somehow even more abrasively steroidal than what we've heard before. It's the glimpses of fresh material from upcoming full-length debut Explicit: The Mixxxtape that prove more intriguing, though, with the likes of D.R.I.L.D.O. Time-tested bangers like Salma Hayek (dedicated, wishfully, by Milkie to her 'wife'), along with their now-trademark cover of N.E.R.D.'s Lapdance duly delight the faithful.

Instead, they demand every ounce of attention, cranking their thumping mash of unapologetic vulgarity, singalong sloganeering and scattergun pop-culture pulls to maximum volume. Tearing on with the chaotic obnoxiousness of campsite lunatics who've not bothered going to bed, Sam Matlock and Milkie Way don't give a shit about our bangovers. Like a spoonful of Marmite on your Sunday morning toast, chances are you'll either love or loathe main stage openers WARGASM. and Blind bring something feral out in every millennial metalhead in attendance, there's something lacking that won't be back ’til the slapmaster supreme return to the fold. But though Freak On A Leash, A.D.I.D.A.S. Shoots & Ladders rolls off Jonathan Davis' brilliant bagpipe solo into its endlessly creepy nursery-rhyme tangle. Cold erupts, somehow, as a serendipitous breeze whips across site.

Start The Healing salves our weekend-long wounds. Of course, the obliterating, elasticised likes of Dead, Falling Away From Me and Got The Life absolutely smash us. Without keystone bassist Reginald 'Fieldy' Arvizu (who's still back home tackling some lingering personal problems), however, there's just a little of their normal gut-thumping heft lacking this weekend. As the Bakersfield baddies level a site-spanning crowd under Sunday's setting sun, it feels those nu-metal fanatics might well have a point.

There are many at Download 2022 who believe that Korn are far better equipped to close the festival than actual Sunday headliners Biffy Clyro.

Download 2022 lineup