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Motionless in White review – gothically glam US metalcore will put a grin on your face
Backed by skeletons, cheerleaders and chainsaw-wielders, Chris Cerulli and co dispense any heavy metal menace in favour of a charming sense of fun
Formed almost 20 years ago in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the metalcore five-piece lay it on thick from the off, with dancing girls, pyrotechnics and a wall of Blade Runner visuals to match the colossal riffs of recent single Meltdown. Lead vocalist Chris “Motionless” Cerulli is darkly handsome in a sleek black coat, incongruously low-key compared to his corpse paint-wearing bandmates. The synth-pop jam Werewolf is appropriately introduced with Vincent Price’s Thriller monologue, and the dancers are dressed in a series of classic costumes (skeletons, cheerleaders, chainsaw-wielders), at one point stopping to throw sweets from buckets into the audience.
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