Sound Surgery

After discovering Suddarth's track The Dark Crystal and being a huge fan of the 1982 film, Davis invited Suddarth to his Bakersfield studio to record some tracks. Suddarth decided to bring Blue along, whom he'd also just met, and the three of them immediately hit it off. They recorded the first two tracks, Wrecked and I'll F**k It, in just 12 hours. Davis said about it:{{cite web|title=Killbot Bio|url=https://www.dimmak.com/artist/killbot|website=Dim Mak|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521020411/https://www.dimmak.com/artist/killbot|archive-date=May 21, 2013|accessdate=June 20, 2025}}

{{cquote|"We got in my studio and just f**king went for it. It was one of the most natural things I've ever done. I can't really describe it."|cquote}}

Suddarth would elaborated further, explaining that with all of them bringing their unique styles into the mix they felt they were doing something that no one else had ever done.

{{cquote|"The three of us bring a lot to the table. We're a good team, and we made something completely original between my 'metalstep', Tyler's club groove, and JDevil's darkness. It's a monster."|cquote}}

I'll F**k It seemed to come together naturally for the trio. Blue recalls creating the base track with Suddarth and then giving it to Davis to "do his thing". Davis had a lot of fun with it, calling it "sexy and dark" and a "call-to-arms for people to have a good time". Davis admitted to pushing himself on the track Feel Alive. He used the music that Suddarth and Blue had created for the track as a platform to take his vocals to greater heights than he'd ever done before.

{{cquote|"I wanted to hit notes I haven't hit, and the music that Sluggo and Tyler put down was perfect. The song is about just wanting to feel something. It's like we're all so f**king numb, but there's got to be a way to feel. You're trying to reach that and you don't know if you ever will or not."|cquote}}

Sound Surgery received mixed reviews upon release. In its first week, the EP was voted Album of the Week on the Revolver Magazine website, winning by less than 300 votes.{{cite web|title=Album of the Week: Killbot, Sound Surgery|url=http://www.revolvermag.com/news/album-of-the-week-killbot-sound-surgery.html|website=Revolver Magazine|author=Sammi Chichester|date=October 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110022907/http://www.revolvermag.com/news/album-of-the-week-killbot-sound-surgery.html|archive-date=November 10, 2013|accessdate=June 20, 2025}}

Artistdirect gave it 5 out of 5 stars, praising the trio's willingness to think outside the box with their musical style.{{cite web|title=KILLBOT "Sound Surgery" EP Review|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/killbot-sound-surgery-ep-review-5-out-of-5-stars/10254504|website=ARTISTdirect|author=Rick Florino|date=October 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019064536/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/killbot-sound-surgery-ep-review-5-out-of-5-stars/10254504|archive-date=October 19, 2012|accessdate=June 20, 2025}}

{{cquote|"While everyone else has their hands up blindly to another faceless DJ in the club, pool party, or festival, these three get downright dangerous and destructive with a vicious initiative, message, and image. They're the whole package and more..."|cquote}}

Elektro Daily describes it as having "head-bang ready driving, blitzing basslines along with seismic synths that sound like they emerged from the depths from hell". They commend the groups diversity in the production, highlighting the metal-esque riffs on Sound Surgery, the grinding basslines on Feel Alive, and the electro house influences on Wrecked.{{cite web|title=KILLBOT "SOUND SURGERY" EP Out now on Dim Mak Records|url=https://elektrodaily.com/killbot-sound-surgery-ep-out-now-on-dim-mak-records/|website=Elektro|author=Elektro Staff|date=October 22, 2012|accessdate=June 20, 2025}}

{{cquote|"Nu metal fans who have been opposed to the electronic music scene in the past will surely be swayed by this impressive production."|cquote}}

Apple Music explains that the EP "gives dubstep an exaggerated feel....with nu-metal aggression", and similarly emphasizes the diverse influences present in the songs. AllMusic mentions that the response from Davis' fans was also mixed, some thinking it was "too drastic a departure" from Korn, and others "greeting it favourably".

{{Track listing

| all_writing = JDevil, Sluggo, and Tyler Blue

| title1 = Sound Surgery

| length1 = 4:48

| title2 = Feel Alive

| length2 = 4:13

| title3 = Wrecked

| length3 = 4:31

| title4 = I'll F**k It

| length4 = 4:19

| total_length = 17:51

}}

• Jonathan "JDevil" Davis
• Nick "Sluggo" Suddarth
• Tyler Blue

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• [https://music.apple.com/cv/artist/killbot/1439609624 Sound Surgery] at Apple Music

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