2018 Copenhell schedule

@COPENHELL #copenhell @orangefeeling #RF18

The Roskilde Festival and Copenhell have revealed their detailed schedules for 2018.

Bad news for Roskilde is Skeletonwitch is playing while I’m teaching. I really wanted to see those guys, especially since what I’ve heard from their new album (Devouring Radiant Light) sounds so good. David Byrne is not on the Orange stage. What? That’s weird. Also his set overlaps Myrkur and Watain. I’ll probably skip Myrkur on Friday and just catch Myrkur’s Saturday set. I’ll miss the end of Byrne’s set to see all of Watain.

Copenhell’s schedule (above) has several problems for me. First is how weak the lineup is on Thursday. I could actually skip Thursday and not feel like I missed much. I may end up leaving by 10 p.m. on Thursday. Should I sit around for two hours to wait for Zeal & Ardor? I don’t know.

Friday has two problems. I want to see Orm again, but I don’t want to miss At The Gates or the beginning of the Deftones. I wanted to see Bersaerk but will likely only catch their first song so I don’t miss any of Kreator.

Saturday is filled with problems. Corrosion of Conformity at the same time as Igorrr? Dang, I’ll probably have to leave CoC early to catch a bit of Igorrr. Satyricon at the same time as Alestorm? I’ll probably miss all of Alestorm unfortunately. Tsjuder at the same time as Sodom? I’ll just catch the first Tsjuder song.

Posted on May 8th, 2018 under Denmark. Tags: copenhell, metal, roskilde festival. Comments Off on Festival schedules released

@COPENHELL #copenhell

A storm is coming… 44 days to be exact.

More photos from Copenhell here.

Posted on May 7th, 2018 under Denmark. Tags: clouds, concert photography, copenhell, crowd, Nikon D500, skywatch, Tokina AT-X 11-20mm F2.8 PRO DX. Comments Off on Metal Monday

Gary Holt of Slayer at 2017 Copenhell

@COPENHELL #copenhell @Slayer

Gary and I both grew up in the East Bay. Ironically, even though I’ve seen him twice, I’ve never seen him play in the USA. I saw him in Copenhagen, with Exodus, in 2008 and then again with Slayer last year (also in Copenhagen). At the end of next month I’ll see him again in Copenhagen, playing guitar for Exodus.

Posted on May 4th, 2018 under Denmark. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, concert photography, copenhell, metal, Nikon D750, slayer. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Gary Holt!

#visitlillebaelt @FAavisen #Fredericia

If this looks like a normal Danish town photo taken from a nearby hillside, look again. Notice the picnic table in the center. The buildings are smaller than the picnic table!

Here is another angle from the same “Historical Miniature Town”.

Posted on April 28th, 2018 under Denmark. Tags: Den Historiske Miniby, fredericia, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED Lens, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Den Historiske Miniby

@orangefeeling

Hours after getting drenched during the Foo Fighters (and watching Cult of Luna under the Avalon big top), I headed back to the station and took this photo at 2:39 a.m. There was no other way to the tracks at this hour so I had to wade through the puddles (some of which were more than a few inches deep). When I woke, 9 or 10 hours later, I noticed that my boots looked like they had been completely papier-mâchéd.

No Roskilde Festival experience is complete without such hardships.

Posted on April 27th, 2018 under Denmark. Tags: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED Lens, Nikon D750, roskilde. Comments Off on Minor flood