Last Tuesday night I made my way to the NIA. (Whoever decided to change the name to The Barclay Card Arena is a total Muppet, trying to confuse us all. It will always be the NIA to me). Anyway back to Tuesday nights events. I was totally stoked to me finally seeing two of my all time favourite bands! As always when we make our way into a venue the first protocol is always the merchandise desk. I have to tell you all of the fiasco I had. I made my way to the Merchandise and joined the short cue. I was stood behind a couple for around five minutes as they tried to pick out a t shirt. I kid you not I physically had to try and stop myself from laughing. The man's wife kept holding up t shirts in front of him and stretching them to see if they would fit. He looked totally embarrassed by his wife it was hard not to laugh. But after what seemed like forever I finally made my way past them and walked away with a new Korn T-shirt in ten seconds flat.
Next protocol is of course the bar! Need a beer or two to kick start the night. For the first time in a long time we were up in the stands for this gig. Anyone who hears the words Slipknot gig, think absolute mayhem on the floor! And to be quite honest that was the only reason I did not stand. Plus you have the added advantage of watching the whole stage show.
At quarter to eight the anticipation was at a high, and the atmosphere was through the roof. The screams and cheers flooded the venue as Korn hit the stage... Starting the night with Twist, Korn were off to a flyer. Jonathan Davis commanding the stage with his incredible vocal range and presence. Continuing the set with 'Here To Stay' and 'Love & Meth', the whole venue was in a trance. Time was flying by far too quickly, when Korn hit out 'Falling Away From Me' in the centre of their set.
From a stage perspective Korn hit the nail on the head! I loved how the stage lit up from the floor it gave the guys an even edgier look to fit their music. Monkey was as ever a mastermind with the bass guitar, completely brilliant decked out in his black and white stripe prisoner suit. Brian was completely on form with his guitar work! The sound was Korn, I have no other words to describe it...
Here are some videos of my favourite parts next...
Here is the video of Korn playing Falling Away From me, which was pretty awesome, I was head banging with the rest of the fans!
Korn and the boys playing Shoots And Ladders, and impeccably merging the song into Metallica's One ending! Truly magic.
Finishing off their set with Freak On A Leash and Blind, Korn exited the stage leaving the fans cheering and stomping their feet for more! Of Course they didn't come back no support band does, but in this instance we all wanted them back so much...
I must say I think that is the most I have ever spoke about a support band on my blog ever! But Korn deserve it because they are truly unique in their own right...
Moving on!
"PREPARE FOR HELL!"
Yes you crazy hard rock and metal fans, I finally made it to a slipknot concert! Waiting many a year for their return I was there to witness pure brilliance! As the lights dimmed and the roar of the crowd increased my heart began to beat faster and faster with anticipation for what was about to happen! A huge white theatre curtain hung over the stage. My first thought was "It is going to drop" but I was however wrong!
XIX played behind the scenes while the shadows of the nine band members made their way to their places. The song drifted out as Sarcastrophe blended in and the curtain rose, revealing a set resembling the doorway to hell... Truly Metaphoric brilliance! From that point on the music came fast, hard and packed a punch! I have to say I don't think I have ever witnessed such an incredible opening to a gig, the first six songs were phenomenal...
- Sarcastrophe
- The Heretic Anthem
- My Plague
- The Devil in I
- Psychosocial
- The Negative One
Well the whole set was phenomenal but that section was of course my favourite! Corey and the guys moved around the stage and made as much noise and chaos as they possibly could. Revving up the crowd on the floor and in the stands. There was so much energy, we could of powered the country for a whole year!
Moving through the centre of the set and into the last couple of songs, the amps were turned up to 11 and the crowd could feel the atmosphere build as everyone waited for that one special moment we all knew was coming... that of course would be 'Spit It Out'. For those of you who do not know what happens in Spit It Out, I'll explain...
Every band has that iconic song that drives the crowd crazy to be heard play and that song for Slipknot fans is Spit It Out. For sixteen years Slipknot have had the tradition in the middle of Spit It Out, to have all of their fans (maggots) crouch down on the floor. And as all us fans have a little bit of a screw loose we comply. So when all the fans are on the floor Corey shouts out...
"When I say Jump The Fuck up, You Jump The Fuck Up!"
Now you can all kind of recognise what is about to happen, So as the fans on the floor start cheering and gearing up for what is about to be the biggest mosh pit of their lives, Corey tells the guys (band) to bring us home and that is what he does, here is the last thing you hear before mayhem breaks loose! It is Fucking awesome!
'Bout time I set this record straight
Cuz all the needle nose punchin' is making me
irate
Sick o' my bitchin' fallin' on deaf ears
Where you gonna be in the next five years?
The crew and all the fools, and all the politics
Get your lips ready, gonna gag, gonna make you sick
You got dick when they passed out the good stuff
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Are you sick of me?
JUMP THE FUCK UP!
When Slipknot left the stage and the crowd started roaring and clapping louder to bring them back asap! And truth be told they were back in just over a minute! They encored out with SIC, People = Shit and Surfacing which all packed a good hard beat that hit me through the chest! I was sad the show was at an end, it felt like I was in the room barely thirty minutes before I was bustling my way out. Well they do say 'time flies when you're having fun'.
So to all of you reading I would just like to say whether you like these two bands or not, you can't take away the fact that they put on a awesome show. And to those of us who are lucky enough to witness their brilliance understand that you get every pennies worth out of them!
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Lissy.C
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