Heavy Music Meets High Tech as Bring Me The Horizon Shakes State Farm Arena » // MELODIC Magazine

Bring Me The Horizon turned State Farm Arena into their own futuristic playground on September 24th, 2025, bringing along Motionless in White, The Plot in You, and Amira Elfeky for their USA Ascension Program Tour. It was part heavy music day festival and part immersive art piece with each band layering their own style until the final set reached another level entirely.

Amira Elfeky started the night, and while she’s still a rising name, but you definitely wouldn’t know it from the way she commanded the stage. Her performance had this mix of vulnerability and power, her voice carrying through the arena with crystal clarity. The lights stayed simple for her set, letting the focus stay squarely on her and her bandmates, which worked lovely. You could feel people leaning in, caught off guard by just how strong she was live. It was one of those rare moments when an opener wins over an arena-sized crowd in real time.

The Plot in You took that foundation and turned up the intensity. Their set was packed with emotion and raw power. Landon Tewers delivered every line like he was reliving the words all over again through his emotional screams and anxious pacing. The band hit that sweet spot between melodic and crushing, building songs that pulled people into the pit one moment and had them shouting back lyrics the next. The lighting design backed them perfectly, dark reds and sharp strobes cutting in time with the heaviest breakdowns, but adding a cinematic flair that they have not had previously. The Plot in You always gives off the feeling of a band with something to prove, and they do it time and time again.

Motionless in White kept that fire going but did it their way, bigger, darker, and full of spectacle. Their gothic aesthetic translated perfectly on an arena stage, with theatrical visuals engrossed in reds and greens, spikes of smoke, and Chris Motionless controlling the stage like a ringleader of a chaotic circus. They leaned into crowd interaction hard, leading chants, getting circle pits going, and at one point letting the fans carry the chorus louder than the PA itself. Their blend of metalcore crunch and industrial edge had the whole place moving, proving why they’ve become one of the most exciting live bands of the last decade.

By the time Bring Me The Horizon arrived, the crowd was ready to explode, and man they did. The band took things a step beyond what anyone expected, using augmented reality tech throughout their set that transformed the arena into something otherworldly, which target reticles fixating on fans in the crowd, giving cryptic messages and adding a video game theme to their set. Even without the AR, the production was jaw-dropping: walls of LED screens, endless strobes, bursts of smoke and fire, a 2-tier stage layout and Oli Sykes leading it all like a general at war.

BMTH’s setlist covered every corner of their career, swinging from the brutal heaviness of their earlier work to the genre-blending anthems that have taken them global. Songs like Can You Feel My Heart and Shadow Moses sent the arena into chaos, with pits opening up across the floor, while newer tracks layered with electronic elements felt massive with the augmented visuals backing them. Then they’d flip everything on its head with softer songs where Oli stepped back and let the crowd take over, the entire arena glowing with phone lights like stars, especially during their haunting rendition of Oasis’s “Wonderwall”. That push and pull between rage and release is what makes Bring Me The Horizon’s live show so unique, and the AR effects only heightened the ride.

By the time the last notes rang out, it wasn’t just exhaustion on people’s faces, it was disbelief at what they had just witnessed as Bring Me The Horizon has taken their live show to a new level. This wasn’t just a heavy show in Atlanta. It was a glimpse into the future of what live music can be when a band dares to push past the limits of the stage. Every band gave Atlanta something special, but Bring Me The Horizon proved they’re playing a different game entirely.

Bring Me The Horizon’s USA Ascension Program tour pt.1 continues through October 5th of 2025. For upcoming shows, visit https://www.bmthofficial.com/live/.

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