The Emergency Broadcast Tour—headlined by Wage War with support from We Came As Romans, Varials, Cane Hill—hammered Columbus, Ohio at a sold out KEMBA Live! on Sunday, Nov. 8.
Wage War, with a perfected genre combo of metalcore, djent, and nu metal, dominated the stage with not only many heavy hitters from their latest album, Landfall (just released last month), but also a few crowd loving favorites from all their other albums released since forming in 2010, along with “Karma” from their well received spring EP release, It Calls Me By Name.
The live duo vocal switches between lead vocalist Briton Bond and rhythm guitarist, producer Cody Quistad blended flawlessly, as did the ferocious layers of Seth Blake’s thrashing guitar, Chris Gaylord’s pounding bass and the powerhouse drumming of Stephen Kluesener.
The Fearless Records’ Floridian quintet lived up to their name and exceeded the hype—bringing the fury and leaving no headbanger unsatisfied.
Hearing and seeing Wate War live proved they are not only a remarkable studio band, but also an astounding live band.
We Came As Romans delivered both melodic intervals and rage blasts to a packed crowd that sung along throughout the set.
String players Lou Cotton (guitar) and Andrew Glass (bass) dizzingly spun, kicked and jumped while Columbus, Ohio’s David Puckett ruled the drums.
Actively pacing lead vocalist Dave Stephens described the band to the crowd: “A hard working Detroit blue collar band that has had bad luck” and failed many times, but has continued to persevere since forming more than 20 years ago.
With a setlist focused on their latest, seventh album—All Is Beautiful… Because We’re Doomed—fans shouted “Bad Luck”’s lyrics. “I spent all my life wondering why the bad luck always comes so easy...” 2022 throwback “Black Hole” closed the set.
Philly hardcore metalcorers Varials devoured the venue with guttural groans by newer vocalist Skyler Conder and ground shaking breakdowns that could have split the floor by the OG instrumentalists—guitarist Shane Lyons, drummer Sean Rauchut and smiling bassist Mike Foley.
The quartet’s setlist focused on their 2026 new album, Where The Light Leaves.
Cane Hill warmed up the crowd with heavy distorted vocals from frontman Elijah Witt and energetic motions from lead guitarist, backing vocalist Elijah Barnett.
Marion, Ohio native Shawn DeLong (https://spectralaudio.co) has been on the road throughout this tour doing audio engineering work with Cane Hill and Varials.
Wage War’s stacked Emergency Broadcast Tour runs through late November before traveling to Europe early next year, with other solid openers.
Tour Dates
WAGE WAR
WE CAME AS ROMANS
VARIALS
CANE HILL
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