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The line extending down Arch in Chinatown was no surprise on April 19, especially with Silverstein headlining at the Trocadero that night. Although the show wasn’t sold out, those in attendance made it known that they were incredibly amped to be there.

At 7:30 p.m., the first act of the night, Before Their Eyes, took the stage before an audience that was hungry for the show to start.

For their first time playing in Philadelphia, the five-piece band won the crowd over immediately with vocalist Nick Moore’s astonishing vocals and lead guitarist Landon Tewers’ powerful screams.

The Ohio-based band kept the crowd engaged with tracks like “Because 7 Ate 9” and “Life Is All A Dream.” Moore made sure he acknowledged the crowd and couldn’t thank them enough as the band left the stage.

Before Their Eyes was without a doubt the perfect start to the night full of scream-fueled music.

With the recent drop of Norma Jean off of the tour, A Static Lullaby jumped on and was the next act to take the stage. It’s no surprise why they were chosen to fill the spot because the band meshed with the others flawlessly.

Although their energy wasn’t as distinct as the other acts, the vocals were clear and the screams were throat shredding.

The audience blew up when they played their cover of Britney Spears’ “Toxic” which made it the ideal closer to their set.

While the night’s headliner was Silverstein, it was made obvious that those in attendance were just as excited to see Blessthefall.

The band took the stage and the crowd went absolutely nuts as vocalist Beau Bokan made his way to the edge and stood with his arms raised high.

From the moment they launched into their first song, the five-piece band brought more energy than I’ve seen most bands capable of bringing. Not one member of the band stood still and they never showed any sign of becoming tired.

The audience fed off of the energy as crowd surfers piled on top of one another and the pit exploded with aggressive arm swings and leg kicks.

The highlight of their set was when Bokan eyed an audience member in a wheelchair and said he wanted to see him crowd surf. You better believe the audience made it happen! And there he went, wheelchair and all, across the audience and onto the stage to watch from the side.

While wheelchair crowd surfing is pretty awesome to witness, the most intense part of their performance came when Bokane climbed from a speaker up onto the balcony. From there he serenaded the crowd as they sang right back to him and then front-flipped off of the balcony into the sea of people below.

Blessthefall brought the sickest performance of the night and completely blew me away. The next time they come around, I will most definitely be in attendance!

With the extreme performance that preceded them, it was going to be hard for Silverstein to live up to it. However, as soon as the band hit the stage, the audience seemed to forget what had just occurred and put their heart and soul into singing every song back to the band.

The Canadian band fed off of the energy the crowd produced as vocalist Shane Told announced, “We’ve been waiting a month for this show!”

Circle pits were started and fists pumped enthusiastically showing just how much the audience was relishing the performance.

The band played a number of tracks including “Broken Stars,” “A Great Fire,” “Always And Never” and their flawless cover of One Republic’s “Apologize.”

The only negative thing that can be said about their performance concerns Told’s microphone etiquette when he screams – when they’re long, he pulls the mic away and you can’t hear him.

That being said, I was quite impressed when he screamed without his mic at one point and I could still hear him (keep in mind I was sitting up in the balcony).

It was obvious that an encore would be necessary when the band left the stage and crowd chanted “one more song!” as loud as they could. Silverstein answered their prayer almost immediately and graced the audience’s hungry ears with three more songs.

“I like Philly,” Shane Told said as I sat with him for an interview before the show, “People here are awesome and really passionate about music. I mean, every tour we do, the best show is Philly because people just go crazy.”

Told couldn’t have defined the show’s atmosphere any better.