KORN // Announce New Album, Share Lead Single

Nov 15, 2021 / WORDS Chanel Issa / PHOTOS Tim Saccenti / Nu-Metals Finest Are Back!

Earlier last week, a bunch of Korn posters popped up in the Sydney and Melbourne CBDs, and now we know why!

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The legendary nu-metallers have announced their latest studio album, Requiem. And to celebrate the news, they’ve shared its lead single, Start The Healing. It’s accompanied by a live-action animated music video directed by Tim Saccenti (Flying Lotus, Run The Jewels, Depeche Mode)

“Our idea for this video was to mutate that aspect of the DNA of Korn, of what makes them so inspiring, their mix of raw power and transportive aesthetics and human emotion,” says Saccenti.

“I wanted to take the viewer on an emotional journey, as the song does, a visceral, cathartic death and rebirth that will hopefully help transport the listener through whatever their personal struggles are. Collaborating with 3-D artist Anthony Ciannamea, we tapped into Korn’s mythology and explored their vast well of light and darkness to create a surreal, liminal-pace body-horror nightmare.”

Unsurprisingly due to COVID, the band took a different approach with Requiem, creating a work without pressure or time constraints. This allowed them to collaborate more and record to analog tape.

Since coming together decades ago, Korn has sold 40 million albums worldwide, scored two Grammys and toured the world multiple times. Requiem will drop on February 4th via Loma Vista Recordings. It is available to pre-order/save now. You can also listen to Start The Healing here.

KORN // REQUIEM