Co-headlining metal bands, Motionless In White and In This Moment, bring out the crowds with The Dark Horizon Tour to Charleston, WV.
A crowd sing-a-long (with some dancing) to the Backstreet Boy’s “Everybody” rings out through the coliseum. In commanding fashion, From Ashes To New hits the stage to an intense version of their new single “Nightmare.” The band is tapped as a modern-day Linkin Park and they grab your attention with edgy synth-rock, strong guitars, powerful drum beats, and a swaggy duo tag-teaming rap and searing vocals.
They say everything is bigger in Texas and Fit For A King is no exception. Hailing from Tyler, Texas, the band comes out with vicious metal guitar, double-bass driven punch drums, and in-your-face screaming vocals with “End (The Other Side)” from The Hell We Create album. Lead singer Ryan Kirby doesn’t let up for the band’s seven-song set, ending with a techno-metal anthem, “God of Fire.” While looking at a Black Widow spider on a Kabuki Curtain, Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin” erupts in melodic harmony from the attendees. When the curtain dropped, In This Moment demanded attention from the masses and never relinquished control. The third song, “Adrenalize,” throws a hypnotic groove with an extremely mesmerizing Marie Brink grabbing you by your soul with her Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva dance. Eyes wide open, heads moving in sync to her ravishing vocal on stage. The band hit their stride on “Big Bad Wolf” which has an in-your-face song that feels as if Marilyn Manson’s “This Is The New Sh*t,” Falco’s “Rock Me Amadeus,” and Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The Name Of” had a love-child. “Even in these chains, you won’t break me.” Rounding out the set, Maria begs, “What would you like to hear?” with a voluminous “Whore” response. Back and forth and eventually Maria moans, “Give the people what they request, Mr. Weitzel.” Large balloons, fireballs, smoke, lights, and a graffiti blower all fill the air and the arena erupts in unison to “Whore.”As if that wasn’t enough, the Kabuki Curtain goes back up and the horde anxiously awaits the American heavy nu-metal band, Motionless In White. You can feel the anticipation building throughout when the band hits the stage, the curtain drops, and the hard groove hooks you in with “Sign of Life.” The stage is an eerily serene white stage but with the macabre feel known to fans.
Lead singer Chris “Motionless” Cerulli’s vocals are spot on and his presence is omniscient. The band has a Depeche Mode and Stabbing Westward meshed feel but with grungy guts. “Scoring the End of the World,” “Werewolf,” and “Brand New Numb” all hit hard.
While MIW are definitely considered nu metal or goth metal, they do have some songs that are more of a mainstream sound. “Masterpiece” and set-ending “Another Life” are both. The synth-grooved, crunchy rhythms partnered with Chris’s fiery vocals leaves for a finalization of a four-band onslaught and nobody was left wanting for more.
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