THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Korn didn't announce anything — a drum tech did. During Ray Luzier's Drumeo appearance, tech Mark Bennett held up a discontinued Pearl Copper Free Floating snare and said, "This is what we just finished recording the new record with" *. So: drums are done on album 15. That's it. No title, no date, no word on whether anyone else has tracked *†.
THE DETAILS
- Drum tracking is complete for Korn's 15th album, the follow-up to 2022's Requiem *
- News surfaced via Luzier's tech on Drumeo, not a band statement *†
- Bennett on the snare: "They discontinued this drum. You can't get it anymore. Thankfully, we have five of them." *
- First Korn album without Fieldy, who left after Requiem and cited declining the vaccine and not being able to tour internationally *
- April's Diablo IV tie-in Reward The Scars was their first new song in four years *
- Head told Loudwire in February, "I really love the fact that it's taking a long time" *
- European arena headline run runs October–November 2026, first continental tour in over a decade, opening in Stuttgart and ending in Milan *
SUPPORT
Architects on all European dates, Youth Code opening through November 4, Pixel Grip after *.
WHY IT MATTERS
COMEBACK: Korn's first European arena run in over a decade lands with a new-era lineup and an album that's only partly tracked. Weirdest part — the most concrete update in years came from a guy demonstrating a snare drum.
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