I Just Read About That…

[ATTENDED: May 25, 2025] Dark Divine

I am all about seeing opening bands, but I know many people aren’t so much.  And yet, I also find that at metal shows, the opening bands can be samey or just too much.  And yet and yet, if you arrive too late, you wind up being really far back.  So, for tonight’s show,we arrived early enough to see all three openers.

For this show, my son’s friends also had tickets, although they were upstairs and we were in the pit. Because yes, we were early enough to get in the pit (although still not close).

I hadn’t heard of any of these three opening bands.

Dark Divine was up first and they played about 25 minutes.  The most notable thing to me about this band was that the guitarist and bassist were wearing corpse paint, but the singer wasn’t.

They sound a lot like Ice Nine Kills, with a bit more synth thrown in–but the vocals are really pretty close.

Overall the set was fun and the band was engaging.  Although I don’t need to see them again.

1. The Reaper ⊗
2. Dancing Dead ⊗
3. Make Me Disappear ‰
4. Deadly Fun ⊗
5. Burn The Witch ⊕
6. Cold ⊗
7. Halloweentown ♠

‰ single (2025)
⊗ Deadly Fun (2023)
⊕ Deadly Fun (deluxe) (2024)
♠ Halloweentown (2022)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	Screamathon (NJ) Night 2	Screamathon (NJ) Night 1
	Welcome to Horrorwood: The Silver Scream 2	The Silver Scream
	Opening Night… [recording] $$	The American Nightmare $  [A Nightmare on Elm Street]
	Welcome to Horrorwood $$	Thank God It’s Friday $ [Friday the 13th]
	A Rash Decision $$ [Cabin Fever]	Stabbing in the Dark $ [Halloween]
	Assault & Batteries $$ [Child’s Play]	SAVAGES $ [The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]
	The Shower Scene $$ [Psycho]	The Jig Is Up $ [Saw]
	Funeral Derangements $$ [Pet Sematary]	A Grave Mistake $ [The Crow]
	Rainy Day $$ [Resident Evil]	Rocking the Boat $ [Jaws]
	Hip to Be Scared $$ [American Psycho]	Enjoy Your Slay $ [The Shining]
	Take Your Pick $$ [My Bloody Valentine]	Freak Flag $ [The Devil’s Rejects]
	The Box $$ [Hellrasier]	The World In My Hands $ [Edward Scissorhands]
	F.L.Y. $$ [The Fly]	Merry Axe-Mas $ [Silent Night, Deadly Night]
	Würst Vacation $$ [Hostel]	Love Bites $ [An American Werewolf in London]
	Ex-Mørtis $$ [The Evil Dead]	T is the End $ [It]
	Farewell II Flesh $$ [Candyman] (Track was interrupted during the bridge due to an injury in the crowd, then resumed after a delay.)	encore
	encore	Meat & Greet ♥ [Silence of the Lambs]
	The Nature of the Beast ß [Animal Farm]	The Greatest Story Ever Told ♦
	Communion of the Cursed ß [The Exorcist]	Work of Art §
	Work of Art §
		Note: Reel Big Fish played on multiple songs on both nights

§ single (2024)
♥ Welcome to Horrorwood: Under Fire edition (2023)
$$ The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood (2021)
$ The Silver Scream (2018)
ß Every Trick in the Book (2015)
⊗ The Predator Becomes the Prey (2014)
♦ Safe is Just a Shadow (2010)

2023 Reading	2022 Trilogy of Terror	2019 TLA
Hip to Be Scared $$ [American Psycho]	Opening Night… [recording] $$	Thank God It’s Friday $ [Friday the 13th]
Rainy Day $$ [Resident Evil]	Welcome to Horrorwood $$	The Jig Is Up $ [Saw]
Meat & Greet ♥ [Silence of the Lambs]	Würst Vacation $$ [Hostel]	SAVAGES $ [The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]
Ex-Mørtis $$ [The Evil Dead]	Hip to Be Scared $$ [American Psycho]	The Nature of the Beast ß [Animal Farm]
Rocking the Boat $ [Jaws ]	Stabbing in the Dark $ [Halloween]	The World In My Hands $ [Edward Scissorhands]
Stabbing in the Dark $ [Halloween]	Rainy Day $$ [Resident Evil]	Communion of the Cursed ß [The Exorcist]
The Fastest Way to a Girl’s Heart Is Through Her Ribcage ⊗	IT Is the End $ [IT]	A Grave Mistake $ [The Crow]
IT Is the End $ [IT]	Take Your Pick $$ [My Bloody Valentine]	Your Number’s Up $ [Scream]
Würst Vacation $$ [Hostel]	Ex-Mørtis $$ [The Evil Dead]	Rocking the Boat $ [Jaws ]
Funeral Derangements $$ [Pet Sematary]	The Shower Scene $$ [Psycho]	Merry Axe-Mas $ [Silent Night, Deadly Night]
Your Number’s Up $ [Scream]	Funeral Derangements $$ [Pet Sematary]	Thriller (Michael Jackson cover)
The American Nightmare $  [A Nightmare on Elm Street]	The American Nightmare $  [A Nightmare on Elm Street]	Hell in the Hallways ß [Carrie]
The Shower Scene $$ [Psycho]		Stabbing in the Dark $ [Halloween]
Welcome to Horrorwood $$		The Fastest Way to a Girl’s Heart Is Through Her Ribcage ⊗
		Love Bites $ [An American Werewolf in London]
		Tess‐timony ß [Tess of the d’Urbervilles]
		Me, Myself & Hyde ß [The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]
		The American Nightmare $ [A Nightmare on Elm Street]
		encore
		IT is the End $ [It]