LIVE REVIEW + PHOTOS: AS DECEMBER FALLS AT THE ELECTRIC BALLROOM, LONDON 30/10/25 (+ REDHOOK, THE HARA)
Celebrating the release of their latest album, As December Falls brought their electrifying post-hardcore party to The Electric Ballroom in Camden, and they brought backup.
“G'day London, we are RedHook from Sydney, Australia” Emmy Mack beamed after a wild reception to ‘Hexxx’. Believe it, Redhook aren't your standard opener, with a dedicated, and bouncy cohort of fans in attendance, the night was off to anything but a timid start.
During ‘Hot Tub’ Mack weaved around the stage in a cloud of bubbles, a sight that leaves you wondering why more bands don't embrace such a fun set piece.
Other highlights included a saxophone feature, and embracing the theatrical fun, we were treated to multiple costume changes which included a bloodied dress and a strait jacket before a finale of a wall of death to ‘Bad Decisions’ complete with beach balls thrown into the chaos.
RedHook are serious about the party with all the gimmicks backed with seriously impressive musicality, furious and intense drops, impressive screams and a sense of general mayhem, against a backdrop of skilled electronic metal and sassy lyricism.
Kicking off with a somewhat chill start of ‘Stay’, The Hara welcomed back some loyal fans and introduced themselves to the newcomers. An enigmatic trio, The Hara allowed the energy to build throughout the set but soon encouraged a circle pit, with guitarist Zack Breen getting involved.
“We've been making a lot of new music recently” singer Josh Taylor announced with ‘Easier to Die’ the given example of this up next.
‘Violence’, a collab song with As December Falls went down generally well in the room, although surprisingly, not featuring any of the main act joining The Hara on stage for. Potentially this will be a feature that might happen at some point during the tour.
“I wanna see you jumping off the balcony” Taylor yelled, a sight often seen at the Manchester band's shows but usually with band members doing the honours rather than punters. True to form Taylor ended up crawling up the side of the stage before getting in the crowd for a wall of death during ‘Animals’.
The set was a solid offering. Both support bands bringing their own unique flavour to the night, The Hara opting for a slick, attitude laced set of down and dirty rock tunes, with a fun feature of Breen in a giant panda head.
Bathed in red light, As December Falls frontwoman Bethany Hunter took to the stage alone for an ethereal start, with the short but powerful ‘Burn It All Down’, leading into ‘Everything's on Fire But I'm Fine’, the tour namesake.
“Let me welcome you to the ‘Everything's On Fire But I'm On Tour, tour”, which as far as tour names go, is pretty witty. The Nottingham quartet are at the beginning of their UK leg of the tour, having just returned from a whirlwind Europe run.
A steady stream of crowd-surfers threw themselves over the barrier in front of the bizarre scene of Hunter having a fight with the grim reaper during the song of the same name. Throughout the set, Hunter put on a dramatic show with wild headbanging, high kicks and dizzying spins.
A competent cover of Blink 182's ‘I Miss You’ performed by guitarists Timmy Francis and Ande Hunter Jiménez sans the frontwoman was a heartwarming moment in the set before an encore of ‘Therapy’ closed the night out on a band that for over a decade have been delighting fans. Leaning heavily on the new album tracks on this tour run, As December Falls are launching into a new era with gusto and we're all along for the ride.
