Dubstep, it seems, is so 2011.
That's according to Korn, the Bakersfield nu-metallers who embraced Skrillex-directed electro-carnage on their occasionally inspired last album that was full of sinister synths, brutal breaks and gigantic EDM drops.
They've ditched that sound on The Paradigm Shift, their 11th album that supposedly returns Korn to their bruising riffage roots.
Certainly, on the spiralling dual guitar attacks of Love & Meth and Spike in my Veins, you can hear the influences of returning guitarist Brian "Head" Welch, who famously found God and disowned the band eight years ago.
His grinding aggression helps Korn deliver something more akin to their first few albums than anything they've done recently.
