That said, the setlist doesn’t delve into Horizon’s heavier catalogue, never straying any deeper than Sempiternal. Doubling down on that notion, Dear Diary provides the most metal thing we’ll see all weekend – Oli screaming into a chrome decapitated goat in blood-red lighting, surrounded by a literal ring of fire. With a goat skeleton mic stand (reminiscent of Jonathan Davis’ HR Giger sculpture) planted in front of the ramp, and church-like stage design, Oli Sykes’ mere presence sends the devoted Donington crowd into a frenzy, before ripping into brutalising new track AmEN!, silencing anyone at Download who assumed Horizon weren’t heavy any more. going rogue and a sinister cult known as Genxsis, brilliantly kicked off with drummer Mat Nichols’ almost-Terminator impression. Speaking to Kerrang! recently, keyboardist Jordan Fish said the band would try to “tell a story” with their headline set and “make it more immersive,” and they did not disappoint, with animations on vast screens creating a narrative through-line involving a sentient A.I. Rumours about BMTH’s level of production had been circulating all day, but few could have predicted this spectacle. Bring Me Horizon’s ascension to the upper echelons of heavy music has been nothing short of staggering the underdog story of a scrappy deathcore band from Sheffield going on to influence an entire generation of genre-spanning artists and redefine what it means to be metal in the process. A main stage packed with the most exciting bands in the UK right now, from Nova Twins to Architects, culminating in the biggest British rock band of the past decade.
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