Korn frontman Jonathan Davis recently spoke with Kerrang! Magazine about the band’s new album “The Nothing” due out September 13th. In discussing the album, Davis said:
“It’s basically me dealing with all the stuff that happened to me last year. Very emotional for me, but it is what it is. I can’t wait for people to hear it. I really spent a long time on doing what I wanted to do this time. No producers came in. And people trying to get me to do one thing this way or the other way… everybody was overthinking a lot of things… but I finally was fed up with it and kicked everyone out and said, ‘It’ll be done when it’s done.’ And I locked myself up in my studio and spent a long time reflecting and just healing and making my art. And a couple of months later, I came out and it’s done and I just can’t wait for you to hear it. I can’t explain much.”
Davis’ wife Deven passed away in August of 2018 after a long battle with mental illness. When asked about how the record was in terms of dealing with the healing process in everything he was going through, Davis said:
“It sucked. I’m not gonna say it didn’t. It was just really hard. But that’s how I’ve always dealt with all my problems, just throwing my heart and soul into my art. And I went through it, and it was very hard… there were some emotional times… but it was nice just being alone by myself with my engineer. That was it; it was just the two of us in the studio. On the last couple of records, I had my kids there, and I was just all over the place. This time, I could really concentrate and do what I had to do and get out what I needed to get out.”
In the entire 33 minute long interview, Davis goes through the misconceptions of the music industry, being called “Nu Metal,” missing out on family to do music, addiction and mental struggles, and tons more.
The Nothing drops on September 13th featuring their new single “You’ll Never Find Me” can be heard below.
