For “Winter Wilderness”, JB and Dustin switched guitars in a move that caught me pleasantly off-guard, as each showed mastery over the other’s instrument. I haven’t seen the band perform it live in a decade at my first metalcore show with them, so it was a magnificent “full-circle” moment. Another one soon followed when my favorite track, “Mariana’s Trench”, started up. The members were dripping with sweat at this point – not a second was wasted from song to song.įog machines shot sky-high during the breakdown of “Defender”, an instant-goosebump moment for me. I wasn’t expecting my 7.1 surround sound headset to get some use this show, but that’s exactly what happened. It became obvious in “Invisible Enemy” that this show was mastered in surround sound after someone in chat mentioned it – I heard a tapping section in the right speaker while the rhythm chugged along in the left. Most noteworthy was a particular shot that was almost knee-level to emulate the feeling of being in a packed crowd not at eye-level with the band. There were some really cool drum-cam and panning shots throughout. One thing I noted in “Paramount” was the camera direction – unlike the cinematic TesseracT show, this one was shot with more of a “Live Music Video” edge. During heavy parts, the chat popped off – I laughed out loud when someone said “MY CAT IS FLYING” and “moshpits are essential services”. Jake called for the virtual crowd to bounce for “Provisions”, and for a second, I forgot I was behind a PC and felt inclined to do so – and obliged. When Jake came in for “King of Sorrow”, his voice was clear as day in the mix and the band’s stage presence dazzled the chat, who welcomed the singer with caps lock in droves. Matt’s toms were downright massive, and anyone with good bass in their speakers was treated by this. It’s clear from the get-go that the sound rig is monstrous, as the band sounds on par with studio-quality in this stream. We then got a hysterical storybook reading from NASCAR driver and fan of metalcore Bubba Wallace, setting the tone before the band came to their snowy stage to start with their original song, “Flurries”. The chat went BERSERK when this happened, as August Burns Red crushed the popular track with ease. I’m stoked as can be, so let’s dig in!Ĭhristmas Burns Red kicked off with a new ABR track: a cover of System of a Down’s “Chop Suey”. After attending TesseracT’s live stream today, I’m beyond pumped for ABR’s, as I’m significantly more familiar with the tracks being played and the theme at hand. It’s hard to get into the holiday spirit during the worst year in history, but 2020 is ending with August Burns Red doing their back catalog of Christmas tracks in live format.
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