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The Verdict is Vengeance Pre-show;
Backstage, the band consisting of five fairly young males, are each doing their own warm ups for the fairly short, but interesting set-list that they’ve got in store of the large crowed currently watching the insanely talented The Jason Smith Band perform. Lead vocalist Sam Maine, often seen as the front man of the band who is highly confident, is slowly easing his voice into his screaming style, whilst listening to Escape by The Devil Wears Prada. Robert Williams, the lead guitarist and clean vocalist of the band, is preparing to push his voice to its limits, playing one of his own songs and singing softly along with it. Keyboardist, and now rhythm guitarist Lee Sanders is having a last play through of the bands set on the guitar, with this being his first gig as a dual instrumentalist, it’s clear to see the nerves showing through his fairly arrogant and uncaring attitude. Bassist Connor James is nowhere to be seen, tending to keep to himself until the final moments before the band goes on to the stage, no-one is sure of the reason, but if it helps him play better then they aren’t bothered. Matthew Norris is casually watching The Jason Smith Band from the side of the stage; he isn’t at all worried about the show, and rarely spends time with his other band mates before they play.
As the band’s crew sets up all of the equipment, the group all joins together and briefly discuss how they’ll perform and what they’ll do with song transactions, as well as going over the set-list and mentally preparing themselves to play for the growing crowd. Chanting of “VERDICT” is echoed from the stage, as the band slowly walking to the side of the stage, readying themselves for their entrance to the stage.
“It feels weird playing this show” states Sam, seeming somewhat distant, “I don’t know why I feel so weird about this show, but I just do.”
“Everything will be fine mate” says Robert in a calming tone, “there isn’t anything to worry about, we’ve been doing brilliantly at practices and we’re finally becoming a big name in the music scene. Trust me, we’ll just have to show everyone why we deserve to be at this state of our careers”
Show;
Smoke fills the stage, causing fans to start screaming from the anticipation of seeing the five members that make up the young metalcore band. The first onto the stage is Matt Norris, who takes his place behind his drums, swiftly followed by Connor James, Robert Williams and Lee Sanders, who all pick up their instruments and prepare for their short and energetic set. The chainsaw sample from the opening song Bathos is played loudly by Lee Sanders, and screams from the crowd make it hard to hear, the smokes starts to fade as the distorted guitar riffs provided by Robert Williams and Lee Sanders respectively, whilst the pounding drumming from Matt Norris are added. “WE ARE THE VERDICT IS MOTHERFUCKING VENGEANCE!” shouts Sam Maine as he runs onto the stage, “THIS SONG IS CALLED BATHOS, GO FUCKING MENTAL!” Sam’s vocals then quickly begin after getting the crowd pumped up. The song progresses towards its breakdown and the whole band begin to head-bang simultaneously, in time with each thud of the breakdown. The crowd is clearly going mental, with mosh pits being seen throughout the crowd, whilst the chants of “DEATH, DECAY, LOVE, LIES” are also provided by the crowd.
As the song comes to a close, Sam talks to the crowd, briefly saying “Wow, you guys are pretty fucking brutal aren’t you? Well this song, is the last single from our album Oblivion, and its called Watch The Skylines Fall, so if you have a lighter or a phone, sway them up in the air, and sing along with us!” Robert Williams begins the songs slow guitar, along with Lee Sanders who is playing the keyboard in a slow and saddening tone, Sam Maine and Robert Williams share the clean vocals of the song, which follows a similar pattern until the drums and bass begin in the song, and the guitar becomes faster, whilst the keyboard is stopped, and the vocals become more powerful. All of the instruments stop, and Sam Maine holds the microphone out to the crowd, asking for them to chant “Will the skylines fall without you?” repeatedly, until screams from Lee Sanders are mixed with the heavy distorted music, and Robert Williams clean vocals from the beginning of the song, whilst the crowd continue to chant, before the song fades to a stop.
“This next song is a cover from our Idols EP, we hope you like this band as much as we fucking do because they are so fucking good. This song is Hollow Crown by Architects; sing along if you know the words” The soft organ effect is provided by Lee, whilst the tapping symbol from Matt Norris mixes together. The distorted guitars begin slowly; as Robert’s clean vocals sing the notes at the same key as the original, whilst having a slightly different tone. Sam joins in the clean vocals, with his rougher voice giving a harmonised effect, as the song progresses the organ fades from the song, and the band members become more active, whilst the music increases its tempo. Suddenly the screamed vocals from Sam are heard, as the clean vocals from Rob are heard, long and held out notes, mixing together in an odd, yet brilliant way. The song finishes with a large amount of distortion from the guitars and the held clean vocals from Rob and Sam.
The distortion from Hollow Crown continues into the band’s next song Home Of The Heartless without an interlude. The song starts with Lee playing a fairly fast keyboard tune, whilst Sam and Rob have a brief drink to soothe their vocal chords and throat, before there is a sudden change of music with brutal guitars, and hostile drums. The band all start jumping up and down, and going mental to fit in with the speed of the song. Sam’s vocals have begun to sound raspy, although it is to suit the style of screaming in the studio version, it could cause some to believe that his voice is being damaged. As the song gets towards the breakdown, Sam stands on the barrier separating the band from the crowd, and screams the line “GIVE ME YOUR HAND!” before jumping into the crowd, and crowd surfing across the crowd for the remainder of the song. Once the piano starts again, Sam makes his way back to the stage, before going backstage with the rest of the band following.
After chants from the crowd for the band to play one more song, Sam and Robert come back on stage, with two acoustic guitars. “We’re going to play this one last song, and have a special guest to come sing it with us!” announces Rob to the crowd, who scream louder than they have the whole set. “Please welcome Lauren England of pop-punk band Big Light Show!” Lauren England runs on stage, hugging both Sam and Rob, before shouting into the microphone “I can’t believe these guys have asked me to help them with this song, it’s called Less Than Three!” Rob and Sam start to play the simple chords to the song, and singing the romantic lyrics to the song along with Lauren who replaces the parts originally sung by Nicole Woods of Suburban Sunrise. The crowd all sing along, and as the song comes to a finish, the rest of the band come back onto the stage as Sam says “We’ve been The Verdict Is Vengeance, you’ve been fucking amazing! Thanks for coming and seeing us!” and then leaving the stage followed by the other members of the band and Lauren.
Setlist:
Bathos
Watch The Skylines Fall
Hollow Crown (Architects Cover)
Home Of The Heartless
Less Than Three (Featuring Lauren England of Big Light Show)
 Sam Maine during the cover of Hollow Crown by ArchitectsOOC: Marksy gave this one to me just a couple days ago, give him a hand! |
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