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MetalCore Death Metal and Screamo!!!Feb 24 '02 Write an essay on this topic.
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The Bottom Line Even if you don't like hardcore music you should definitely go check out a live show, especially if its the Dillinger Escape Plan
A long while back I was reading an issue of Thrasher Skateboarding Magazine and in it there was an article on Snapcase. On the page there were pictures from a live Snapcase show and in big bold type there was something the author of the article had said: "Nothing compares to a good hardcore show." At the time I had yet to see a band of this genre play live and my opinion of hardcore was very low. Since then I've opened my mind and gone and seen some of these bands play and as far as live shows go I'm not sure that there are better bands to see and Dillinger Escape Plan is a perfect example of what a live show should be. Band Line Up All Else Failed Darkest Hour Dillinger Escape Plan *There was one other band, but I got there late and didn't get to see them and consequently forgot who they were As the sidenote states, I did get to the show late so All Else Failed was halfway through their set when I came. I'm not too incredibly familiar with all the subgenres of hardcore but I'm pretty sure these guys are known as Screamo (emotional hardcore). They were put on a decent show, nothing too spectacular, but it was still pretty good. The thing I noticed most about this band was their singer. When he would sing, he'd look as if he was about to cry. The next band that I was able to see was Darkest Hour. Apparently these guys are classified as Death Metal, or that's what they consider themselves at least. At Club Laga shows, bands usually play with all their instruments and make sure their tone and whatnot is perfect. Each member of the band came out and strummed/ beat their instrument once and that was it. The singer came out and made a grumbling noise into the microphone and that was it. Someone over the monitor told him to check it again and he just replied, "That's all you need for death metal." I guess that's what I liked most about this band; they had a really cool attitude towards themselves. They weren't hopped up on the rock and roll virus that gives bands gigantic egos, they just play their music and people love them for it (well at least I do). Their set was chaotic, pure mayhem. The singer continually jumped into the pit to interact with the crowd and kept chucking the mic from hand to hand while he caught his breath. In between one of their songs a guitarist grabbed a megaphone and started saying to the crowd, "we are not new metal, we are not new metal," then continued to play. During the very last Darkest Hour song the two guitarists and the bassist made a human pyramid. The guitar players each put one knee in towards the other's and the bassist stood one foot on each knee, it was simply amazing. So they finished up and started leaving the stage and their drummer came out. He's kind of this nerdy lookin guy who had a trucker hat on. He came out and thanked the crowd for being cool and then he poured water all over his head and screamed "satan lives!" I probably sound like a three year old trying to describe how awesome these guys were live, but hey, I tried. After the awesomeness (that's right, awesomeness) of Darkest Hour I was doubting whether Dillinger could be as good as what I had just witnessed. So up next came the headlining band, The Dillinger Escape Plan. There are six members in this band. A singer, who has replaced the previous one, two guitarists, a bassists, and a "sound engineer" (I don't know what else to call him). Apparently all of the members, except for the singer, have college degrees in biotechnology. Somehow these geniuses got together and formed this crazy as hell metalcore band, anyway back to the show. The venue was pitch black and the only noise was coming from the crowd and the sound guy's mixer. Then they started. Their new singer is humongous. I've noticed that there are a lot of buff lead singers out in the music world but this guy takes the cake. He has the most significant stage presence I've ever seen. He appears to be very menacing and when he isn't screaming, he flails around like there's an even bigger person inside him that wants to get out. To add to his spaztic motion, all three guitarists are doing basically the same thing, only with guitars. They'd whip them up and down very quickly, somehow not missing a beat. Another amazing thing the singer did was wail the microphone around like a propellar. Their set flowed together very fluently and didn't really have any pauses. There was always some sort of techno beat or something playing. They ended with their signature song "43% Burnt" and it was a very fitting way to end. Even if you don't like hardcore music you should definitely go check out a live show, especially if its the Dillinger Escape Plan  |
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