“Evolution” by Korn

"Evolution" was the opening shot from Korn's untitled 2007 album, the first single anyone heard from it, and it came with a borrowed drummer: Brooks Wackerman of Bad Religion sat behind the kit, one of four tracks he played on. The band shared production with The Matrix and Atticus Ross, Terry Date mixed it, and Zac Baird joins Korn and The Matrix in the writing credit. It's a lean, grinding thing, all coiled riff and clenched-jaw chorus.

Dave Meyers shot the video in Los Angeles that June, and it plays the song for laughs: political satire, a cast of scientists, soldiers and God-fearing politicians, and phony charts showing humanity's IQ sliding steadily downhill. Slipknot's Joey Jordison took the drum stool on screen, even though every hit on the record was Wackerman's.

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