Let’s get this out of the way early: The Nothing is a dark record. In fact, Jonathan Davis himself has claimed it to be his band’s most emotionally heavy record ever. He should know, having steered the good ship Korn for a mind-boggling 13 albums. It’s also a lightlessness that comes from a very fresh, tragic place that we encounter here. Last August the frontman’s wife Deven tragically died from an accidental drug overdose, leaving Jonathan and his sons searching for answers and resolution. The result of this introspection and exploration is an album that pulls no punches, oozing with the thick, pitch-black emotion that JD pulled out from himself and on to the page, as he screams about loss and helplessness. But this isn’t a sad record. Yes, you can almost hear the shards of heartbre...
