Normally, running your hand through a stranger’s sweaty hair is disgusting. But when that stranger is Ben Bruce, the guitarist for British metalcore band Asking Alexandria, and he’s leaning into the crowd during the band’s set on the For We Are Many tour, you can’t help but reach up and tousle his curly locks.

The Oct. 25 show at Emo’s, however, didn’t start with Asking Alexandria. And She Whispered, a Las Vegas post-hardcore band, took the stage first. With most fans in the crowd eager to see the harder headliners, And She Whispered, who are in all honesty on the lighter side of the post-hardcore genre, had a bit of a hard time getting the crowd pumped up.

Despite the crowd’s lack of excitement, And She Whispered put on a good show. All four musicians are talented at their individual instruments, and the band’s songs are all very catchy. Lead singer Andrew Caruso even admitted to having a cold, but his performance didn’t give it away.

After a quick gear change, Born Of Osiris took the stage. Reigning from Palatine, Ill., Born Of Osiris mixes metal with a few scatterings of synth beats and bass that hits you so hard, you can feel the back of your eyes shaking.

Picking up where And She Whispered left off, Born Of Osiris not only grabbed the attention of everyone at the show, but also got everyone pushing, shoving, moshing and trying to get as close to the stage as possible. Fans started crowd surfing, and one girl was so inspired by Born Of Osiris’s set that she scaled the rafters and hung upside down from the ceiling until she dropped into the waiting arms of the crowd below.

Asking Alexandria was next on the lineup. The British band is widely known for putting on some of the best shows, and this one was no exception. As soon as the band walked on stage, the air in the room vanished as the whole crowd rushed the stage.

The band played all the fan favorites like “I Was Once, Possibly, Maybe, Perhaps a Cowboy King,” “If You Can’t Ride Two Horses at Once… You Should Get Out of the Circus,” and “The Final Episode.” The band also played “A Prophecy” and announced they’d be releasing a new music video for it soon. In addition, the band premiered songs from their eagerly awaited sophomore album, which should be well received, as the crowd had the whole building shaking during the songs.

All That Remains, a metal band from Springfield, Mass., finished off the night. The band’s more mature metal sound and throaty growls had the whole crowd cheering, moshing and throwing up the classic devil horns.

With their surprisingly captivating light show and their finely tuned live performance, All That Remains was a perfect end to a very memorable tour.