2023 is starting off strong with these amazing tour announcements, with Beartooth & Trivium topping the list of must-see shows this year! Both bands stem from two slightly different worlds and bring a different fan base to this tour. This musical diversity is exciting to see how the fan bases intermingle together. I love seeing different styles of artists performing together, especially with a band like Malevolence since they are a much heavier band and having Archetypes Collide’s support since they play rock too. Buffalo Riverworks was a great venue to watch these powerful artists perform, there was an area for you to go upstairs and watch the show from a new perspective. The Tour kicked off on May 1st, and they are going to keep rocking out all across the U.S. until June 15th.

Archetypes Collide is a rock band from Arizona. They started back in 2014, Archetypes Collide only has two EPs out currently and one self-titled album released this year. After a few years of releasing singles and touring, the band was noticed by Beartooth’s own Oshie Bichar, which led them down the road to eventually being signed to Fearless Records in 2022. I would absolutely love to know more about this band, and what inspired them to start their own band. During the show, the singer Kyle Pastor was very interactive with their fans. I saw online at other shows that he likes to jump in the crowd and dance with all of their fans! The whole band had a ton of energy when it came to performing. I can’t wait to see what their future holds.

Setlist:

“Parasite”
“Destiny”
“One Step Closer” (Linkin Park cover)
“My Own Device”
“Fade Away”
“What If I Fall”
“Your Misery”

Malevolence is an English heavy metal band from South Yorkshire. They started back in 2010, and guitarists Josh Baines and Konan Hall bonded over a mutual love for heavy metal. The boys started playing live when they were only Twelve years old. The band is described as a weird perfect mix of metal and hardcore music to be played. In 2013, they released their first album Reign of Suffering, and have released two more EPs and albums. The band has also been signed to multiple different record labels until they decided to open their own called MLVLTD Music. The band has played alongside many heavy bands such as Knocked Loose, Dying Fetus, Kublai Khan, Jinjer, and more. During their performance you could feel how passionate they are to be playing music, I loved watching them spin & jump around. They got the crowd to do a giant circle pit in the middle of the room, which was fun to watch. Can’t wait to catch them next time they come back to the U.S.

Setlist:

“Malicious Intent”
“Life Sentence”
“Still Waters Run Deep”
“Self Supremacy”
“Higher Place”
“Keep Your Distance”
“On Broken Glass”

Trivium is a heavy metal band from Florida that formed in 1999. Since their debut album Ember to Inferno, the band has released ten studio albums and over twenty singles. In 2019, the band was also nominated for a Grammy for best metal performance. The band has also gone through many lineup changes since they started playing, their lineup currently consists of Matt Heafy, Corey Beaulieu, Paolo Gregoletto, & Alex Bent. Matt Heafy has been the main lyricist since they started in 1999, he has been influenced by many bands such as; Metallica, Pantera, Ozzy Osbourne, and Machine Head. Before the band even came out on the stage, you could see the excitement from the fans, they had giant dragon statues on both sides of the stage and other decorations to set the scene. Their stage presence was amazing, Heafy was jumping around singing his heart out while Corey whipped his hair around.

“Rain”
“Like Light To Flies”
“Strife”
“Feast of Fire”
“Built to Fall”
“Down From the Sky”
“The Sin and the Sentence”
“Until the World Goes Cold”
“No Way Back Just Through”
“The Heart From Your Hate”
“In Waves”
“Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr”

Beartooth is a hardcore punk band from Ohio. They debuted their first EP Sick in 2013, they have four studio albums and at least ten singles out to date. They just released their single “Sunshine!” on April 19th, 2023. Beartooth has been described as Metalcore, but there has been a lot of influence from Caleb’s previous band Attack! Attack! The band has also been nominated for four different awards since they started playing music. During the show we got to go up on the balcony to watch the show from a different perspective, you could see the fans down below having the time of their lives, moshing their hearts out and singing like it’s nobody’s business. I love seeing Beartooth when they go on tour, the band is passionate about playing, and right out of the gate, Caleb Shomo was going hard singing meaningful lyrics.

Setlist:

“Devastation”
“Disease”
“Body Bag”
“Sunshine!”
“The Lines”
“Beaten in Lips”
“Bad Listener”
“In Between”
“You Never Know”
“Hated”
“Riptide”
“The Past Is Dead”
“The Last Riff”

Beartooth & Trivium Co-Headlining Tour featuring Malevolence & Archetypes Collide