The Paradigm Shift (Deluxe) Korn

• 1 Prey for Me 03:35
• 2 Love & Meth 04:03
• 3 What We Do 04:07
• 4 Spike in My Veins 04:24
• 5 Paranoid and Aroused 03:35
• 6 Mass Hysteria 04:04
• 7 Never Never 03:41
• 8 Punishment Time 04:00
• 9 Lullaby for a Sadist 04:18
• 10 Victimized 03:35
• 11 It's All Wrong 03:31
• 12 Wish I Wasn't Born Today 03:03
• 13 Tell Me What You Want 03:02
• Total Runtime 48:58

Info for The Paradigm Shift (Deluxe)

Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum hard rock innovators KORN have debuted the lead single, “Never Never” from their 11th studio album, "The Paradigm Shift".

The deluxe edition includes additional bonus tracks. The Paradigm Shift marks the emotional return of co-founding guitarist Brian “Head” Welch since 2003’s Take a Look in the Mirror, and it serves as the follow-up to the band’s 2011 critically acclaimed trend-setting dubstep metal hybrid, The Path of Totality. The Paradigm Shift is KORN’s first time working with super producer Don Gilmore (Linkin Park’s ‘The Hybrid Theory’, etc.) who recorded the album with the band at Buck Owens’ studio in their hometown Bakersfield and at Los Angeles’ famed NRG Recording Studios. KORN have come a long way since their iconic self-titled debut, and they haven't stopped challenging themselves or heavy music. Why is that? It all goes back to that irreplaceable and inimitable bond. "Our bond is at its tightest," concludes HEAD. "Munky, Fieldy, Ray, Jonathan, and I strengthen each other. It's incredible having my friends back in my life. The fans are amazing. This is all for them. We have a gift, and we're giving it to them. They're uplifted by what we do. That's the biggest thing. There's nothing better than that." JONATHAN leaves off, "These are my brothers. We're doing exactly what we want to do. Yeah, this is a new chapter. This is also fucking Korn."

The record kicks off with the tempestuous ‘Prey For Me’, it erupts without warning and it forms a violent crescendo, almost like a “we’re back” statement with a kick in the teeth. The second track, ‘Love and Meth’ continues with the ferocity and by the end of the third track, ‘What We Do’, you’ll be assured that they are indeed back and before you know, your hand will form into that two-horned symbol that we all know of. With delight, the LP lacks the lukewarm hip-hop influences that they have tried in the past. ‘Never Never’ is quite possibly the only pop-infused song on the album, despite that, it still has some great KORN qualities. Davis and co. really hit the amps on ‘Punishment Time’, it’s the track that significantly embraces the old KORN. It feels as though it could fit in on ‘Life is Peachy’, yes, it’s that good. At times, you can’t help the nostalgia but ‘The Paradigm Shift’ not only commiserates their earlier music, it also pushes forward with an ‘old-new’ sentiment.

Jonathan Davis, lead vocals, keyboards, programming
Brian "Head" Welch, guitars, backing vocals
James "Munky" Shaffer, guitars, backing vocals
Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, bass
Ray Luzier, drums

KORN
The members of Korn built an immortal bond back in 1993 the first time that Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Brian "Head" Welch decided to make music as a unit. They shed blood, sweat, and tears in the studio and on stage, fashioning an undeniable, unsettling, and unique sound that would permanently alter the course of rock music.

After six seminal releases, two Grammy Award wins, countless sold out shows, and eventually selling 35 million albums worldwide, Head left the group in 2004 to face down the demons of addiction on his own. Korn soldiered on, permanently adding drummer Ray Luzier to the fold in 2007and releasing four more epic full-length releases, most recently 2011's groundbreaking dubstep-metal hybrid The Path of Totality.

The nu metal band Korn was born from the band previously known as L.A.P.D. and three of its original members – Reginald Arvizu, James Shaffer, and David Silvera. After L.A.P.D. disbanded, Silvera, Arvizu, and Shaffer brought Jonathan Davis and Brian Welch into the band and created Korn. The band started performing publicly in 1993, and began work on a demo album around the same time. Korn was self-released in the following year and the band’s new metal sound piqued the interest of a number of music critics. That same year, Korn joined such notable artists as Ozzy Osbourne on tour, helping to further establish a fan base and bring them album into the Billboard 200 charts. The album eventually reached multi-platinum status and earned Korn a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance. The singles “Blind,” “Shoots and Ladders,” and “Need To,” were all equally successful, launching a career for Korn which has lasted well into the new millennium.

Since that time, Korn has released the albums: Life Is Peachy (1996), Follow the Leader (1998), Issues (1999), Untouchables (2002), Take A Look in the Mirror (2003), See You on the Other Side (2005), Korn III: Remember Who You Are (2010), and The Path of Totality (2011.) The albums have spawned some of nu metal’s biggest hits, including: “Got the Life,” “Freak on a Leash,” “Falling Away from Me,” “Make Me Bad,” “Somebody Someone,” “Here to Stay,” “Thoughtless,” “Alone I Break,” “Did My Time,” “Right Now,” “Everything I’ve Known,” “Twisted Transistor,” “Coming Undone,” “Evolution,” “Let the Guilt Go,” “Narcissistic Cannibal,” and “Way Too Far.” For their contributions to metal music, Korn has been recognized with multiple awards, including two Grammy Awards (with seven nominations.) Korn’s worldwide record sales have exceeded the fifty million mark, and they’ve placed eleven singles in the top ten of the Billboard 200. Korn’s most recent release is Paradigm Shift, which arrived in 2013.

This album contains no booklet.