Hatebreed 20 Years of Brutality
Once located in the Historic Ybor City, The Orpheum was host to tens of thousands of shows for many years until they recently moved to a different part of Tampa. Now sporting an indoor and outdoor bar, equipped with animal skeletons scaling down the walls outside, the atmosphere was the perfect venue to end Hatebreed’s 20 Years of Brutality tour with special guests Terror, Vein.fm, and Inhuman Conditions. With a sold-out show, the line to get in wrapped around the entire venue for over 30 minutes and felt never ending.
The venue was quickly packed with all ages of fans, from 6-year-olds to 60+ year-olds, ready to throw down and have their ears assaulted by heavy, hard, and fast paced metal. With a new line stretching across the venue for one of Hatebreed’s limited edition Florida shirts, the atmosphere had a definite calm before-the-storm vibe as people stood around and mingled. However, it didn’t take long for that to shift as Vein.fm came out swinging and stirring the pit up. Causalities formed quickly in the pit, leaving one with a gnarly gash above their eye, but still in high spirits and ready to continue to rock hard. With high energy, even higher acrobatics, and anger-fueled music, Vein.fm definitely started the night off right and intense.
Vein.fm (formerly known as Vein) is a hardcore band that formed in 2013 in Boston. Their musical style is that of hardcore and metalcore and nothing short of future domination.
Next up was a local band called Inhuman Conditions whose bassist is Terry Butler of Obituary/Death and also Taylor Nordberg and Jeramie Kling of Massacre. Being in the scene for a long time, it was no surprise that Inhuman Conditions took no time to storm the stage and remind everyone why Tampa is the unofficial death metal capital of the world. Circle pits formed, and mosquitoes swarmed. Beach balls appeared during their metal cover of Blue Oyster Cult’s “Godzilla.” Jeramie worked the crowd into a frenzy while standing on the barricades and giving high-fives to fans. His family stood nearby as he continued to pump the crowd up. Never once letting the intensity drop.
I knew I was in for some heavy-hitting music being a big fan of Terror and watching the lead singer Scott Vogel get pumped up right in front of me on the side of the stage. The “Keepers of the Faith” singer took no time to let the crowd know that they needed to get ready and start moving. Scott screamed for people to start coming forward, and without hesitation, bodies came crowdsurfing to the barricades spilling over. With an occasional microphone tossed into the crowd to let fans sing as well Terror amplified the night’s energy in preparation for Hatebreed. Terror stomped around and let you know why they praised the phrase “Pain into Power” with intense music that left me and the crowd needing more.
Terror is a hardcore and beat-down punk band from Los Angeles that formed over 20 years ago. Terror has released eight studio albums, all with brutal and intense music. Terror is considered to be one of the most influential bands that defined the beatdown hardcore music sub-genre.
With lights dimming and music slowly building up the intensity, Hatebreed came out hard, fast, and brutal opening with “Tear it Down”. Hatebreed never disappointed and fulfilled their promise of brutality and intensity, as each song passed. Security swarmed the pit a few times as lead singer Jamey Jasta unleashed his vocal mayhem and ended the night with their famous track “I Will Be Heard” with the crowd chanting along, you could definitely hear this throughout the city. It was a show I was pumped to see and I wasn’t let down one bit!
Hatebreed is a metalcore band from Bridgeport, Connecticut that formed in 1994. Hatebreed has never strayed from its path or hard-hitting music equipped with intense and brutal screaming. Hatebreed has been an influential band within the hardcore scene and a pillar of domination. With a loyal fanbase for nearly 30 years, Hatebreed’s dominance isn’t stopping anytime soon, and their legacy will forever live on, cemented in hardcore and beat down hardcore forever.
