Photos & Video by Bianca Montes
Review by Nathan Doyle & Bianca Montes
Industry veterans, Emery, followed DGD with what was easily the set of the night. With a brief, eight-song, set, and decked out in matching Hawaiian t-shirts, they covered a few songs off of each of their major releases, including “Walls,” “The Smile, The Face,” “In Shallow Seas We Sail,” “Rock ‘n’ Rule,” and “Studying Politics.” “Walls” and “Studying Politics” opened and closed their set, respectively, and did a beautiful job of setting the tone for their set and bringing the energy back around, leaving everyone anxious for more.
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By Dave Bumgarner
“The beginning,” however, saw Runaway City rising from the ashes of three prominent North Carolina based bands, Fighting Instinct, Chasing Daylight, and Layden, all of which had decided to call it quits in early 2009. Although each member (including vocalist Josh Edwards, guitarist Jace Bowman, drummer Chris Burrow, and Ricketts) lamented the demise of their bands at the time, the smooth transition into Runaway City has kept them from looking back.
We all feel we’ve been given a passion for ministry through music. Music has the power to change a person’s mood, inspire, depress, encourage, and communicate ideas. God has immensely used music in our lives and relationships with Him.
Each song follows its own theme, it’s not really a story to be from one song to the other, and just each song follows its theme. The most story-based song is survivor which is the last song on the album, it’s about this dude who lives out in the middle of Kansas on a farm, and the zombies killed his wife, and now he is just extremely lonely. His biggest problem is solitude as compared to actually having to battle the zombies.
The disappointment for the night for me was Underoath. With the huge and shocking news in April of the departure Aaron Gillespie, it was difficult for me to imagine how Underoath would be Underoath with such a vital part no longer there. Tim has taken over the duties of clean vocals and he struggled tonight. Ex-Norma Jean drummer Daniel Davison, replacing Aaron, didn’t do it for me either. No disrespect to Davison but he just lacks the Gillespie vibe.
Review and Images: Jason Laughinhouse – HM Street Team
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With true Texan spirit, San Antonio welcomed the impressive line-up with intense moshing, stage dives and the occasional microphone take-over. Forgetting the blistering heat, bands such as In The Midst of Lions, A Plea for Purging and fan-favorite For Today delivered over the top performances and die hard commitment to their ministry.
Review and Images by: Bianca Montes
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