The Nothing Drum Setup: Ray Luzier's 2019 Korn Gear Breakdown | MetalForge
Ray Luzier recorded The Nothing (2019) on a Pearl Reference Maple kit with a Pearl Reference 14" × 6.5" Brass snare.
Ray Luzier's drum setup on Korn's The Nothing (2019) — the band's rawest, most personal album, written in the wake of Jonathan Davis's grief. Pearl Reference...
Frequently Asked Questions
What kit did Ray Luzier use on The Nothing?
Ray Luzier used his Pearl Reference Maple drum kit on Korn's The Nothing (2019), continuing the Pearl platform he'd used since The Paradigm Shift (2013) and The Serenity of Suffering (2016). The configuration included double 22" bass drums with a Pearl Demon Drive pedal, a five-tom spread, and a Pearl Reference 14" × 6.5" Brass snare. His cymbals were Sabian AAX, including 14" Stage Hi-Hats, 18" and 19" X-Plosion Crashes, a 21" Stage Ride, and an 18" AAXtreme China.
Who played drums on Korn's The Nothing?
Ray Luzier played drums on Korn's The Nothing (2019), the band's thirteenth studio album. Luzier had been Korn's drummer since 2007 and had already recorded Korn III (2010), The Path of Totality (2011), The Paradigm Shift (2013), and The Serenity of Suffering (2016) with the band by the time The Nothing was recorded, making it his fifth full studio album with Korn.
Is The Nothing a concept album?
The Nothing isn't a formal concept album with a linear narrative, but it is thematically unified around Jonathan Davis's grief following the deaths of his wife Deven and his mother Holly Marie Chavez in the months before recording. Davis has said the album functioned as personal therapy, and songs like 'Finally Free' address that loss directly. The record's emotional cohesion — rather than a plotted story — is what gives it a concept-album feel to many listeners and critics.
What is Korn's The Nothing album about?
Korn's The Nothing (2019) is about grief. Frontman Jonathan Davis wrote and recorded the album in the wake of his wife Deven's death and his mother Holly Marie Chavez's death, and has described the sessions — which took roughly four months of vocal recording, compared to his usual two weeks — as a form of personal therapy. Davis has said that the emotional breakdowns audible on the record during his vocal takes are genuine, not performed.
Who produced Korn's The Nothing?
The Nothing (2019) was produced by Nick Raskulinecz, returning after producing The Serenity of Suffering (2016). Sessions took place at Rock Falcon Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, and Buck Owens Studio in Bakersfield, California — the same Bakersfield room Korn would use again for Requiem (2022). The album was released September 13, 2019, through Roadrunner Records and Elektra, debuting at #8 on the Billboard 200.