Photo Credit: Dean Karr
Korn will release its new album this fall.
The band announced this week that it will release The Serenity of Suffering on Friday, October 21st 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 3rd. After that the band will take some time to rest before heading back out on the road again on September 24th 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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