Black Veil Brides have unveiled footage of their performance of new single Hallelujah at the Long Beach stop of the returning Vans Warped Tour.
Black Veil Brides gave their new single Hallelujah its live debut at Vans Warped Tour over the weekend.
At the July 26 date of the returning travelling festival in Long Beach, California, BVB unleashed an eight-song setlist, dropping the brilliantly heavy Hallelujah three tracks in. According to setlist.fm, In The End was cut off due to time issues, but before that BVB also treated fans at the Beatbox Stage to the likes of Faithless, Coffin, The Legacy and Perfect Weapon.
Anyway, the band have released a video of Hallelujah from the show, so check that out now:
Recently speaking to Kerrang! about why Hallelujah was the right song to give fans in this moment, frontman Andy Biersack revealed: “It went through about 15 different versions, but I felt like we had something special with it… you start to feel the ‘magic’ of some [songs]. It's not the heaviest song on the record, but much has been made about how heavy it is. This is a much heavier record overall, but I think Hallelujah is emblematic of where the band is going and a good indication for old-school fans. There's a lot of old-school Black Veil in there…”
And when asked about the (positive) reaction to the heaviness of the track, Andy explained, “For us, it’s an interesting inflection point, because the record is more indicative of us being allowed to make the record that we want to make, [rather] than trying to assimilate to a current sound. I think a lot of people are unfamiliar with our catalogue. Sure, it's heavy and it's an evolution of the sound, but Hallelujah would fit on [2011’s] Set The World On Fire without any issue.”
