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Stitched Up Heart Concert Photos

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Suzie Soule

Stitched Up Heart Concert Photos
Boondocks
Springfield, Illinois

Mixi of Stitched Up Heart

Decker of Stitched Up Heart

Nick of Stitched Up Heart

Mixi of Stitched Up Heart

Trivium Concert Review

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Suzie Soule

Trivium Concert Review with Sabaton and Huntress
Limelight Eventplex
Peoria, Illinois

Trivium

Huntress is a classic style metal band with power vocals by Jill Janus. Huntress recently played the Ozzfest Meets Knotfest in September and are out on the road with Trivium. Jill Janus has been honest about her struggles with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and dissociative identity disorder. She also had to physical recovery due to cancer surgery that caused the band to cancel tour dates in 2015. Now they are on the road and their performance is as strong as ever. Their songs “Harsh Times on Planet Stoked” and “I Want To Fuck You To Death” along with “Eight of Swords” had the crowd engaged. Jill Janus gave some background to the late Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead writing the song “I Want To Fuck You To Death”. They have personalized art and jewelry for sale along with their shirts and music.

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Sabaton was next and admittedly, I had never listened to Sabaton prior to the night. They are a Swedish metal band with references to historical battles. They were all outfitted with camouflage pants and vocalist, Joakim Brodén, had a military looking vest outfitted with crosshatched metal plates. Sabaton had not played in Peoria before and said they were nervous about their reception. They were not disappointed with their reception by the Peorians. A fan with a sign that said “I learned more about history from Sabaton than in school.” Although some misinformed fan gave them a Scottish flag instead of a Swedish flag and I have no idea why. Maybe more world Geography needs to be taught in schoosl. If you’re going to take a flag to the show, make sure it is the right country. Sabaton delivered a testosterone filled show. The crowd participated in singing along to their songs “Swedish Pagans” and “Winged Hussars”. Even I had to ‘google’ that so I learned about history that night as well. A young fan whose first show was Sabaton was brought on stage. The lucky boy had a great experience for his first show but he was a natural when they had him play the cymbals during the show.

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Trivium was the main attraction and they started the night with “Strife” their best known song. Trivium is from Orlando, Florida and consists of Matt Heafy (vocals), Paolo Gregoletto (bassist), Corey Beaulieu (guitarist), and Paul Wandtke (drummer). Most of the crowd that remained with Trivium were diehards having seen them multiple times. Fans were excited to see them on a headlining tour in the area. A lot of the crowd cleared out but that left plenty of room for the circle pit to start up. Trivium’s sound has evolved over time and they continue to play songs from their entire catalog. Matt Heafy’s vocal range is similar to David Draiman’s and Draiman produced their sixth album, Vengeance Falls. I feel that album really portrays Heafy’s vocal ability but perhaps he is trying to take it easier since he had problems with his voice going out in 2014 after Rock On The Range. While their new album, Silence In The Snow has technical prowess and great imagery, it has only melodic singing on it. They have gained fans with their catchy melody of “Until The World Goes Cold”. Regardless, they played songs from almost every album that night.
Their setlist:
Strife
A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation
Forsake Not The Dream
Rise Above The Tides
Into The Mouth of Hell We March
Silence In The Snow
Entrance of The Conflagration
Anthem (We Are The Fire)
Built To Fall
Until The World Goes Cold
Down From The Sky
Rain
Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr

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Huntress Concert Photos

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Suzie Soule

Huntress Concert Photos
Limelight Eventplex
Peoria, Illinois

Sabaton Concert Photos

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Suzie Soule

Sabaton Concert Photos
Limelight Eventplex
Peoria, Illinois

Joakim Brodén of Sabaton

Chris Rörland of Sabaton

Tommy Johansson of Sabaton

Joakim Brodén of Sabaton

Pär Sundström of Sabaton

Hannes van Dahl of Sabaton

Joakim Brodén of Sabaton

Tommy Johansson of Sabaton

Joakim Brodén of Sabaton

Chris Rörland of Sabaton

Sabaton with young fan

Trivium Concert Photos

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Suzie Soule

Trivium Concert Photos
Limelight Eventplex
Peoria, Illinois

Matt Heafy of Trivium

Corey Beaulieu of Trivium

Paolo Gregoletto of Trivium

Matt Heafy of Trivium

Paul Wandtke of Trivium

Corey Beaulieu of Trivium

Paolo Gregoletto of Trivium

Matt Heafy of Trivium

Trivium

Trivium fans

We Came As Romans Concert Review

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Suzie Soule

We Came As Romans Concert Review
The Castle Theatre
Bloomington, Illinois

We Came As Romans

We Came As Romans are a staple of any metalcore lineup. They were joined by Counterparts and Fire From The Gods. Local band, Call Me In The Morning, started the night and they are a young band with a lot of potential. Their sound was definitely true to the scene.

Call Me In The Morning

Breakout band Fire From The Gods came next. Sometimes a band and their style will make an impression on you. Fire From The Gods is one of those bands. I was impressed by the metal that was coming from them. Their metalcore style was polished and familiar but with more substance than the other newer metalcore bands. The crowd liked what they were hearing and moved along to the music. Fire From The Gods just released their album Narrative in August 26, 2016. Their single “No Excuse” has been featured on Sirius XM’s Octane and reached number 9 on their Big Uns chart. Fire From The Gods is a band to listen to and watch over the next few years.

Fire From The Gods

Counterparts from Canada took the stage next. Counterparts is one of those bands that I had heard of but had yet to see live. Unfortunately, their set was not remarkable. Their music was solid and they definitely are real contenders in metalcore music but their performance tonight was not as well received.

Counterparts

We Came As Romans latest album is their eponymous release in July of 2015 while the band was on Warped Tour. The album is a departure from their harder metalcore sound. That being said, the album is one of their most cohesive and singable albums with singles “The World I Used To Know” and “Regenerate” released as singles. Fans came to see them both the previous night in nearby Peoria and again in Bloomington, Illinois.

Conspicously missing was drummer, Eric Choi, from the lineup. A few days after the show, it was announced after ten years, that Eric Choi has chosen to leave the band and work on endeavors at home. The band will continue and joins Parkway Drive this fall for more tour dates.

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We Came As Romans Concert Photos

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Suzie Soule

We Came As Romans Concert Photos
The Castle Theatre
Bloomington, Illinois

We Came As Romans

Dave Stephens of We Came As Romans

Kyle Pavone of We Came As Romans

We Came As Romans

Lou Cotton of We Came As Romans

We Came As Romans

Andy Glass of We Came As Romans

We Came As Romans

Dave Stephens of We Came As Romans

We Came As Romans

Joshua Moore of We Came As Romans

Kyle Pavone of We Came As Romans

Nocturnal Underground Tour Review featuring Korn and Breaking Benjamin

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Suzie Soule

Nocturnal Underground Tour Review featuring Korn and Breaking Benjamin
Peoria, Illinois

Nocturnal Underground Tour Korn

Two huge bands teamed up to bring rock and metal to the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois. Korn has been around since 1993 and they are still going strong with their latest album set for release on October 21st. The album is named Serenity of Suffering. You cna pre-order exclusive album bundles here. Breaking Benjamin has been around since 1999. Breaking Benjamin has had a comeback with their latest album Dark Before Dawn that reached number one on the charts in 2015. They were joined by relative newcomers, Motionless In White, and Silver Snakes. Motionless in White have their own hits including A-M-E-R-I-C-A and the video was directed by Clown of Slipknot.

The weather was still warm for a Wednesday in late September in central Illinois. Silver Snakes opened the show and while they are a solid rock band, nothing really stood out during their set. While Motionless In White has their own fan-base mainly consisting of the younger crowd that has been cultivated from years on Warped Tour. Their set was sparse with a big backdrop with Motionless In White appeared to be written in blood red. Ghost’s mike stand props consisted of a Holy Bible and rosary beads. Their drum kit featured an orange jack o’lantern that is also featured on their merch. Their fans came dressed appropriately with the right makeup and sang along to all their songs including their newest track, “570”.

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Breaking Benjamin took the stage next and their stage set consists of a catwalk above and behind the drum kit. New features to their set are several CO2 smoke cannons. This feature adds more depth to the performance without the danger of pyro cannons. Ben Burnley and the guys have been on tour since 2015 all over the country and I have seen them five times to this date. At times, their sound is plagued by issues where levels of vocals drown out some of the other instruments. Unfortunately, this was one of those nights. Sound was not stellar for their performance. Now I know we love the Breaking Benjamin classic songs and Ben’s voice really makes the band what it is. That is how he was able to start over with new band members and still be successful as Breaking Benjamin. The songs that Keith Wallen and Aaron Bruch were singing were fine but did not feel like Breaking Benjamin songs. Otherwise, the band performed their hits along with a medley that they have done previously consisting of “The Imperial March”, “Schism”, “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, and “Walk” was not surprising. Again for fans of Breaking Benjamin, they have seen them multiple times and are looking for new Breaking Benjamin songs that consists of Ben on vocals.

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Korn closed out the show. They always have an amazing live show and tonight was no exception. Their stage was covered while it was being set up and you though it consisted of a boring backdrop with Korn in red letters on gray background but later that dropped to reveal their newest artwork for their album Serenity of Suffering. There is a child with eerie blue eyes going to a carnival filled with creatures. The child has a zombie teddy bear from their Issues album cover with exposed innards where there is some freaky fat guy inside. The artwork was done by renowned artist, Ron English. There were also led light boxes with various abstract lights during the show.

Korn started their set with “Right Now”, “Here To Stay” and “Rotting In Vain”. Their single “Rotting In Vain” has an infectious quality since it was introduced at Chicago Open Air and fans knew all the words singing along. Their set consisted of songs from all time periods. They had the entire crowd chant “Fuck That” just before playing “Y’all Want A Single”. The carthartic release of that song is enough to go see Korn any day. Jonathan Davis sounded especially good with the bagpipes during “Shoots and Ladders”. Jonathon Davis mentioned that their album Life Is Peachy turned twenty years old and they performed “Twist” and “Good God” off of it. I think the true fans were looking for “A.D.I.D.A.S.” though. Regardless, they ended the night in true fashion with “Falling Away From Me” and “Freak On A Leash”.