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No getting around it : the eleventh album of Korn is not a masterpiece , it's a job well done at home , but not brilliant ; " The Paradigm Shift " sees in some ways a timid return to the past , thanks to the reintegration plan stable Brian "Head " Welch , in terms of riffing and song form , but this only happens on some tracks , in many cases you will hear a barely concealed intention of spreading from the point of view of the band of the verb Bakersfield relying on solutions easy to hold on public , read choruses Pop -Rock .
We left them struggling with an album interlocutory , or the " Path To Totality ", which had done so much their noses to the " purists" , after two years it seems that the door wide open to the visions dubstep has been closed , or perhaps it would be better say ajar , just enough to circulate some of the same breath in this new effort. From a general view shows the attempt to give life to something that is more heavy in the more pull , putting a little ' by the trappings typical sound of the guitars to make room for a musical texture more relaxed and less nervous sublime Ray Luzier 's drumming , impossible not to stop and listen to beat hard on the leather , a little ' more than a shadow on the bottom of Fieldy , appears to play a role and will not ever rises to a tool carrier for a track, while the evidence of Jonathan Davis, despite some questionable choice and some lament too , is always at high levels.
A " Prey For Me " was entrusted with the task of giving the ball rolling : the first notes bodes well , guitar and drums come together , creating a riff simple , but effective , thirty seconds of headbanging unrestrained, immediately after comes the chorus and suddenly became apparent the side to be "radio hit" , to tell the truth and pleasant guessed , the next "Love & Meth " appears vivid memories of years gone by with a reference to the previous " Follow The Leader " and " Take A Look in The Mirror " , the beginning is always instrumental to great effect, in the best tradition , on this track the search for a refrain easy to store and pimp produces good fruits : the melodic line is poignant and epic , achieves its purpose . From the third track onwards, the level begins to wane : " What We Do" has the usual opening words guerraiolo , but the solutions adopted by the two axemen begin to know "heard " in this case would have been better to avoid even the falsetto Jonathan Davis, who incessantly repeats the title of the track. "Spike In My Veins " belongs instead to the more recent past, here is electronics to lead the way , but the result is not the best , the emotional tension drop off significantly , "Mass Hysteria " leaves no sign, a trace typical of Korn but devoid of particular points of foothold to be remembered ; among others , there are no particular episodes that stand out , apart from the tribal " Victimized " that thanks to a pace more pressing arouses the attention of the listener and the single " Never Never " despised by many for its markedly commercial , but the chorus of which hardly go out of mind , to avoid " Lullaby For A Sadist " , the ballad you do not expect from Korn , for the remainder of the last two " It's All Wrong "and" Tell Me What You Want " although not of gems, nevertheless endeavor to close the album just as it had been open , or with massive doses of tritaossa riffs and growling vocals brush up on which is good.
The work done is not to be despised , one must look at the right way , realize the fact that " Korn " and " Life Is Peachy " belong to the past, where it needs to be , Korn are so targati 2013 and " The Paradigm Shift" is full advantage of the artistic career of the band, a photograph that may not appeal to those who do not appreciate their new course, but it will certainly be devoured by those who does not dwell too much to wonder if it was a business move or not.
