Korn is a band that sang about anger in the late 1990s, back when teens were all like 'ugh im so angry! no1 understands me and I wanna yell, but also kinda rap too!' Now teens are all in2 dubstep and they release their rage and social anxiety by doing molly at raves and escaping from their pain. That's why Korn is 'reinventing themselves' as a dubstep band. In fact, Korn frontman Jonathan Davis claims that Korn 'invented' dubstep.

"We were dubstep before there was dubstep," Davis says. "Tempos at 140 with half-time drums, huge bassed-out riffs. We used to bring out 120 subwoofers and line them across the whole front of the stage, 60 subs per side. We were all about the bass."

Korn mines those roots on its 10th album, "The Path of Totality" (Dec. 2, Roadrunner), enlisting the talents of the aggressive electronic genre's top producers, from poster boy Skrillex (aka Sonny Moore) to Noisia, one of its most respected experimental collectives, for an 11-track set that signifies more than an urgent new sound for the almost 20-year-old band. The Path of Totality also stands as dubstep's first official smash-up with its obvious cousin, hard rock. And if social media tests are any indication, the kids are more than ready for it.

'No bro, some bro in the UK invented dubstep. Ur just ruining it!' -James Blake

But srsly yall.. who are the Original Kings of Dubstep?

According to Korn's manager, dubstep is what is relevant, and every1 who wants to be 'now' should turn into a dubstep artist.

"Probably the most active young audience out there is the dubstep audience, just as Korn's was when they first came on the scene," says Peter Katsis, the band's manager since its self-titled 1994 debut. "There's a reason why they're attracted to each other; why a guy like Skrillex went from [singing lead in a hardcore] band like From First to Last to doing what he's doing [today]."

The Korn bro is apparently mad chill with Skrillex. I wish I could call Skrillex and have him help me launch my dubstep career. Right now, my only contacts are in the chillwave and bleepbloop industry. :-(

Korn's interest in bass music started with Davis, a longtime DJ and student of new sounds. "I've been a fan of electronic music since the beginning," Davis says. "When I first heard Skrillex's stuff, I was blown away."

Earlier this year, Davis tried playing some guitar riffs over Skrillex tracks, liked what he heard and got the rest of the band's blessing. "That's when I called Sonny, and he was like, 'Fuck yeah,'" Davis says.

Some studio time with Skrillex-meant more as an experiment than a formal album session-yielded three tracks, including "Get Up!," which Davis says took three-and-a-half hours to write and record. The incendiary track blends Skrillex's loose, half-time break beats and growling, stuttering bass sounds with Korn's moments of melody and Davis' own demon roar.

Do u vibe to their 'collab'?

It seems like Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dubstep Dream" speech has finally been realized now that metal bros and dubstep bros can exist 2gthr in harmony.

"These kids are onto something completely innovative and new," Davis says. "It's pure and awesome and underground and heavy and different, not like stale-ass metal and rock'n'roll. I love them all, but the old-school metalheads are not open to change."

"It's really cool to see glow sticks at the show, to see dance music culture infiltrating and becoming one with the metal community," he says. "At the last show, there was one mosh pit where they were moshing, and another with kids doing glow stick tricks. They were taking turns and shit. I think we've opened up a new style that both sides are happy with."

Do u wish Korn could still write classic hits like "Got the Life" and "Freak on a Leash"?

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