Studio Album · No. 10
The Path of Totality Songwriting Credits by KoRn
Produced by Skrillex, Noisia, Excision, Downlink, 12th Planet, Feed Me · Engineered by Jim Monti (mixing), Ted Jensen (mastering)
Holds writing credit on 11 of 11 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 11 / 11 documented
Scored across the 11 tracks with documented writers, by whether KoRn carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 11 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
The Path of Totality was Korn's radical genre experiment: every track was produced by a different EDM artist, Skrillex, Noisia, Excision, 12th Planet, Downlink, Kill the Noise, Feed Me, Datsik, and Flinch, combining dubstep production with nu metal vocals and occasional guitar. Jim Monti handled mixing and Ted Jensen mastered at Sterling Sound. The album debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200 with 55,000 first-week copies and sold 270,000 US copies as of 2013. No singles reached the Billboard Hot 100, with "Get Up!" peaking at number 10 on Mainstream Rock Songs and "Narcissistic Cannibal" at number six.
The Path of Totality is the tenth studio album by Korn, released in December 2011 on Roadrunner Records, the most commercially divisive album in the band's catalog, produced entirely in collaboration with dubstep producers including Skrillex, Excision, and 12th Planet, and representing the most extreme departure from the band's heavy metal origins. Davis wrote all lyrics; the album's 11 tracks apply dubstep bass drops, electronic synthesis, and contemporary EDM production to Davis's vocals and the band's rhythm section, removing traditional guitar almost entirely. 'Get Up!' (produced by Skrillex) and 'Narcissistic Cannibal' were the principal singles; the album debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 but received the worst critical and fan response of the Korn catalog. The Path of Totality is significant as a document of the 2012 dubstep mainstream moment and as the most commercially risky experiment in the band's discography, demonstrating both the willingness to abandon genre safety and the commercial cost of doing so. The Path of Totality's commercial and critical legacy is primarily as a document of the 2012 dubstep moment and of the commercial costs of genre experimentation in a rock career built on audience loyalty to a specific sonic identity, and its short-term commercial failure drove the Paradigm Shift reunion that would partially restore the band's standing with their core audience.