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Untitled (2007)

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Korn's eighth album was released with no title at all, and it is the only record the band made without an official drummer.

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Untitled: eighth studio album by American nu metal band Korn
Released 31 July 2007 by Virgin Records in the US and Canada
Released through EMI/Virgin in various territories, starting 27 July 2007
Release dates: Germany 27 July, UK and Mexico 30 July, US and Canada 31 July, Japan 8 August, Vietnam, Philippines and Singapore 14 October, UAE 18 December 2007
Released without a title by intention
Only Korn studio album without an official drummer
Released between David Silveria's 2006 departure and Ray Luzier's arrival in late 2007
Deluxe edition adds the bonus track 'Sing Sorrow' and a bonus DVD

First album without former drummer David Silveria
Drums by Terry Bozzio and Brooks Wackerman, with Jonathan Davis playing drums on a few songs
Zac Baird recruited as keyboardist for this album
Davis said on 3FM on 28 May 2007, after the Pinkpop Festival, that the album 'will not be titled'
Davis said the band did not want to label the album and asked why fans should not name it themselves
Described as more experimental and atmospheric than the band's previous releases
After Bozzio's six tracks were recorded, Zac Baird announced Bozzio would not tour on the Family Values Tour 2007
Munky said Bozzio demanded to be a full member, which the band found offensive, so Korn declined to tour with him
Brooks Wackerman of Bad Religion was brought in to record some tracks
Joey Jordison of Slipknot toured with Korn on the Family Values Tour

Matrix left the project early in the recording process
The band re-recorded much of the Matrix's tracks with Atticus Ross, after becoming dissatisfied with how the material had turned out
Munky confirmed this when the single 'Evolution' premiered on KROQ on 16 May 2007
Album has 13 tracks; Davis drums on some songs

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.

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.

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.

Metacritic: mixed or average reviews, weighted average 51 out of 100 from 16 critic scores
IGN noted an overall cohesion from start to finish, and that repeated listens reveal new elements
The Gauntlet called it the most articulate recording the band had delivered to date
Entertainment Weekly praised it as the band's best release since 1999's Issues
AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine said the band was going through a middle-age slump and the album did not break them out of it
Rolling Stone asserted that Korn sounds wounded and diminished
PopMatters called it tired, bland and dated, merely going through the motions

Reviews were most positive from IGN, The Gauntlet and Billboard, while AllMusic, Rolling Stone and PopMatters were negative
Overall critical response was mixed

Debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200, the highest debut since Untouchables
Sold 123,000 copies in its first week
Fell off the charts within twelve weeks, with twenty weeks on the chart in total
Certified gold in the United States on 30 October 2007
The most recent Korn album to receive any RIAA certification in the United States

The album was released with no title because Davis said fans could call it whatever they wanted.
Dutch radio 3FM interview on 28 May 2007 after Pinkpop Festival was where Davis first said it would not be titled.
Bozzio's involvement ended when Munky said he demanded full membership and the band found this offensive, so Korn declined to tour with him.
The deluxe edition came with a bonus DVD of behind-the-scenes footage and hundreds of never-before-seen photos of the band.
The single 'Haze' was written and recorded for the first-person shooter video game Haze, and it was offered as a free download to buyers of the album.