Bring Me The Horizon, Pierce The Veil, The Chariot @ The Hi-Fi Bar, Sydney (26/02/2013)
Bring Me The Horizon's Sydney Soundwave set was full of heavy guitars and drums, impressive breakdowns and continuous moshing that set the bar for their remaining Soudwave sets and their sidewave at The Sydney Hi-F exceptionally high.
Opening the show, The Chariot started off the night with a face melting and ear shredding set. Their set began with Evan Perks, showing off the bands rather lively stage presence that almost included more screaming, jumping and throwing things around than the crowd. While only on stage for a short time, the band played songs from their three most recent albums, including Teach: and Speak as well as managing to rile the crowd up into a fever pitch that matched their own onstage performance.
Pierce The Veil took to the stage amongst the screams of the packed out venue, with rather surprised faces at the size of the crowd cheering for them. Their set started off with a burst of chugging guitars, driving drums and Vic Fuentes impressive vocals all supported by the enthusiasm of the crowd. Playing through A Match Into Water, the quiet opening drew the crowd into a harmonised sing along before the song built up into a frenzy, taking the crowd along with it.
Vic took a moment to thank their fans for coming out and letting them know that “tonight, we’re going to make this the best fucking party ever” before playing the crowd pleaser of the set, Bulletproof Love. Following up, they brought out a couple of friends to accompany them onstage with Tonight Alive’s Jenna McDougall during Hold On Till May and Miss May I’s Levi Benton for Caraphernelia. Pierce The Veil finished off their set with King For A Day, and while it was disappointing not to see them joined by Kellin Quinn, the song was an explosive end to a fantastic set.
Taking to the stage in front of a sold out and riled up crowd, Bring Me The Horizon blasted into their set with a impressive rendition of Shadow Moses. The energy of their stage presence and their mix of breakdowns, violent drumming and heavy guitars kept the crowd up on their feet and pushed against the balcony with their fists in the air from the opening chords of the set. They continued on with Chelsea Smile and Alligator Blood, and with both the crowd and the band feeding off the energy from each other, multiple circle pits started erupting across the floor and stage was alive with moshing of their own.
With repeated calls from Oli Sykes to “open this pit up” one of the biggest songs of the night, Fuck, saw not just a circle pit but about half the floor swamped with a mass of moshing, running and jumping bodies. The size and energy of the mosh continued to build during The Sadness Will Never End, which saw Vic come back on stage to join Oli during the chorus. Being able to stand back and watch the crowd, who were feeding off every ounce of energy coming the stage, it was clear that separating the under 18s and having them only in the upstairs balcony was definitely a smart decision.
For anyone who has missed out on seeing Bring Me The Horizon live, Diamonds Aren’t Forever, is an unforgettable moment in their show, and last night was no different. In fact, The Hi-Fi Theatre packed to the ceiling with 1400 fans chanting along with Oli’s “we will never sleep ‘cause sleep is for the weak and we will never rest, ‘till we’re all fucking dead” was the absolute highlight of the night.
The set was finished off with Blessed With A Curse, which despite being the quieter and most melodic song off their set list, didn’t see a drop in the energy of the crowd. The song created an interesting atmosphere within the venue, with the high energy of the crowd and the band transformed into an emotional outpouring of love, lies and little bit of heartbreak. After taking a small break off stage, Bring Me The Horizon returned to stage for their encore of one final song.
They ended their show with Anti-visit off their currently unreleased album Sempiternal, which brought the volume and moshing back to the venue. Despite only being leaked days previously, the crowd knew the words and appropriate hands actions for the chorus, “middle fingers up, if you don’t give a fuck.”
With a set list of floor stomping and mosh inducing songs from Bring Me The Horizon, and an overall night of some of the best mathcore, hardcore and metalcore songs from all three bands, the yet another perfect show from the English lads was over.
Bethany Williams
Opening the show, The Chariot started off the night with a face melting and ear shredding set. Their set began with Evan Perks, showing off the bands rather lively stage presence that almost included more screaming, jumping and throwing things around than the crowd. While only on stage for a short time, the band played songs from their three most recent albums, including Teach: and Speak as well as managing to rile the crowd up into a fever pitch that matched their own onstage performance.
Pierce The Veil took to the stage amongst the screams of the packed out venue, with rather surprised faces at the size of the crowd cheering for them. Their set started off with a burst of chugging guitars, driving drums and Vic Fuentes impressive vocals all supported by the enthusiasm of the crowd. Playing through A Match Into Water, the quiet opening drew the crowd into a harmonised sing along before the song built up into a frenzy, taking the crowd along with it.
Vic took a moment to thank their fans for coming out and letting them know that “tonight, we’re going to make this the best fucking party ever” before playing the crowd pleaser of the set, Bulletproof Love. Following up, they brought out a couple of friends to accompany them onstage with Tonight Alive’s Jenna McDougall during Hold On Till May and Miss May I’s Levi Benton for Caraphernelia. Pierce The Veil finished off their set with King For A Day, and while it was disappointing not to see them joined by Kellin Quinn, the song was an explosive end to a fantastic set.
Taking to the stage in front of a sold out and riled up crowd, Bring Me The Horizon blasted into their set with a impressive rendition of Shadow Moses. The energy of their stage presence and their mix of breakdowns, violent drumming and heavy guitars kept the crowd up on their feet and pushed against the balcony with their fists in the air from the opening chords of the set. They continued on with Chelsea Smile and Alligator Blood, and with both the crowd and the band feeding off the energy from each other, multiple circle pits started erupting across the floor and stage was alive with moshing of their own.
With repeated calls from Oli Sykes to “open this pit up” one of the biggest songs of the night, Fuck, saw not just a circle pit but about half the floor swamped with a mass of moshing, running and jumping bodies. The size and energy of the mosh continued to build during The Sadness Will Never End, which saw Vic come back on stage to join Oli during the chorus. Being able to stand back and watch the crowd, who were feeding off every ounce of energy coming the stage, it was clear that separating the under 18s and having them only in the upstairs balcony was definitely a smart decision.
For anyone who has missed out on seeing Bring Me The Horizon live, Diamonds Aren’t Forever, is an unforgettable moment in their show, and last night was no different. In fact, The Hi-Fi Theatre packed to the ceiling with 1400 fans chanting along with Oli’s “we will never sleep ‘cause sleep is for the weak and we will never rest, ‘till we’re all fucking dead” was the absolute highlight of the night.
The set was finished off with Blessed With A Curse, which despite being the quieter and most melodic song off their set list, didn’t see a drop in the energy of the crowd. The song created an interesting atmosphere within the venue, with the high energy of the crowd and the band transformed into an emotional outpouring of love, lies and little bit of heartbreak. After taking a small break off stage, Bring Me The Horizon returned to stage for their encore of one final song.
They ended their show with Anti-visit off their currently unreleased album Sempiternal, which brought the volume and moshing back to the venue. Despite only being leaked days previously, the crowd knew the words and appropriate hands actions for the chorus, “middle fingers up, if you don’t give a fuck.”
With a set list of floor stomping and mosh inducing songs from Bring Me The Horizon, and an overall night of some of the best mathcore, hardcore and metalcore songs from all three bands, the yet another perfect show from the English lads was over.
Bethany Williams