The 2017 Vans Warped Tour was announced at their annual event at Full Sail University in Florida. CKY, Hatebreed, Hawthorne Heights, I Prevail, Beartooth, Sick Of It All, Candiria, Anti Flag, GWAR, Memphis May Fire and more will perform. Tickets are on sale now for all dates with the full confirmed line-up and other info below.
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The 3rd annual Louder Than Life Festival kicks off today at Champions Park, in Louisville, Kentucky. Ghost Cult is there to cover and bring you all the sounds and flavors of the fest! Check below for the daily line-up!Continue reading
The third annual Louder Than Life Festival will take place October 1 & 2 At Champions Park In Louisville, KY.Continue reading
Louisville Kentucky’s top flight metal and hard rock festival, the 3rd annual Louder Than Life festival has announced its 2016 lineup. Avenged Sevenfold will headline, with Slipknot, Slayer, Disturbed, Korn and The Cult performing among others on October 1st and 2nd.
Tickets go on sale this Wednesday at noon EST at www.LouderThanLifeFestival.com. Prices will be $79.50 for a single-day general admission, $89.50 for a general admission weekend pass, and $234.50 for a VIP weekend pass. Other packages are available, with prices increases soon.
Other bands performing at Champions Park on River Road are Ghost, Cheap Trick, The Pretty Reckless, Alter Bridge, Pierce the Veil, Clutch, Anthrax, Hellyeah, Sevendust, Trivium and Sick Puppies. More than 50,000 fans attended last year’s sold-out festival, most from out of state.
With the Louisville locale in the forefront, the festival also features on bourbon and “gourmet man food”.
Celebrity chefs will be Edward Lee, Tom Coghill, Bill Kunz and Jonathan Schwartz, while the Gourmet Man Food Village will have several dozen choices, including Doc Crow’s, El Luchador,: 502 Café, Aporkalypse Now, Hi-Five Doughnuts, Holy Mole, The Comfy Cow, Gelato Gilberto and Cheese Louise.
Bourbon World, presented by the Louisville Courier-Journal, will feature Angel’s Envy, Basil Hayden’s, Benchmark, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Eagle Rare, Evan Williams, Four Roses, Jim Beam, Knob Creek, Maker’s Mark, Michter’s, Old Forester, Town Branch, Willett, Wild Turkey and Woodford Reserve.
Here are the daily line-ups:
Saturday, Oct. 1 – Avenged Sevenfold, Slayer, The Cult, The Pretty Reckless, Pierce The Veil, Cheap Trick, Chevy Metal, Anthrax, Motionless In White, Hellyeah, Sick Puppies, The Amity Affliction, Avatar, Neck Deep, Young Guns, Being As An Ocean, ’68, Twelve Foot Ninja, Dinosaur Pile Up.
Sunday, Oct. 2 – Slipknot, Disturbed, Korn, Ghost, Alter Bridge, Clutch, Biffy Clyro, Pop Evil, Skillet, Sevendust, Zakk Sabbath, Parkway Drive, Trivium, KYNG, Skindred, Adelitas Way, Crobot, Smashing Satellites, Sabaton.
Nashville rockers Better Off is streaming their new Darren King of Mutemath directed music video for “Dresser Drawer, off of their new album Milk, out now via Equal Vision Records, below. Milk was produced by Arun Bali (of Saves The Day), engineered/mixed by Matt McClellan (Being As An Ocean, Better Off), and mastered by Kris Crummett (The Early November, The Story So Far).
Capsize. Photo Credit: Anam Merchant
Post hardcore outfit Capsize is streaming “Enough For Me,” produced by Matt McClellan (Being As An Ocean, Better Off) below. The band will be entering the studio in January 2016 to begin recording their sophomore full length album, out via Equal Vision Records.
Silverstein and Senses Fail w/Hundredth and Capsize
Dec 04: Alamo City Music Hall – San Antonio, TX
Dec 05: Scout Bar – Houston, TX
Dec 06: Local 662 – St. Petersburg, FL (Capsize only)
Dec 07: Revolution – Fort Lauderdale, FL
Dec 08: Beacham Theater – Orlando, FL
Dec 09: Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
Dec 10: Amos Southend – Charlotte, NC
Dec 11: Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
Dec 12: Webster Hall – New York, NY
Dec 13: Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
Dec 14: Basement Transmissions – Erie, PA (Hundredth and Capsize only)
Dec 15: Bogart’s – Cincinnati, OH
Dec 16: House of Blues – Cleveland, OH
Dec 17: Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
Dec 18: Palladium – Worcester, MA
Dec 19: College Street Music Hall – New Haven, CT
Dec 20: Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON (Stay Warm Fest ft. Silverstein w/Cancer Bats, Beartooth, Seaway, Cardinals Pride)
Dec 28: The Camel – Richmond, VA
Dec 29: Greene Street – Greensboro, NC
Dec 30: Joe Pasta – Charleston, SC
Another year has arrived for the Vans Warped Tour full of anticipation and excitement to hit the summertime across North America. This year’s edition maintains their tradition of youth oriented angst filled music (or whatever the kids call it these days) and carving a path for the next batch of rising stars on the scene. Thanks to photographer Kevin Estrada for shooting these two dates of Warped tour for Ghost Cult!
The main stages (Shark and Unicorn) showcased the main attractions on the tour, ranging from the pop punk acts (The Wonder Years) to the screamo/emo (Pierce The Veil, Blessthefall) to the crossover half melodic and half aggro (We Came As Romans) to the harder sounding (August Burns Red) managed to keep the kids bouncing around in the crowd and rarely laying low.
August Burns Red, photo © Kevin Estrada / kevinestrada.com
Tour veterans Motion City Soundtrack made their brief California run appearance, showing the crowd how things are done on this tour. Metro Station (featuring Trace Cyrus, son of country performer Billy Ray Cyrus), melodic punk act Man Overboard, and hardcore outfit Fit For A King all set the pace for the day with their respective sounds while keeping the crowd engaged.
Atilla, photo © Kevin Estrada / kevinestrada.com
The main acts on these stages won over the crowd throughout the day. Memphis May Fire got the crowd into a high with their half heavy yet melodic styling that struck a nerve with them; Attila, led by their enigmatic frontman Chris “Fronz” Fronzak and his guitar crunching yet Eninem-esque “meth” suit bouncing along with the crowd; Black Veil Brides and their legions of die hard fan base singing along to every word; and Miss May I and their modern metallic sound that got the crowd worked up later on in the day.
The Amity Affliction, photo © Kevin Estrada / kevinestrada.com
While the main stage had their moments going on, there were a number of side stage acts making noise of their own. The Monster Stage housed their own brand of chaos throughout the day, as Senses Fail, Being As An Ocean, Beartooth, Mallory Knox and The Amity Affliction all got the pit crew throwing down alongside each band and rarely letting down. The harder driving acts such as hardcore outfit Hundredth had the pit kids going in effect, while veteran Canadian post hardcore act Silverstein had their mix of longtime fans as well as newbies who both showed their appreciation for the band. Australian metallic hardcore outfit I Killed The Prom Queen appeared to be bass player less, but that didn’t stop them from bringing out their At The Gates meets hardcore stomp to these fans. British metalcore act While She Sleeps briefly were down a singer (ie visa problems kept frontman Lawrence Taylor making a late start on the tour) but friends pitched in to lend a helping hand and fans didn’t even notice. Plus Escape The Fate closed out the evening with their eclectic brand of punk meets screamo meets modern metal that got the late comers their last bit of a sweat.
Neck Deep, photo © Kevin Estrada / kevinestrada.com
On the other stages, indie hip hop acts MC Lars gave a lesson in nerdcore with rhymes about video games and Game of Thrones (ie his latest single “Dragon Blood), while Kosha Dillz brought out his East Coast blend of Spanish, English and Hebrew rhymes; and electro-DJ-performance duo mystery men Drama Club put on an interesting performance that combined part Blue Man Group-esque percussive moments with part electronica meets EDM moments and spontaneous bursts of energy that kept the interested crowd on its feet.
Pvris, photo © Kevin Estrada / kevinestrada.com
The Journeys Stages found Juliette Sims and Night Riots wowing the crowd with their high energy sets, while hotly tipped electro pop outfit PVRIS became one of the much talked about acts on the tour and their set did not disappoint. Hip hop act Riff Raff put on quite the entertaining show on this stage, with his colorful summertime dress and animated raps to get the crowd bouncing along.
New York alternative rockers The Karma Killers stood out amongst the vast number of acts performing on the Ernie Ball Stage, with their fresh take on classic pop-punk, rock, and alternative rock with an energetic stage show. While they are newly signed to Island/Def Jam and new to the scene, they showed that they could one day end up on one of the larger stages in the new future.
The Acoustic Basement easily became an area largely for shade against the sun, but while most of the acts attracted stragglers throughout the day, Canadian singer-songwriter Saywecanfly and Brian Marquis were two of the acts who attracted a decent sized crowd throughout the day. Saywecanfly attracted a packed tent and entertained the audience with his emotion filled lyrics that got his largely female audience awaiting with anticipation.
Overall, this year’s edition featured a good mix of repeat acts moving up to larger stages, as well as a number of fresh faces to the scene. It is a positive sign to see new acts on the rise at a time when the music industry is struggling to attract new acts to the public. Hopefully someone is paying attention to this tour to see that there is a new generation of artists on the rise.
Set it Off, photo©Kevin Estrada / kevinestrada.com
Tat, photo©Kevin Estrada / kevinestrada.com
We Came As Romans, photo©Kevin Estrada / kevinestrada.com
Miss May I, photo©Kevin Estrada / kevinestrada.com
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WORDS BY REI NISHIMOTO
PHOTOS BY KEVIN ESTRADA
After forming in 2012, Being As An Ocean have quickly built up a reputation of playing intense live shows and creating passionate music. Their latest self-titled album (In Vogue Records/Impericon) further demonstrates their capabilities as a powerful melodic hardcore band, and it is easy to see why they have gained so many fans in such a short space of time.
First track ‘Little Richie’ instantly grabs your attention: the melodic opening leads perfectly into heavy riffs and hard-hitting lyrics. Joel Quartuccio’s vocals are as passionate as ever, allowing the listener to fully engage with the music. The synth-like breakdown may seem like a strange addition, but it actually works really well and proves that Being As An Ocean are not afraid to try something new.
One of the most impressive songs on the album is ‘Saint Peter’, which is a four minute emotional and engaging journey. There is something almost cathartic about this song, which may be due to the fusion of spoken word and harmonic vocals. The lyrics are thoughtful and well-written, which is just one of the reasons why Being As An Ocean’s new album is so successful.
If you are a fan of bands such as Rise Against, Hundredth and Stick To Your Guns, then Being As An Ocean’s new album is definitely for you. Even if you are not a huge fan of melodic hardcore this album may surprise you, especially as every song sounds unique and full of passion. It is hard for bands to convey energy through recorded music, however, Being As An Ocean have managed to do it with ease.
8.5/10
JULIA CONOPO
Being As An Ocean have released a music video for their new single ‘Little Richie’ off of their self-titled album, dropping next week from InVogue Records. You can watch the video at this link or below:
Pre-Orders for Being As An Ocean are available now for CD, Vinyl, and cassettes. The band can can be seen all summer performing on the Monster Stage at every date of the Vans Warped Tour.
Being As An Ocean track listing
01 Little Richie
02 Ain’t Nobody Perfect
03 The Zealot’s Blindfold
04 Sleeping Sicarii
05 Judas, Our Brother
06 St. Peter
07 Forgetting Is Forgiving The I
08 The World As A Stage
09 Sins Of The Father
10 … And Their Consequence
The Impericon Never Say Die Tour has announced its lineup for its 9th year of bringing metal, hardcore and metalcore bands to UK audiences. The tour will be headlined by The Amity Affliction with support from Defeater, Being As An Ocean, Cruel Hand, Fit For A King and Burning Down Alaska. A teaser for the tour can be seen at this link or below:
Ivonne Davies Kreye of Avocado Booking commented on the tour:
″We are hoping kids are as pumped for INSD 2015 as we are! What a line up and what a great team we got for the tour. The tour will be a home run!″
Martin Böttcher of Impericon also shared his thoughts on the long running tour:
″This year, Avocado Booking remains faithful to the Impericon Never Say Die! Tour as they once again deliver another unprecedented line up. We look forward to celebrating with a proper party in Europe.″
The Amity Affliction singer, Joel Birch, also weighed in:
″We′re really excited to get back to Europe and the UK on the Impericon Never Say Die! Tour, not only because we always feel so welcomed there but also because the lineup we have is killer. It′s not often you want to watch every band on the bill – it′s going to be fucking wild, see you there!″
Impericon Never Say Die Tour dates:
Nov 08: Koko – London, UK
Nov 09: Club Academy – Manchester, UK
Nov 10: Garage – Glasgow, UK
Nov 11: Marble Factory – Bristol, UK
Nov 13: Patronaat – Haarlem, NL
Nov 14: Markthalle – Hamburg, DE
Nov 15: Astra – Prague, CZ
Nov 16: Meet Factory – Budapest, HU
Nov 17: Dürer Kert – Wien, AT
Nov 18: Arena – Bologna, IT
Nov 19: Zona Roveri – München, DE
Nov 20: Backstage – Pratteln, CH
Nov 21: Z7 – Lyon, FR
Nov 22: Razzmatazz – Barcelona, ES
Nov 23: Sala Cats – Madrid, ES
Nov 24: Rock School Barbey – Bordeaux, FR
Nov 25: Machine Du Moulin Rouge – Paris, FR
Nov 26: LKA – Stuttgart, DE
Nov 27: Turbinenhalle – Oberhausen, DE
Nov 28: Werk 2, Leipzig, DE
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