Korn

Short Biography
In a career marked by a series of firsts, Korn have done it again. Got a problem with that?
They've already revolutionized the heavy genre with their bold, unsettling music that defies categorization and presented it to their fans with unprecedented multi-media events.

Now they've taken their music to astonishing new heights with the release of their new untitled album. The result is the most revolutionary Korn album since their debut, a barb-wired, bastard son of blinding musical fury, dark and twisted lyrical candor, and searing, sociopathic tendencies. It's the culmination of everything Korn have come to represent musically, "Indeed, Korn is one step closer to crafting an album built for arenas and headphones alike." - Billboard

Korn, who have sold more than 25 million records worldwide and earned six Grammy nods and two wins to date, have upped the ante with each successive record and project. In their 14 years of togetherness, they have both survived and thrived, and the songs on the untitled record are rife with detritus of decadence and lessons learned. That fervor and authenticity is felt and appreciated by both fans and peers, Korn's groundbreaking sound spawned a plethora of imitators. But the fans know where it began with ticket sales continuing to explode around the world as the band's loyal fan base continues to flourish.

Warning...Hazards ahead.

Korn have been long renowned for bringing out some of the worlds most brutal and influential bands so don't say we didn't warn you:  Biohazard, whose intense fusion of hardcore, punk and thrash metal with the socio-critical commentary and authenticity of hip-hop have reunited to commemorate the band's 20th anniversary. As one of the most influential metal bands of all time, Australian fans have long waited for this moment and will now get their chance to witness the brutality that is...Biohazard.

If there's any truth in the old maxim of whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger, then nobody embodies that spirit more than Chimaira. Of course Chimaira have always been heavier than an armoured buffalo, but they've never sounded so astonishingly powerful as they have right now. With their brand new album ‘Resurrection' they've torched their previous approach, dared to be different and come up with something that is far more progressive "Once again they've pushed themselves to the sheer limit. Everything is bigger and louder. Everything sounds like it's about to nuke you." - Rock Sounds

Throwdown, tightly coiled, is squeezing the world for the kill and poised to sink their collective fangs into the backbone of World metal. With their values intact and their pride holstered at their sides, Throwdown have issued ultimatum after ultimatum with empowering, venom-fueled songs. Throwdown destroyed the second stage on Ozzfest. Owned the inaugural Sounds Of The Underground, and this Autumn they will be making their way to Australia as part of this monster bill.Let's face it, life isn't pretty. Every evening, the news is full of shitty tales of murder, death and deception that not even Truman Capote could think up.

While it only makes sense that a band like Bloodsimple would be birthed out of this chaos, no one could have expected the progression the band would make since the follow up to their brilliant 2005 debut ‘A Cruel World'. Bloodsimple is making their first trip to Australia and will be introducing their unique brand of groove-driven metal to anyone open-minded enough to listen.

In-depth Biography
Korn's cathartic alternative metal sound positioned the group among the most popular and provocative to emerge during the post-grunge era. Korn began their existence as the Bakersfield, CA-based metal band LAPD, which included guitarists James "Munky" Shaffer and Brian "Head" Welch, bassist Reginald "Fieldy Snuts" Arvizu, and drummer David Silveria. After issuing an LP, the members of LAPD in 1993 crossed paths with Jonathan Davis, a mortuary science student moonlighting as the lead vocalist for the local group Sexart. They soon asked Davis to join the band, and upon his arrival the quintet rechristened itself Korn.

After signing to Epic's Immortal imprint, they issued their debut album in late 1994; thanks to a relentless tour schedule that included stints opening for Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Marilyn Manson, and 311, the record slowly but steadily rose the charts, eventually going gold. Its 1996 follow-up, Life Is Peachy, was a more immediate smash, reaching the number three spot on the pop album charts. The following summer, they headlined Lollapalooza, but were forced to drop off the tour when Shaffer was diagnosed with viral meningitis. While recording their best-selling 1998 LP Follow the Leader, Korn made national headlines when a student in Zeeland, MI, was suspended for wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the group's logo (the school's principal later declared their music "indecent, vulgar, and obscene," prompting the band to issue a cease-and-desist order). Their annual Family Values tour also started in 1998, featuring a lineup that consisted of Korn collaborators such as Limp Bizkit and Ice Cube and likeminded artists such as Rammstein. The tour was an enormous success, so much so that it continued on with Korn overseeing the lineup for years after.

Issues followed in 1999, and in typical Korn fashion they debuted their new single in an episode of South Park. The band toured behind the album into the next year, but their efforts were cut short by an injury that took out drummer David Silveria. They hired former Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin to help them finish the remaining shows, and took a short rest before joining a summer tour with Metallica, Kid Rock, Powerman 5000, and System of a Down. (Silveria later returned amid rumors of leaving the band for a fashion career, but these stemmed from some modeling work he had done before his injury.) In the meantime, Fieldy released a gangsta rap album and Davis scored the film Queen of the Damned, but at the end of 2001 the band reunited as a unit and entered the studio. A few shows with Static-X helped iron the wrinkles out of the new material, and by the next summer they had Untouchables ready for release. Korn did a run of Ozzfest dates in support, and the album was another smash hit. The self-produced Take a Look in the Mirror arrived in 2003. Billed by the band as a reconsideration of their sound, the album was accompanied by a tour of smaller venues called "Back to Basics."

In 2005, Welch left the band, evidently due to his newfound Christian faith. But Korn continued, playing shows that summer as a quartet and signing an expansive recording and development deal with Virgin. The following December they released See You on the Other Side, a number three hit that featured a batch of songs co-written with hitmaking production team the Matrix. Live & Rare, an aptly titled disc of live recordings and rarities, was released in May 2006 with the live acoustic recording MTV Unplugged following in March 2007. Later that year, after returning to the studio, this time without drummer David Silveria, the band resurfaced with an underwhelming album appropriately named Untitled. ~ Jason Ankeny & Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide