Korn's new album The Serenity of Suffering has long been touted by the band as a return to its earlier sound, and if the new single is any indication then I can't say those statements are too far off the mark. While we'll still have to wait until October 21 to judge the whole thing front to back, frontman Jonathan Davis has told Billboard that the new album is in the same vein as 2002's Untouchables.
So at least you know what to expect a little bit more.
“I always thought this was the album that’s in the same vein as ‘Untouchables‘, ’cause that’s my favorite Korn record in totality. Sonically it’s massive; the production on it is over the top; I love my vocal sounds, everything in the music is amazing. It’s still old-school Korn with the heaviness and the grooves, but there’s something new and fresh about it that I like.
I can’t stop listening to it. In the beginning I didn’t really know what I thought. There’s still electronic stuff in it, ’cause I love the electronic stuff. I’m really proud of the record. That’s what differentiates it from the last one; there’s a lot of cool, subtle stuff in there. So it’s not overbearingly electronic, but it’s still heavy ’cause we wanted to make a heavy record. Everybody in the band wanted to make a heavy record. I think we pulled it off.”
As a non-Korn fan, I'm interested to hear this record. I'm familiar enough with the band's work to know that I'm not a huge fan of the electronica stuff, and to know what the heavy stuff from the good ol' days sound like. So we'll see!
Listen to the new single, "Rotting In Vain" and decide for yourself.
