The Nothing by Korn

Korn\'s 13th album is one of the group’s most searing, the band\'s trademark ugly-beautiful stomp meeting the savage charge of more extreme strains of metal. Much of the credit can be given to vocalist/raw nerve Jonathan Davis: In the aftermath of his wife\'s death in August 2018, an artist already renowned for plumbing emotional depths pushes his throat and lungs to visceral extremes: wailing, panting, whispering, and roaring. Preview singles \"Cold\" and \"You\'ll Never Find Me\" set the template for their new direction: hard syncopation, basement-scraping riffs, radio-unfriendly growls. But there are also some phoenix-like songs (\"Can You Hear Me,\" \"Finally Free\") that juxtapose Davis\' wounded lyrics with anthemic hookwork. He screams in metalcore ferociousness, gurgles in death-metal-fried agony, soars in power ballad majesty, and leaves the sounds of crying on the recording. His band is both fierce and desolate, with bassist Fieldy finding new sludgy lows and drummer Ray Luzier driving everything with a savage precision.

26 years since they pioneered nu-metal, this urgent and important record will ensure Korn don’t get lost in the shuffle.

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Jonathan Davis opens his heart and fights through the pain on Korn’s darkest record to date, The Nothing…

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8 / 10

Twenty-five years ago, few rock pundits would have predicted with confidence that KORN were destined for a lengthy career. As the band have admitted themselves on numerous occasions, the intensity of their early days partying was very nearly enough to derail the whole enterprise. Consequently, the C...

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8 / 10

Korn has become such a mainstay in the world of metal that’s it’s actually really amazing to think back on their history. Their first self-titled album was released back in 1994, which is half a century ago, right when the angsty inner demons of alternative rock/metal were on the rise. And yet, Kor

We review Korn's 13th studio album, 'The Nothing,' which is an an expression of grief as much as it's a collection of songs.

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Korn - The Nothing review: The Nothing sits on the wrong side of creativity and nostalgia.