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Korn announce dubstep album

By | Published on Thursday 29 September 2011

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So, when we published a story on 1 Apr announcing that Korn were recording dubstep tracks with Skrillex a lot of people thought we were joking. “April fool!” they all shouted. Oh how we wish that were true.

A metal band whose previous innovations include working with pop producers The Matrix, Korn have announced that for their tenth album, entitled ‘The Path Of Totality’, they have collaborated with a number of dubstep producers. As well as Skrillex, they also worked with Excision, Datsik, Noisia, Kill The Noise, and Twelfth Planet.

Guitarist James ‘Munky’ Shaffer explained that they had not initially planned to create a full dubstep album, but had been convinced when they shifted 150,000 copies of that initial track with Skrillex. “‘Get Up’ started as a bit of an experiment”, he said. “But we had such an amazing response from our fans and had such a great time collaborating that a full album of tracks came together in a couple of months. We couldn’t wait to get to the studio every day to finish the next song”.

Frontman Jonathon Davies added: “The title ‘The Path Of Totality’ refers to the fact that in order to see the sun in a full solar eclipse, you must be in the exact right place in the exact right time. That’s how this album came together. I think all the producers feel the same way. I’m not sure it could ever happen again”.

Let’s hope not. And if that’s sent you into a spiralling depression about the current state of dubstep, then you probably shouldn’t watch this:



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