Las Vegas Weekly

Photo slideshow: Escape the Fate

Photos by Ryan Olbrysh

“We’re probably going to fuck this up. We’ve never played this before,” warns Escape the Fate’s Craig Mabbitt before kicking into the encore Saturday at House of Blues.

The crowd goes wild, as if the lead singer hadn’t just warned them the forthcoming songs might sound shoddy. Actually, the crowd likely just doesn’t care. Even if Escape the Fate fucks up these two-songs—“This War Is Ours (The Guillotine Part II)” and “Aftermath (The Guillotine Part III) played back-to-back—they’ve already put on a solid show. The hour-long set included everything from “10 Miles Wide” and “Not Good Enough for Truth in Cliché” to new-album offerings “Massacre” and “Issues.” And true to their fan-friendly attitude, Mabbitt asked his sweaty, mosh-happy ETF soldiers to pick what songs they wanted to hear for the band’s encore. Something special for the hometown crowd.

Better yet, the night ends with four promising words: “See you real soon.”

Escape the Fate will be back in town tonight at Zia Records on Eastern Avenue, holding a midnight release/signing party for their new, self-titled album. Wristband distribution begins at 10 p.m. with purchase of the CD.