{"id":18401,"date":"2013-10-04T07:15:22","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T21:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=18401"},"modified":"2013-10-04T07:15:55","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T21:15:55","slug":"korn-%e2%80%93-the-paradigm-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2013\/10\/korn-%e2%80%93-the-paradigm-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Korn \u2013 The Paradigm Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In Summary: \u201cThey may not completely be the Korn of old, but they\u2019re sure as hell on the way back\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

There are a couple of things I\u2019m intrigued to get into about this new Korn album, firstly after their last album \u2018The Path of Totality\u2019 which was interesting to say the least, it can\u2019t be any worse, and the fact that this new album sees the return of \u2018Head\u2019 on guitars after his ten year absence from the band. So, let\u2019s see what Korn can come up with on this, their Paradigm Shift\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2018Prey For Me\u2019 is an apt opener, as I\u2019m praying it will be what we want to hear, that is the nu-metal band we all knew, and you know what? It is the goods, the riff kicks it off and lyrically \u2018I think I owe you an apology\u2026\u2019 is that for us? Maybe\u2026 but if not, this song is worthy of the opening slot and I dare say the opener to their live set, as the riffs continue throughout it, it\u2019s great to hear that two guitar assault back where it should be. \u2018Love & Meth\u2019 should\u2019ve been the theme song to Breaking Bad, but seriously this one has a great hook laden chorus and Jonathan Davis is sounding great on this album so far, and it\u2019s fair to say that three songs in the \u2018experimental\u2019 dubstep album could be put down to a phase as the guitars are back and \u2018What We Do\u2019 is the closest to old school Korn yet, it strays a little, but still the best so far. Ahh\u2026 here\u2019s a little dubstep, so it must be a slow phase out, but I must say the subtleness of it in \u2018Spike In My Veins\u2019 works, it\u2019s not over the top, and in fact this is a somewhat slowed down track throughout the verses but is well arranged and produced here, thanks to producer extraordinaire Don Gilmore who you may know from, oh I don\u2019t know, a little album called \u2018Hybrid Theory\u2019 by Linkin Park, so he\u2019s put his spin on this and it\u2019s working.<\/p>\n

\u2018Mass Hysteria\u2019 is just that, loud, in your face but nowhere near as much as \u2018Paranoid and Aroused\u2019 which is probably the \u2018heaviest\u2019 track on the album only to be followed by the single from the album \u2018Never Never\u2019 and in my opinion not the best reintroduction to the band, it\u2019s mellow\u2026 well for Korn anyway, there\u2019s no metal at all in this song, and in fact could\u2019ve come straight off their last album, to me it may be a good track but it just broke up what I was enjoying in terms of riffs and a return to the Korn of old. See, no sooner typed than done, riffs are back in my face and it\u2019s \u2018Punishment Time\u2019 and I have to say, there are great hooks in some of these songs, and this one in particular as it breaks down only to build again to a monster rockin\u2019 finish.<\/p>\n

Only a few tracks to go and ooh this one is a curveball, \u2018Lullaby For a Sadist\u2019 is another slower track, and not too bad, but I want riffs, I want \u2018Head\u2019 and \u2018Munky\u2019 to shine! It even sounds like \u2018Fieldy\u2019 has tightened up his bass strings; I mean what is going on? I guess after twenty years as a band, you grow, you make a dubstep album and then you come back to rock us again and rock us good. Operation phase out dubstep continues as we still get a whiff of it in \u2018Victimised\u2019 but again, toned back a little to let the guitars cut through and a chorus that should see many a fist raised and thrust towards the band on stage. Closing the album is a track titled \u2018It\u2019s All Wrong\u2019 and it\u2019s far from that, I can tell you right now, in fact as far as riffs go they are as fat as Albert and it\u2019s a great closer to an album I did enjoy. Sure a couple of tracks weren\u2019t my favourites, but find me an album these days where it\u2019s all killer and no filler\u2026 exactly, so I liked listening to this album and I\u2019ll happily do it again.<\/p>\n

For shits and giggles here we have some bonus tracks, I didn\u2019t even know these were here! I am always somewhat sceptical of a bonus track, like why weren\u2019t you good enough to be on the main album? What\u2019s wrong here? In the case of \u2018Wish I Wasn\u2019t Born Today\u2019, nothing, easily could\u2019ve made the final cut on the main album and close to my favourite song I\u2019ve listened to tonight, and lucky last, our second bonus track, ahhh, see now this one \u2019Tell Me What You Want\u2019 vocally sounds like vintage Davis, and lyrically it\u2019s maybe a little bit of a \u2018Fuck You\u2019 to a number of things, and why not too, for a band who has attracted its share of haters over these twenty years as a band, they have every right, but fuck them, don\u2019t like it, don\u2019t listen\u2026<\/p>\n

So, it\u2019s been three years since Korn have been on tour in Australia and now with their return for Soundwave in 2014, and with this new album under their belt, let\u2019s just say, they may not completely be the Korn of old, but they\u2019re sure as hell on the way back and I for one can\u2019t wait to hear some of these songs in their set.<\/p>\n

Essential Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Bakersfield, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Produced by:<\/strong> Don Gilmore<\/p>\n

Release date:<\/strong> 4 October 2013<\/p>\n

Label:<\/strong> Caroline \/ Prospect Park<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.korn.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Track Listing:
\n<\/strong>Prey for Me
\nLove & Meth
\nWhat We Do
\nSpike in My Veins
\nMass Hysteria
\nParanoid and Aroused
\nNever Never
\nPunishment Time
\nLullaby for a Sadist
\nVictimized
\nIt’s All Wrong
\nWish I Wasn\u2019t Born Today (bonus track)
\nTell Me What You Want (bonus track)<\/p>\n\n

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