@satyricon #geflemetalfestival

I’ve gone longer periods of time without live music. In the 90s, for instance, I would go months without seeing a live performance. That had a lot to do with how busy I was with my career and young family though. Over the past decade I’ve become accustomed to live music a few times a month and nearly everyday in the summers.

I’ve only been to a couple live shows this year and haven’t been to one in three months now. That was OK because I had so many lined up this summer. But now all of those have been cancelled so I’m chomping at the bit. I’m even toying with the idea of flying to Mexico in November to see Satyricon at Mexico Metal Fest (which also includes Kreator, Mayhem, Sodom, Nile, Destruction, Pentagram, Tankard, and 1349). Of course, Mexico Metal Fest may get cancelled too so for now I’m just trying to be patient and hope that 2021 returns to normal.

Today’s photo was taken at the 2019 Gefle Metal Festival. I wasn’t planning on going to the 2020 edition because it was the same weekend as Metal Magic. In 2021 Gefle Metal Festival will not clash with Metal Magic so I may be making another trip to Sweden.

2021 Gefle Metal Festival Lineup

Posted on May 5th, 2020 under Other. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, concert photography, gefle metal festival, Nikon D500, satyricon. Comments Off on Insatiable desire for live music

@COPENHELL #copenhell #copenhell2018 @satyricon #satyricon

Posted on November 28th, 2019 under Denmark. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR Nikon lens, concert photography, copenhell, metal, Nikon D750, satyricon. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Satyr!

@satyricon #geflemetalfestival

Perhaps my favorite experience at 2018 Copenhell was Satyricon. So I was excited to see that I would get to see them again so soon at the 2019 Gefle Metal Festival. Sometimes the second time seeing a band after just a year can be disappointing. Such was not the case with Satyricon. If anything, I enjoyed their performance in Gävle even more.

I like how today’s photo came out with the Swedish colors of blue and yellow.

Most of the time when a Scandinavian band plays in another Scandinavian country they speak to the audience in English. Such was the case with Dimmu Borgir on the following night. However, Satyr, pictured above, spoke a lot between songs, and he did so all in Swedish.

Posted on July 25th, 2019 under Other. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, concert photography, gefle metal festival, Nikon D500, satyricon. Comments Off on Satyricon in Sweden

@COPENHELL #copenhell #copenhell2018 @satyricon #geflemetalfestival

25 days until Satyricon at Gefle Metal Festival…

Posted on June 24th, 2019 under Denmark. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR Nikon lens, concert photography, copenhell, Nikon D750, satyricon. Comments Off on Metal Monday

Watain @ 2018 Roskilde Festival on the Trident Wolf Eclipse tour

@COPENHELL #copenhell #copenhell2018 @satyricon @EarsplitPR @nanotear @RelapseRecords @quantumyob @HighonFireBand @MetalMagicDK

In no particular order…

Watain, Trident Wolf Eclipse

At The Gates, To Drink From The Night Itself

Black Oath, Behold the Abyss

Master’s Hammer, Fascinator

František Štorm of Master’s Hammer @ 2018 Metal Magic Festival

Tribulation, Down Below

YOB, Our Raw Heart

Mike Scheidt of YOB playing Our Raw Heart for the first time at the WOW Hall in Eugene, Oregon (February 2018)

High On Fire, Electric Messiah

A Perfect Circle, Eat The Elephant

Behemoth, I Loved You At Your Darkest

Slaegt, The Wheel

Dimmu Borgir, Eonian

Primordial, Exile Amongst the Ruins

Grusom, Grusom II

Steinar Gundersen of Satyricon @ 2018 Copenhell on the Deep Calleth Upon Deep Tour

And since I didn’t do one of these in 2017, a couple of favorites from late in 2017:

Pagan Altar, The Room of Shadows

Satyricon, Deep Calleth Upon Deep

For 2019 I’m really looking forward to new Tool and Rammstein (and seeing both bands too).

Posted on December 31st, 2018 under Other. Tags: at the gates, behemoth, black oath, concert photography, copenhell, dimmu borgir, grusom, high on fire, master's hammer, metal, metal magic festival, pagan altar, primordial, rammstein, satyricon, Slægt, tool, tribulation, watain, WOW Hall, yob. Comments Off on Favorite albums of 2018