The last time we saw Parkway Drive in the UK, they were squashed into a corner of Download 2024 as the secret band that sparked a stampede up the slippery hill. Eighteen months later and they’re back in their natural habitat, filling the vastness that is Wembley Arena. While the crowd are polite enough to death metallers Thy Art is Murder – obligingly throwing horns and starting an oval pit led by a guy in a banana – there’s an air of poise in the arena; we’re here for metalcore and we’re accepting no substitutions or supplemental sounds in our evening.
The way that Parkway Drive translate the spectacle of their festival shows into an enclosed space is nothing short of awe-inspiring. From the moment vocalist Winston McCall leads an entrance parade across the area, every song and every twitch of the scenery sparks gasps of anticipation for their next stage trick. It’s not the kind of show where the theatrics take away from the sound, or turn their set into some kind of production…
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