FEAR FACTORY
After a gruelling wait in the longest
queue in history (thanks to the horrid weather), the crowds finally piled into
the arena, many of whom took to the main stage with Fear Factory waiting to
greet them.
Playing a mix of many years worth of quality
music, including a couple from their new album (which sound amazing!!) the band
are still as hard as ever and the crowd immediately went ballistic.
Maybe, in all honesty Burton’s vocals
were a little weaker than I had hoped; the band still got me hyped up for what
promised to be an amazing weekend of music.
NoFX
A banterlicious set from an aged pop
punk band, NoFX create exactly what was expected of them, humorous from the
outset and completely tasteless.
“The Megadeth of Punk Rock” (as Fat
Mike describes) played an array of classic sing along punk, ‘Bob’ was an
absolute treat, as was ‘Eat the meek’.
Funny, Energetic and a huge amount of
audience participation made for a truly enjoyable set.
MACHINE HEAD
To a chorus of “Machine F***ing Head”
from the tens of thousands of fans, Machine Head are greeted to the stage and once
Rob Flynn screams “I AM HELL” the crowd erupt and the circle pits begin. A band
that will always go down amazingly at Download MH provide us with 55 minutes of
record quality groove metal.
Backed by Dave McClain, one of metals
most underrated drummers, the band keep the circle pits spinning with some
amazing songs.
Personally, a little disappointed
that there set was filled with songs only from the latest two albums except
‘Imperium’ from ‘Through the ashes of Empires’. Where were the classics like
‘Dividian’?
Needless to say, an amazing set, by
an amazing band, with the added accomplishment of breaking the world record for
most circle pits (previously 23) to ‘Aesthetics of Hate’.
CHASE AND STATUS
With a high chance of failing to meet
the weekends set genre, many people have been heard complaining about Downloads
choice to put this band on, however, with this in mind Chase and Status came
out with guns blazing.
An eruption of sound wetted
everyone’s dub step whistle and before the first song had reached the chorus
the thousands watching delved into an enigmatic groove, all of a sudden it
doesn’t matter about silly things like genre. To be honest, Chase and Status
provided just as heavy a sound, if not heavier, than others hitting the main
stage.
A really strong set of well chosen
songs ended up a highlight to my day, who says you can’t mosh to a bit of
wobble bass?!
PRODIGY
With the hints of sun we experienced on
Friday having finally left us for the day, the main stage lit up with its impressive
lighting rig.
Although painfully delayed coming
onto stage, (especially after C&S getting everyone buzzing) Prodigy
exploded onto stage! A reminder of the sheer talent and writing ability that
they have, hit follows hit follows hit, this band could do no wrong!
The very impressive crowd all
attempting to get their feet moving in the sticky mud. Prodigy’s songs were
huge, with a bass that cracks ribs and an amazing ability to create a live
sound so close to the originals.
Yes, ok, Maxim said “where my people
at?” far too many times, and Keith’s mic was sometimes lost in the mix, but who
cares! Prodigy owned main stage! Amazing!
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