In the second half of the '90s, the metal scene wasdominated by bands that built a bridge between metal and rap. These bands owemuch of their success to Korn, who made this music popular and brought it outfrom underground. To attend a concert by the band responsible for starting thiscraze was a memorable experience.

Staind, a protege of Limp Bizkit, did asuperb job as the opening act. Their major label debut, "Dysfunction,"achieved gold status in less than a year, and three of its songs became hits. Forthis reason, "Just Go," "Mudshovel" and "Home" wereall well appreciated by the crowd. "Crawl," included on the"Scream 3" soundtrack, was very appealing. For the most part, Staind'ssongs included heavy parts intensified by slow bridges followed by horrificscreaming. Vocalist Aaron Lewis, who has perhaps the best singing voice in heavymetal, looked depressed the entire time to aid the band's gimmick. With Staind'salbum taking off, he will soon not have much to be depressedabout.

Finally, after a plethora of animated clips and crowd footage on aprojection screen, Korn came out and opened with "Falling Away FromMe," the first single off their most recent album, "Issues." Theyextended the mellow introduction to allow more tension to build in the crowd,which soon exploded into mosh pit fever.

Like Staind, Korn also exhibitedmuch intensity and screaming. But perhaps because drummer David Silveria wasinjured and replaced by Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin, Korn lacked theirusual passion. The initial intensity did not decrease in transition to "It'sOn," one of the best songs on their mainstream breakthrough album,"Follow the Leader." This album is best known for the hits "Gotthe Life" and "Freak on a Leash," both of which sounded great inconcert. The crowd also enjoyed Korn's single, "Make Me Bad."

But what is a Korn concert without songs from their first two albums -their self-titled debut and "Life Is Peachy"? The latter includes"Twist," a collection of gibberish uttered by lead singer JonathanDavis. From Korn's first album, however, came the dynamic and much anticipated"Blind," a mix of bagpipes and nursery rhymes in "Shoots andLadders" and the screaming in "Ball Tongue."

At Korn'sconcert, I saw unusual animation, an emerging star and a well-known bandfeaturing an interim drummer. It was a night of moshing, fun, intensity andmayhem.