The Californian nu-metal group are set to release their 11th studio album on the 30th September 2013, produced by the prestigious Don Gilmore whose credits include Linkin Park and Pearl Jam. The LP seems to be inextricably linked with reformation, both kilt-sporting Jonathan Davis and Welch have announced their departure from the drug-induced haze of the late 90’s.

A recent image from their newest release ‘The Paradigm Shift’

The lead singer told Rolling Stone Magazine that his 3-year stint with anti-depressants had started to seriously convolute his ability to harness lyrical composition or vocal ability, “I was in a straight haze. I detoxed off that medication – it was an anti-depressant, the anxiety and stuff. I’d been on it for three years and the doctor told me you gotta get off this, it’s bad for you.” The recent relief of Davis’s trauma may have dislodged a two-year creative barricade, making way for both the most recent Korn release and his dubstep pseudonym ‘J Devil’, under which he released 3 remix tracks last year; ‘Thunder Kiss 65’, ‘The Kids Will Have Their Say’ and ‘Bug Party’, however a recently proclaimed solo album for 2012 has not materialised.

The band’s newly unified guitarist also confessed his detoxification, claiming anecdotes such as “having to finish our blow right before we got to the border because they were gonna come check to see if we had anything” are things of the past; “Those crazy days are long gone.”

The title expresses their diversion from the band’s ethos with self-analysing tracks such as ‘Love and Meth’ and ‘Pray For Me, although we can all assume that the chugging craze that epitomizes their sound will still be present in this latest work. An acoustic venture is certainly not on the cards.