Silverstein Concludes Their "25 Years of Noise" Celebration in Brooklyn

2025 was a special year for Silverstein, as it marked the band's 25th anniversary. To celebrate, the band embarked on a massive world tour across North America, Europe and even Australia called the 25 Years of Noise Tour. With 88 shows, Silverstein has brought an unforgettable live production and a unique set with songs that spanned their entire career, going even as far back as to their first album. Unfortunately, like all things, this monumental tour has come to an end and Silverstein closed it out with a bang at the Brooklyn Paramount in Brooklyn, NY with a stacked lineup featuring touring mates, Thursday, Free Throw, Bloom and special guest Long Island Emo legends The Movielife.

Kicking the night off was the up and coming Australian metalcore band Bloom. Since forming in 2017, Bloom has carved out their identity of blending rage and intensity with emotion and darkness. The band is made up of Jono Hawkey (vocals), Jarod McLaren (guitar), Oliver Butler (guitar), Andrew Martin (bass) and Jack Vin Vliet (drums) and have just recently released their sophomore album, The Light We Chase via Pure Noise Records. Bloom had the crowd warming up with two steps and moshing within minutes after starting the first song "Out of Reach". The vocal performances from Hawkey, McLaren and Butler, especially on "Keep You", had many fans in awe. Bloom slowed things down on songs like "You & I" and "Keep You" but made up for it, belting out heavy hitters like "Out of Reach", and "Life Moves On Without Us" that made the mosh pit open up in chaos as well as "Siren Song" which saw a circle pit forming. Bloom wrapped it up with "Withered", leaving the fans in an emotional state after moshing their hearts out.

Up next was Free Throw, an emo band from Nashville, Tennessee that was formed in 2012. The band consists of Cory Castro (vocals/guitar), Lawrence Warner (guitar), Jake Hughes (guitar), Justin Castro (bass) and Zach Hall (drums) and are described as an emo punk band with an energetic sound and a striking sense of melody. The band is currently signed to Wax Bodega and have released five studio albums to date. Free Throw started out nice and mellow but got more and more energetic as the night went on. The band grabbed my attention immediately on the first song, "The Corner's Dilemma", with it's catchy melodic hook and melodic guitars. Castro had a unique way of playing guitar, going Eddie Van Halen style of board tapping on the upper end of his fret board. The crowd was initially vibing to Free Throw's set but got more jumpy and eventually started to mosh and crowd surf later into their set when the band started to play their older songs. On the last song, "Two Beers In", everyone in the crowd sang along to the words and put security to work with the intense crowd surfing.

In throwing New York a special treat for the final night of the tour, Silverstein brought out The Movielife as special guests. Formed in 1997, The Movielife became an established icon in the Long Island hardcore scene, from playing in basements to touring with notable acts like New Found Glory and Glassjaw. The band is known for gritty guitar riffs, sing-along choruses and illustrative lyrics found across all four studio albums. The band's lineup consists of Vinnie Caruana (vocals), Brandon Reilly (guitar) and Brett Romnes (drums). The Movielife played all the old hits any Long Island emo heads in the crowd would have recognized, primarily focusing on their first two albums This Time Next Next, Year Forty Hour Train Back To Penn and their 2001 EP The Movielife Has a Gambling Problem. The crowd was off their feet when the band played "Walking On Glass" and opened the pit up on the love song "I Hope You Die Soon". Despite not being a part of the 25 Years of Noise Tour there was a specific reason why The Movielife was a part of the night. Back in 2002, The Movielife played a show in Toronto and Silverstein, an unknown band at the time, opened up for The Movielife at that show and would cross paths with them over the years that followed. So in bringing it back full circle, Silverstein invited The Movielife to play the Brooklyn date of the tour which they graciously accepted. The band brought a nice sentimental feeling on "Hey" and got everyone dancing on "Pinky Swear". Caruana shouted out 516/631 on "Hand Grenade" and Long Island made themselves known once he did. The Movielife ended their set with a bang, instigating crowd surfing during "Ship To Shore" and having Brooklyn sing along to "Jamestown".

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The last band to take the stage before Silverstein was the New Jersey neighbors, Thursday. Thursday is one of the most well-renowned emo/post hardcore bands of the early 2000s, making themselves stand out amongst their peers with their use of heavier sounds. Their second studio album, Full Collapse earned the band their popularity and became a landmark album in the post-hardcore genre. The band is currently made up of Geoff Rickly (vocals), Norman Brannon (guitar), Steve Pedulla (guitar), Stuart Richardson (bass) and Tucker Rule (drums) and remains an independent band. Thursday kicked things to 11, starting off with "The Other Side of the Crash/Over and Out (Of Control)" and fans were immediately singing along to every word. New York gave their NJ brothers all the love they could and Thursday gave them one of the best shows of the night, playing all of their hits like "Jet Black New Year", "Cross Out The Eyes", "This Song Brought to You by a Falling Bomb" and even playing a newer song called "Application For Release From The Dream" which was released last year and the first new song the band has released in 13 years. Rickly dedicated "Signals Over the Air" to everyone's human rights, healthcare and right to identify themselves as whatever they want. This got a roaring response from the crowd and they sang their hearts out and had their hands up in the air for the whole song. Norman Brannon was not present on this tour but Wade MacNeil from Alexisonfire stepped in and held it down on his own. Geoff Rickly is an amazing vocalist with a unique voice. He can sing with his emotions and switch to letting out raw screams. Thursday saved the best two songs for last, "Understanding in a Car Crash" and "War All The Time". The fans used the opportunity to get their remaining crowd surfing energy out or to sing along.

It was now time for Silverstein to celebrate their 25th anniversary for one last time. Since 2000, Silverstein has built a legacy of being one of the most, if not the most, influential post-hardcore bands of the 2000s, with a total of eleven studio albums and seven EPs. The band's lineup consists of Shane Told (vocals), Paul Rousseau (guitar), Josh Bradford (guitar), Billy Hamilton (bass) and Paul Koehler (drums).

The room went dark, only to be lit up again by a series of videos on the screens. Narrated by vocalist Shane Told, the videos showed a montage of the band's 25 year career; from starting out in basements, to playing festivals overseas. In his narration, Told reflected on the band's career and thanked the fans for their support over years. The fans then cheered as the band then walked on stage, switching the mood from emotional, to energetic as Silverstein kicked it off with a new song, "Negative Space" from the new record, Pink Moon. The whole room was off their feet the very second the first note hit. I felt the energy radiating off the music and saw how much fun Shane was already having two songs in. Silverstein started with three new songs, "Negative Space", "Drain The Blood" and "Stress" all from their latest duology album; Anitbloom and Pink Moon. A massive mosh pit formed on the breakdown of "Drain The Blood" and everyone had their hands up in the air for "Stress". Now that Silverstein got the new stuff out of the way early on, it was time for the fan favorites and deep cuts.

A massive circle pit formed on "The Altar" and the massive floor that the Brooklyn Paramount has made room for it to be a big one. The show stopped briefly due to an injury in the crowd but thankfully it got resolved quickly. The band then ripped through "Infinite", "Bad Habits" and "The Afterglow" from their 2020 and 2017 albums, A Beautiful Place To Drown and Dead Reflection. "Bad Habits" was one of the songs that had the loudest singalongs of the night. As the night went on, Silverstein's set would gradually go from newer songs to older songs, starting from their latest release to ending with their oldest. Next was a song from their eight album, I Am Alive in Everything I Touch and it was the 11th track, "Je me Souviens". The band then moved on to How The Wind Shifts with "Massachusetts". Throughout the band's performance, visuals showed on the screens behind them of album covers and animations that represented whichever songs they were playing from that time period. Silverstein's stage setup and production was insane. In addition to insane visuals on the screens, Paul Koehler's drum set was in the middle of the stage on a raised platform which also had an LED Screen attached to the bottom and was in between two risers that Rousseau and Bradford would play on periodically. Smoke would also go off at certain times, mainly when a heavy breakdown was about to drop.

The band then gave their 2012 album Short Songs some love. Short Songs was an album consisting of 22 songs, all under a minute long or less. Half of the album contained originals and the 2nd half contained cover songs from various hardcore and punk bands. The band pulled the last cover song from that album out on this tour, called "You Gotta Stay Positive" by Good Clean Fun. If anyone missed it the first time that's okay cause Silverstein ran it back again a second time and counted the crowd in to shout the only words "YOU GOTTA STAY POSITIVE!" The band then ordered the pit to open back up as they revisited their 2011 album Rescue with the hardcore inspired song, "The Artist". Silverstein dedicated the song to The Movielife. Silverstein then shined some light on their fourth studio album, A Shipwreck in the Sand with "Vices" and "The End". Every single member of the band was on point at the show. Shane delivered powerful vocals that contained both cleans and screams with Hamilton delivering some screams of his own. Both Rousseau and Josh delivered powerful riffs and solos while Paul kept the rhythm going with his dynamic drumming. Making their way to their third album Arrivals & Departures, the band played the album's melodic fourth track, "Worlds Apart" that ended with the crowd singing along to a snippet of My Chemical Romance's "Helena".

Silverstein ended their main set with three songs off of their second album Discovering The Waterfront; "Your Sword Versus my Dagger", a deep cut "Already Dead" and "Smile In Your Sleep". One of the things I love about anniversary tours are the deep cuts that bands haven't played live in a while, or ever. It's a great way to introduce newer fans to music they haven't heard before and it's great for the old school fans to relive those songs live. The fans opened up a circle pit to start "Your Sword Versus my Dagger". The response to "Already Dead" was phenomenal, with fans continuing their job of signing all the words. This continued into "Smile In Your Sleep" with the addition of more moshing and crowd surfing. I loved the chorus of "Smile In Your Sleep", its catchy and melodic, to the point where its impossible not to sing-along to the words, or bang your head if you don't know the words (which you do).

Shane came back onstage with an acoustic guitar and had the crowd join him in singing along to "My Heroine". Brooklyn had a goal to become the loudest crowd to sing-along to this song, and Brooklyn did their best, making the whole room shake with their voices and even threw in some crowd surfing in there to mix it up. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough, with Shane stopping and admitting that Massachusetts still holds the record of the loudest singers. However, not only did he reassure the booing crowd that New York still holds more World Series titles, but that there is still one last part of the song left and urged the crowd to give it their all. Not wanting Massachusetts to have another win over them, New York raised their voices up louder than before and took the title of loudest singers ever on "My Heroine". When a clip of an American Idol contestant singing "Smash Into Pieces" began playing, the fans knew what the next song was gonna be and Silverstein then played two of their oldest songs, "Smash Into Pieces" and "Bleeds No More" from their 2004 debut album When Broken Is Easily Fixed. With a few more breakdowns, moshing, crowd surfing, singing/screaming and a speech from Shane reflecting the band's career, the tour and thanking everyone from the bands to the venue staff, Silverstein played the last song of the tour, "Bleeds No More" which saw the biggest mosh pit of the night. The emotion on the band's faces clearly showed how much fun they were having while also being sad the tour was over and the fans felt the same. The 25 Years of Noise Tour was one for the books and I hope you had the chance to see this tour when you did as it was a once-in-a-lifetime unforgettable experience. Here's to another 25 years for Silverstein.