Korn teaming up with original producer for new album

Korn is teaming up with producer Ross Robinson, who produced the first two Korn albums (and many more!) for their upcoming album. Blabbermouth transcribed an interview with James "Munky" Shaffer that I am now going to leech off of.

The whole record's all organic — it's all guitars, bass, drums and Jonathan's [Davis, vocals] raw emotion, and it's just... man. Some of the stuff that Ross is pulling out of Jonathan, it's just like, 'Wow!' You can feel the energy, the pain, whatever it might be he's singing about that day.

When I come up with a riff, or Fieldy [bassist Reginald Arvizu] comes up with a riff, [we'll be like], 'It's OK.' And then Ross will say, 'Keep playing it. Try to develop it more.' And then when Ray steps in and puts his beats down, it could be the crappiest riff ever, but he starts playing to it, and it's like, 'Bam!' It turns it up on ten

I basically really liked everything I heard Munky say in the interview.

My biggest problem with Korn for the last several albums has been the formulatic approach to music. Each song sounds the same with different riff and tempo. I would love to hear some of the more orignal and inspired work. Ross Robinson has produced a lot of great albums over the years. The original Korn lineup was filled with talent, and Robinson has a way of pulling that talent out of musicians. This news makes me finally look forward to a new Korn album.