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Korn release new video for “Worst Is On Its Way” from ‘Requiem’—watch
Korn have shared a new music video for “Worst Is On Its Way.” The track comes off the band’s most recent album, Requiem. The visual for “Worst Is On Its Way” was directed by Craig Bernard and Culley Bunker. Read more: Slipknot, The Sandbox unleash new metaverse experience KNOTVERSE Jonathan Davis connected with Alternative Press […]
twenty one pilots, Korn, Evanescence and 7 other things you need to check out this week
Check out The Latest – for all the essential new music, tickets and livestreams you need right now. twenty one pilots hit the silver screen We’re still busy trying to pick up the pieces of our mind after having it blown by twenty one pilots’ livestream experience last year. Now, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun […]
Korn and Evanescence announce co-headlining 2022 summer tour
Korn and Evanescence have joined forces to announce a 2022 summer tour. Special guests will vary across select dates. Check out the full list of dates below. The announcement comes after the two bands posted the same mysterious teaser video on their social media accounts without any context. Read more: “People like listening to me […]
“People like listening to me being horribly in pain”: the oral history of Korn
Jonathan Davis is bathed in blood red. Thankfully, it’s merely the lighting in his home office, where he keeps suitably vampiric hours, surrounded by a treasure trove of Korn memorabilia that confirms his status as his band’s most ardent fan. “I am,” the 51-year-old agrees with a laugh, as he runs AP through some of […]
Korn release “Lost In The Grandeur” ahead of new album 'Requiem'–listen
Korn have released “Lost In The Grandeur” ahead of their upcoming album Requiem. The track follows the releases of “Start The Healing” and “Forgotten.” The band’s latest project is due out Friday (Feb. 4). Ahead of the band’s new album, guitarist Brian “Head” Welch spoke to Metal Hammer about the band’s relationship to nü metal. […]
20 greatest Roadrunner Records bands, from Slipknot to Turnstile
Since its foundation in 1980, Roadrunner Records has been a go-to name for outstanding established bands and a reliable home for new acts looking to ground their roots. Where metal has pushed its boundaries and changed its ever-evolving face, Roadrunner has supported and nurtured growth to new heights. From carrying Slipknot’s career to the stars, […]
20 nü-metal bands that defined the late '90s and early 2000s
On paper, hip-hop and metal shouldn’t work together — two polarizing genres with very different intentions and attitudes. However, thanks to a new wave of outfits in the late ‘90s and early 2000s bravely merging the two contrasting flavors at the same time, nü metal was born. Read more: A beginner’s guide to Linkin Park: […]
20 artists who defined the sound of nü metal from past to present
Whether or not you lived through the golden age of MTV and JNCO jeans, the discovery of the nü-metal phenomenon was an awakening for any generation. Slamming orchestrated metal intensity in the same track as raw, off-the-cuff hip-hop energy sounds like a contradiction. In many ways, the genre seemed like a musical oxymoron that would […]
This is why alternative fashion is transforming the mainstream
For a while now, what used to once fall under the term “alternative” has been pushing its way into the mainstream. Once fringe areas of creativity and artistry now sit comfortably alongside their more traditionally popular forms. And this holds particularly true when it comes to music and fashion, each feeding off the other in […]
Love And Death are doing everything they can’t do in Korn and Breaking Benjamin
It’s been nearly eight years since Love And Death’s last album, Between Here And Lost, but the project’s return couldn’t have come at a better time. With scheduling difficulties being cleared due to the pandemic, Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch, longtime collaborator and Breaking Benjamin guitarist Jasen Rauch, J.R. Bareis and Isaiah Perez have finally […]
The ‘Jackass 4’ cast knows they’re older now but Steve-O has a solution
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Jackass fans won’t be able to see the highly-anticipated Jackass 4 until September 2021. Despite the delay, however, Steve-O is opening up on the new film and reflecting back on Jackass‘ 20-year reign as the most extreme group of comedians the world’s ever seen. Read more: It looks like a […]
Jonathan Davis opens up about drug use during Korn’s early years
Korn‘s Jonathan Davis recently sat down for an episode of Steve-O‘s Wide Ride! podcast. During the interview, Davis details his past meth use during Korn’s early years and reveals why 2019’s The Nothing was so hard for him to make. Read more: A Dumbledore show starring Jude Law could be heading to HBO Max Last […]
Find out what kind of rock star you would be based on your zodiac sign
Who among us hasn’t fantasized about living the rock star life? (Well, besides rappers.) Seriously though, who wouldn’t want a gig like that? The tears of the bright-eyed are the lubrication that keeps the rock ‘n’ roll machine pumping along. But what if a life of stardom could be gleaned from the stars themselves? In […]
Ozzy Osbourne cancels SXSW appearance due to coronavirus concerns
Ozzy Osbourne has canceled his appearance at this year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin, Texas. The heavy metal icon is following the lead of various artists and major corporations who are passing on attending due to the threat of the coronavirus. While in Austin, the singer had planned to attend the world […]
Top 50 metal songs from the past 20 years
Metal has come a long way across the past two decades. From breaking away from the ’90s nü-metal boom into the new wave of American heavy metal and the shift to metalcore, deathcore and hardcore taking over once that scene started to fizzle out, there have been a ton of developments from bands both old […]
Korn vocalist "went to a really dark place" after losing his mother and wife
Nu metal legends Korn dropped their phenomenal 13th full-length album The Nothing earlier this year but vocalist Jonathan Davis faced some hardships during recording that affected him. The musician discusses losing his mother and his wife in the latest docuseries episode about the album. Read More: Spotify Tastebuds feature to allow music discovery through your friends Davis talks […]
Korn still feel the old pain on ‘The Nothing’—review
It’s a condition, not a phase. Kilted, bearded and occasionally bagpiping, Jonathan Davis has now spent a full 26 years as frontman of Korn, using a monster-shaped, H.R. Giger-designed microphone stand to report from his therapist’s couch. Before “emo” became a widespread, reductive shorthand, we described that dynamic with terms such as “primal pain.” Davis […]
Korn groove through 13th full-length, ‘The Nothing’—listen
Korn are delivering their 13th album, The Nothing, appropriately on Sept. 13. The effort marks a sonic shift for the band, one they’ve been discussing over the past year or so. In May 2018, Jonathan Davis was in the midst of gearing up for the release of his debut solo album, Black Labyrinth. During an […]
Jonathan Davis “went full-on Queen” vocally for upcoming Korn record
Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis has opened up about the band’s highly-anticipated album The Nothing and compared the sound of it to Queen. The band just dropped the first single from the album called “You’ll Never Find Me.” According to Davis, the new full-length is an abstract look on “an extraordinary force” within the world we […]
Korn tease fans with mysterious abstract art, sign-up link
Korn are now teasing something and driving fans crazy with what it all could possibly mean. The band shared an abstract image on Monday on social media with a caption that urges fans to “sign up now.” Read more: Mötley Crüe condemn Reelz docu-series portrayal, send cease-and-desist The caption also includes the band’s website, so […]
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