Founded all the way back in 2006, Bury Tomorrow are a success story of a band who have truly come from the bottom to the top through their style of hardcore metal which is sure to get the fists flying and the crowd surfers surfing. Tonight, this brutal five piece played Brighton’s Concorde 2 and it required protective gear, because this one got very messy very quickly.

The evening only needs one opening support. Loathe are an equally talented metal-core band hailing from Liverpool, their sound is thrash metal at its finest and features the perfect combination of passionate screams, heavy drops and beats which you can’t help wanting to start a circle pit to. The band are very humble and make a multitude of efforts to express their thanks to not only Bury Tomorrow for having them, but this audience for coming down early. Those in attendance are lapping up Loathe’s set and I could think of no better band to open the evening, the group may still be in their earlier stages, but I can see these guys headlining shows in the not so far future.

A quick interval and the Bury Tomorrow lads enter, immediately smashing the silence in the heaviest way possible with ‘Royal Blood’. The track is an instant crowd pleaser and sees the fists flying and audience members begin to scramble over each other. The track drops are unlike anything I’ve ever seen and inject such a strong sense of ferocity and sharpness to the music. The harsh screams from frontman Daniel Winter-Bates bounce excellently off of the ballad sung style of guitarist/singer Jason Cameron. The two are in complete tandem and are able to bring two drastically different styles together in complete harmony. A deafening applause greets the band and they soon lead into another old classic with ‘Lionheart’ only upping the electric vibes further and the crowd’s eagerness to throw themselves into one another.

Metal music has a tendency to showcase an incredibly strong, passionate community which few other genres can match and tonight is no such exception. It is terrific to see that, in amongst all of the flying fists and moshpits, if someone falls, they are immediately grabbed by their fellow moshers and returned straight to their feet. The band take a great deal of satisfaction in this and likewise the security guards are given compliments for their sublime service in keeping everyone safe. I will say from personal experience, the staff at Concorde 2 always go above and beyond, producing an environment that is safe, fun and friendly for everyone.

Back to the music and the tunes only keep flowing. A surprising level of older material makes welcome appearances, ‘Sceptres’ and ‘For Us’ are both older numbers which the band infrequently play live, but the crowd eat up the opportunity and enter yet another state of mass hysteria. The talent behind Bury Tomorrow’s music is unquestioned, the guitars are brutal and yet delicate enough during their solo work that they border far more on the angelic. Metal music may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but for those who live for the pounding of the drums and the walls of death, Bury Tomorrow are one of the finest examples of the genre’s skill.

The name of this tour is the ‘Stage Invasion Tour’ and in fitting manner, the end of the evening sees around half of the room crammed up on the tight Concorde 2 stage as the band bust out a terrific ending with ‘Man On Fire’. The song acts as a beautiful finale to the evening’s decimating riffs and gives the audience one last chance to unleash their built up energetics and angst. Another deafening applause and the evening comes to a sweaty, ear ringing end. Smiles can be seen all around as the venue empties, Bury Tomorrow have clearly done their job well tonight.

A show with Bury Tomorrow is not one you’ll be forgetting anytime soon, over the past decade the band have risen from playing to just five people the last time they played Brighton, to packing out one of the city’s most prestigious venues. They more than deserve their success and act as an excellent example of talent, good personalities and community that all bands in the genre should strive to match.

Ben Walker

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