Devin Townsend ranges across his musical spectrum
IT’S A GRANDIOSE setting for one of metal’s most grandiose characters this evening, as the legendary glory of the Royal Albert Hall once again hosts one of our most creative minds. “They sound like Korn,” says one punter dismissively, as VOLA run through the support set. He’s not accurate; the Danish prog metallers don’t quite aim for that level of party-starting, but they do have some massive instantaneous riffs, and on These Black Claws do attempt something slightly nu metal-inspired. Maybe that’s what he meant. But Vola do all of this with a far more cerebral bent, going for emotional weight over jumpdafuckup bounce. Decent.