I know a ghost

I figured I would write up a new blog post since the last time I did so was in May, and because I wanted to write about a great show I went to recently. Here is the entrance of one of my favorite bands, Christian metalcore group The Devil Wears Prada, performing on 11/24/09 at the Town Ballroom in downtown Buffalo, NY.



I will start off by talking about the openers for the show, Haste the Day and Story of the Year. I knew of Haste the Day from watching the music video for the song "Stitches" on YTV. They started off the show with and energetic and inspired performance. Thought I wasn't familiar with any of their songs, all of them sounded very good. The vocalist had a beautiful clean singing voice, as well as good screams. The bassist did backing harmony vocals which sounded great. The two guitarists performed their parts while headbanging admirably. The drummer played very well, even lifting up the hi-hat during one song, which was very cool and funny. Haste the Day were amazing.

Now on to Story of the Year. Very good performance. Their sound is more of a hardcore pop-punk fusion and the guitarists and lead singers moved and jumped around the stage accordingly. One of my favorite parts of their performance was when one of the guitarists did a back flip off of an amplifier and the band started a song right when he landed. Even though I didn't know their most popular song "Until The Day I Die" I caught on to the catchy melodic chorus easily enough (until the day I die...I'll spill my heart for yeouu). The buildup to the intro riff for this song was really cool, as the guitarists played riffs that had you thinking they were going to play something else, and then they go in to the memorable intro. I really enjoyed Story of the Year.

Then came one of the co-headliners of the Napalm and Noise Tour: All That Remains. The last time I saw ATR was in New Haven, CT at Toad's Place when the co-headlined with Trivium. Here is footage from the concert, performing the song "Six".


All That Remains played great. I was familiar with a good number of their songs, and the performances didn't disappoint. Oli Herbert, the lead guitarist, played some wonderful leads throughout their performance, and the lead singer had a nice speech appreciating the fans' financial support, which I liked. ATR ruled.

Last up were the band I came to see, The Devil Wears Prada. TDWP were the highlight of the evening. I finally got to see them live and they didn't disappoint in the slightest. The had a really wicked breakdown style intro that segued into Sassafras. In fact, they had really cool little intros that segued into songs throughout their set. I don't remember the setlist, but they played all of the songs that I wanted them to play: Hey John, HTML, Reptar. Their closing song was Danger:Wildman which was incredibly exciting and crazy. Everybody in the place went nuts went the song started and Mike sang the famous words: I know a ghost. I really enjoyed The Devil Wears Prada, had a great time at the entire concert and I look forward to seeing them in the future!

Here is a link to the user who posted some videos from the show.

http://www.youtube.com/user/irishdrunk211