SPILL LIVE REVIEW: FAME ON FIRE w/ HALOCENE & ARCHETYPES COLLIDE @ AMSTERDAM BAR AND HALL, SAINT PAUL (MN)

FAME ON FIRE w/ HALOCENE & ARCHETYPES COLLIDE

@ AMSTERDAM BAR AND HALL, SAINT PAUL (MN)

MAY 5, 2025

Florida-based hard rock band Fame On Fire has trekked across the US since April, in support of their third album, The Death Card, and are finishing up the last week of their tour, which included a stop in St. Paul, MN.

The venue was crowded with many eager people pressed towards the front even before the show started. With it being an all-ages show, many young people were in attendance, awestruck, as demonstrated by the buzzing atmosphere.

The Death Card Tour includes Arizona hard rock quintet Archetypes Collide who opened the show. “Your Misery” started their set, an older song of theirs but a very energetic, aggressive song that quickly funneled energy from the stage into the crowd. Right out of the gate, they caught and held the crowd’s attention. Kyle Pastor’s voice was on point and his screams brought excited cheers from the crowd. A cover of Linkin Park’s “One Step Closer” amped up the crowd even more. Pastor talked to the crowd in between songs while the guitarists tuned their instruments. He asked the crowd how many had seen them before and how many were seeing them for the first time. It was a fair mix of both, which led him to comment about how they’ve been a band since 2016, and how appreciative they were to be able to show the crowd “what we’re all about.”

Their set was seven songs long and featured “Becoming What I Hate” and their latest single “The Problem”. The band as a whole play like a well-oiled machine and their performance appeared flawless. With their head banging worthy songs and infectious energy, I think it’s safe to say they earned more than a few more fans that evening.

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Alternative metal group Halocene knows how to work a crowd and keep the energy flowing.  Female vocalist Addie Amick took the stage and began singing “When Demons Come To Life”, her red hair flowing while she sang about the struggles with depression. The crowd got more fired up with their amazing cover of Sam Smith’s “Unholy”.  Brad Amick, guitarist (and Addie’s husband) did an excellent job keeping the crowd engaged as they navigated through their set that included “This Is Our War”, and a Thirty Seconds To Mars cover of “The Kill”.  The crowd was attentive with many heads bobbing. I was under the impression that this was the first time a lot of the people in attendance had seen them. Whether or not that’s accurate, they left a lasting impression on the crowd. Their performance also appeared flawless with Addie belting out the emotional lyrics of the songs with ease.  Brad decided to stir the crowd up a bit towards the end, instigating a small mosh pit in the middle of the floor.  Their set ended with Addie stepping out into the spotlight wearing large black wings as they finished with the song “Maleficent”.

Fame On Fire’s performances seldom disappoint. With top notch choreographed lighting, LED light displays, and fog machines mixed with energy fueled music, it’s indeed a feast for the eyes and ears. The set was broken into five chapters containing three songs each, with narration and graphics as transitions into the next chapter.  They opened with “The Death Card”. Singer Bryan Kuznitz was wearing a full leg brace, which we later learned was due to a torn ACL injury that occurred approximately three weeks prior. “People asked if I wanted to cancel the tour because of it, and although this injury really sucks, I said ‘hell no, we’re doing this tour!” he explained to the crowd. He was able to stand at the microphone with crutches and take a seat nearby briefly between songs, but that didn’t hinder his great vocal performance in the least. “I need you guys to be my legs,” he told the crowd as he encouraged them to move around and mosh.

The set was a good mix from their discography, including past favourites such as “Her Eyes,” “Headspace”, and “Plastic Heart”, which many fans in the crowd were more than happy to sing along with. New songs “Nothing Left (The Fool)” and “Nightmare (The Devil)” were featured on the setlist as well. Chapter five of the performance was an encore that included a cover of Halsey’s “Without Me”, which was picked by the meet and greet attendees from earlier in the day. Yet another great performance by Fame On Fire, and I applaud them for their resilience and willingness to continue the tour despite Kunitz’s injury.

(Photography by Trista Whitman)

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