[7] It is their first album since 1996's Life Is Peachy to be produced by Ross Robinson, as well as their first to feature drummer Ray Luzier, who was previously a fill-in member.

[8] Following the release of its untitled eighth album (July 2007) with Virgin Records, Korn embarked upon a ten-month hiatus, allowing band members to focus on solo projects.

Guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer's side project, Fear and the Nervous System, began recording a debut album.

[9] In July, Shaffer reported on the band's MySpace page that the album would not be released August 8, 2008 as previously mentioned.

Bassist Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu recorded guitars for StillWell's debut album Dirtbag.

During this time, Davis had purposely avoided hearing the band's new material, stating that he would work on lyrics after the music was recorded.

[17] He presented the demos to the rest of the band, who played the material live, to "add their own flavor to the songs", according to Davis.

Despite his love and respect for Robinson, Davis adds: "That record sounds forced to me, and it took me to a very dark place that I didn't want to go back to.

"[20] Robinson later expressed regret over his treatment of Davis during the recording of Korn III, stating that he "[pushed] too hard, and it had the opposite effect".

[4][16] One of these symbols was organized religion, something that Davis felt were responsible for a lot of things that have gone wrong in the world today.

"[23] During the recording of the album Shaffer used several vintage guitars, echos, long delays, effect pedals and reverbs as well as employing fingerpicking during certain instrumental passages.

"[23] Luzier's drum parts were recorded without the use of a click track[24] allowing the band to change tempo as a song progressed.

Robinson heavily involved himself in drum recording and composition, often deliberately interrupting Luzier mid-take.

The main groove of it is me hitting the floor tom and all the kicks are on the upbeats"[19] Davis also remarked that he "didn't stack four or five vocal parts like" he usually does.

"[23] Shaffer commented, "You can lose focus of why you wanted to start playing music in the beginning because you can get caught up in the money and the fame and the traveling.

"[26] Drummer Ray Luzier related in an interview with Altsounds: Well, it's exactly what it reads as — it's "Korn III" because it's our third album with [producer] Ross Robinson.

[27] Jay DiNitto from Noisecreep awarded it "album cover of the week", which was noted as "is less elaborate, embracing a minimalism with a simple photo".

DiNitto compared the cover, where an old man in a vehicle approaches a confused young girl, to Korn's earlier album's Life Is Peachy and their debut album Korn - which respectively show a little boy seeing himself in a mirror where a shadowed presence looms behind,[28] and a little girl bringing her swing to a stop to squint at a menacing man standing before her[29] - saying all three depict a child abuse theme.

[30] In August 2009, Korn announced plans to release a three-track EP featuring an instrumental demo from the upcoming album.

[32] The band allowed premium members to view live studio production sessions via webcam.

[33] Shaffer revealed in an interview that the band intended to embark on an 18-month world tour to promote the album, starting in February.

[34] In January 2010, Kevin Lyman revealed that Korn would headline the Rockstar Mayhem Festival tour, throughout North America along with Rob Zombie, Lamb of God and Five Finger Death Punch.

[37] On March 26, 2010, Korn performed the first single from the album, entitled "Oildale (Leave Me Alone)", at their show in Anchorage, Alaska.

[40] In an interview in October 2009, Shaffer revealed that the band had discussed options for releasing the album, with or without a record label.

(under the demo title "My Time") was leaked,[51] uploaded copies of the song and video, which were described as "old school Korn".

[51] On March 15, in the announcement of the Ballroom Blitz Tour, the album title was also revealed to be "Korn III: Remember Who You Are".

[6] In March 2010, Shaffer revealed via an online chat with fans that Korn had chosen to sign with Roadrunner Records.

[42] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, who was very critical of 2007's untitled album, noted that "They've gone back to the coiled, furious sputter of their debut but there's no disguising that Korn is an older band, substituting precision for frenzy without diluting their power", originally giving the album a 4 out of 5 rating (later revised to a 2.5).

[43] Giles Moorhouse of Rock Sound gave the album an 8 out of 10 rating and noted that "Let the Guilt Go" is "an absolute monster and will easily go toe-to-toe against mosh anthems like Slipknot's 'Duality' and Drowning Pool's 'Bodies' without breaking a sweat".