta Amphitheater, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Sat, Sep 14, 2013 Discovery Park, Sacramento, CA, United States
Fri, Oct 11, 2013 Big Fresno Fair, Fresno, CA, United States
Sat, Oct 19, 2013 Arena Anhembi, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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