Bring Me The Horizon, Of Mice & Men, Crossfaith @ Festival Hall, Melbourne (09/10/2013)
Making their return for a second time in 2013 with Japanese metal heads Crossfaith, Bring Me the Horizon and Of Mice and Men packed out Melbourne’s Festival Hall.
New and old BMTH fans waited on the floor and seats, but whether their favourite album is Sempiternal or Count Your Blessings the boys from Sheffield delivered an action packed and enjoyable show for everyone in the room.
Crossfaith kicked off the night with their blend of Japanese electronicore. Their opening song Monolith was an excellent introduction into their sound. They followed with party anthem Jägerbomb, which got the mosh bubbling. I was impressed with the English vocals and screams from Kole Kenta. They finished their set off with a cover of The Prodigy’s Omen and Leviathan.
If Crossfaith got Festival Hall to a bubble, Of Mice & Men definitely got the night simmering. Like BMTH, Of Mice & Men really impressed us with their heavy hitting riffs and awesome stage presence at Soundwave earlier this year.
Lead singer Austin Carlisle would move spider-like around the stage, while climbing on amps or the fence to scream. His performance at Festival hall however was a little more subdued, but really there wasn’t as much room to maneuver in.
They chose to play their songs in a different order to their Soundwave shows to add some variety, which included not opting to play their fan favourite song Second & Sebring for the encore .
Although I am a pretty big fan of OM&M, their songs sort of mash together, especially in a big venue likes Festival Hall. Due to the distortion, the guitar riffs sort of just turn into bassy sounds. They can still put on a good show and are definitely one of my favourite bands to catch live.
Anyone that attended their Soundwave sideshow in Melbourne would agree that Bring Me the Horizon’s set was fairly short and very barebones in terms of lighting and effects. Since then, with the rise in popularity following Sempiternal the level of production put into this tour took me by surprise, even just from the opening song.
The synth riff for Can You Feel My Heart kicked in, as the members took their positions on stage in the dark. Working with the beat, different spotlights lighted up all the different members minus the frontman Oli Sykes. Just before the words kicked in, the lights lit up a silhouette of Sykes to screams of teenage girls in the crowd. When the beat dropped into the verse of the song, pyrotechnics lit up the whole room.
For the next song, Jordan Fish, BMTH’s latest addition lead into Shadow Moses with those nice electronic melodies before the heavy distorted metal guitars kicked in. This song really showed how powerfully their new songs build anticipation to a live audience.
Old fans were treated next with Diamonds Aren’t Forever from their second album Suicide Season and a huge Wall of Death.
The song choice they picked for this set was almost perfect and included a great mixbag of new and old. If I had it my way, I’d love to hear them play There is a Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It, There is a Heaven, Let’s Keep it a Secret from start to finish.
Empire (Let them Sing) was the highlight of the set for me. It has a nice combination of their classic metal sound and Oli Sykes clean vocals and styles from all their different albums.
They finished the main part of their set with the anthem Anti-Vist, which has to be one of the best the best = teen-angst-passion-igniters since Killing in the Name Of. When Oli yells one of the best lines in music history ‘You can say I'm just a fool, that stands for nothing.
Well, to that, I say you're a cunt!’ everybody went mental as confetti sprayed onto the mosh.
After not playing an encore for their sideshow in March, I stood wondering whether they would play an encore. After a pretty average crowd encore chant (it was a very, very weak effort that died down after about 20 seconds before building up again) the boys returned back on stage. They played a two song encore with Blessed with a Curse and Sleepwalking.
If one thing stood out with this gig, it was how much more dynamic their show has turned since Soundwave. It was almost an arena-style show with great lighting effects and sequences, special effects and even steamers and foam. You definitely shouldn’t miss them when they are back to our shores, Bring Me the Horizon put on the most exciting shows in the metalcore genre.
Ryan Hyde
New and old BMTH fans waited on the floor and seats, but whether their favourite album is Sempiternal or Count Your Blessings the boys from Sheffield delivered an action packed and enjoyable show for everyone in the room.
Crossfaith kicked off the night with their blend of Japanese electronicore. Their opening song Monolith was an excellent introduction into their sound. They followed with party anthem Jägerbomb, which got the mosh bubbling. I was impressed with the English vocals and screams from Kole Kenta. They finished their set off with a cover of The Prodigy’s Omen and Leviathan.
If Crossfaith got Festival Hall to a bubble, Of Mice & Men definitely got the night simmering. Like BMTH, Of Mice & Men really impressed us with their heavy hitting riffs and awesome stage presence at Soundwave earlier this year.
Lead singer Austin Carlisle would move spider-like around the stage, while climbing on amps or the fence to scream. His performance at Festival hall however was a little more subdued, but really there wasn’t as much room to maneuver in.
They chose to play their songs in a different order to their Soundwave shows to add some variety, which included not opting to play their fan favourite song Second & Sebring for the encore .
Although I am a pretty big fan of OM&M, their songs sort of mash together, especially in a big venue likes Festival Hall. Due to the distortion, the guitar riffs sort of just turn into bassy sounds. They can still put on a good show and are definitely one of my favourite bands to catch live.
Anyone that attended their Soundwave sideshow in Melbourne would agree that Bring Me the Horizon’s set was fairly short and very barebones in terms of lighting and effects. Since then, with the rise in popularity following Sempiternal the level of production put into this tour took me by surprise, even just from the opening song.
The synth riff for Can You Feel My Heart kicked in, as the members took their positions on stage in the dark. Working with the beat, different spotlights lighted up all the different members minus the frontman Oli Sykes. Just before the words kicked in, the lights lit up a silhouette of Sykes to screams of teenage girls in the crowd. When the beat dropped into the verse of the song, pyrotechnics lit up the whole room.
For the next song, Jordan Fish, BMTH’s latest addition lead into Shadow Moses with those nice electronic melodies before the heavy distorted metal guitars kicked in. This song really showed how powerfully their new songs build anticipation to a live audience.
Old fans were treated next with Diamonds Aren’t Forever from their second album Suicide Season and a huge Wall of Death.
The song choice they picked for this set was almost perfect and included a great mixbag of new and old. If I had it my way, I’d love to hear them play There is a Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It, There is a Heaven, Let’s Keep it a Secret from start to finish.
Empire (Let them Sing) was the highlight of the set for me. It has a nice combination of their classic metal sound and Oli Sykes clean vocals and styles from all their different albums.
They finished the main part of their set with the anthem Anti-Vist, which has to be one of the best the best = teen-angst-passion-igniters since Killing in the Name Of. When Oli yells one of the best lines in music history ‘You can say I'm just a fool, that stands for nothing.
Well, to that, I say you're a cunt!’ everybody went mental as confetti sprayed onto the mosh.
After not playing an encore for their sideshow in March, I stood wondering whether they would play an encore. After a pretty average crowd encore chant (it was a very, very weak effort that died down after about 20 seconds before building up again) the boys returned back on stage. They played a two song encore with Blessed with a Curse and Sleepwalking.
If one thing stood out with this gig, it was how much more dynamic their show has turned since Soundwave. It was almost an arena-style show with great lighting effects and sequences, special effects and even steamers and foam. You definitely shouldn’t miss them when they are back to our shores, Bring Me the Horizon put on the most exciting shows in the metalcore genre.
Ryan Hyde