Vans Off The Wall Music Night presents: Like Moths To Flames, Memphis May Fire, We Came As Romans and Parkway Drive

Music never fails to make my life at least a tiny bit better. I had a pretty crappy week but I made it through and as some sort of reward so to say, I went to see these four amazing bands. Unfortunately, I didn't have an interview though but it was still a blast. 

Like Moths To Flames started the insanity with the perfect performance to get the crowd into the mood to mosh, the first circle pit happened maybe two minutes after the guys from Columbus, OH started to play.

Memphis May Fire were up next and I'd really like to talk about Matty's Legacy-speech. I don't remember his exact words, but it went somehow like this: "each and everyone is so special in their own way, I love you all from the bottom of my heart, screw everyone who tries to bring you down! Chase your dreams because all of you are capable of making them come true. I belive in you!"

I actually got goosebumps because sometimes it's just nice to hear encouraging words like these, even if they come from a total stranger. I mean, these bands are the reason why you're reading this right now and I have no clue where I'd be without them.

Memphis May Fire played a good mix of their two albums, for example Alive In The Lights, The Sinner, Vices and The Victim. I'm pretty excited for new stuff though! 

My personal highlight was finally on stage after MMF: We Came As Romans. I was really excited and had certain expectations but these crazy guys exceeded those expectations by far. I'm still fascinated by Kyle's pleasant presence on stage - as soon as he started to perform, I stopped thinking about all the things that were bothering me and just paid attention to his voice. He has this very special sound which is a big part of the things that make this band so special. They mostly played songs from their current album Tracing Back Roots (for example Fade Away, Ghosts or Present, Future and Past) but when they played their version of Glad You Came (which is originally by The Wanted and if you don't know what I'm talking about, check it out), they got this party started. Instead of moshing, people were actually dancing and screaming along and that was a beautiful thing to experience. However, not only the crowd had fun, but also the band what was even more beautiful to watch. I really hope they'll be back in Germany soon because these guys totally cast a spell on me (is that a cheesy expression to use when it comes to a metalcore band?)

The final performance belonged to a bunch of guys from Australia: Parkway Drive. As aggressive as their music might sound, the people behind it are super nice. They were at least as excited to play as the crowd was to see them and what can I say? The Australians burned the place down. Crowdsurfers were literally flying around, basically the whole performance was one big circle pit and things got totally insane. I loved how the band interacted with the crowd, for example when they blew out these little white pieces of paper, and their vocalist was like "We don't have snow in Australia, so we thought we'd bring some for you."

Some people got a little mixed up in the pits (bleeding noses, black eyes, whatever you can imagine) but I'm pretty sure that every single person in this room had a fantastic night. 

That was my last concert for this year, so I'll focus on reviews for the last few weeks that still remain in 2013. If you have any wish or request, just drop a message and I'll have a listen!

Last Concert Of The Season!!

Hey guys, I'm just here to apologize for the lack of posts (business as usual) and to give you a quick update! Tomorrow I'll attend the last concert of my season, so to say, the Vans Off The Wall Music Night feat. Like Moths To Flames, Memphis May Fire, We Came As Romans and Parkway Drive!! I'm so so so so so excited for We Came As Romans, I gotta admit that I developed a thing for them during the last couple of months, so it's pretty cool that I'll get the chance to see them. I'm also very pleased to see Memphis May Fire again and I'm 100% sure that Parkway Drive will tear the place apart. Long story short: If you'll be there, come say hi! And if you won't be there, I'll provide you with some lovely pictures and a review on Sunday or on Monday. 

I also plan on doing a little summary of my concert season and a little foreshadowing for 2014 (yes, I already started planning concerts for next yea!), so yeah, stay tuned! 

Concert Review: Sights & Sounds, Pierce The Veil and Bring Me The Horizon in Stuttgart, Germany

This was the best concert I've attended since Rock am Ring, not even kidding. I expected it to be great but last night completely blew me away. 

I had an interview with Andrew from Sights & Sounds but I didn't know when, so we arrived at the venue pretty early. I asked somebody with a laminate about Sights & Sounds and he said he'd send them outside (what never happened but oh well). We waited next to the backstage entrance and waited and waited and waited until a girl who stood next to me looked to the main entrance and said: "Hold on a second, they're taking pics, there's somebody...THAT'S OLI!!" Of course we wanted to take a glimpse at him so we walked to the entrance but couldn't get close because Oli was already crowded by fans. We went back to the busses, still waiting for Sights & Sounds, when Saskia suddenly got super nervous, so I twirled and saw Oli standing right next to me. We didn't hesitate a second, of course. 

(heck yeah, my friends!!)

We were still waiting for my interview to happen; in the meantime we met Jordan and Matt from Bring Me The Horizon: 

(Matt looks really confused, and I'm confused because "fans" don't seem to recognize him unless he's on stage)

Things got a little chaotic when Andrew from Sights & Sounds contacted me. Usually interviews happen before they let people inside the venue, this time we had to get in line, it took us 20 minutes to get inside and of course then it was too late for the interview. We got a spot in the 4th row what would be fine if I was tall but since I'm not, I couldn't even see the stage properly. 
Sights & Sounds opened the show with a mixed set: They played songs from their full length album and their new EP which came out last week. It was a good way of preparing the crowd for Pierce The Veil. The mexicans were my highlight of the night; I've been looking forward to this moment since I saw them play at Rock am Ring for 15 minutes and let me tell you - the wait was so worth it. 
They started their set with Hell Above and when everyone around me sang along with Vic "this is a wasteland, my only retreat", I felt like I belonged somewhere, you know what I mean? Like, I wasn't the weirdo anymore, I wasn't the outcast or the freak and that felt amazing. 

This is the setlist from London (November 7th) and last night they played the same songs, just in a different order.(taken from here)

My personal highlight was Hold On Till May. I didn't even expect them to play it but when Vic said "This song goes out to all of you who need music to survive" I got goosebumps and became slightly emotional. When this particular line ("Darling, you'll be okay") was up, Jaime pointed at the whole crowd and I think that was a really beautiful gesture. 
Another thing I noticed in particular was how passionate Tony was. He sang along to almost every song, sometimes he looked at us and just smiled so happily it gave me this warm, fuzzy feeling. It always makes me so happy to see how much band members love what they do. 

By the way: We should start a petition to get Jaime to sing more because in my opinion, he's an incredibly talented vocalist and more people should appreciate this. 

I didn't take any pictures because I was busy not getting crushed by the people around me. However, I saw Adam Elmakias sneaking around, so as soon as he uploads the pics he took, I might add them here. 

If you saw BMTH before, you know how wild it can be. I saw a girl getting dragged out of the pit with a bleeding nose, Oli asked crowd surfers to make their way to him, so he could give them a high five (shoutout to the security for doing a fantastic job) and I bruised my knee when everybody had to sit down only to jump up again when Oli told us to do so. 

All in all, I had a fantastic night and I can't wait to see BMTH and PTV again!