Editing Limp Bizkit (section)

=== Reunion, ''Gold Cobra'' and departure from Interscope (2009–2011) ===

[[File:Limp Bizkit.jpg|thumb|Borland, Otto (background) and Durst performing live]]
In 2009, Limp Bizkit reunited with Borland playing guitar and launched the [[Unicorns N' Rainbows Tour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/limp-bizkit-launches-unicorns-n-rainbows-tour/5289556|publisher=[[Artist Direct]]|author=Artist Direct Staff|title=Limp Bizkit Launches 'Unicorns N' Rainbows' Tour|work=ARTISTdirect |date=April 24, 2009|access-date=May 14, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025085854/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/limp-bizkit-launches-unicorns-n-rainbows-tour/5289556|archive-date=October 25, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Durst announced that they had begun to record a new album, which Borland titled ''[[Gold Cobra]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.kerrang.com/2009/11/world_exclusive_limp_bizkit_na.html |title=World exclusive! Limp Bizkit name new album |author=Simon |date=November 30, 2009 |work=Kerrang.com |publisher=Bauer Performance |access-date=November 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203112253/http://www2.kerrang.com/2009/11/world_exclusive_limp_bizkit_na.html |archive-date=December 3, 2009}}</ref><ref name=EW>{{cite web |last=Collis |first=Clark |url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/05/05/limp-bizkit-durst-borlan/ |title=Limp Bizkit on their reunion album-and who exactly was to blame for their break up in the first place |publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]] Music Mix |date=May 5, 2010 |access-date=September 12, 2011 |archive-date=December 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218181250/http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/05/05/limp-bizkit-durst-borlan/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Borland said that the title does not have any meaning, and that it was chosen because it fit the style of music the band was writing for the album.<ref name=EW/> The band recorded a spoken intro written by Durst and performed by [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] member [[Gene Simmons]] for the album, but it was left off the completed album.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/durst-treats-fans-to-sneak-peek-of-new-record_1186345 |title=Limp Bizkit – Durst Treats Fans To Sneak Peek Of New Record |author=Contactmusic Staff |date=November 25, 2010 |magazine=[[Contactmusic.com]] |access-date=January 6, 2012 |archive-date=February 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215223346/http://www.contactmusic.com/news/durst-treats-fans-to-sneak-peek-of-new-record_1186345 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=NME>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/limp-bizkit/53996 |title=Fred Durst previews new Limp Bizkit songs online |author=''NME'' Staff |date=November 25, 2010 |work=NME |access-date=January 6, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128095139/http://www.nme.com/news/limp-bizkit/53996 |archive-date=November 28, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The band also recorded additional "non-album" tracks, including "Combat Jazz", which featured rapper [[Raekwon]] and "Middle Finger", featuring [[Paul Wall]].<ref name=NME/>

"[[Shotgun (Limp Bizkit song)|Shotgun]]" was released as a single on May 17, 2011. The song is noted for featuring a guitar solo by Borland, something that the band is not known for.<ref name="MetalHammer" /> "Shotgun" received favorable reviews, with [[Artistdirect]] writing, "['Shotgun'] feels like Bizkit approached the signature style on ''[[Three Dollar Bill, Yall|Three Dollar Bill Y'All]]'' and ''[[Significant Other (album)|Significant Other]]'' with another decade-plus of instrumental experience and virtuosity, carving out a banger that could get asses moving in the club or fists flying in the [[mosh pit]]."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/limp-bizkit-shotgun-review-4-5-out-of-5-stars/8973960 |title=Limp Bizkit — "Shotgun" Review 4.5 out of 5 stars |date=June 6, 2011 |publisher=[[Artistdirect]] |access-date=January 6, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903134229/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/limp-bizkit-shotgun-review-4-5-out-of-5-stars/8973960 |archive-date=September 3, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

''Gold Cobra'' was released on June 28 and received mixed to positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/gold-cobra |title=''Gold Cobra'' at Metacritic |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=July 26, 2011 |archive-date=July 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703174900/http://www.metacritic.com/music/gold-cobra |url-status=live }}</ref> AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it "a return to the full-throttled attack of ''Three Dollar Bill Y'All''.<ref name=ErlewineGoldCobra/> IGN writer Chad Grischow wrote, "Though far from their best work, Limp Bizkit's latest at least proves that their 2005 ''Greatest Hitz'' album may have been premature."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.ign.com/articles/117/1179339p1.html |title=Original line-up yields mostly good results on latest |author=Grischow, Chad |date=June 27, 2011 |website=IGN |access-date=January 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222054406/http://music.ign.com/articles/117/1179339p1.html |archive-date=December 22, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' writer Terry Bezer appraised the album, writing "Aside from the odd duff moment, Gold Cobra throws out the hot shit that'll make you bounce in the mosh pit over and over again."<ref name=MetalHammer>{{cite journal|last=Bezer|first=Terry|url=http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/limp-bizkit-gold-cobra-track-by-track/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609012224/http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/limp-bizkit-gold-cobra-track-by-track/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 9, 2011|title=''Gold Cobra'' review|journal=[[Metal Hammer]]|date=July 6, 2011|access-date=October 13, 2011}}</ref> The band launched the [[Gold Cobra Tour]] in support of the album. A music video for the title track was released.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/_i_qxQztHRI Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110704083903/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI |title=Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra music video |website=[[YouTube]] |date=June 28, 2011 |access-date=November 24, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''Gold Cobra'' sold nearly 80,000 copies in the United States alone and peaked at No.&nbsp;16 on the ''Billboard'' 200; however, the band left Interscope after the album's release.<ref name=blabbermouth>{{cite magazine |title=LIMP BIZKIT New Record |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1554417/limp-bizkit-is-ready-to-go-with-lil-wayne-on-new-single-listen |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=March 25, 2013 |access-date=March 25, 2013 |archive-date=March 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329181837/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1554417/limp-bizkit-is-ready-to-go-with-lil-wayne-on-new-single-listen |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goodwyn |first=Tom |date=2011-12-04 |title=Limp Bizkit dropped by record label Interscope |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/limp-bizkit-24-1268973 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=[[NME]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201181436/https://www.nme.com/news/music/limp-bizkit-24-1268973 |url-status=live }}</ref>