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The Serenity of Suffering (2016)

Where the lyrics of The Serenity of Suffering take you, and where it was really made.

Its cover reuses the stuffed toy from Korn's fourth album, Issues, even though this record is their twelfth studio album.

Key places

Recorded at Rock Falcon Studio (2016)

Recording site Nashville — Rock Falcon Studio is listed as a recording location for The Serenity of Suffering. The point uses city-center coordinates for Nashville. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Buck Owens Studio (2016)

Recording site Fat Tracks — Buck Owens Studio is listed as a recording location for The Serenity of Suffering. The point uses city-center coordinates for Bakersfield. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Steakhouse Studios (2016)

Recording site Schnee Studio — Steakhouse Studios is listed as a recording location for The Serenity of Suffering. The point uses city-center coordinates for North Hollywood. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• The Serenity of Suffering is the twelfth studio album by American nu metal band Korn
• Released October 21, 2016
• Guitarist Brian Welch said it is heavier than anyone has heard the band in a long time
• Per Welch, it contains the band's most intense vocals and music in recent times

Background

• Work began in 2015 on a follow-up to The Paradigm Shift
• Head said it would be heavier than anyone has heard the band in a long time
• It is the first album with significant songwriting from Head since he rejoined the band in 2013
• The song Take Me was first written by Jonathan Davis for his debut solo album
• After hearing it, the rest of Korn re-wrote the track and included it on this album

Recording

• Recording studios listed on the album page: Rock Falcon Studio (Nashville), Buck Owens Studio (Bakersfield), and Steakhouse Studios (North Hollywood)

Cover

• The artwork includes the stuffed toy from Korn's fourth album, Issues
• The artwork was created by Ron English

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993 by James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and David Silveria, former members of L.A.P.D.
• Name styled KoЯn; the backwards R was borrowed from the Toys R Us logo.
• Demo Neidermayer's Mind (1993) pioneered the nu metal sound.

Members

• Current: Jonathan Davis (vocals), James "Munky" Shaffer (guitar), Brian "Head" Welch (guitar, returned 2013), Ray Luzier (drums, since 2008).
• Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu (bass) departed in 2021; Silveria left in 2006.

Career

• Debut album Korn (1994); Life Is Peachy (1996) brought commercial breakthrough.
• Follow the Leader (1998) and Issues (1999) both debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
• Over 40 million records sold worldwide as of 2021; two Grammy Awards from eight nominations.
• Fourteen official releases reached the Billboard 200 top ten; the band is credited as the originators of nu metal.

Reception

At release

• Metacritic: generally favorable reviews, with a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 from 9 critic scores
• AllMusic praised the band for executing the hallmarks of their sound without pandering to nostalgia, calling it one of their best albums
• Metal Hammer: the album is like a selection box of Korn's defining moments
• Rolling Stone: a less favorable review, saying the album is heavy enough to stand in the Korn canon but not daring enough to be much else

Records

• Debuted at number 4 on the US Billboard 200 with 57,000 units, of which 55,000 were pure album sales
• As of March 2017, 110,000 copies sold in the US

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The song Take Me was first written by Jonathan Davis for his debut solo album; the rest of Korn later rewrote it and placed it here.
• The album artwork includes the stuffed toy from Korn's fourth album, Issues.
• The album's booklet includes information in Japanese, along with lyrics in both Japanese and English.
• The first music video from the album, for Rotting in Vain, was released on July 22, 2016, with Tommy Flanagan as an actor.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · es.wikipedia.org

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