![]() ![]() And to perhaps test their fans patience and loyalty, they’d cultivated an annoying habit of playing to each other on stage, leaving the frustrated crowd to rubberneck at their jam session. Over the years, updates on their album’s progress were infrequent and vague at best. They’ve released the EPs Our Color Green and the rare-as-sunshine follow-up Coloring Book, as well a handful of songs online. Due to whatever Machiavellian legal matters troubling the band, they’ve not released a full-length album since returning from a lengthy break in 2008. Korn (Image credit: Photo by Kevin Nixon) ![]() They even scare the rain off, bless them. Jonathan Davies is on particularly great form, bagpipes and all, and his slightly camp dad dancing is a wonder to behold, as ever. Today they are a monstrous, hit-hurling joy, with everything from wonky curio Y’all Want A Single through to heavyweights like Blind and Freak On A Leash sounding vital and far more pertinent to heavy music in 2016 than perhaps even the band themselves were hoping. It’s not entirely obvious why, but Korn seem more laidback and, as a result, much more fun as they trundle into their third decade as one of metal’s most enduring bands. It’s a little puzzling that Download couldn’t muster an all-star band to bash out Ace Of Spades and the absence of any actual live music does seem weird for a tribute to a man who cared about little else, but there really is no perfect way to replace the irreplaceable and Motörhead on tape is still better than most things. In the end, a touching and respectful video featuring performances from previous Motörhead shows at Download, interspersed with interviews with Metallica, Priest, Dave Grohl and many other rock and metal notables, does a decent job of occupying the slot that the late, great man was originally due to fill. No one really knows what to expect from today’s tribute to Lemmy. Requests to crowd surf and roll around in the mud fall on deaf ears, and although it isn’t a bad set, it’s certainly not mind-blowing. The Amity Affliction do the kind of melodic, ambient, consistent metalcore that would perfectly soundtrack a sunny day by the beach, but is somehow made all the more dreary by the miserable weather. Killswitch Engage (Image credit: Photo by Kevin Nixon) ![]()
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