 First up are US noise mongers Devil Wears Prada,
while the first two songs seemed to pass me by
without too much notice, but the third got my
action it seems noticeably heavier and strangely
catchy too, the drumming is pretty damn good but
really over kill on the double kick drum on some
of the songs, the 5th is probably the most melodic
so far and dare say a tad balladish in places,
before killing it with the double kick drum some
more. The guitar work is pretty good but the bass
really cancels some of it out and gets lost in
the mix I'm sure it sounds awesome on stage but
some of it is lost to the drums, which is disappointing,
as it's pretty decent in places, the guitar work
that is. There a lively bunch too, real lively
which is a great visual feast but a pain to photograph,
but I enjoy a challenge
Architects are a good band that should surely
be higher in the billing tonight, and compared
to their set from the last time I saw them 2 years
ago, it was quite controlled, quite mellow and
rather melodic, I assume from what Tom from the
band said, they'll be playing material  mostly
from the last two albums, it's rather good, still
heavy and still retaining the essence other bands
sound just more melodic. They opened there set
with Day in Day Out and Delete rewind off their
latest album, seems more toned down and melodic,
still heavy, but more palatable on the ol'ears,
this continued Follow the water and heartburn
which really took me by surprise, as a full on
ballad of sorts, Learn to Live, open letter and
early grave, seem to bring the heaviness back
to what I know, but it was still good to hear
and I liked it, something I'm sure I’d have
disagreed with before the start of the night.
 Parkway drive, a band all the way from Australia
and also one I know little about, I’ve heard
there name banded about a few times, possibly
the heaviest band of the night and probably the
loudest too they open there set with Samsara and
Unrest and in all honesty these songs really passed
me by without too much notice because I was too
busy trying to photograph them as they were really
moving about on stage I took more notice of boneyards,
a real heavy noisy rocking song, this continued
with Idols and Romance. The heaviness is pretty
unrelenting, the drumming is pretty damn good,
guitar work heavy but not much in the way of killer
riffs. After playing Karma, Deadmass, Deliver
and set closer Carios I found the sound to be
wearing a bit thin, as the set was the longest
so far, not the most enjoyable band, but I'll
live.
 Bring Me the Horizon, wasn't sure what to expect
tonight but when the curtains were drawn back
I've never heard such a scream from the crowd,
beatlemainia any one? They open there sort with,
It never ends which is then swiftly followed by,
Fuck, It’s an electric opening and spent
some of it dodging crowd surfers, but not beer
thankfully, the crowd are jumping all over the
place just the band are, and the crowd are singing
ever last single word, Oli could take the night
off and just jump around, although the singing
from the crowd is mostly in a higher pitch, amusing
to say the least. Now BMTHs normal drummer broke
his arm the night before so architects drummer
is filling in so far it's flawless and really
brutal, he really on it, fantastic. They seem
to have a few tech difficulties which slows the
relentless pace, one of the guitarists started
to play the intro to Metallica’s blackened,
I liked it. The mid set included the likes of
The Sadness will never end, Diamonds aren't forever
and Football season is over. Suicide season is
pretty much the best song of the mid set it is
fantastic, great riff sounds way better than the
album version and really  heartfelt lyrics that
left a few fans a bit teary eyed. Oli then challenges
the crowd to give him a high five so pretty much
mow of the crowd proceed to crowd surf, I watched
a steam of people coming past me out of the pit.
They opened there encore with blessed with a curse
which is a storming song, heavy melodic and sung
well screamed anyway. They also released the balloons
during the melodic part of the song. They finished
their excellent set with Chelsea smile, and near
the end of the song they scaled the rafter and
closed the song on the balcony opposite the stage,
brilliant.
Devil Wears Prada – 3/5
Architects – 4/5
Parkway Drive - 3/5
Bring Me The Horizon - 5/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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