The untitled is the eighth studio album by Korn. It was released on July 31, 2007, by Virgin Records. It is the band’s only studio release without an official drummer, released between the departure of David Silveria in 2006 and the arrival of Ray Luzier in late 2007. Vocalist Jonathan Davis hired drummers Terry Bozzio and Brooks Wackerman as session musicians. The album was intentionally released without a title. The album was certified gold in the United States on October 30, 2007.
This album was the first without former drummer David Silveria, instead, Korn enlisted the help of Terry Bozzio, Brooks Wackerman, as well as Jonathan Davis for drumming. Also, the band recruited Zac Baird as keyboardist on this album. An MTV article published on May 17, 2007, includes an interview with Munky as he details the process of the new studio album, while also revealing several song titles. On May 28, vocalist Jonathan Davis joined Dutch radio station 3FM immediately after his performance at the Pinkpop Festival. He commented on the band’s upcoming album, stating it “will not be titled.” He elaborated, “We had the world’s greatest drummer Terry Bozzio in and Brooks Wackerman from Bad Religion in and I played drums on some songs too. I’m so proud of it, we just can’t wait to show people what we’ve done.” Davis went on to say “We didn’t want to label this album. It has no boundaries. It has no limits and why not just let our fans call it whatever they wanna call it?”
Tracklist:
- Intro Korn
- Starting Over (Korn, Atticus Ross, Zac Baird)
- Bitch We Got a Problem (Korn, The Matrix, Ross, Baird)
- Evolution (Korn, The Matrix, Baird)
- Hold On (Korn, The Matrix, Baird)
- Kiss (Korn; A.Ross; Leo Ross, Baird)
- Do What They Say (Korn, The Matrix, A.Ross, L.Ross, Baird)
- Ever Be (Korn, The Matrix, Terry Bozzio, Baird)
- Love and Luxury (Korn, The Matrix, Baird)
- Innocent Bystander (Korn, The Matrix, Baird)
- Killing (Korn, The Matrix, Bozzio, Baird)
- Hushabye (Korn, The Matrix, Baird)
- I Will Protect You (Korn, The Matrix, Bozzio, Baird)
Korn
Jonathan Davis: vocals, bagpipes, drums on “Bitch We Got a Problem” and “Love and Luxury”, additional drums on “Kiss” and “Hushabye”
James “Munky” Shaffer: guitar, lap steel guitar
Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu: bass
Additional musicians
Terry Bozzio: drums on “Intro”, “Starting Over”, “Kiss”, “Do What They Say”, “Ever Be”, “Killing”, “I Will Protect You”, and “Sing Sorrow”
Brooks Wackerman: drums on “Evolution”, “Hold On”, “Innocent Bystander”, and “Hushabye”
Zac Baird: keyboards, organ, synthesizer
Mixing
Terry Date: mixing on “Evolution”, “Do What They Say”, “Innocent Bystander”, and “I Will Protect You”
Alan Moulder: mixing on “Starting Over”, “Hold On”, “Kiss”, “Ever Be”, and “Love and Luxury”
A&R
Peter Katsis: A&R
James Bryant: A&R, A&R coordination, art consultation
Technical personnel
Atticus Ross: producer, mixing on “Intro” and “Bitch We Got a Problem”
Korn and The Matrix (Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards, Scott Spock): production
Jim “Bud” Monti and Frank Filipetti: recording, engineering
Doug Trantow: additional engineering, mixing on “Intro” and “Bitch We Got a Problem”
Stephen Marcussen: mastering for Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, CA
Stewart Whitmore: digital editing
Leopold Ross: production assistant
Jeff Kwatinetz: executive producer, exclusive management for The Firm
Jeff Katsis: exclusive management for The Firm
John Branca, Gary Stiffelman and David Byrnes: legal representation for Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca, Fischer, Gilbert-Lurie, Stiffelman and Cook, LLP
Larry Einbund and Bill Vuylsteke: business management for Provident Financial Management
Darryl Eaton and Rick Roskin: booking agents for Creative Artists Agency
Nikki Hirsch: product management
Sean Mosher Smith: art direction and design
Richard Kirk: artwork
Chapman Baehler: photography
