Korn - Flyleaf - Deathstars

Korn, the masters of the mosh-pit, the Californian creators of crushing chords and over-power riffs, spearheaded a much-anticipated three-band grinding metal extravaganza to the Plymouth Pavilions, and certainly left a lasting impression.

Deathstars had the dubious honour of kick-starting the evening, and did a great job, supplying a brand of raw edged power metal that had a definite lightside/darkside train of thought imbedded in it, they impressed enough to persuade me to buy a tee shirt – nuff said!!!!

Texan female fronted pain-metal exponents Flyleaf, took the stage next and tried so very hard to produce an impression that would make a sledgehammer to a walnut look subtle. Singer Lacey Mosley squeezes every vocal, every expression and every last possible drop of emotion into every song, and to a large extent it worked, but they slightly travelled into the realms of overkill, I would love to see them again, as they have some good songs but they can probably deliver better than tonight.

Greg Taylor