Grammy Award-winning multi platinum hard rock innovators, KORN will unveil their 11th studio album, THE PARADIGM SHIFT, in stores and via digital retailers on September 30th through Prospect Park/Caroline International.
THE PARADIGM SHIFT marks the emotional return of co-founding guitarist Brian “Head” Welch for his first album with KORN 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 also KORN’s first time working with super producer Don Gilmore, who recorded the album with the band at Buck Owens‘ studio in their original hometown Bakersfield, and at Los Angeles’s famed NRG Recording Studios.
The rock luminaries recently embarked on their reunion run stateside, headlining the sold out Rock on the Range Festival which drew over 40,000 fans in Columbus, OH and making stops at Rocklahoma and more. They have just completed a festival run across Europe, playing coveted main stage spots at the continent’s biggest festivals including the UK’s Download, Germany’s Rock am Ring, Rock im Park, and France’s Hellfest.
THE PARADIGM SHIFT holds a special significance for these musicians. Guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer explains, “It’s a term encompassing different perspectives. You can view a piece of art from one angle and it takes on a certain image. If you look from another angle, it’s a completely different image. We liken that to KORN in 2013. With Head back in the fold, all of the elements fans have loved since day one are there, but we’re interpreting them from a new perspective. It’s a bigger, brighter, and bolder KORN.”
