I know, from personal experience, just how dedicated the Black Veil Brides fanbase is; when I interviewed them whilst they were headlining the Kerrang! tour last year, they’d had to be rushed away from an afternoon signing session when hundreds of fans turned up and made the shop that was playing host to the event unsafe. The whole thing is the brainchild of frontman Andy Biersack, with their records tending to be complex, concept-driven affairs; sonically, meanwhile, they’ve been steered away from their metalcore beginnings towards a more commercially-viable hard rock/metal crossover. The strict leather and face paint policy that was in place in the early days seems to have fallen by the wayside, too, and live, there’s not a great deal of focus on the conceptual side of things; instead, the aim is to deliver a good old-fashioned rock show. Unsurprisingly, they really play to the crowd, encouraging mass singalongs on the likes of ‘Fallen Angels’ and ‘Knives and Pens’, whilst guitarists Jake Pitts and Jinxx are by no means shy of a solo. Their work rate is prodigious, too; after an extensive tour of the UK last December, they’re back for more of the same late this year, too, before they turn the focus to the next record - it might be your last chance to catch them for a while.
Bob Dylan
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