Three Days Grace, Volbeat & Wage Struggle
June 10, 2025
Rogers Place, Edmonton, AB
Within the midst of the NHL Finals frenzy in Edmonton, Three Days Grace and Volbeat descended upon the Metropolis of Champions with American metalcore heavyweights Wage Struggle.
Kicking off the evening, Wage Struggle introduced it, firing off a 35-minute set with the depth of a band that’s been round loads longer than a dozen years. These dudes had been a lot heavier than I anticipated, and so they kicked severe ass. Often openers get screwed on manufacturing, however they introduced their very own further mild rig, and set the stage for a night of rock-solid performances.
Volbeat was subsequent, regardless of the e-mail I acquired saying they had been headlining. Being a co-headlining tour, each bands performed roughly an hour and 20 minutes, with Volbeat enjoying 5 new songs that they debuted only some days earlier in Vancouver. Rocking classics like A Warrior’s Name, Lola Montez, Shotgun Blues, and Nonetheless Counting, the band blasted their method by the set with a feverish depth. I noticed them final in 2009 with Metallica, and these dudes have come to date, and so they definitely deserve all of the reward they’ve gotten over time. It was fairly superior to see them convey up a bunch of children to rock onstage throughout their closing music – Nonetheless Counting. Bassist Kaspar Larsen tried to get the youngsters to sing backups on the mic, however most of them appeared frozen, haha.
Lastly, Canadian heroes Three Days Grace, on their first trek again to Edmonton since unique singer Adam Gontier rejoined the band. Now sporting two lead vocalists, the cohesion between Matt Walst and Gontier was simple. Buying and selling strains, working off each other’s power, it was extremely energetic, and cathartic to see. The band was completely on hearth. Whereas their manufacturing felt scaled down in comparison with Volbeat and Wage Struggle, it was easy, but efficient, and it appeared nice. With a 16-song set that simply felt like hit after hit, after hit – the affect of this band is simple. I wasn’t a giant fan of those guys, however that is my second time having them in entrance of my lens, and man, you simply can’t assist however love this band. Each occasions guitarist Barry Inventory has interacted with me, whether or not it’s a glance and a smile into the digital camera, or protruding of tongue as he crushes one more riff, He’s turn into a fav to have in entrance of my lens. And also you gotta love when he begins rapid-firing guitar picks into the gang.
All in all, it was an extremely high-energy present with nothing however good vibes and good occasions. What an unbelievable tour!