Editor’s Note: Last time Royal Blood were in Boston, they opened for Foo Fighters at Fenway Park. Friday night (June 2) at the Paradise Rock Club, one can say they were just as loud. The British guitar-rock duo kicked off their North American tour with a fury of sound and strobes, giving a very sold-out ‘Dise crowd a dose of upcoming record How Did We Get So Dark? Matthew Shelter was all over the room for Vanyaland, snapping Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher in action along with the openers, Los Angeles rock band The Shelters. Scroll through his full gallery below.