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The Devil Wears Prada formed in Dayton, Ohio, during the mid-2000s wave, pairing Mike Hranica's bark with Jeremy DePoyster's tuneful choruses and synth-laced riffs.

From church basements to big rooms

Across records like Plagues, The Act, and Color Decay, they shifted from playful breakdowns to darker, moodier hooks without losing bite. Expect a set built around new-era standouts like Salt, Watchtower, and Sacrifice, with a legacy burst like Dez Moines for the day-ones. Crowds skew mixed in age, plenty of lifelong scene folks next to newer fans who found them via streaming, and the pit energy is high but usually respectful. A neat footnote: they tracked parts of the first Zombie project fast and lean between summer shows, then later doubled down with ZII as a moodier sequel.

What might make the cut

Another nugget: early on they tuned mostly in Drop C, but newer material often dips lower for extra weight. Set choices and production notes here are informed by recent runs but could shift on the night, so treat them as an educated sketch rather than a promise.

Pit etiquette and black tees: The Devil Wears Prada scene

You will spot patched denim and windbreakers next to clean black tees, with a lot of vintage Plagues and Zombie prints in rotation.

Shared energy, shared space

Fans tend to rotate between the pit and the rail, giving each other space when the two-step breaks out and then crowd-singing the clean choruses. A reliable shout moment arrives on Dez Moines, where the room locks into the gang vocal before the final hit. The ZII skull-and-helmet motif shows up on pins and hats, and newer Color Decay designs lean toward muted earth tones. You will also hear light Office jokes when Assistant to the Regional Manager shows up, but it stays good-natured.

Era mash-ups on shirts and playlists

Conversation pre-show is gear and tour-history focused, with people trading notes on which eras had the nastiest breakdowns or the smoothest cleans. Overall, it feels like a scene that grew up without losing its spark, welcoming to newcomers but guided by veterans who mind the room.

Riffs, runs, and hemlines: The Devil Wears Prada's live cut

Live, Mike Hranica handles the serrated screams while Jeremy DePoyster lifts choruses with a clean, slightly gritty tenor.

Tunings, tension, and lift

Guitars stack tight palm-muted rhythms against bright counter lines, and Giuseppe Capolupo drives fast but controlled kick patterns that leave room for the vocals. They often drop tunings live a notch from the records to thicken breakdowns, which makes the midtempo songs hit harder without speeding everything up. A common tweak is extending the outro of Salt so the band can let the hook breathe while lights pulse in cool whites and ambers. Older cuts sometimes get leaner arrangements, like Assistant to the Regional Manager shifting to a simpler intro so the first drop lands with more force.

Texture without clutter

Keys and textures come from a small sample rig that fills space tastefully rather than swallowing the guitars. Tempos flow well across the set, with bursts of chaos followed by open, ringing chords that reset ears before the next sprint. It is a music-first mix: drums tight and forward, vocals clear, and guitars thick but not muddy.

Kindred threads for The Devil Wears Prada fans

Fans of August Burns Red will find similar precision riffing and a positive, community-first pit culture.

Cut from a familiar cloth

Fit For A King overlaps on big sing-along choruses over chug-heavy guitars, appealing to the same balance of grit and melody. The resilience themes and bounce-back breakdowns of The Ghost Inside match The Devil Wears Prada's modern, motivational edge.

Melodic weight, shared spaces

If you grew up on Underoath, Prada's mix of synth atmosphere and screamed-to-sung tension will click right away. All four acts tour rooms where dynamics matter, trading blasts for space so the clean hooks land. They also attract listeners who care about tight execution without losing a raw, human feel. So if those bands sit in your playlists, this bill will feel like the next logical step, not a detour.