With substantial success over the past 19 years, Pierce The Veil has sold out multiple concerts this year so far on its I Can’t Hear You World Tour. An excited audience came to The Pavilion at Star Lake for the tour in late May.
The concert opened up with “Death of an Executioner” from the Jaws of Life album. After that, they played “Bulls in the Bronx,” and the guitar solo was extremely impressive to see performed live.
As a punk rock band, Pierce The Veil has many songs, such as “I’d Rather Die Than Be Famous,” “King For A Day,” and “Caraphernelia,” that include death growling parts, or in other words, scream singing.
On the album recordings, the lead singer, Vic Fuentes, usually does the death growls along with singing the entirety of the songs. However, when the band performs live at concerts, Jaime Preciado, the bassist, takes over the screaming parts to preserve Fuentes’ voice as the lead singer.
A very exciting part of the concert came when the band was about to play “Pass the Nirvana.” A suspenseful environment was created as they continuously faked the audience out as if they were about to start the song. So when the band finally started the song for real, it made the experience unforgettable.
One of the most memorable moments of the concert was when they played a few of their slower and acoustic versions of songs.
To move into the slower part of the night, the band performed a part of “She Makes Dirty Words Sound Pretty” to transition into the acoustic version of “Today I Saw The Whole World.” During the latter song, the audience came together to do something unique: Every member of the audience turned on their phone flashlight, but covered it with their hand to make the light red. It was a beautiful, cohesive moment of the night.
After this, the band picked up the pace again with “May These Noises Startle You In Your In Your Sleep Tonight” along with its powerful transition into “Hell Above.”
The lighting design during this part of the concert was cleverly crafted and had a tremendous impact on the concert as a whole.
Overall, considering the way the songs were ordered in the setlist, the lighting, and the band-to-audience connection, a special night was created for everyone in attendance.
