It is interesting to see the different crowds that concerts draw.

For example, in the past week I have attended this Unearth show and one headlined by '80s era thrashers Overkill. These two shows drew drastically different crowds even though they are both bound by the wide genre net of "metal."

Age ranges, clothing styles, pit dancing (or lack thereof). There never appears to be all that much crossover, although it could be argues that the older acts will draw younger audience members than the younger acts will draw from the older crowd.

Okay, maybe it isn't that interesting, but go to enough shows and you will notice it as well. As for this show? Well, it started off mediocre and got progressively better. If you are into metalcore and the related subgenres (I lose track of all the divisions) you will definitely want to catch these bands when they come through your town.

Unfortunately, I got the door open time for The Chance Theater messed up. I wound up missing the local show-opener, a group called Dropface. I want to say I've seen them before, but I cannot recall for sure. I definitely recognize the band name. Checking out their Myspace page, I like what I hear but now believe that I haven't seen them before. Hopefully I will get to see them at some point.

When I got inside Dropface was long gone and the next band was just about ready to take the stage. The time was 8:00 and I was ready for something a little heavy.

Suicide Silence came onstage and failed to impress me. Yes, the band was full of energy, which the crowd seriously fed off, but the music did not grab me. The band's name is pretty good and the music they played certainly made me wish for a little silence. Not that it was all bad, but there is only so much of this style of screaming that a guy can take. There were some riffs that sounded good, but overall there was little substance.

The music on the band's MySpace page is better than anything I experienced live.

I think the biggest blockade to my potential enjoyment would have to be the completely unintelligible screaming/growling. It came in two flavors higher pitched screaming and a deeper growl, neither one was any good, save for the fact that he can keep it up for an entire set, not to mention a tour.

The sound could best be described as a fusion of death metal, grindcore, and probably a few other -cores. This is a band that I could not recommend, unless you are already a fan and by now you have likely written me off as an undesirable. Whatever, they failed to ignite much passion in me.