Black Veil Brides and Asking Alexandria co-headline on Superbowl Sunday in Montreal

This past Sunday, metal and hard rock fans set aside the Superbowl, and came out in droves to the MTELUS theatre in Montreal for Black Veil Brides and Asking Alexandria, on the latest stop of the co-headlining Resurrection Tour.

Opening up the night were Crown The Empire, a post-hardcore group out of Texas, who knew how to get a crowd energized. The band has received critical acclaim following their 2014 release Resistance: Rise of the Runaways, winning Alternative Press’ Breakthrough Artist of the Year award. Crown The Empire has gone through several lineup changes, yet they still hold true to their sound.

Crown The Empire at MTELUS Photo by Landon Entwistle (@landonspics)

Up next were North Yorkshire metalcore veterans Asking Alexandria. The first time I listened to Asking Alexandria was around nine years ago, as they emerged onto the metalcore scene with their defining Stand Up and Scream record. Danny Worsnop has one of the most distinct and refreshing voices that the genre has seen, and was a large reason why the band’s following gained steam.

Asking Alexandria at MTELUS Photo by Landon Entwistle (@landonspics)

In 2016, following a two-year hiatus, Danny rejoined the band taking a different direction, leaning more towards the hard rock side of the music industry. Showcased in full on Sunday night, as the band kicked the set off with the lead single “Into The Fire” from the self-titled December 2017 release. Asking Alexandria did not hesitate to go into the softer side of their catalogue. Several acoustic numbers were performed during the show, which cemented the versatility that the band brings to the table.

Black Veil Brides at MTELUS Photo by Landon Entwistle (@landonspics)

The stage then went dark, and all you could hear was the relentless chant of ‘BVB’ throughout the theatre. Taking to the stage one by one, the Hollywood quintet went straight into the 2014 single “Faithless” which generated an explosion of cheers from the audience. Fresh off a January 12 release of Vale, the band treated the audience to a few new songs. Most of the new material was interlaced between hits such as “In The End” and “The Legacy.”

Black Veil Brides has a list of anthems made to be sang live, needing crowd participation at every chorus for inevitable woah-oh-ohs and catchy hooks. Taking a page out of Mötley Crüe and L.A. Guns’ books of the 80’s, the band meshes a style of glam metal and emo rock of the early 2000’s, drawing in crowds to an electric live show.