Practical Info
Venue: Rockhal Club
Promoter: Rockhal
Promoter: Rockhal
Doors: 19:00
Doors: 7:00pm
Novelists: 7:30 pm
Bury Tomorrow: 8:30
August Burns Red: 9:50 pm
About
Bury Tomorrowâs 2018 album Black Flame catapulted them into metalâs upper echelons. It was the bandâs third consecutive UK Top 40 album - quite the feat for a heavy band - and took them on a tour which culminated with a huge show at Londonâs iconic Roundhouse. But with follow-up Cannibal, the band have taken another leap forward. Already, the South Coast quintet are responsible for some of metalcoreâs most rousing anthems, and Cannibal is stacked with more glorious vocal hooks, razor-sharp riffs and sublime melodies that will solidify their seat at UK metalâs top table. To record it, the band reunited with SikTh guitarist and Black Flame producer Dan Weller (Enter Shikari, Young Guns), while mixing and mastering was completed by Adam "Nolly" Getgood and Ermin Hamidovic, the dream team behind Architectsâ Holy Hell. The result is Bury Tomorrowâs most technical, anthemic album yet. And while vocalist and lyricist Dani Winter Bates has long been one of metalâs loudest advocates for the importance of discussing mental health, this time heâs delved explicitly into his own experiences, writing his most brutally personal lyrics to date. _ Upholding artistic pillars of tightly wound technical proficiency, airtight grooves, and pensive lyricism, August Burns Red fulfill a quiet, yet staunch 17-year commitment to a diehard audience worldwide. The two-time GRAMMYÂź Award-nominated Pennsylvania quintetâJB Brubaker [lead guitar], Brent Rambler [rhythm guitar], Matt Greiner [drums], Jake Luhrs [lead vocals], and Dustin Davidson [bass]âhave preserved this level of integrity since first emerging in 2003. Following the seminal Messengers [2007] and Constellations [2009], the band infiltrated the mainstream via 2015âs Found In Far Away Places. Not only did the latter stand out as their second straight #9 bow on the Billboard Top 200, but it also garnered the groupâs first GRAMMYÂź Award nomination in the category of âBest Metal Performanceâ for âIdentity.â The momentum increased with the arrival of Phantom Anthem in 2017. Marking the groupâs fourth Top 20 debut on the Billboard Top 200, it paved the way for their second âBest Metal Performanceâ GRAMMYÂź nod for âInvisible Enemy.â The record ushered their career streams past the 100 million-mark as it earned four-out-of-five stars from the likes of Alternative Press and Kerrang! Between sold-out shows worldwide, they continued a 15-year tradition of holiday shows by launching the Christmas Burns Red Festival. Now, their 2020 eighth full-length, Guardians [Fearless Records], sees them not only preserve but perfect this definitive sound as evidenced by the likes of âDefenderâ and âBones.â