Requiem

Nearly 30 years into their career as one of the most globally recognized hard rock bands‚ not to mention pioneers of nu metal, proving severe guitar syncopation and high-octane rap-rock are no flash-in-the-pan genre trends—Korn returns with their 14th studio album. Not quite as dark as 2019’s *The Nothing*, written in the aftermath of the death of frontman Jonathan Davis’ wife, *Requiem* is a complex meditation on grief. Not softer, exactly, but nine tracks of real profundity: shoegaze-y detours (“Let the Dark Do the Rest”), death-metal sludge (“Hopeless and Beaten”), metallic scraping (“Lost in the Grandeur”), and the thick radio-rock melodicism of “Start the Healing” (featuring a surprisingly positive message: “I can take it all away, the feelings/Break apart the pain and start the healing”). This is not just the veteran release of a consistent band but one that chooses to evolve with each new record.

2019's 'The Nothing' found frontman Jonathan Davis crushed by grief. The follow-up adds a tentative touch of hope to the band's discography

Just when you thought you couldn’t be truly blown away by a nu Korn album, along comes their fantastic 14th…

Korn are anew, and ‘Requiem’ sees them fearless, embracing what made them famous to begin with.

Roaring back after the grief and bloodletting of 2019's The Nothing, metal veterans Korn add yet another highlight to their late-era renaissance with their 14th set, Requiem.

Despite being part of the nu metal moment, Korn's defining mood has never been anger, but absolute sadness. When they lean into it, they mak...

Initially, KORN were never likely to be accused of brevity. From their 65-minute debut to the hour-long sprawl of 2005's "See You on the Other Side", the first big stretch of the band's discography was typified by often great but generally long-winded splurges of new material. Whether by nature or d...

Katie Bird reviews the fourteenth studio album from nu-metal legends Korn. Read the review of Requiem here on Distorted Sound Magazine!

Korn's new album attacks with their classic nu metal sound. Requiem is a heavy meditation on inner turmoil, even by Korn standards.