Day 11 Stuttgart
Stuttgart been the biggest show so far. Nearly 1700 Fans showed up and started to mosh from the very first second of the show. I was stoked for Vanna the guys finally got to play in font of nearly 1000 fans!

The moshpit started to get heavy! During the set of As Blood Runs Black i counted 10 fans who went to see the doctors who been at the venue!
When Suicide Silence hit the stage the crowd got nuts! Mitch told them to get on the stage during no pity for a coward and a decent amount of fans followed his order. This time Trent the stagemanager of Suicide Silence hasnt been that busy as he was in Antwerp or London

Day 10 Haarlem

Seriously everybody was stoked to be at the Netherlands that day. The first Band and Crewmembers left the Bus around 11 to head to Amsterdam. I relaxed backstage with my friends off Vanna and did my work. As i was finished we headed directly to Haarlem city.What should i say about that? I think for a lot of guys a dream became true: you know why

The show was visited very good and when As Bloods Runs Black started their set the kids started doing stagedives and highfives. Deez Nuts , Emmure and Suicide Silence killed the crowd afterwards with a top performance!

Right after the show we got visited by the white rabbit!

I had the Chance to do a small interview with Frank of Emmure:

You´re on the NSD-Tour for the second time.
How does it feel for you this year?
Which tour is better?
“This years Never Say Die tour has been a blast..hard to compare the two..both are equally as fun. We feel very lucky to be a part of it again this year. ”
Being on tour is very stressful.
How do you handle it? What are your relaxing strategies?

“Haha I dont think tour is stressfull. I try to just entertain myself and have a good time. Relaxing is for when your home. Fuck relaxing! Haha”

How do you prepare yourself for such a tour?

“Well being from the states you need to make sure you pack light an keep yourself connected to people you care about..we are very blessed to be doing what were doing and keeping in.contact helps you count your blessings.”
How do you choose the songs for your set?

“We pay alot off attention to our fans an what songs they want to experience live..also.we want to play material that new people can hear for the first time an automatically be able to catch the vibe an.have a good time as well.”
You see a lot of places on tour.
Which country does have the best Emmure fans?

“Every country has the best EMMURE fans! DECEPTICONS STAND UP!”

What are your three tour survival tipps?

“Party! Party! Party!”

Day 9: Paris

When we arrived in Paris, we recognized the signing session with Suicide Silence had to be rescheduled. It was supposed to be held at Landscape but due to time problems we were forced to do the signing at the Venue. 150 Fans got to the signing and brought vinyls, cds and tshirts to be signed by Suicide Silence! The guys enjoyed the signing and Mark as always was funny Video tbc

The show started off well, but the soundguy had a bad day and when Vanna started the set even the monitors been turned off.

As Suicide Silence performed no pity for a coward Mitch told the fans to enter the Stage. 200 fands followed his request and with that metalbarriers got broken down. It was SICK!!! Video will follow on facebook and on here!

After the show everybody went to grab some food. The most chosen food was the “Ass Doner Kebab”

Yesterday the Impericon Never Say Die Tour hit up London for the last UK show of the tour at the Electric Ballroom in Camden. Most bands love playing in London because it’s a chance to go shopping and visit a bunch of the capitals most famous landmarks. Having said that pretty much all of the bands on the tour have already played a bunch of shows here so people mostly woke up early and headed off around Camden market and to the shops to grab some gifts for friends and family back home before diving onto their Macbooks and Ipads in the dressing rooms to take advantage of todays internet availability.

We called some cabs and headed across the city to the Drop Dead store in Carnaby with Deez Nuts for their meet and greet. Things got off to a good start when the cab driver drove into a car before we had even left the venue and the journey didn’t get much better. The band had a great time hanging out with a bunch of fans and took plenty of pictures before picking up some new threads and heading back to the venue before doors opened. Even a couple of the guys from Architects showed up.

Kids piled into the venue in time for Vanna who played to a pretty healthy crowd and were a great start to the night. Highlight of the show for us had to be Emmure and i’m surprised that after 5 bands worth of moshing that they had any energy left for the last 2 bands but the atmosphere just got better and better with Suicide Silence rounding off the night in style.

It’s been a short trip through the UK but every show has been awesome and we can only thank you guys for joining us, Supporting us and being a part of the Impericon Family.

Until next year….

Day 7: Leeds

when leaving the bus in Leeds I was kinda surprised. Another University where the Impericon Never Say Die! Tour will be at!

“Same shit, different day” and off we went to restock in the campus shops. After the shopping I went backstage and took care of our tour diary. Since there was only one big backstageroom it got crowded soon..

The highlight or even the funniest moment of the evening was when Justin Biber showed up to hang out backstage

He even hit the stage and showed a small performance 

After the show we packed your staff together, as fast as possible…

and left a the backstageareamassacre

Day 6 Cardiff

when gettin out of the bus in the morning i realized we were playing at Cardiff University. The street and campus was packed with students! Some guys of our crew (and i won´t mention any names ) just found themselves in paradies because of all the good looking women.

Personally I headed towards Cardiff town and got some shopping done. Cardiff is a beautifull city! As I went back to the venue I went backstage and found Davey (Vanna) giving out free hair cuts. No wonder there was a queue until 20 minutes before Vanna started playing their show…

Due to a freshmen party in the same location, the show and the venue had to be left at 11 pm. Since our buscall was set to 1.30 we used the time and headed towards some old English pubs. We really had a blast there so we managed to leave „on time“ at 1.50 towards Leeds.

Day 5: Birmingham

We arrived at Birmingham and the first thing we did was walking downtown to grab something to eat. Sunday is shopping day! Birmingham was so crowded that we literally stood in the line  for 15 minutes, just to get something to eat.

Back at the venue the first fans arrived and tried to get some autographs. Charlie the winner of the Playstation 3 competition arrived and got his signed and decorated PS3 by Alex of Suicide Silence

The show was awesome! 800 fans, the venue was packed! Straight after Vanna finished their set the first drops of condensed water dripped from the ceiling and we were about to hit the 50 degrees Celcius inside when Emmure and Suicide Silence entered the stage. Even backstage the air was literally on fire!

After the show at 1.30 we left for Wales; Cardiff is up next!

Day 4 Antwerp

As the bus was parked directly to a motorway the night was rather short. After 4 hours of sleeping we headed into the catering area to grab some breakfast and relax with the band and crewmembers. Some guys used the opportunity to head to the near supermarket to restock their personal needs.

At 6 sharp the doors opened and soon after Vanna started playing. The Fans were totally stoked on the bands and started partying within the first minutes of the show until Suicide Silence blasted the roof of the venue. A definite highlight was Davey’s (Vanna) stagedive over the huge barriergap!

at 2.30 am it was buscall time since we headed over to the UK and pass control was set to 5.30 am.

Day 3 Cologne.

what a sick night! Cologne was the first sold out show on the Impericon Never Say Die! Tour. 1500 kids partied like there’s no tomorrow! Frankie of Emmure wrote his first tour diary for us!

“What a fucking wild start! Dudes breaking shit , kids breaking their faces. How we’ve made it this far in one piece is insane. Right now we’re spending our morning in this venue here in Belgium. Looking forward to another awesome IMPERICON NEVER SAY DIE show tonight! Gonna head into the U.K tomorrow and try to rage my face off! Wish me luck.”

Day 2 Leipzig

We arrived at the Werk 2 venue early and set up our merch booth very quickly  great team work from everybody to get ready for tonights show!

Doors opened at 6pm sharp tonight with kids ready and excited to flood the merch booths and go crazy for our Impericon give aways and merch from all bands! Tonight Vanna and The Human Abstract got the fans warmed up with fans impressed by both sets.Once again As Blood Runs Black came on and the crowd went completely insane bursting on the stage with in dying days! they definetly turned up the heat! The Word Alive had another great night and i think are a band that are always winning over new fans.Tonight there was so many fans here and excited for next band Deez Nuts! wow! it was such a party from start to finish everybodys gotta love it! It was time now time for Emmure!  Frankie had them in the palm of his hand!  having them jump up and down to R2 deep throat! another wild set.It was time for headliners Suicide Silence it was absolutely insane! mosh pits! crowd surfing! wall of deaths! i couldn’t take my eyes away from it!

Another show quickly and sadly over we had some birthday chocolate cake with our friend Partrick  who was doing merch for Deez Nuts it was delicious! time to pack up,get showered and roll on to Koln! what a blast!