And so another Kerrang! Tour arrives in Dublin for its only Irish date of the year. Bringing with it a variety of genres and hauls of dedicated and energetic fans, the night was always sure to be a big one.

Starting off the night with a bang is five piece Beartooth whose aggressive set is the heaviest of the night. Even though the band are opening the show, the crowd show no signs of needing encouragement. With songs like In Between and Body Bag both crowd and band are showing immense amounts of passion and energy. With Caleb Shomo (Ex-Attack Attack) on vocals comfortably running around the stage and his brief chats with the audience seeming genuine and appreciative, it makes for an enjoyable atmosphere.

The music may be slightly monotonous and hardly ground-breaking, but the set goes down a treat and the night starts on a high.

Next up is Southampton’s Bury Tomorrow, starting with Man On Fire. Jason Cameron’s clean vocals are particularly noticeable throughout – and at times he steals the show. That being said, one thing that stands out about Bury Tomorrow is that it’s hard not to notice each of the member’s talents, both musicianship and stage presence, all of the members bring something to the show.

Leading into their single Lionheart Daniel Winter-Bates makes a speech on what he considers to be one of the worst things to happen to music – bands who make you pay for meet and greets. This middle finger to those bands seems to unite the crowd somewhat. The nice thing about tonight is that there is a sense of unity between genres and age groups. One might have expected mainly tweenage girls (of whom there are plenty) at a show like this, but there is a sense that the bands on the bill cross barriers. The result is that there’s a really nice atmosphere throughout – and speeches like this, which are made by most of the bands, simply emphasise this feeling.

With the two heaviest and most metal bands now finished there is a noticeable drop in energy from the crowd. Maybe that’s because they’ve worn themselves out with the amount of moshing and jumping around they did for the first two bands, or maybe it’s because the final two bands can be enjoyed by simply standing and watching. That being said – there is a certain lull that persists for the final two acts.

We Are the In Crowd begin with Best Thing (That Never Happened), allegedly written about All Time Low’s Alex Gaskarth, which immediately receives a reaction from the crowd. Lead vocalist Tay Jardine’s vocals are questionable and pitchy at times, particularly in her higher register. However as the set goes on her vocals do manage to improve. Come Back Home is a song that particularly highlights how good her voice can be and is a particularly nice moment in the set.

Lacking slightly in crowd interaction in the first half of the set, We Are the In Crowd make up for this by getting a member of the crowd (dressed as a shark) on stage. This however turns into a slightly awkward moment where the fan takes some selfies (understandable) but then is just kind of…there. Not really sure what to do, they take another member of the audience’s phone and take photos for them. The whole thing runs on a little long.

All in all, We Are The In Crowd put on a good set, although the crowd was slightly calmer and unresponsive, the band still had good energy and belted out their collection of pop-punk songs with Reflections and Rumor Mill standing out.

Finally, headliners Don Broco take to stage with Money Power Fame. Straight away the band show that they are worthy headliners, bringing with them an incredible amount of energy and stage presence from the get go. From beginning to end the entire band are smiling and running and dancing around the stage, which in turn gets the (slightly tired) crowd going again. There are moments where Rob Damiani’s vocals falter slightly, particularly in Yeah Man, but then his falsetto in the new songs that they showcase such as Fire is on point.

Don Broco continuously break up their set by talking to the crowd, which is great and helps as their set goes as the crowd gets back into it. With nearly three years since their last visit to Dublin, they have some truely passionate fans in the audience, who they treat to some older songs and of course, the Broco Walk (which, incidentally, McBusted have since taken and tried to make their own – much to the dismay of many Don Broco fans…)

As they finish their set with You Wanna Know there is an overwhelming sense of exhaustion as the crowd empties the venue. Tonight mixed genres from metal to pop-punk and pop-rock and showcased four talented bands who each showed why they were chosen for the tour and why they merit the attention they are getting. With none of them failing to deliver, the night was an overriding success.