Voivod @ Oakland Metro (2015)

#mybrutalassault #mybrutal2019 #brutalAssault2019 #brutalassault @voivoddotnet #voivod @hypocrisyband

Also today….

Hexis
Kraanium
Ensiferum
Soilwork
Incantation
Faketushka
Therion
Prong
Coven
Cult of Luna
Kadavar
Hypocrisy
The Ocean

Of the bands I’ve seen before, I’m most looking forward to Voivod. Of those I haven’t seen before, Hypocrisy.

Lots of rain in the forecast at Brutal Assault today, but as the guy sitting on the train next to me on the way to Roskilde Festival said, “We are not made of sugar!”

Posted on August 7th, 2019 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, brutal assault festival, concert photography, Nikon D750, voivod. Comments Off on Today’s agenda

Today’s photo was taken after midnight on my way back to my Airbnb after the Gefle Metal Festival was over a couple years ago.

This year my Airbnb in Gävle was in an amazing house of similar age.

Posted on August 6th, 2019 under Other. Tags: blue hour, buildings, gavle, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED Lens, Nikon D750, sweden. Comments Off on 1889 Gävle Skola

@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

@SeasonofMist #geflemetalfestival #geflemetal #GMF #Destroyer666

I haven’t looked at more than a few of my (1,500+) photos from the 2019 Gefle Metal Festival yet, but here is one from a couple years ago.

Posted on July 22nd, 2019 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, concert photography, Deströyer 666, gefle metal festival, metal, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Metal Monday

#GefleMetalFestival
@JoQuailCello

I was supposed to see MYRKUR again this summer, twice. However, she is pregnant and has cancelled her shows. Jo Quail took her spot at the Gefle Metal Festival this past weekend. KADAVAR is her replacement at Brutal Assault, but I may miss them due to a time conflict with Hypocrisy and Cult of Luna. I love all three bands so it will be hard to choose. Maybe all of Hypocrisy and a bit of the other two, as I haven’t seen Hypocrisy before.

Anyway, back to Jo Quail. Her music is wonderful, looping, hypnotic soundscapes that I quite enjoy. I don’t understand why more metal bands don’t have someone on a cello. I’m pretty sure this was the second time I’ve seen Jo Quail. I think she was on the cello when MYRKUR did her softer set at 2018 Roskilde Festival on the Gloria Stage.

I kind of wish they had swapped her spot with Primordial, but then I wouldn’t have been able to see Night Crowned so it all worked out.

Posted on July 21st, 2019 under Other. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, concert photography, gefle metal festival, jo quail, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Jo Quail @ 2019 Gefle Metal Festival