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On September 26 the band’s guitarist Brian “Head” Welch and former bassist Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu reconnected onstage following years of separation, as per theprp. Since leaving Korn in 2021, Fieldy has referred to himself as “retired” from the group. He even went so far as to claim in early 2025 that he hadn’t spoken to any band members since 2019. Fieldy and Welch were spotted hanging out together this past week before to the official opening of a new facility that Christian group The Whosoevers had started. Members of P.O.D., Korn, Flyleaf, Sevendust, and other Christian metal bands have ties to that collective.
It turns out that Head and Fieldy were back in the saddle together for the opening of their new facility in Boise, Idaho. The two went onstage with Lacey Sturm of Flyleaf. The Whosoevers‘ Instagram feed has soundcheck footage of that. Additionally, Fieldy and Head attended P.O.D.‘s performance of “Boom,” and the original Korn members participated in a rendition of “Sabotage” by the Beastie Boys. P.O.D.‘s Instagram story has some footage of that, and additional fan-shot footage is shown below.
But there’s more. The current U.S. administration has once again politicised the music of nu metal pioneers Korn, as per theprp. According to Lambgoat, the Department of Homeland Security’s official social media account shared the video below in response to a hype reel that included former Philadelphia Eagles safety Brian Dawkins will perform “Blind,” Korn‘s early breakthrough song. A message regarding a “huge migrant caravan headed toward the US southern border” prompted the posting of the video. The DHS wrote, “Our Time has come,” as the caption for their video reaction. Similar circumstances occurred in November of last year when Gregory K. Bovino, the head of the U.S. Border Patrol at the time, tweeted a video to the soundtrack of another song by Korn from the early 1990s, “Shoots And Ladders.“
The band has not commented on this yet.
