EVOLUTION - KORN
Evolution, indeed. Lay this lead single from Korn’s upcoming, as-yet-untitled album next to any track on the band’s groundbreaking debut, and you’ll hear the many years stretch out between them. Aside from guitars at the song’s bridge tuned like snoozing lawn mowers, casual listeners wouldn’t suspect this is a group that turned depression into an emotional catalyst for disaffected youth. Korn plugs deep into electronic experimentation to create warped keyboards and crisp percussion, pushing a sound closer to early-morning industrial raves than nighttime mosh pits. Drums wallop, synths slink, and Fieldy’s bass fills in rhythmic blanks. Environmentally conscious lyrics give Earth-minded goth kids a theme of their own. Expect “Evolution” to adapt to rock and dance formats. Billboard
