Joakim Svalberg

@OfficialOpeth @COPENHELL #copenhell

Opeth is one of my all-time favorite bands. I love all of their albums, especially their pre-2008 material. Unlike some, I do like their last four albums, but not nearly as much as their earlier releases. So when I took a peek at their setlist….

2017 Copenhell Opeth setlist

… and saw that only two songs were not off their last four albums, the thought that I was going to see them again in their entirety in a few weeks in Sweden, and that I really wanted to see Myrkur (a band I probably have little chance of seeing again), I made the decision to bolt after three songs to see Myrkur (which resulted in me only missing part of Myrkur’s first song).

I don’t regret the decision even though I would have loved to have heard Deliverance live for something like the tenth time. By the way, Opeth is now the only band I have seen in four different countries. I’ll see them for the third time in their native Sweden on July 15. I much prefer them outside of Scandinavia as I can understand Mikael’s between-songs banter when he isn’t speaking in Swedish.

Mikael Åkerfeldt

Hopefully, at the Gefle Metal Festival–were they will be headlining and hopefully playing a longer set, we’ll get to hear at least a song or two off of each of the “Blackwater Park” and “My Arms, Your Hearse” albums.

Fredrik Åkesson

June 26th, 2017 | Tags: concert photography, copenhell, metal, Nikon D750, opeth | Category: Denmark | Comments Off on Opeth @ 2017 Copenhell

This is my fourth summer in Copenhagen (2008, 2011, and 2016 being the first three). I like to stay in a different area each time I come to Denmark to explore a new neighborhood and experience more new things. The last three times I’ve always been a two-minute bike ride (at most) from Copenhagen’s lakes. This year I’m in Valby. I miss the lakes. The views from my other places were more interesting, but this year’s views aren’t altogether bad. I have a neat looking neighborhood out my front window (below) that I’m looking forward to investigating soon.

June 26th, 2017 | Tags: living in copenhagen, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED Lens, Nikon D750 | Category: Denmark | Comments Off on Copenhagen apartment views (year 4)

Svend Karlsson

@COPENHELL #copenhell @baestband

Baest is the first band I saw on Day 3 of 2017 Copenhell. The skies opened when they hit the stage and the audience (and photographers) got drenched. I didn’t change lenses due to the rain, so I don’t have a total band, wide-angle shot.

From chatting with them after their set it looks like the first Baest album will come out in 2018. Baest, from Aarhus, Denmark, will play at Roskilde on Monday, but my first day at the Roskilde Festival will be Wednesday.

Mattias Melchiorsen

Sebastian Abildsten

Lasse Revsbech

Simon Olsen of Baest @ 2017 Copenhell

June 25th, 2017 | Tags: aarhus, AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, baest, concert photography, copenhell, metal, Nikon D750 | Category: Denmark | Comments Off on Baest @ 2017 Copenhell

@COPENHELL #copenhell @YourBaroness @WeAreMinistry

Today’s highlights will include Overkill, Opeth, and Slayer.

Ministry

Batushka

One of Gina Gleason’s first shows as Baroness guitarist

June 24th, 2017 | Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, baroness, batushka, concert photography, copenhell, crowd, metal, ministry, Nikon D750 | Category: Denmark | Comments Off on Day 3 of 2017 Copenhell begins

Slægt @ 2017 Copenhell

@COPENHELL #copenhell #Slægt

No, this is not Dave Mustaine. That was last year. Copenhell does not repeat acts on consecutive years.

This photo is the future. Slægt is from Denmark, and with any luck, they will be the best thing to come out of Denmark since King Diamond. (Lars Ulrich doesn’t count since everything Metallica has done since Cliff Burton died–especially the drums–has been awful.)

Slægt’s new album is the most amazing thing a bunch of barely 20-year olds have done in decades. You can listen to it here. You can like and follow them on Facebook here.

June 23rd, 2017 | Tags: concert photography, copenhell, metal, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, Slægt | Category: Denmark | Comments Off on Dave Mustaine?