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Jonathan Davis Says New Korn LP Will Be Cream Of The Crop
It's been almost two years since the music world last faced the
wrath of Korn, and no one's more anxious for some fresh material
to sprout up than the band's frontman, Jonathan Davis.
While the follow-up to 1999's Issues remains without an official release date or even a title, the music has all been recorded with Michael Beinhorn, a producer new to the Korn camp whom Davis described as "very, very incredible" to work with. The bagpipe-blowing singer is now in a Vancouver studio, where he'll remain for the next few weeks to record his vocals.
"It came out really good," Davis said of the instrumental framework of Korn's fifth album. "I know we always say this about [our] albums, but this is the heaviest and the best thing we've ever done. I'm really excited about it."
Davis isn't alone in his enthusiasm. Many fans of
the new breed of metal that Korn helped usher in with their 1994
self-titled debut have been anticipating the band's next salvo.
The years between albums haven't been squandered, but, to cite
the name of their last album in an example of life imitating art,
Korn had to face some issues before they could carry on. Drummer
David Silveria's wrist injury, which forced him off Korn's tour
in March 2000 and fostered rumors that he was leaving the band,
was perhaps the weightiest quandary (see).
