SnoCore Review
Tuesday night, I ventured to the Verizon to enjoy the Winterfresh SnoCore tour featuring Seether, Shinedown, Flyleaf, and Halestorm. Although I missed the initial song of Halestorm's set. I thought they were a nice opener for a solid show. It took a while for the crowd to warm up because the show started at 7:00pm, but about midway through the Halestorm set things picked up.
Texas' own Flyleaf was second up. I had recently acquired their self-titled CD (through a number of unexpected circus-like events) and really enjoyed. However, I will only recommend it to those of you who like loud, electrified tunes. Their set had a lot of energy and and was well organized, varying tempos and mixing in a number of songs which are quite melodic although still driven by electric guitars at significant. For the more melodic songs, Lacey Mosley's actual vocal ability shines. The louder songs essentially force her to scream reducing the vocal quality. Overall, it was a nice performance.
Skipping ahead to Seether. Having seen them at Buzzfest in October, I knew what to expect. They were still good and the more melodic songs like "Fine Again", "Driven Under", and "The Gift" played better in the smaller venue. The crowd was most into their set when they announced that "Fine Again" was played that night in tribute to Dave Williams of Drowning Pool and "Dimebag" Darrell of Pantera, being in the home state of both it provided for extra crowd enthusiasm. They hit the high points and threw in their cover of the Deftones "Change", but sadly again left out "Sympathetic" and "Simplest Mistake". They worth seeing again but on this night, they were outshined.
Although they didn't close the show, this was Shinedown's party. From the intro lights and sounds to the first notes of "Heroes", a great opener from Us and Them, I knew I was in for a show. They hit the high points of Leave a Whisper with "45", "Burning Bright" and "Fly from the Inside." The musician and showmanship was outstanding culminating in a spectacular cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man" which had everyone applauding and chanting by its end. Brent and the others were continually involving the audience so that it was more of an experience than just music on stage. The set list was great. The only addition I may have made would have been the inclusion of "Beyond the Sun" but understanding time constraints, I'll let that slide.
In closing, if the opportunity presents itself, go see Shinedown. It's well worth it on its own. I just got lucky that 2 other bands I like also played the show.
Song Lyric of the Day
"You can put a man on trial
But you can't make the guilty pay
You can cage an animal
But you can't take away the rage"
Shinedown -- "Heroes"
Texas' own Flyleaf was second up. I had recently acquired their self-titled CD (through a number of unexpected circus-like events) and really enjoyed. However, I will only recommend it to those of you who like loud, electrified tunes. Their set had a lot of energy and and was well organized, varying tempos and mixing in a number of songs which are quite melodic although still driven by electric guitars at significant. For the more melodic songs, Lacey Mosley's actual vocal ability shines. The louder songs essentially force her to scream reducing the vocal quality. Overall, it was a nice performance.
Skipping ahead to Seether. Having seen them at Buzzfest in October, I knew what to expect. They were still good and the more melodic songs like "Fine Again", "Driven Under", and "The Gift" played better in the smaller venue. The crowd was most into their set when they announced that "Fine Again" was played that night in tribute to Dave Williams of Drowning Pool and "Dimebag" Darrell of Pantera, being in the home state of both it provided for extra crowd enthusiasm. They hit the high points and threw in their cover of the Deftones "Change", but sadly again left out "Sympathetic" and "Simplest Mistake". They worth seeing again but on this night, they were outshined.
Although they didn't close the show, this was Shinedown's party. From the intro lights and sounds to the first notes of "Heroes", a great opener from Us and Them, I knew I was in for a show. They hit the high points of Leave a Whisper with "45", "Burning Bright" and "Fly from the Inside." The musician and showmanship was outstanding culminating in a spectacular cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man" which had everyone applauding and chanting by its end. Brent and the others were continually involving the audience so that it was more of an experience than just music on stage. The set list was great. The only addition I may have made would have been the inclusion of "Beyond the Sun" but understanding time constraints, I'll let that slide.
In closing, if the opportunity presents itself, go see Shinedown. It's well worth it on its own. I just got lucky that 2 other bands I like also played the show.
Song Lyric of the Day
"You can put a man on trial
But you can't make the guilty pay
You can cage an animal
But you can't take away the rage"
Shinedown -- "Heroes"
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