Artist: KORN
Album: THE PARADIGM SHIFT (CD)

Year: 2013
EAN/UPS: 0813985011417
Media type: CD

KORN's 11th studio album, "The Paradigm Shift", is likely to sell between 40,000 and 45,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived in stores on October 8 via Prospect Park.

KORN's previous CD, 2011's "The Path Of Totality", sold 55,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 10 on The Billboard 200 chart. The group's 2010 effort, "Korn III - Remember Who You Are", opened with 63,000 units to debut at No. 2.

"The Paradigm Shift" is the first KORN disc to feature original guitarist Brian "Head" Welch since 2003's "Take A Look In The Mirror" and follows up 2011's dubstep experiment, "The Path Of Totality". Frontman Jonathan Davis told The Pulse Of Radio that Welch's return on guitar was a good balance to Davis' own continued fascination with electronic music. "We wanted to make a record that everybody was happy with, and Head coming back, I think, was great, 'cause me and him butted heads. 'Cause he really is on the rock side and I was on the electronic side, and it was good having the compromise on both sides. It was just good for the creative process, I think."

Welch recently told Rolling Stone that the new album has "the old KORN vibe, but with a new twist . . . The end product is a really good mix of old KORN mixed with some new elements. It's got a fresh new KORN 2013 sound."

Welch left KORN in 2005 after he converted to Christianity and got off drugs. He rejoined them for a handful of live performances last year before officially becoming part of the lineup again in early 2013.

TRACKLIST:

1. "Prey for Me"     3:35
2. "Love & Meth"    4:03
3. "What We Do"     4:07
4. "Spike in My Veins"   4:24
5. "Mass Hysteria"     4:04
6. "Paranoid and Aroused"     3:35
7. "Never Never"     3:41
8. "Punishment Time"     4:00
9. "Lullaby for a Sadist"     4:18
10. "Victimized"     3:36
11. "It's All Wrong"     3:31

Total length: 42:54

LINE-UP:

Jonathan Davis – lead vocals, bagpipes, keyboards, programming
Brian "Head" Welch - guitars
James "Munky" Shaffer – guitars
Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu – bass
Ray Luzier – drums