In March, metalcore band, August Burns Red took off on a month and a half long tour. Joining them were Between The Buried And Me and Good Tiger. I was able to catch the last night of this tour on Sunday, April 17 at Webster Hall in NYC.
Good Tiger opened the night. They have a post hardcore/rock sound to them, which was nice, up until the lead singer tried to be Mariah Carey. Everything would be going good, the crowd would be into it, and then out of nowhere this high pitched screech would come out of this guys mouth. While this band wasn’t afraid to perform perhaps they should pull back the unnecessary Ariana Grande shout out.
Between the Buried and Me was next on the bill and they were, interesting. I’ve never really seen a metal act that uses keys throughout their set, and uses them well. The ballot-like moments were a nice break in-between all the heaviness. Yet the most impressive part of their set came from lead guitarist, Paul Waggoner. His solos are quite rock god and definitely turn a head.
If you’ve never seen August Burns Red, go. Go see them every time. They are a good time to watch on Warped Tour but when it’s their own headlining, it’s a completely different, but equally wonderful, feel. Like every other metalcore musical act, they came equipped with a double bass drum. Lead singer Jake Luhrs is one of the most entertaining and theatrical individuals I’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing live. There’s a stigma attached to this music scene that the members have to constantly have this hard attitude about them, yet here’s Jake dancing to a junky country beat, it’s fantastic.
There’s something about seeing a show of this caliber that awakens something deep inside you and the only way to get it out is to rage and go buck wild. With wickedly crazy emotions barreling out of you at these shows, many expect violence but it’s quite the opposite. Nearly everyone at these shows has one common goal, to have a good god damn time. Sure there are some douchebags that go to just hurt people but those individuals usually get taken care of early into the night. The point is, music scenes like this one are a community. We take care of each other to ensure a good time for all. The music may sound violent but that’s just to get all the negativity out of our bodies. We care about this music and we care about each other, and at each show I go to these points become truer and more obvious. So to everyone at every show, take care of each other out there, take care of our music, and have a good fucking time.
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