Korn Unveils New Video; Announces New Tour Schedule

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Korn will release its new album this fall.

The band announced this week that it will release The Serenity of Suffering on Friday, October 21^st via Roadrunner Records.  The record is the album’s twelfth full-length studio recording and features a guest appearance by Slipknot front man Corey Taylor.  The record is the band’s third for Roadrunner Records.  The band also released 2010’s Korn III – Remember Who You Are and 2011’s The Path of Totality via Roadrunner Records.  Pre-orders for the album are open now here.

In anticipation of the album’s release the band has unveiled the video for the album’s lead single ‘Rotting in Vain’ this week via RollingStone.com.  It features Son of Anarchy star Tommy Flanagan and can be viewed online now here.  Front man Jonathan Davis explained the concept behind the song in a recent interview noting that it is “about being in that black place, being in situations that I don’t like in life–be it relationships, or feeling when you’re stuck and you’re just being abused or you don’t like where you’re at, and you just sit there and rot.”  He went on to explain that the song came from the years that it takes to figure a way out while still battling those feelings.  “It takes you years and years to figure out how to claw your way out. That’s where ‘Rotting in Vain’ came from. I’m just sitting there, fucking dying and letting it happen for years and years and not helping myself to get out of that place. That’s the vibe that inspired the song,” he said.

Korn is currently touring in support of its upcoming album.  It launched a co-headlining tour this week alongside Rob Zombie.  In This Moment is joining the bands as a special guest on the tour, which currently runs through September 3^rd.  After that the band will take some time to rest before heading back out on the road again on September 24^th alongside Breaking Benjamin for another co-headlining tour dubbed the “Nocturnal Underground Tour.”  Motionless in White and Silver Snakes will join the bands as special guests on the tour.  Korn also has performances at the Louder Than Life Festival and Aftershock Festival scheduled for October.  Those dates and Korn’s complete tour schedule are noted below.

 

KORN’s complete U.S. tour routing for 2016 is:

 

Co-headlining with Rob Zombie
Fri	7/22	Albuquerque, NM	Isleta Amphitheater
Sat	7/23	Phoenix, AZ	Ak-Chin Pavilion
Sun	7/24	Irvine, CA	Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
Tue	7/26	Nampa (Boise), ID	Idaho Center Amphitheater
Wed	7/27	Auburn, WA	White River Amphitheatre
Fri	7/29	Mountain View, CA	Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sat	7/30	Las Vegas, NV	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
Tue	8/2	Austin, TX	Austin 360 Amphitheater
Wed	8/3	The Woodlands, TX	Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Thu	8/4	Dallas, TX	Gexa Energy Pavilion
Sat	8/6	Noblesville, IN	Klipsch Music Center
Sun	8/7	Cincinnati, OH	Riverbend Music Center
Tue	8/9	Maryland Heights, MO	Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Wed	8/10	Kansas City, MO	Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
Sat	8/20	Mt. Pleasant, MI	Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort (without Rob Zombie)
Sun	8/21	Clarkston, MI	DTE Energy Music Theatre
Tue	8/23	Toronto, ON	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Wed	8/24	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Blossom Music Center
Thu	8/25	Burgettstown, PA	First Niagara Pavilion
Sat	8/27	Syracuse, NY	Lakeview Amphitheater
Sun	8/28	Boston, MA	Xfinity Center
Tue	8/30	Holmdel, NJ	PNC Bank Arts Center
Thu	9/1	Hartford, CT	Xfinity Theatre
Fri	9/2	Camden, NJ	BB&T Pavilion
Sat	9/3	Bristow, VA	Jiffy Lube Live
Co-headlining with Breaking Benjamin
Sat	9/24	Fargo, ND	Scheels Arena
Sun	9/25	Omaha, NE	Baxter Arena
Tue	9/27	Cedar Rapids, IA	US Cellular Center
Wed	9/28	Peoria, IL	Peoria Civic Center
Festival Appearances
Sat	10/1	Madison, WI	JJO Sonic Boom
Sun	10/2	Louisville, KY	Louder Than Life
Co-headlining with Breaking Benjamin
Wed	10/5	Charlotte, NC	PNC Music Pavilion
Fri	10/7	Pelham, AL	Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
Sat	10/8	Southaven, MS	Landers Center
Sun	10/9	Biloxi, MS	Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Tue	10/11	Tampa, FL	MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre at the FL State Fairgrounds
Wed	10/12	Jacksonville, FL	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Thu	10/13	Alpharetta, GA	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Sat	10/15	Rogers, AR	Walmart AMP
Sun	10/16	Tulsa, OK	BOK Center
Tue	10/18	Topeka, KS	Landon Arena
Wed	10/19	Colorado Springs, CO	Colorado Springs World Arena
Festival Appearance
Sat	10/22	Sacramento, CA	Aftershock Festival

 

 

More information on Korn’s new album, tour schedule and more is available online now at:

 

 

 

Website: http://official.korn.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/korn

Twitter: http://twitter.com/korn

 

 

 

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Danny Phantom Complete Series Set Is Loads Of Ghostly Fun For All

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Nickelodeon’s programming today is comprised largely of live action sitcoms aimed at teen viewers.  However, from the early 1990s up until the mid-2000s, the network was known more for its vast array of cartoons.  It’s “Nicktoons” were its heart and soul.  While Nickelodeon does have some cartoons today, the network’s sole remaining real Nicktoon is Butch Hartman’s hugely successful series Fairly Oddparents.  Fairly Oddparents is a standout series, too.  Interestingly enough, it isn’t his first series to have the honor of being added to Nickelodeon’s list of beloved Nicktoons.  His first notable “Nicktoon” was the short-lived supernatural series Danny Phantom.  Now thanks to Shout! Factory and Nickelodeon, fans of Danny Phantom will be able to own the complete series in one box later this month.  Danny Phantom only ran for three seasons.  In its defense, it could be argued that this was because it was ahead of its time.  That aside, series creator Butch Hartman and his writers crafted a number of enjoyable episodes throughout the show’s short run.  Just as worth noting about this new upcoming box set is that is alleviates some minor problems raised in the box sets containing the series’ second season.  Lastly, those that know their Nicktoons history will appreciate the voice talent that made up the series’ cast.  That who’s who of voice actors combined with the enjoyable stories, and the fact that they are all available together for the first time collectively make this upcoming set well worth picking up for any Danny Phantom fan.

Fans of Danny Phantom: The Complete Series  will appreciate this new complete series set first and foremost because it presents the series’ entire three-season run in one complete box set.  Nickelodeon and Shout! Factory have already released three complete series sets from Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Rocko’s Modern Life, and The Angry Beavers.  Those sets proved to actually take up far less space on DVD racks than the stand-alone season sets that had originally been released.  This set is no different.  All nine discs that make up all three seasons are included in this box.  Shout! Factory and Nickelodeon have sweetened the deal even more for fans in that they have maintained the established wise packaging that was used in the aforementioned complete series sets.  The discs are placed inside the box on either side of their own “insert” with the ninth and final disc being placed in its own spot inside the back of the case.  As with the previously noted box sets, this protects the discs and allows the episodes contained within each one to be enjoyed much longer.  It is the starting point of what audiences will appreciate about Danny Phantom: The Complete Series.

The packaging for Danny Phantom: The Complete Series is a good starting point in discussing everything that makes this box set well worth its price.  The episodes contained across the set’s nine total discs make the presentation as a whole even more enjoyable.  It would be easy to say that because its main characters were high school students, Danny Phantom was just another program aimed at audiences of the same age. To a point, it could be seen how teen audiences would take an interest in the series.  Case in point, one of the series’ story arcs involved a potential inter-racial romance between Danny and black classmate named Valerie Gray (voiced by Cree Summer—The Cosby Show, Clifford The Big Red Dog, Codename: Kids Next Door, etc.).  It really is a sign of the times that the show’s writers would include this without making a big fuss over it, either.  It is a subtle, but nice addition to the series.  There are also the constant struggles to balance trying to be a regular teen with being a superhero. But the jokes that are tossed in each episode aren’t above some younger viewers, either.  So while teens might have been the primary audience, younger viewers would have obviously enjoyed the show, too.  The same applies to today’s teens and pre-teens, too.

The packaging and writing that make up Danny Phantom’s episodes are collectively a big part of what makes the series so enjoyable even for today’s younger audiences.  There is at least one more aspect of the series’ new set that audiences will appreciate in examining the presentation as a whole.  That aspect is the series’ voice cast.  The series’ primary cast reads like a who’s who of voice acting.  It has already been noted that veteran voice actress Cree Summer is part of the primary cast (even though she doesn’t come into play until the second season).  Along with Ms. Summer, Grey DeLisle (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Clifford The Big Red Dog, Clifford: The Puppy Years, Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends, etc.) Kath Soucie (Futurama, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Beauty and the Beast, etc.), Rob Paulsen (Animaniacs, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, etc.) and a whole slate of others each play roles in the series.  Fans will also recognize the voices of Ron Perlman (Sons of Anarchy, Pacific Rim, Hellboy & Hellboy II), Martin Mull (Roseanne), and the man who is perhaps the busiest male voice actor in the business, one Frank Welker (Curious George, The Real Ghostbusters, Scooby-Doo Where Are You, etc.)  Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men), Taylor Lautner (the Twilight saga), and the late David Carradine even make appearances throughout the series among so many other big names.  If the massive list of A-listers that play roles in Danny Phantom isn’t reason enough to check out the new Danny Phantom: The Complete Series box set, then one need only set that alongside the enjoyable writing and the equally wise packaging to see just how worthwhile this set is for kids and kids at heart.  It will be available in stores and online Tuesday, January 28^th.  It can be pre-ordered online now from the Shout! Factory store at http://www.shoutfactory.com/product/danny-phantom-complete-series.  More information on this and other releases from Shout! Factory is available online at http://www.shoutfactory.com and http://www.facebook.com/shoutfactoryofficial.  To keep up with the latest sports and entertainment reviews and news, go online to http://www.facebook.com/philspicks and “Like” it.  Fans can always keep up with the latest sports and entertainment reviews and news in the Phil’s Picks blog at https://philspicks.wordpress.com.