Closing their set with “Oh Praise Him” off of their Dread Champions of the Last Days, the band and the audience came together to lift God up. Together we sang, we praised and we danced with no worries. Watching a band completely lost in the spirit and an audience on their knees singing to our father was one of the most beautiful experiences that I have even been a part of.
The Devil Wears Prada Live
Storming the stage following a more-than-impressive opening performance by Ohio-based Miss May I, TDWP came face-to-face with a packed house of Dallas locals inside The Door, one of the oldest clubs in the historic Deep Ellum community. It was already beastly hot inside the venue thanks to the 100 degree weather; however, TDWP made no exceptions to their set and turned the heat up to full blast. There was not a dry body inside of the house as they performed fan-favorites such as, “Danger Wildman,” “Reptar, King of the Ozone” and “Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over.”
The Cool Tour: Arizona
Written by: Christian Pascale
Metalcore artists from across the pond Architects delivered an extremely tight performance. Their drummer was precise and technical despite having filled in for the Cancer Bats, whose drummer was missing for reasons which were not revealed to the audience.
The Cool Tour: Dallas
Written by: Adrian Hummel
Despite that minor difference Underoath was solid throughout the whole set, and afterwards many people were left thinking “Aaron who?” That isn’t a knock against Aaron, it’s a reassurance to all Underoath fans that they will not be disappointed with Daniel Davison filling in as the soon to be permanent drummer of Underoath.
Scream Like You Mean It Tour Review
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.
The Devil Wears Prada talks Zombies
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.
Scream the Prayer 2010
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
Tweets courtesy of: Doug Van Pelt – Editor HM Magazine
House of Heroes and Seabird rock Austin
Frontman Tim Skipper moved around a lot on stage and seemed to act as if certain guitar riffs touched his musical soul. Guitarist Jared Rigsby broke a string on the first strum of his instrument first song and suffered another string break later on, but dude moved around a lot, too.
Concert Review: Mychildren Mybride – Haste the Day
Emo’s is a very unforgiving venue with a stage smaller than most college bathrooms, and when you fill an equally limited floor space with tight-jeaned, stretched-lobed kids packed together like a deck of cards, the end result is down right boiling — especially in the prime of the Texas summer. Despite the crippling warmth and tight conditions, Mychildren Mybride poured every ounce of intensity into their forty-five minute set until it was dripping from vocalist Matthew Hastings’ long black hair.
Written By: Jeff Sistrunk and Nathan Doyle
Images By: Bianca Montes
Concert Review: mewithoutYou, Paper Route and Rubik
Obviously moved by his own music, front-man Aaron Weiss danced and fumbled intensely, lost in the music around him. I think deep down inside we all want to dance like Weiss, so carefree and joyous, like an innocent child. Hypnotized in the honesty of mewithoutYou, some crowd members stood perfectly still while some passerby’s danced and sang, infected by the music.
Review by: Bianca Montes, Doug Van Pelt and Jeff Sistrunk
Images by: Bianca Montes
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