

I find their music is easy listening with nothing to heavy or slow. Despite the unflashy entrance, deafening cheers welcomed Pierce The Veil as the four-piece post-hardcore band strolled into the darkness.

The overhead lights switched off and blackness filled the venue. Despite endlessly melodic vocals and only the barest hints of hardcore screeching, a propensity for ribboning guitar and an overall sonic toughness keep the band in touch with its crust-punk roots, as accessible to the mainstream as they may be. Pierce the Veil is one the bands I always find myself going back to. Pierce The Veil added to the list, selling out the 19th century mill turned concert park on their once in a lifetime Misadventures Tour. In addition, the band has toured extensively, including several appearances on the Vans Warped Tour and Bamboozle. As Pierce the Veil, they have released two albums, A Flair for the Dramatic in 2007 and Selfish Machines in 2010. Following the release, the band broke up and the Fuentes brothers renamed themselves yet again. Local buzz generated by a pair of self-released albums and live gigs landed the band a contract with Equal Vision Records a copyright tangle forced them to change their name to Before Today before releasing their debut, A Celebration of an Ending. San Diego-based melodic emo-metal quartet Pierce the Veil was launched as Early Times by brothers Mike and Vic Fuentes amid the SoCal post-hardcore scene in 1998.
