The Wrath Across North America tour pulled into the RIverside Municipal Auditorium to commence what has been regarded among metal fanatics as one of the most stacked touring bills of the season.
Earning top billing, the reconfigured, reinvigorated line-up of Arch Enemy with Lauren Hart on vocals submitted a live presentation that suggests the band is at their most effective decades into their tenure.
Reaching deep into their trove of metallic anthems, the opening steamroll of "The World Is Yours" proved both empowering and eviscerating. Hart's commend on the microphone asserts both range and roar. Doubling down, Arch Enemy revisited their Wages of Sin era with a soaring rendition of "Ravenous" that emphasized the band's unofficial mantra of "Pure Fucking Metal".
And while the classics earned some of the biggest pops of the evening, the band's most recent offensive and Hart's recorded vocal introduction in "To the Last Breath" proved a highlight on the night. The effective combination of Michael Amott on guitars and Hart leading the charge on the microphone offered emphatic proof of Arch Enemy's endurance and auspicious start of their next chapter.
Detonating the auditorium with essentials like "War Eternal" and "Nemesis," Arch Enemy played to the fans while ensuring they did not need to rely on nostalgia to score a win.
Check the gallery of images from the band's Southern California tour stop below. See the remaining dates of the Wrath Across North America tour after the gallery submitted by Maurice Nunez.
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ARCH ENEMY
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
SEPTIC FLESH
CRYPTA
THROWN INTO EXILE
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS SEPTICFLESH, CRYPTA, + THROWN INOTO EXILE
10/12 — Houston, TX — House of Blues
10/13 — San Antonio, TX — Aztec Theatre
10/15 — Orlando, FL — Beacham
10/16 — Ft. Lauderdale, FL — Revolution
10/18 — Tampa, FL — Jannus
10/20 — Atlanta, GA — Masquerade (Heaven)
10/21 — Charlotte, NC — Fillmore
10/22 — Raleigh, NC — Ritz
10/24 — New York, NY — Palladium Times Square
10/25 — Silver Spring, MD — Fillmore Silver Spring
10/26 — Philadelphia, PA — TLA
10/28 — Worcester, MA — Palladium Worcester
10/30 — Quebec City, QC — Videotron Centre Hall
10/31 — Montreal, QC — Olympia
11/1 — Toronto, ON — Danforth
11/3 — Chicago, IL — Concord Music Hall
11/4 — Detroit, MI — Royal Oak Music Theatre
11/5 — Cleveland, OH — Agora
11/7 — Minneapolis, MN — Fillmore
11/8 — Winnipeg, MB — Burton Cummings Theatre
11/9 — Saskatoon, SK — Coors Event Centre
11/11 — Calgary, AB — MacEwan Hall
11/12 — Edmonton, AB — Midway
11/14 — Vancouver, BC — The Key
11/16 — Seattle, WA — Showbox
