I was excited to see
Yonaka supporting Bring me The Horizon because despite not being familiar with their music, I knew that they're one of 2018's breakout rock bands and I was interested to see what all the hype is about. Yonaka are basically everything I've come to expect from a young arena ready rock band. Big chunky riffs, the occasional keyboard flourish and big choruses. Their singer Theresa Jarvis made a big impression sporting a bright red pimp coat and gold lame trousers. The problem is that while songs such as 'Creature' and 'Own Worst Enemy' are decent rock songs, they're not particularly memorable. Yonaka have a cool stage presence and sound but are generally lacking in anything else to make them stand out.
(7.6/10)
The Fever 333 made quite an impression from the moment they hit the stage. The former singer of letlive. Jason Aalon Butler, stood on stage with his head in a bag and arms behind his back, surrounded by dry ice, while a montage of news clips served as an introduction to everything him and his band are against. The next 40 minutes were one of the most engaging and mind blowing live shows I've seen all year. So much happened in such a small space of time that it's hard to recount it all here. Jason climbed up the bleachers to preach righteous bars from the seating section. Theresa from Yonaka joined them on stage as Jason gave a speech preaching solidarity with female musicians and the importance of supporting independent culture. There was even time for a quick drum solo and a few back-flips. Despite obvious similarities The Fever 333 are not Rage Against The
Machines' Greta Van Fleet. Their updated take on rap metal is so
righteous that it's hard not to see them inspiring their own nu-metal
revolution. Much like RATM they are proudly political and their sound is so heavy and layered that it's hard to believe that there is only three people on stage. I have no doubt that they will continue to grow and spread their message from here.
(9.2)
I do not envy
Bring Me The Horizon for having to follow The Fever 333. Yet it says a lot about them that despite having not released an album for 3 years and only putting out two singles this year they can still fill arenas. By this point they have mastered the arena rock show. This is partly down to some ingenuously simple set design. Two rectangular lighting rigs were on extend-able wires meaning they could be moved around throughout. The new single 'Mantra' kicked things off as confetti cannons blasted the arena. The Mantra in question is that 'Before the truth will set you free it will piss you off'. Following this was a batch of well drilled anthems from the past two albums. The other new song aired tonight was 'Wonderful Life'. A fantastically heavy tune with a huge groove. Yet It seemed that tonight BMTH were more focussed on their past than their future. They played a brief medley of older 'deep cuts' starting with 2008's 'The Comedown'. This was clearly a lot of fun for the band and their longtime fans. After all this time Oli Sykes is still the northern oik screaming his head off, inciting mosh-pits at will. For about 10 minutes BMTH were their old metalcore selves. At least until Oli dryly said 'right, back to the shit songs'. Of course 'Can you feel my heart' and the (more relevant than ever) 'Antivist' are far from shit. It does make me wonder who BMTH are at this point. Are they metalcore oiks, metal legends or radio rockers? An acoustic version of 'Drown' didn't make things any clearer. The inevitable encore brought 'Doomed' and 'Throne' and yet another shitload of confetti. Before he left Oli said that the new album 'Ammo' is out next year. Apparently it will blow our minds and that they will be touring again to support it. I'm looking forward to hearing it. I was hoping to hear some more new songs, but I guess for now, the old stuff will do.
(8.4)
The Fever 333 made quite an impression from the moment they hit the stage. The former singer of letlive. Jason Aalon Butler, stood on stage with his head in a bag and arms behind his back, surrounded by dry ice, while a montage of news clips served as an introduction to everything him and his band are against. The next 40 minutes were one of the most engaging and mind blowing live shows I've seen all year. So much happened in such a small space of time that it's hard to recount it all here. Jason climbed up the bleachers to preach righteous bars from the seating section. Theresa from Yonaka joined them on stage as Jason gave a speech preaching solidarity with female musicians and the importance of supporting independent culture. There was even time for a quick drum solo and a few back-flips. Despite obvious similarities The Fever 333 are not Rage Against The
Machines' Greta Van Fleet. Their updated take on rap metal is so
righteous that it's hard not to see them inspiring their own nu-metal
revolution. Much like RATM they are proudly political and their sound is so heavy and layered that it's hard to believe that there is only three people on stage. I have no doubt that they will continue to grow and spread their message from here. (9.2)
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