Pierce the Veil, Sleeping with Sirens, and Beartooth
World Tour – February 7th, 2015
The Egyptian Room at Old National Center, Indianapolis, IN
Pierce the Veil, Sleeping with Sirens, and Beartooth brought their aptly named “World Tour” to Indianapolis this spring to play a show. As my musical tastes have matured, I find myself gravitating a bit away from the metalcore genre, however, PtV is a band that I will always have a soft spot. Something about their music really lands home with me, and I find myself frequently taking a break from the stuff I typically listen to, I end up throwing on a Pierce the Veil record. They also have a great live show, a trait that further weakens that soft spot that I have. Thanks to a buddy, I even got free tickets. Pierce the Veil – lets do this!
The show in Indy had Pierce the Veil as the lead in, and Sleeping with Sirens as the headliner. (It’s a co-headlining tour, so they swap nights). This is a gross injustice in my opinion, but one that I’d gladly put up with to get the chance to see King for a Day with Kellin Quinn’s vocals live.
As expected, the show was fantastic. High energy throughout, great song selection, and incredible fan support. While I loved when Kellin and Vic closed the show with King for a Day (my favorite song of theirs), a dark horse favorite in this show was Bulls in the Bronx – something about this song really stands out. Vic’s screams were as good as I think I’ve ever heard them, and the chugging of the breakdowns sounded perfectly bothersome. Halfway through, I thought to myself “Maybe we ARE having too much fun…”.
I’m also a sucker for the acoustic portion of the set so I’m Low on Gas../Hold On til May was really killer. Once again, as a music fan driven by vocals, the best metalcore band in the world can’t hack it with me unless you can sing. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the acoustic portion of the set, and Vic once again held his own as a pure singer.
I still love the combination of “May These Noises Startle You in Your Sleep Tonight” and “Hell Above” as an opener….the acoustic strumming and the muted speech at the beginning is incredible to open a show. When Hell Above landed, the Egyptian Room was absolutely electric. (Of course, most of that was teenage electricity…but hey, who’s judging?)
Hell of a show. Glad I snuck out to catch it. Thanks to my man Tony C, and PtV for the free ticket to catch the show!