The
Black Veil Brides first made their way over to
the UK in 2011 when they supported The Murderdolls
on what happened to be the last ever Murderdolls
tour and since then the Black Veil Brides haven’t
been able to keep away from the UK, visiting these
shores at least a couple of times a year for massive
headline tours and here at Alternative Vision
we have supported the band from the start and
are proud to have covered each and every one of
their UK tours so far.
Back
in June The Black Veil Brides announced that they
were heading back to the UK as part of their Blackmass
2014 tour and they announced that they would be
bringing Attila, The Fearless Vampire Killers
and Drama Club with them on their 12 date UK tour
but more importantly the tour coincides with their
forthcoming fourth studio album ‘Black Veil
Brides IV’ which is due for release on the
27th October which happens to be ten days after
the tour comes to an end.
We
headed down to the Great Hall in Exeter tonight
to catch the Black Veil Brides and I have to say
after never being to Exeter before the venue was
a mission to find and we found ourselves walking
through various different university buildings
whilst asking anyone we bumped into on the way
where the venue was which luckily paid off eventually
and we ended up in the venue shortly before the
Black Veil Brides were due to take to the stage.
The
Black Veil Brides took to the stage dead on 9pm
and they opened up in such a solid way playing
their forthcoming single ‘Heart Of Fire’
a song which has the potential to help put the
Black Veil Brides in the same league as some of
their idols like Avenged Sevenfold as the instrumental
work throughout the song is fantastic and it just
showcases how far the band have come since their
debut album.
As
the set progressed the Black Veil Brides played
the likes of ‘I Am Bulletproof’, ‘Coffin’,
‘Wretched And Divine’, ‘Knives
And Pens’, ‘Shadows Die’, ‘Rebel
Love Song’, ‘The Legacy’, ‘Sweet
Blasphemy’ and so many other fan favourites
and what made everything feel so special was the
fact that the fans knew every word for pretty
much every song that was played tonight and at
some point Andy Biersack even took a backseat
from laying down his vocals to let the hundreds
of dedicated screaming fans in front of him take
control.
There
were 3 songs played tonight taken from their forthcoming
album and that was the set opener ‘Heart
Of Fire’ which opened things perfectly,
‘Faithless’ which happened to be the
first song they ever premiered from the forthcoming
album and that went down well with the fans and
also ‘Last Rites’ which has never
been heard before apart from on this tour and
some fans already knew the words and were getting
involved which shows to me how hardcore the Black
veil Brides fan base are as it would be safe to
say that tonight’s show was the not the
first Black veil Brides show on the tour for many
of the crowd tonight and I am sure it was not
the last either.
Through
the set there were many pleasant surprises such
as Christian Coma’s amazing drum solo and
Jinxx’s violin solo which was truly beautiful
sounding, and throughout the whole set the whole
band marched across the stage putting on such
an amazing show and things came to an end with
a double whammy of big songs which featured ‘Perfect
Weapon’ and ‘Fallen Angels’
and as soon as the Black Veil Brides left the
stage the venue erupted into screams of “BVB”
and “We want more”
and in no time at all the Black Veil Brides returned
to the stage for an epic performance of their
usual show finisher ‘In The End’ where
Andy got the whole crowd involved.
Overall tonight was another solid Black Veil Brides
gig and with the release of ‘Black Veil
Brides IV’ only days away now and a massive
American tour on the horizon I feel that 2015
is going to be a very special year for the Black
Veil Brides and if the three songs premiered tonight
from their new album is anything to go by then
their music as well as their energetic live performances
is going to help push them up to playing the arenas
they have been reaching out for some time now.
Black Veil Brides 5/5
Review By Trigger
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