The Path of Totality
| The Path of Totality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Studio album by Korn | ||||
| Released | December 6, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | January – September 2011, in Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Nu metal, dubstep | |||
| Length | 37:45 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | Jonathan Davis (exec.), Skrillex, Noisia, Excision, Downlink, 12th Planet, Flinch, Feed Me, Kill the Noise, Datsik, Jim Monti | |||
| Korn chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Singles from this album | ||||
|
||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 58/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Artistdirect | |
| The A.V. Club | F |
| BBC Music | mixed |
| IGN | 7.5/10 |
| The List | |
| Metal Hammer | 8/10 |
| NME | 6/10 |
| No Ripcord | 1/10 |
| PopMatters | 7/10 |
| Rock Sound | 8/10 |
| The Skinny | |
| Spin | 7/10 |
| Sputnikmusic | 0.5/5 |
The Path of Totality is the tenth studio album by American nu metal band Korn, released on December 2, 2011 in Europe and December 6, 2011 in the US. The album was produced by various electronic music producers such as Skrillex, Noisia, Excision and various other independent producers. "Get Up!", is one of three tracks produced by Skrillex, and was released as a digital download on May 6, 2011. "Narcissistic Cannibal" was released as the second single on October 18, 2011.
Regarding the album, vocalist Jonathan Davis stated: "I want to trail-blaze. I want to change things. I want to do things we're not supposed to do. I want to create art that's different and not conform to what's going on. We didn't make a dubstep album. We made a Korn album." The album was made available for pre-order on Amazon and iTunes on October 21, 2011; as well as special bundle packages available on Korn.com.
Revolver has named The Path of Totality album of the year in their 100th issue. Korn was also inducted into the Kerrang! Hall of Fame during the 2011 Kerrang! Awards.
The album features production by Skrillex, Datsik, Feed Me, Excision, 12th Planet, Downlink, Kill the Noise, and Noisia. Monti, and Datsik contributed to the mixing process. The band recorded The Path of Totality with electronic producers back in Davis's home studio in Bakersfield during inspired sessions. It was revealed by Jonathan Davis that vocals were actually tracked in the singer's home theater or in closets and hotels everywhere from Korea to Japan.
...
Wikipedia