Target Center - Minneapolis, MN
March 26, 2022
Photos by Brett Zisler
Review by Nick
KORN brought their Requiem Tour to the Target Center in Minneapolis, MN with a strong tour lineup featuring CHEVELLE and CODE ORANGE! This was the best I've seen KORN in years! Opening with "Forgotten", one of the many strong new songs from Requiem, you could sense it in the crowd they were happy to see KORN again and KORN was happy to see the fans again. Smiling faces from all the band members. Going in to an early showing of "Got the Life" and "Here to Stay" got the crowd moving and we knew KORN wasn't messing around with this set.
"Start the Healing" from Requiem showed up next before KORN dug deep into their back catolog to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Untouchables by playing a deep cut "No One's There". I'm not sure they ever played that one live. A definate treat for the hardcore fans in the crowd. Right after that Jonathan came out with the bagpipes for "Shoots and Ladders" and the crowd came unglued. "Lost in the Grandeur" sounded fantastic with the set so far showing off each member on top of their game. Especially Ray Luzier on the drums! How he can throw sticks up and not miss a cymbal crash is beyond me. Highlight of the night just watching Ray play.
"Falling Away From Me" never gets old in the set, sounds just as good as it did live in 1999. The new single "Worst Is On It's Way" showed up next, featuring Jonathan's signature scatting on it. I may be of the small percentage of the audience who could have used more new songs. KORN has too many hits to play in a set without making it a 3 hour show closing the main set with "Coming Undone" and "Freak on a Leash".
The addition of Ra Diaz on bass filling in for Fieldy was infectious. Ra just smiling ear to ear the entire set clearly enjoying his time playing in the band. Jonathan sounding the best he has in years, same with Munky's background vocals. Head and Munky absolutely crushing their guitars the whole entire set. KORN definately is on top of their game on this tour supporting their best album in quite sometime. To be fair, The Nothing was a pretty great album as well ... no "Cold" or "You'll Never Find Me" in this set list though. Closing out with a fantastic drum solo from Ray in to the legendary "Blind". That's how it's done! KORN took the audience back and showed them how it's done once again.
CHEVELLE had a hits filled set list playing about everything you would want them to play. Opening with "An Island", "Door to Door Cannibals" and "Self Destructor" before letting the foot off the gas pedal for a moment before going into a crowd approved version of "Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)". Not a band to ever talk a whole lot between songs, Pete got in a good dig on someone in the crowd telling him he's number one.
CHEVELLE has always been a band locked into a groove together and this is no different between Pete and Sam with the latest addition Kemble on bass. "Face to the Floor" and "The Clincher" rocked as hard as ever. They got a big crowd sing along with "Send the Pain Below" and "The Red" from Wonder What's Next before closing out their set with the latest and probably best song in years "Mars Simula". So good to see Chevelle live again.
CODE ORANGE had the tough job of opening the night to a crowd that mostly did not know who they were. The band took that job on head first putting them thru everything that CODE ORANGE is in their 30 min set. Comming out with probably their most friendly song the latest single "Out For Blood" before taking a huge 180 into the punishing "Forever". The Target Center hasn't seen a band this heavy in a long time. Jami making full use of the stage and running every inch of it as his territory. Reba showing off how much of a badass she is crushing it on the guitar and vocals during "Sulfur Surrounding". Here's where I definately missed "Bleeding in the Blur" but CODE ORANGE wasn't letting the crowd off that light. Bassist Joe Goldman stalking every inch of that stage like the AEW wrestler he should be. The addition of Mud Max Portnoy on drums brings the band to a whole new heavy unleashing the full potential of power this band can unleash. Shade got to unleash a few extra instrumental elements in to the show allowing a breather in between songs. "Spy" and "Swallowing the Rabbit Hole" closed out the set allowing guitarist Dominic Landolina to destroy his end of the stage. I can't wait to see CODE ORANGE release this new fury in a smaller venue hoepfully soon as they are right now on their own headlining tour.
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