Blizzard brought Korn out of its 4-year hiatus to write a song for Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, confirming that nu metal is and always was sick as hell

I'll hand it to Blizzard: There's not a better band to write a Diablo song than Korn. I may have been slightly too young to call myself a legitimate fan, but my dad regularly had Korn on in his truck when he took me to school, and I distinctly remember staring at the grinning skull on the Diablo 2 box whenever I was allowed to use the family computer back then.

It gives me just enough of the nostalgia Blizzard is trying to spark with Korn's new song Reward The Scars. An animated music video for the track just dropped—perfectly timed for anyone who wants something to blast while playing Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred when it releases later today.

Even the music video feels like a throwback: The big demon lord Mephisto is drawn as if he was in a '90's comic book with his big hollow eyes and twisted horns. Once he fully aband...