Saturday 13th March 2010 @ Anson Rooms, Bristol
With Support From: Your Demise, Architects

Doors opened bang on 7:30 and the long queue of fans lining the cold streets outside Bristol’s Anson Rooms quickly filled the venue for this sold out gig. The diverse audience didn’t have to wait long before St Alban’s hardcore band, Your Demise, kicked off the night with immense energy that got the crowed moving from the word go. With their hardcore metal riffs mixed with their own dub-step samples playing between songs, the crowd reacted with energetic two stepping and moshing throughout. The band’s newest member and lead vocalist, (ex-Centurion front man) Ed McRae, made sure he put his fair share of effort into their performance by jumping into the pit on several occasions promoting crowd participation to the highest level. Even though there was a mixture of different musical styles being played throughout the night, Your Demise proved that hardcore isn’t dead but has been re-born.

The turnover was quick, there was barely time to grab a beer and some merchandise before Architects, Brighton’s best prog-metalcore band, filled the room for some awesome metal with blast beats and beat downs. They showed no sign of slowing down throughout and kept the packed Anson Rooms moving from front to back. Again the band showed what they had to offer for the diverse audience and defiantly opened people’s eyes to the modern metal scene.

Finally, the highly anticipated headliners stood before the Anson Rooms and overlooked their audience which filled every square inch of the floor. Florida’s A Day To Remember started off strong and only stopped when front man Jeremy McKinnon gave a heart throbbing speech saying; “If we can tour the world and make a healthy living with pop-punk and beat downs then you can do anything!” They were constantly interacting with their crowd who were more than happy to answer their calls by singing and dancing to everything that was thrown at them.

After finishing their set, the crowd beckoned for more! Everyone knew what was coming next: The crowd chanted the intro to The Downfall Of Us All, followed by the band kicking in and tearing the roof off. You couldn’t help but move to this song which was then followed by the bands most popular song The Plot To Bomb The Panhandle. Easily the crowd’s favourite, both band and crowd went crazy for this phenomenal performance which ended with confetti cannons firing upon the audience on the last note of the song which ended a fantastic and very sweaty night.

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Joe Jackson