After Witch Cult we had another female-fronted band to partake of, Night Nurse (great name for a band BTW) from Portland.

Posted on September 8th, 2012 under outside of ashland, people, places. Tags: concert photography, musichead, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Night Nurse (PDX) @ Musichead

Last month Musichead had their “First Annual Metalfest.” Unfortunately, I was unable to attend. The band I really wanted to see at Metalfest was Witch Cult from Ashland. Black Metal in Ashland? Seemed hard to believe so I was excited to see that they were playing again. This time (September 4, 2012) they opened for some Portland bands.

I arrived a little late, in part because the shows never start on time in Medford. If Witch Cult started late it wasn’t very much after the 7 p.m. start time. I don’t think I missed more than one song. As I entered they were blasting through a familiar tune, some old Sepultura, written long before the Witch Cult members were born.

Witch Cult is as close to the Norwegian black metal bands as you can get, including corpse paint and names like Lillith, Destruidor Louco, Blaspherion Necrokult, and Kadath. With Witch Cult so close to home I won’t need to head to Norway for my black metal fix again anytime soon. 😉

Posted on September 7th, 2012 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, musichead, Nic Temple, nikon d7000, sigma 85mm f/1.4, witch cult. Comments Off on Witch Cult @ Musichead

I had the fortunate opportunity to catch Stoneburner again last night at Musichead in Medford. Tonight they play in Oakland at the Oakland Metro Operahouse and Saturday night you catch them in Concord, California at Concord’s Greenhouse.

Posted on August 31st, 2012 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, musichead, nikon d7000, stoneburner pdx. Comments: 1

Stoneburner was amazing at Musichead a few nights ago. I think they are coming back down from Portland in late August for another show in Medford.

Posted on July 25th, 2012 under outside of ashland, people, places. Tags: concert photography, music, musichead, nikon d7000, stoneburner pdx. Comments Off on Stoneburner @ Musichead

Sunday night marked the fourth time I’ve seen The Yearling but just the second time at Musichead.

Posted on July 24th, 2012 under people. Tags: concert photography, musichead, nikon d7000, sigma 85mm f/1.4, the yearling. Comments Off on The Yearling @ Musichead

A metal gig last night at Musichead featured three bands–Indra, The Yearling, and Stoneburner. I was really looking forward to Ninth Moon Black as well, but they had to cancel when their guitarist broke his wrist.

I missed most of Indra’s short set. They are a two-piece, local band. I don’t know their names or where they are from. Ashland? Medford? Indra had a good sound for just two guys. The guitarist was sporting a Heathen Shrine shirt, as you can see in this photo. Heathen Shrine is the other band of one of the members (Damon Kelly) of Stoneburner. Heathen Shrine started in Ashland but now calls Portland home.

Posted on July 23rd, 2012 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, musichead, nikon d7000, sigma 85mm f/1.4. Comments Off on Indra @ Musichead

Headlining the show I’ve been posting photos for was Armed for Apocalypse, also from Chico, California.

Armed for Apocalypse bassist Corey Vaspra sporting a Friday The 13th shirt on Friday the 13th

Posted on July 16th, 2012 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: armed for apocalypse, concert photography, musichead, nikon d7000, sigma 85mm f/1.4. Comments Off on Armed for Apocalypse @ Musichead

Following Maldemption was Into the Open Earth from Chico, California.

Posted on July 15th, 2012 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, musichead, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Into The Open Earth @ Musichead

Last night, Friday the 13th, there was another three-act metal show at Musichead.

First up was Maldemption, the only local band on the bill, doing their first live performance as Maldemption. A few years back they played as NailMary.

Posted on July 14th, 2012 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, musichead. Comments Off on Maldemption @ Musichead