One of the hottest tours of the year made a midweek stop in the land of party buses and honky tonks. Beartooth and Trivium’s co-headline tour made a stop in the music city of Nashville, TN on May 24th. The aggressive blend of Beartooth’s aggressive, punkish sound with Trivium thrashing and melodic metal kept the packed house at Marathon Music Works on (and off) their toes.
Trivium’s Matt Heafy and Beartooth’s Caleb Shomo brought a vast difference between two frontmen as both commanded attention from the rowdy audience. Heafy’s signature white Epiphone guitar brought along heavy riffs and blazing fast solos while he still maintained aggressive vocals throughout. The shirtless Shomo’s constant motion, including spinning around on stage and even taking a trip out into the crowd provided quality entertainment.
Trivium’s “In Waves” made a late set appearance, fitting title but well after the waves of crowdsurfers had begun making their way above the crowd and to the pit infront of the stage. The constant wave amped up the crowd, even having a few pumped up fans giving out high fives to all the surfers as soon as they cleared out. The crowdsurfing would only progress once Beartooth took the stage to close out the evening.
The tour provided exactly what you would look for in a hard rock/metal show; headbanging, big riffs, crowdsurfing, circle pits, and a respectful and supportive crowd of all ages. Archetypes Collide, along with Malevolence opened up the evening.