Date:

Monday, May 01, 2006

Venue:

The Supertop, Ericsson Stadium

Location:

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Notes:

Supertop Moshpit
Supertop General Admission

If angst could be bottled and sold, a fortune could be made as Korn brings its thundering alt-metal show to 7000 screaming Auckland fans.

The cavernous Supertop barely contains the crunching riffs of appropriate opener It's On! from the band's 1998 breakthrough album, Follow the Leader. From there it explodes as the fans, a mixture of young and not-so-young-any more, heed the call.

The California quartet is all about the darkness, and the 90-minute set reflects it. Starting with a simple black curtain as a backdrop, parted somewhat to reveal the drums on a riser, the stage show becomes drastically more elaborate a few songs in.
The curtains open fully during Love Song, from last year's See You on the Other Side, to reveal a backing band wearing animal masks, including a backup guitarist, keyboard and vocalist, as well as a second drum set with giant gongs and Japanese kodo drums. The look is industrial.

Singer Jonathan Davis spends much of the show clutching his trademark microphone stand (a metallic woman sculpture created by Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger) for dear life while belting out hits from the band's seven albums. The rest of the time, he growls and bellows while prowling the stage like a demented preacher.

The band behind Davis is tight and powerful. Bassist Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu and drummer David Silveria pounding out the backing beats for guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer

New Zealand	3 bands
New Zealand: Blindspott 8 Foot Sativa Dawn of Azazel
Death Metal	2 bands
Death Metal: 8 Foot Sativa Dawn of Azazel
Metal	2 bands
Metal: Korn 8 Foot Sativa
Nu Metal	2 bands
Nu Metal: Korn Blindspott
Rock	2 bands
Rock: Korn Blindspott
Alternative	2 bands
Alternative: Korn Blindspott
Nz Metal	2 bands
Nz Metal: 8 Foot Sativa Dawn of Azazel
Kiwi Rock	2 bands
Kiwi Rock: Blindspott 8 Foot Sativa
Alternative Metal	1 band
Alternative Metal: Korn
Alternative Rock	1 band
Alternative Rock: Korn
Blackened Death Metal	1 band
Blackened Death Metal: Dawn of Azazel
Brostep	1 band
Brostep: Korn
Brutal Death Metal	1 band
Brutal Death Metal: Dawn of Azazel
Funk Metal	1 band
Funk Metal: Korn
Hard Rock	1 band
Hard Rock: Korn
Industrial	1 band
Industrial: Korn
Industrial Rock	1 band
Industrial Rock: Korn
Melodic Death Metal	1 band
Melodic Death Metal: 8 Foot Sativa
Metalcore	1 band
Metalcore: 8 Foot Sativa
Post-Grunge	1 band
Post-Grunge: Korn

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Shelley
Manda Pearson