Concert review Bullet For My Valentine with Cane Hill and Killswitch Engage – Munich

 

Munich, Tonhalle, November 11^th, 2016

Not many bands these days play sold out shows in Munich, but with two masters of Metal playing together in one night, it’s actually not surprising at all that Bullet For My Valentine did it again.

Show times were changed at the day of the show from 8 pm to 7.30 pm. Since that happened on short notice, the venue wasn’t really packed when I got there at 7 pm.

To everyone’s surprise Cane Hill, the first band to play that night, started their set at about 7.10 pm. Everyone was still waiting to store their stuff at the coatroom and people in general were still entering the venue, so Cane Hill played to a slightly unobservant audience, which probably didn’t give them the attention they would have deserved. Cane Hill is a five piece Metal band from New Orleans, LA. They released their first EP in October 2015. Their current record ‘Smile’ was released in July 2016.

Second band to play were Killswitch Engage. The five guys from Westfield, MA have built quite a career since they started out in 1999. They’re amongst the bands that brought Metalcore to life. Since the room was packed with fans of both bands, the crowd response to their set was enthusiastic. Their set-list consisted of songs old and new and was exactly what people wanted to hear, judging on everyone singing and dancing along to their music.

Now the crowd was literately ‘warmed up’ for the headliner Bullet For My Valentine. When the lights on stage went on and the intro to their latest record ‘Venom’ came out of those big Peavey boxes, the tension started to build and when the band entered the stage to play the first song ‘No Way Out’ they were greeted by a wild and screaming audience. Different from the usual Metal visual, the band was dressed smartly with shirt, vest and tie. They played a good mix of new songs like ‘Venom’ and ‘You Want A Battle’, but also the ones that made the band famous and are still the ones that create the loudest and wildest fan reactions, like ‘The Poison’, ‘The Last Fight’ and ‘4 Words’. A few days before this tour started, the band released a brand-new song called ‘Don’t Need You’, which they also performed about that night. Although it’s only a few days old, the crowd already knew all the words and sang along. The set was closed with one of their first hits from ‘The Poison’ and one of my personal favorites ‘Tears Don’t Fall’. Bullet For My Valentine once again showed everyone impressively why they belong to the great ones of that genre.

There are still a few tour-dates in mainland Europe before Bullet For My Valentine go back to their home country, the UK, to end this touring cycle there with some exclusive gigs, where they play their first record ‘The Poison’ in full. So, if you have a chance to go and there are still tickets available, what are you waiting for??

Go follow the bands on their social media to keep updated:

Bullet For My Valentine

• https://www.facebook.com/BulletForMyValentine
• http://www.bulletformyvalentine.com/
• https://twitter.com/bfmvofficial
• https://www.instagram.com/bfmvofficial/

Killswitch Engage

• https://www.facebook.com/killswitchengage/
• http://www.killswitchengage.com/
• https://twitter.com/kseofficial
• https://www.instagram.com/killswitchengage/

Cane Hill

• https://www.facebook.com/wearecanehill/
• http://www.wearecanehill.com/
• https://twitter.com/cane_hill
• https://www.instagram.com/canehill/

 

~ Review and Photos by Alex Bock, https://twitter.com/abphotomjp