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Korn review – a mosh-pit erupting set drenched in dark energy
The nu-metal pioneers commit entirely with hulking riffs, frenzied scatting and guttural rage as they stomp through their songs with little ceremony
It’s not every day you see huge mosh pits erupting metres away from a family pedal boat attraction, but that’s the charm of Scarborough’s Open Air theatre. “Lemme hear you!”, Korn frontman Jonathan Davis shouts, as the Californians bring out the big guns early with Here to Stay – the Grammy-winning song’s hulking, downtuned riffs shake the theatre – and ADIDAS, an acronym for All Day I Dream About Sex. Released in 1997, the latter’s lyrics (“I will always be that pimp that I see in all of my fantasies”) have aged like milk, but Davis performs tonight wearing an Adidas tracksuit with glittery green bottoms and it remains an apt outfit.
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