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Sanctuary @ 2017 Gefle Metal Festival

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Nick Cordle

@sanctuarymetal #geflemetalfestival #geflemetal @warrel_dane

Most of the band members I saw live with Sanctuary in 1990 are still with the band. Lots of fun doing time travel like this 27+ years later.

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Warrel Dane and Lenny Rutledge

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Dave Budbill

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Lenny Rutledge

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George Hernandez

Amon Amarth @ 2017 Gefle Metal Festival

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Amon Amarth about to hit the stage at the 2017 Gefle Metal Festival

@AmonAmarthBand #JOMSVIKING #geflemetalfestival #geflemetal

A little over nine years after seeing Amon Amarth for the first time, in Sweden, I was fortunate to see them again. They put on a bigger and better performance every time I go to one of their shows. It’s safe to say that the crowd was larger and more into Amon Amarth than for anyone else at this year’s Gefle Metal Festival.

Coincidentally, I was staying at an Airbnb in Gavle and someone formerly affiliated with the band happened to be staying there too. This person offered me a ride back to Stockholm after the festival. On that car ride south to Stockholm we passed a car with a Negative Self bumper sticker on it. That reminded me that I met a couple of guys at the festival (in bandanas in the front row for Testament) who said they were big fans of Negative Self and who encouraged me to check them out. I emailed them to see if it was them we passed and it was! A small world indeed.

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Olavi Mikkonen

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Amon Amarth

Stockholm’s Old Town

Stockholm's Old Town

Stockholm, Sweden’s Old Town (Gamla stan) was too crowded this past Sunday afternoon. Once the rain began, the tourists cleared out, and it became a very lovely place.

Testament @ 2017 Gefle Metal Festival

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Alex Skolnick @ 2017 Gefle metal Festval with Testament

@testament #TheBrotherhoodOfTheSnake @nuclearblastusa @nuclearblasteu

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Testament setlist @ 2017 Gefle Metal Festival

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Alex Skolnick and Chuck Billy

Death Angel @ 2017 Gefle Metal Festival

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Death Angel @ Gefle Metal Festival

@deathangel @nuclearblastusa @nuclearblasteu #deathangel #geflemetalfestival #geflemetal

Mark Osegueda

I had a wonderful four days in Sweden. My plane back to Copenhagen was delayed, and I didn’t arrive at my apartment until about 2 a.m. this morning. Today I’m back to work. No more festivals for me in Europe, but I will see Marillion in Berlin this coming weekend (Nervosa, too, on a different night).

I have almost 2,000 photos to go through. These are the first two I pulled up.

Ascalon @ 2016 Metal Brew

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Ascalon @ Metal Brew

I’m not going to make this year’s Metal Brew. Instead, I will be in Sweden for Gefle Metal Festival 2017. But if you happen to be in England this weekend, Metal Brew is tons of fun. This year’s headliner is Grim Reaper.