Las Vegas\u2019s The Pretty Wild<\/a> have been generating some serious buzz over the past 12 months, and we\u2019re pleased to report it\u2019s more than just hype. For all the baddiecore leanings of their recorded output, live they take on a much more vicious, metalcore-coded heft, Jyl and Jules Wylde trading vocals with all the bloody-minded intensity of prizefighters locked in a battle to the death.<\/p>\n Latest Videos From Louder<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n If you took a shot every time JT Woodruff says \u2018Ohio\u2019, you\u2019d be on the way to a stomach pump by the second song of their set. You can\u2019t blame the Hawthorne Heights vocalist for being excited about playing in his home state though, and for all the variety on-show for day one of Sonic Temple \u2013 deathcore, melodeath, nu metal, alt. metal, take your pick \u2013 there’s no denying that emo is the genre with the most obvious hold on the day, a colossal singalong for closer Ohio Is For Lovers suggesting a big emo revival can\u2019t be too far behind the current nu metal renaissance.<\/p>\n From the crashing stomp of opener Chasm, it\u2019s obvious Flyleaf<\/a> are having the time of their lives. Bounding around the stage with an irrepressible excitement, the return of Lacey Sturm winds the clock back 20 years to remind us why the band were so exciting in the first place. A guest appearance from Breaking Benjamin\u2019s Benjamin Burnley is a cherry on the top of a buzzy set..<\/p>\n \n Flyleaf: no mere throwback (Image credit: Catie Viox)<\/p>\n Coheed And Cambria<\/a> have always existed between worlds. Equally as happy popping up with Avenged Sevenfold as they were playing with My Chemical Romance back in the day, that diversity is on full display in their main stage appearance. There\u2019s big, infectious pop-punk style choruses (The Suffering, The Liars Club) glorious prog metal fretwork (Gravemakers And Gunslingers, Welcome Home) and a pervasive sense that the Sci-Fi coded band can do just about anything.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are The Used and we\u2019ve been emo for over 25 years!\u201d Bert McCracken\u2019s veterans come out swinging with a colossal Pretty Handsome Awkward, the bounding riff setting them up for a hale, oh-so-excitable set. There\u2019s no shortage of massive singalongs \u2013 Take It Away, I Caught Fire and Taste Of Ink take care of that, but there\u2019s also a heaviness to their sound that reminds us that their brand of screamo was always more metal-adjacent than some of the more commercially minded acts of the era.<\/p>\n Rise Against<\/a> are almost perfectly suited to festival crowds now. Songs like Prayer Of The Refugee, Give It All and Savior are exactly the kind of full-chested singalongs that get crowds rabid, and the Chicagoan punks have honed their performance into a one-size-fits-all expression of unity. Given the state of the world, you might want a bit more fiery invective, but good vibes abound throughout their set.<\/p>\n Whitechapel might\u2019ve been passed by when it comes to taking deathcore\u2019s commercial and populist crown, but they certainly aren\u2019t being left in the dust. From the ungodly bellow of \u201cI bear the number 666\u201d that kicks their set off proper, they unleash utter bedlam with ferocious glee. It says a lot about the quality of the band\u2019s new material that last year\u2019s Hymns In Dissonance dominates the set, the inclusion of a few cuts from their 2007 debut highlighting just how far they\u2019ve come from their more trad DM roots to make music that is undeniably extreme but impossibly anthemic.<\/p>\n Speaking of anthemic \u2013 Breaking Benjamin<\/a> bring their radio-friendly alt. metal to its full logical conclusion in front of a massive Sonic Temple crowd. Kicking off with I Will Not Bow, their set is slick and polished to deliver all the mores of a Big Rock Gig, right down to the jets of pyro flanking the band. After Benjamin Burley\u2019s earlier appearance with Flyleaf, it\u2019s now Lacey Sturm\u2019s turn to jump on for big ballad Dear Agony, but for all the passionate zeal of the crowd there\u2019s no escaping the fact Diary Of Jane is the big tune everyone\u2019s been waiting for.<\/p>\n My Chemical Romance<\/a> might be the headliners of Sonic Temple\u2019s Thursday night, but they\u2019re not the last band of the day. Barely beating the rush from the crowd as the buzz settles, across town death metal legends Deicide<\/a> are settling in for a night of infernal delight. Glen Benton might not be sporting the infamous inverted crucifix scar on his forehead these days, but their set feels no less blasphemous, his eyes cast to the heavens like each track is being directly spat at a deity.<\/p>\n \u201cWant a bedtime story?\u201d Benton asks with a menacing grin. \u201cGet off your parents\u2019 couch and get a fucking job.\u201d Kicking off with When Satan Rules His World, venue King Of Clubs becomes a sweaty miasma of crashing bodies, the band sounding absolutely colossal as they bring the night to a fittingly brutal close. Same again tomorrow?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Festival season is well and truly back! 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