Trespass America is a first year festival coming from the minds of Five Finger Death Punch, featuring some big names in the metal scene, Pop Evil, Trivium, Killswitch Engage and Five Finger Death Punch themselves headlining.
Starting off the night was Emmure, I am not very familiar with their music, so really had no
idea what to expect going into it. I was not a fan. I thought that they were an odd choice for this tour considering that their style of music is more rap biased than metal. They are not a band I would be excited to go see again.
Setlist:
1. Sunday Bacon
2. Children of Cybertron
3. Protoman
4. I Thought You Met Telly and Turned Me Into Casper
5. Dogs Get Put Down
6. Demons with Ryu
7. Drug Dealer Friend
8. 10 Signs You Should Leave
9. Solar Flare Homicide
Pop Evil is one of those bands that I always try to go see when they are in my area, they have a very powerful live sound and always entertain the crowed. Lead vocalist, Leigh Kakaty has relentless energy on stage, he does a great job of incorporating the audience into their set. Off the bat I noticed that something was different, guitarist Tony Greve was not accompanying them. I later found out that this was a recent development that Tony had left the band. This was a devastating hit as a band, he was a phenomenal guitarist, and a lot of fun on stage. Guitarist, Nick Fuelling stepped up to fill Greve’s shoes. Unfortunately, Greve has rather large shoes to fill and Fuelling really fell short for me. He just wasn’t as active in the band and his skills weren’t up to par with the rest of the band. I still strongly support this band and hope the best for them, but I hope they are able to incorporate Fuelling as a more cohesive part of their band.
Setlist:
1. Hero
2. Daisy Chain
3. Shinedown
4. Monster You Made
5. Epitaph
6. Boss’ Daughter
7. Last Man Standing
Trivium is a band I have always heard of and seen on larger tours, but I haven’t listened to much.
Every time I have seen these guys, they exude confidence. while I haven’t heard too much of their music, I really enjoy their live set. Tonight was a bit different, there were some issues with the sound, and Hefty’s voice got lost behind the rest of the band. This was somewhat of an uppset for them.
Setlist:
1. In Waves
2. Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr
3. Rain
4. Caustic are the Ties that Bind
5. Torn Between Scylla and Charybdis
6. Throes of Perdition
This was the band I came for, Killswitch Engage preforming once again with Jesse Leach. Once I heard the news that Leach would be rejoining Killswitch, I was ecstatic. He was by far my favorite singer for this band, his vocals are so smooth and his on stage performance was unmatched by the former / past lead, Howard Jones. Seeing Killswitch with their original lead singer was quite the spectacle, on stage the guys looked so refreshed and optimistic I think it was a real treat for not only the crowed but for the band too. They put on a phenomenal show, and I’m really looking forward to where they take it in the future.
Setlist:
1. Rose of Sharyn
2. Fixation on the Darkness
3. This is Absolution
4. No End in Sight
5. My Last Serenade
6. A Bid Farewell
7. Life to Lifeless
8. The End of Heartache
9. My Curse
10. Holy Diver [Dio cover]
Lastly was the masterminds of the whole festival, Five Finger Death Punch. I still associatethese guys as a “new band” even though they have been on the music scene going on 7 to 8 years now, it still amazes me that they are putting on their own tour and land main stage sets on large festivals. But it is well deserved. I will say these guys are constantly on tour or working on a new album I respect the amount of passion they have for what they sing about and are willing to put in the hours to get that done. That being said, their live performance is quite the spectacle, Lead Ivan Moody is such an animated in your face character on stage, I can’t help but to watch him most of the time. In addition, Jason Hook. He is such a talented and enthusiastic guitarist, the crowed absolutely loves them. The only issue I had, was I have seen it before, I have seen them about 3 times this year and every time was a similar set list, similar stage show. Its a great set, but it would be nice to see some variation. If you ever have doubts about them… don’t they are a force to be reckoned with.
Setlist:
1. Under and Over It
2. Burn it Down
3. American Capitalist
4. Hard to See
5. Coming Down
6. Bad Company [Bad Company cover]
7. White Knuckles
8. Far From Home
9. Never Enough
10. War is the Answer
Encore:
11. Remember Everything [Acoustic]
12. No One Gets Left Behind
13. The Bleeding
Emmure
Pop Evil
Trivium
Killswitch Engage
Five Finger Death Punch
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