It is been a year and a half since the Boston hardcore maniacs Vein put out Errorzone. Instantly many people were hooked. We go from watching them open for Harms Way and Ringworm at Vitus, to them opening for Code Orange at Irving Plaza, to opening for GhostMane at Elsewhere, to Killswitch Engage at Terminal 5. Regardless of what tour or lineup they were on, they took the crowd and made it theirs. Now on their recent headline show at Brooklyn Bazaar on 10/10, they took the audience, and the venue and completely made it theirs.

Opening with Untitled off their recent record Errorzone, they instantly turned the stage inside-out. Vocalist Anthony DiDio did not stand still for a single millisecond on stage. As the rest of the band completely decimated the stage with excellence in their execution of the song and constantly moving around, the audience became just as much of the show as the band. No spot was safe, and if you weren’t watching your ass in the pit, you were focused on the hypnotic performance of the band. Anthony was on top of the monitors one minute, hanging from the ceiling the next and stomping on the stage the minute after that. With the audience doing pretty much the same in the pit, it almost looked like Vein was a band with 100 members. They continued to decimate the venue, playing more Errorzone classics such as Rebirth Protocol, Anesthesia, Demise Automation, and Doomtech, the chaos did not stop. There was not a single static moment on the floor and the stage. As quickly as Vein took the stage, they ended and left just as fast. You wouldn’t even knew that they were on the last song and ended it until the lights slowly turned on and you heard the music through the PA. This is a band where you don’t want to run to the restroom, grab a drink or go out for a smoke because Vein is a band where if you blink, you missed something. There is not too much talking in between songs. It is just a half hour of pure destruction.

With Vein bringing brutality, destruction and chaos with their sound and life presence, they also bring unity. They are a clear representation of what hardcore is all about. When one person in the pit fell, ten would rush to help them up. This is the beauty of hardcore and the community within it. While we all are killing each other at these shows, we are doing it together, and when one falls, we fall with you.

In the early days of Eastcoat Hardcore bands, such as Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags and Sick of it All, we now have bands such as Code Orange, Knocked Loose and Vein who show that this genre is alive and well, and that you cant kill it.

As Brooklyn Bazaar enters its final lease of life, things are ending on a high and brutal note.

Pick up Errorzone if you haven’t yet.