Halestorm had the honours of opening tonight’s show, the air held a deal of suspense as it seemed a large amount of Taste of Chaos goers hadn’t heard of the “girl fronted” band. They kicked off the night with a dramatic show of vocals, lunging into ironically chosen‘It’s Not You’ and ‘What Were You Expecting’, which were welcomed by a great reception. Middle set the drummer, Arejay highlighted his skills by performing a solo which got hands clapping and fists punching, prior to the rest of the band joining in, to play some well executed, well known drum beats. The crowd bounced back to Lzzy’s almost natural stage presence – which portrayed a reminiscent edge of Brody Dalle, carrying features and qualities of a real ‘metal girl’.
Next on the bill, Buckcherry, snarled the crowd as the band slowly flooded on stage. They blasted the venue with the big fan favourites such as ‘It’s a Party’ and ‘Crazy Bitch’ which got the crowd shaken with the hilarious lyrics, but it became obvious that Todd’s vocals didn’t sound as great as what they do recorded. The powerful riffs and the known antics of Josh Todd peeling his clothes off through the set thrilled the crowd.
Papa Roach whipped their fans into a craze by starting the set with ‘Lifeline’, rocketing the crowd with rippling guitar solos. The opening lyrics of ‘Scars’ drove the arena into a spin, as the eminent words were screamed back at the stage. Moving swiftly through their latest tracks, ‘The Enemy’ and the catchy ‘Getting Away with Murder’, the mosh matched with its thumping drum beats. The renowned Ramones lyrics “Hey Ho! Let’s Go!’ was plastered across the venue before jumping into ‘Wanna Be Loved’ which energised the arena. A sudden snip of the lights created suspense and sent the fans roaring for more. The band slowly flooded on to the stage crescendoing into ‘Burn’ and ‘Hollywood Whore’, where Shaddox asked “where are all the dirty girls?” which received a heightened response. Jacobby made a comment about a certain “Mr Bieber” which was taken by storm making obvious that Shaddox’s humour contributed to the stage presence Papa Roach carry, which makes up for the occasional lack of the band’s technicality. The latest tracks didn’t seem to match to the old, upbeat tunes of ‘Infest’, ‘Angels and Insects’ and ‘Last Resort’ which ended the set with a boom.
Disturbed began their show with an epic visual of Draiman in a psychiatric ward, building tension with the sound of drum beats, before leashing into ‘Remnants’ and ‘Asylum’ off the latest album. The cleverly constructed visuals seemed to be memorising, amplifying the distinctive sound of Disturbed by its bizarreness. However, the trippy footage shown may have been responsible for the apparent sluggish stage presence. Being a band that are quite dependent on the uniqueness of Dave’s voice, tracks such as, ‘Stricken’ shown vocal strain which fans found disappointing. Nevertheless, ‘Indestructible’ and ‘Inside the Fire’ shook the arena, capturing people in a punching atmosphere. Classics ’10,000 fists’ and ‘Down with the Sickness’ bursted the venue with an intense sound, blowing the crowd into a frantic persona, proving that ‘Disturbed’ isn’t only the band’s name.
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