KOЯN, let's be honest are what many metal heads regard as a safe bet when you listen to them. You know exactly what you get. This, of course, excludes that weird colaberation shit they did with FROM FIRST TO LAST lead singer Sonny Moore aka SKRILLEX. As a fan of Nu-Metal, KOЯN have always been there with great releases and never selling out to mainstream like others did, LINKIN PARK for example. So, here is album no#13. Will it be another solid effort, or is the Nu-Metal scene dead along with the sounds of old school KOЯN?

"Cold" is a return to the TWISTED TRANSISTOR sound that KOЯN treated us to in the mid-00's. The backing vocals from Minky & Head is in tune with their famous aggressive sounds. It's a good start to the album, the beat and tempo are in keeping to the high standards set from KOЯN. It has an aggressive finish, which works well

"You'll Never Find Me" the instruments are seemingly enjoying going back to their prime days, with Davis seemingly a bit slower, but it keeps in balance with the rest of the tempo.Its a slower song with a few breaks in it, which for the first half doesn't really allow the song to break away, but this is KOЯN, an aggressive outburst in the 2^nd third allows to song to burst into action. Its overall a filler song, nothing bad, but not the best song on the album, a bit repeatative would be the only critasism from me

"The Darkness Is Revealing" follows in suit from the previous song, but with a bit more tempo from JD opening up a bit on vocals to start. The only issue as a KOЯN fan, is that you can work out what the song should do, slow build, pick up the pace, mad outburst, fade out. This just doesn't kick into gear as much as we'd want to. But it is still one of the better released songs they have had in years

"Idiosyncrasy" Munky and Head are leading the charge here from the off. Davis joins in and the tempo dies a little. However, KOЯN have been doing this for a long time and they won't go at the same pace as on FOLLOW THE LEADER, sometimes it is worth considering that. It is a decent tempo, but it just doesn't go too far. Davis has a rant, but this is nothing new and not as good as we know it can be. It is still a catchy song

"Can You Hear Me" sounds from the start like a throw back to "Cars" by GARY NUMAN as weirdly follows a similar style and pace. It does have a catchy beat, but it's not exactly a song I would haver said runs to KOЯN's overall strengths. It never gets heavy enough to bang heads or tap feet, it fails to excite really

"The Ringmaster" picks up pace at the start, but then falls back to the safe levels that has been throughout. There is a needless spoken section, it builds up midway through the song, but an anti-climatic break kicks in. This is something that worked so well on "Freak on a Leash", it's a  piss poor attempt if that's what they were mimicking.

"H@rd3r" could this be the thick guitar infused song the album needs, start says yes, rest says no. They keep teasing a heavy song, then dial it down. So far, this is pointing out why Nu Metal has died from its primal origins. The bands are still here, but the sounds aren't. This song has a few small extracts that you can hear which KOЯN used to fill out songs and albums with, they just aren't enough.

Is KOЯN's sound and genre dead? Yes and No, in pro's, this is the best material they have released in years, which says more about what was released in past years.. However, it only has one or two reminders of how KOЯN used to tear shit up in their prime. One bonus, it is still better than SLIPKNOT's new album which just backs up that Nu Metal is dead, we will still love the late 90's and early 00's era that Nu Metal was amazing, but its now just a distant memory.

KOЯN are still never to be insulted for what they have done and brought to music.