Motionless In White are over here on their
first ever European tour; the band slithers on
stage encompassing a really Gothic image; dark
make up, piercings, tattoo’s, the full image
and considering the lyrical content of their music
it fits perfectly. Like I said the lyrical content
of the music is quite Gothic but also themed alongside
more relatable life issues and the style of the
accompanying music is a cross between good old
fashioned metalcore and the more modern style
of metal which is heavily based around breakdowns
and sub drops, great choice of opener. Tonight
happens to be 26th birthday of the lead vocalist;
so half way through the set whilst he’s
addressing the crowd after a song, the other 2
bands sneak up behind him on stage with a birthday
cake; Blessthefall vocalist Beau Bokan then managed
to encourage the entire audience to sing choruses
of happy birthday to him before stealing a bit
of the cake and running off. Decent start to the
night I suppose although some of the crowd interaction
and songs were a bit repetitive.
Pierce the Veil managed to almost put me to sleep
several times and eventually caused me to leave
the venue towards the end of their set. Imagine
this if you will; Alvin and the Chipmunks goes
metal, on cocaine, let loose in Birmingham. The
vocals were beginning to give me a migraine; the
vocalist is like the metal equivalent of Justin
Beiber with some of the crap he spouts, “Promise
me guys, you’ll never give up on your hopes
and dreams, even if your parents and friends don’t
believe in you” give it a rest for the love
of God, he was also trying ridiculous onstage
antics like running up the wall and failing at
them all. I didn’t like the music, I didn’t
like the performance –however only from
the vocalist, the other members were giving it
their best he just wanted to be a rock star who
acts as though he’s 16 not 28 – I
did saw people wearing Pierce The Veil t-shirts
enjoying themselves and I cannot understand how
anybody liked that, each to their own and everything
but my good God never again.
Blessthefall are the only band tonight who give
a performance that I would actually consider witnessing
again in the foreseeable future; they were very
extremely energetic, musically everything was
tight and the room had an amazing atmosphere.
Lead vocalist Beau Bokan has a lot of charisma
and energy; it’s as though he’s the
teacher of metalcore 101 with an obedient class
than hang off his every word. Not a single member
of the band lingers around in the shadows; they
all stand on their own 2 feet and make themselves
seen and heard, it’s all smiles tonight.
The only real criticism I can have is that they
don’t really have anything in their live
show that makes them stand out in the crowd, they
have the potential for it but their attitudes
just aren’t anything that hasn’t been
done before. I think that’s why I want to
see them again though to be honest; I think the
fact they seem to be trying too hard is based
on their desire to make it big over here, when
it finally pays off for them and they take it
easy and really find out who they are I think
they could really put on a memorable show, that
alone is enough reason for me to take notice of
this band, desire is key.
Motionless In White – 3/5
Pierce The Veil – 1.5/5
Blessthefall – 3.5/5
Review By James Webb |
