KORN surprise dropped their first track in four years, “Reward The Scars,” this past Thursday (April 23) as a part of the Diablo IV: Lord Of Hatred soundtrack, and yesterday (April 27), the GRAMMY award-winning band has released the accompanying music video in promotion of the video game’s release at midnight local time (April 28). The music video is a combination of both a performance from KORN as well as an illustrated story in the signature Diablo style.
“I’ve played ‘Diablo’ for years, so getting to step into that world creatively felt natural,” said Jonathan Davis, KORN frontman. “I’ve always connected to the darkness in the game and the idea of confronting what lives beneath the surface — that’s something KORN has explored in our music from the beginning. ‘Reward The Scars’ came out of our own writing sessions as a new KORN song, and it became clear pretty quickly that it was a natural fit for ‘Diablo’.”
“This collaboration came together naturally — KORN and ‘Diablo’ live in that space of confronting darkness head-on,” said Kevin Bjelajac, VP of brand and creative marketing at Blizzard. “With ‘Lord Of Hatred’, we’re telling a story about consequence, choice, and what it means to embrace — or resist — the pull of evil. ‘Reward the Scars’ captures that spirit perfectly.”