By Glenn Woodell

In contrast to the dark metal bands that frequent the NorVa, locals were treated to the bright lights and vibrant sounds of Starset. A cross between alternative and electronic rock, their latest album, Horizons, was released in October of 2021. But the audience was in for a surprise when violinist, Siobhán Richards, and celloist, Zuzana Engererova, took the stage on opposite sides, with their unsuspecting instruments, while enveloped in a cloak of fog. Combine that with the dynamic vocals of Dustin Bates and you have Starset!

Opening for Starset was Divide the Fall, Oni, and Red, more traditional rock/metal bands.

Divide the Fall

Web: https://www.dividethefall.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dividethefall
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dividethefall/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/dividethefall

Oni

Web: http://www.theoniband.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheOniBand
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theoniband/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/OniBand

Red

Web: https://www.thebandred.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebandred
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebandred/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/officialred/videos

Starset

Web: https://starsetonline.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starsetonline
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starsetonline/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/starsetonline

Starset setlist:

1. Carnivore
   2. Echo
   3. Infected
   4. Where the Skies End
   5. Let it Die
   6. Trials
   7. Manifest
   8. Monster
   9. It Has Begun
   10. Satellite
   11. Icarus
   12. Devolution
   13. For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica cover)
   14. Ricochet
   15. Die for You
   16. Earthrise
   17. My Demons