Korn At Centre Bell

We're a little bit backed up on getting my concert photographs up here on The Old Blog.  I suppose we will catch up at some point, but this would be a good time to remind you that my concert photographs can be seen in a much more timely manner by visiting V13Media, which you can do by following the link.  If you'd like an even more direct route to my photographs, you can visit my personal page over there but using the following link.  Nu-Metal pioneers Korn decided to tour The Great White North this autumn.  Their Kanada 2025 tour stopped in Montreal back in September and their fans sold out the Centre Bell for a loud trip down memory lane.  Without a new album to promote, this became a Greatest Hits style of set.  Always popular with fans who want to make sure that they get the chance to hear their favourtie song.  A while back I mentioned how I enjoy riding to the Centre Bell on the Metro for concerts.  As is the usual case, there was once again a varied collection of piercings, haircuts and t-shirts.  This time I did get to add to add a new item to my list of observed items.  As we exited the train, two Korn fans in front of me pulled a couple head of corn.  Not actual corn, but rather some novelty headgear.  The kind found at costume shops for Halloween.  Once firmly attached to their heads, a loud wave of cheers and laughter erupted behind us.  Their clever act had been a success.  From my spot on at the side of the stage, I had a unique view for the arrival of our headliners.  Though separated by a curtain, the crowd was getting more and more agitated with every note and flash of light.  Behind the curtain, Korn had taken their position and singer Jonathan Davis, arguably the voice of the nu-metal movement, stalked the stage like a animal ready to pounce before asking if they were ready.  Then, the curtain dropped and Korn went full blast into “Blind”.  For many, that lead single from their awesome self-title debut album was their first introduction to the band.  You could say that Nu-Metal was born with that track.  30 years later and it still gets the crowd going.  After the short but powerful blast of “Twist”, the band played “Here To Stay”.  The band had a really cool lighting scheme for this one.  Beams of light came down from the ceiling, boxing the band in.  The entire lighting scheme of their set was awesome.  Even the darker moments with yellow light made for some cool contrast shows.  Especially with all of that hair flying around.  Korn's most recent album was Requiem from 2022, so hopefully we'll be hearing some new music soon.  As a special added bonus, I had a rather cool surprise waiting for me.  I found out a few days after the show that Korn had shared some of my photographs on their social media feeds.  It was pretty cool to see my name on their sites, knowing that my photographs would end up being seen by scores of more people.  I don't need to tell you that finding out about that out was quite the thrill.  All of the photographs were taken at f/3.2 while using various different shutter speeds, ISO settings and focal lengths.  Here are the rest of the photographs that I took of Korn while performed on the Centre Bell stage.

 

If you would like to find out more about Korn and their music, you can do so by following the link to their website.  If you would like to see the photographs that I took of Gojira, who performed earlier in the evening, you can do so by following the link.  Much thanks goes out to Samantha Waterman and Taryn Mazza of Velvet Hammer Music & Management and Christopher Gonda of V13Media for getting me a pass to photograph the show.  As always, it is very much appreciated.  Korn have definitely reached the status of legends and their concerts are always a sure bet.  Don't you dare miss it when Korn comes to play in a town near you.