WINNIPEG --After all of these years, Korn are still in a very, very bad mood.

Paying the 'Peg a visit for the first time since 2000 last night, the metalheads showed no sign they've given up whatever grudge they've been holding against the world -- and the 5,200 fans who showed up seemed to like it that way.

The only thing that really has changed is the band itself. Korn are a head short -- seeing as how guitarist Brian Welch found God a couple of years back -- and drummer David Silveria is on hiatus.

That left frontman Jonathan Davis, bassist Fieldy (Reginald Arvizu), guitarist Munky (James Shaffer) and touring drummer Joey Jordison of Slipknot to cause a ruckus with a set full of tracks off their latest disc, Untitled -- starting with the sideshow-ish, instrumental Intro.

Here to Stay off 2002's Untouchables followed. Between lyrics like "The hurt inside is fading," and, "No I cannot grieve anymore" (yeah, right) Davis acknowledged the fans with a "What's up Win-ah-pehhhg?!"

A new one (Starting Over) and an old one (Fake) came next, followed by the laser light show-accompanied Dead Bodies Everywhere and Hold On. Aside from the rays, Korn had few technical tricks up their sleeves -- the next flashiest visual perhaps being a Scotsman's kilt worn by Davis (living proof manskirts aren't just for folkies).

But even without pants, Davis charged through the set.

Although, ballads still aren't his thing -- case in point being his croaky pipes in Untitled track Kiss.

Founding members Fieldy and Munky were positioned up front, while a handful of filler bandmates boosted the sound from further back.

At press time, they still had to get heyday hit Freak on a Leash and recent single Evolution off their chests, according to an online setlist.

But last night wasn't all about Korn. Local fans were hyped for openers Hellyeah, and chanted the band's name minutes before they went on. The supergroup consists of vocalist Chad Gray and guitarist Greg Tribbett of Mudvayne, Nothingface guitarist Tom

Maxwell, Damageplan bassist Bob Zilla and former Pantera drummer -- and brother of the late Dimebag Darrell -- Vinnie Paul Abbott.

The five delivered a 45-minute set of vaguely-melodic metal interlaced with spewings of their favourite

phrase, "F--- yeah!" (Something's telling us they would prefer that moniker to the censor-friendly Hellyeah.)

Earlier, we were treated to the unpleasantly sinful musical stylings of Droid. The Long Beach, Calif., proteges of Korn's Munky (signed to his label, Emotional Syphon Records) angrily screamed their throats hoarse for 30 minutes, kicking off a night that undoubtedly ended in temporary hearing loss for the thousands in attendance.