Cool Tour Tickets

The Cool Tour was guaranteed to blow me away with the sheer quality in the lineup from Between the Buried and Me to As I Lay Dying. If you can take it fast, loud, heavy and brutal for 6+ hours then this is your tour. I was especially impressed by the quick turnaround time between acts, where you will often wait for 20 minutes or more between bands at any other show, the stage crew had the next set up and running within 5-10 minutes. As far as the bands themselves... -War of Ages opened and I was really looking forward to seeing them live for the first time. While they did get the crowd going and have serious talent, I was disappointed by the lack of sound quality during their set. The guitar parts were impossible to hear and the vocals were distorted or quiet most of the time. Still they started the pit and brought a lot of energy from the onset of the show. -Cancer Bats were the low moment in the show, most of the crowd sat this one out. Canadian old school hardcore punk. Not impressed. -The Acacia Strain were hands down the heaviest and most brutal set of the night, bringing out very deep low bass hits and chug chug chug guitar parts. The mosh pit took a serious turn when the vocalist announced "If you are full of anger and aggression now is your chance" this was the first point of the night when I jumped in and started swinging. -Architects: British hardcore/metal a la Bring Me the Horizon. Decent set with melodic and chaotic mixtures but nothing really impressive to look back on compared to the other acts on this tour. -blessthefall: my concert mate described them as a boy band gone hardcore. I am convinced that this one band pulled in the large number of high schoolers and high school girls in particular who came out to this show. The screams were a bit whiny and no band members seemed to be over 18. Not to my liking but I have to admit the crowd seemed to enjoy it. -Between the Buried and Me: These prog metal juggernauts would only truly be justified by playing their newest album straight through. Still with a setlist that included tracks off 4 different records, they showed how their diverse sound is still as heavy and popular as ever. Very impressive set by BTBAM. -Underoath: Their first tour without drummer Aaron Gillespie seemed to go almost perfect... except for those clean vocals of his which are now missing. While the new drummer has plenty of talent on the kit, they are now missing the singing parts that have defined Underoath for some time. As far as the rest of the set, I was quite impressed with Spencer's vocals and the intensity coming from the stage. I am not much of an underoath fan but I have to say they put on a good show. -As I Lay Dying: no doubt the highlight of the night. From Tim's commanding roar on the mic to Jordan's machine gun double bass, AILD never lets down each time I see them. Their set was heavy, fast and solid from the moment they took the stage with 94 Hours til they ended with Confined. A staggering drum solo really captured that raw energy AILD brings to the stage each and every night. They never disappoint.

Second time Ive been to this Venue and it was even better than last time. War of Ages opened up with a great show, then Cancer Bats were up next. They're cover of Beastie Boys Sabotage was awesome. Next up was Architects who didn't impress me much. Then Acacia Strain got the night cheered up even more with some dialogue about finding your own happiness and not to be told how to live your life or what to believe in. Then Blessthefall (one of my favorites here) ripped the set up with their act. At this point i had to seek water cause of all the heat from going all out in the pit. Then Between the Buried and Me played but I was still trying to cool down, impressive show nonetheless. Next up was Underoath who after just losing Aaron Gillespie amazed me with there performance. Always great to see a band overcome something like that. Last Up was As I Lay Dying who once again did an awesome job ( 2nd time ive seen them and it was even better in this smaller venue) . Met some amazing people in the crowd as well as band members. Thanks Blessthefall for signing my poster!! Overall one of the best concerts Ive been to this year.

I missed half the show, but As I Lay Dying was incredible. They got the whole venue moving and the lighting and mixing was done very well. I had a great time. Sonar can be a hit or miss venue however.

great time over all, close standing spot, had to mosh my way to the front, too many crowd surfers, great drums, vocals werent as loud as i wanted,! i recomend going!

Cool tour 2010 was unbelievable. The concert was more expensive then most shows and was apparent when I showed up and hour before doors and there was hardly a line. With the show starting off with War of Ages (a band i personally like) and they played great! Not many people were down in the pit for them though. Next was Cancer Bats, a band I had never heard of. And other than a Beastie Boys cover, they were kinda bland. Architects were 3rd and were pretty good. (I hadn't listened to them in a while and they surprised me). This is when Acacia Strain should have played but due to Disney having some pretty lame rules/guidlines, they were not allowed to perform due to being "too heavy". Not sure what was up with that..... This was followed by the AMAZING performances by blessthefall, BTBAM, Underoath, and As I Lay Dying. The pit was so packed for these 4 bands swear it was a fire hazard.... Overall: One of the best shows I've been too.

Greatest metal show to come through Atlanta recently!

All the bands were great. The lighting was awesome, the bands were very crowd interactive and entertaining.

Great venue. Though some of the acts were not up my alley, As I Lay Dying, War of Ages, and Between the Buried and Me made the entire thing worth the money!

It was the first show from the tour held in Florida at the House Of Blues. The venue itself was awesome, spacious enough with a cool ambient. All the bands performed great. It was like if you were listening to the cd's right then and there. The choice of songs played were awesome! All the bands played a right amount of old songs plus newer songs and Underoath even played one song from their upcoming album that will be out in October 2010. By far Between the Buried And Me has been one of the most amazing bands Ive seen live.

Orlando house of blues is amazing! You feel so close to the bands and they really interacted with everyone even on the second level! They rocked orlando for sure!

All the bands were awesome. Even the smaller bands were really good, Cancer Bats was really good, but people didn't really mosh to them since they're not really well known. War of Ages was an awesome opener. BTBAM and Underoath did not let down. Of course As I Lay Dying was sick, that really didn't need to be said. I can say if you like any of these bands, go to this Festival, you will not be let down. The House of Blues was an amazing host as well. Will see future events there.

All the bands were great, As I Lay Dying was just over-the-top incredible. That's all I can say.