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JD Interview - Lehigh Valley Music Blog
Thursday 23 May 2013 - 12:15:19
Jonathan Davis talks about the new album with Lehigh Valley Music Blog, check out an excerpt below.
Despite word the new disc will move away from the dubstep that the band embraced with D.J. Skrillex on its last disc, 2011’s “The Path of Totality,” Davis saysthe new disc definitely still will include that sound as an element.
“I wouldn’t say dubstep; it’s just electronic,” he says. “It’s not in a dubstep format; it’s more in a rock format. We never want to repeat ourselves. It’s really cool – we’re just using the electronic stuff to highlight the rock, our music.”
Davis says he’s “an EDM freak. I’ve been listening to electronic music since, yeah, when I got in the band.”
Korn fans obviously are excited for the next record, more so because you are a part of it. What can fans expect of the new music? If you had to compare it with an older Korn record, which one would you point to?
I really do think it sounds a little different, but maybe along the Issues side. The record has got the best choruses I’ve heard Jonathan do. The lyrics! He’s putting words together in a way that I’ve never seen him do before. It’s really cool for me to hear how he has [evolved vocally]. It’s really heavy in parts, and really exciting. He’s still tracking vocals right now. He’s got a couple more songs and bridges to do. So I haven’t heard everything. From what I have heard, it’s slammin’. It’s guitar-driven but it sounds new and fresh, too. So it sounds like 2013, but familiar with the past, too.
stlmag.com interviewed Ray Luzier, check out an excerpt below.
I have to go ahead and ask about Head’s rejoining the band. I’m guessing you heard a lot of stories, but hadn’t worked with him before. What’s your relationship with each other?
He’s just awesome, I love to have him along. The way he attacks his guitar is amazing. He and James have this thing. When they’re together, they’re able to play off of each other in a way that you generally don’t hear from two guitar players. It’s a really special thing they have. Since I’d been in Korn, I’d only met him a couple of times. But I always wanted the band, ever since I joined, to be me and the four original members upfront. Which is what we have again. Since he’s rejoined, there’s been no attitude or issues, from anyone. I can tell him to drop his tunings an octave, or he can say that my fills are getting a little busy. There’s never, ‘hey, man, that’s my part,’ which is really cool. He and James are two great players with strong personalities. And when they’re playing the old songs, the ones that stand-out, the rehearsals get really wild. The fans, when they hear these old songs, are going to freak.
James "Munky" Shaffer: The first time I heard Black Sabbath was through my older brother. He was playing records. I actually think he was trying to play some shit backwards. He was forcing the motor on the turntable backwards. There was one part on "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" was the scariest thing I'd ever heard in my entire life. It probably still is! Listening to a Black Sabbath record backwards is the most evil shit [Laughs]. Tony Iommi's amazing.
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