@COPENHELL #copenhell #copenhell2016 @ArtilleryMetal

Morten Stützer of Artillery @ 2016 Copenhell

Morten died last week at the age of 57. “By Inheritance” was one of my favorite albums of 1990 and was in frequent rotation on my CD player in 1991 and 1992. Khomaniac is an amazing track.

Back in 2008 I had no idea Artillery were from Copenhagen when I was in Copenhagen and saw fliers for their shows at The Rock. Unfortunately, they played before I got there (and again after I left before The Rock closed their doors in 2011). I so wanted to see them. They almost played in Southern Oregon at Club 66 in 2014, but I finally did get to see them at Copenhell.

Posted on October 7th, 2019 under Denmark. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, artillery, concert photography, copenhell, metal, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Metal Monday

Posted on September 30th, 2019 under Denmark. Tags: concert photography, copenhell, mustasch, nikon 50mm f/1.8, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Metal Monday

Alex Skolnick

@testament #TheBrotherhoodOfTheSnake @nuclearblastusa @nuclearblasteu @AlexSkolnick

Posted on September 29th, 2019 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, concert photography, gefle metal festival, Nikon D750, testament. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Alex Skolnick!

The 2020 festival acts are beginning to take shape. Download Festival, for instance, has announced Kiss, Iron Maiden, and System of a Down as headliners. I hope Iron Maiden is a headliner at some festival I’m at in 2020 as it’s been too long since I’ve seen them (2012). I have no interest in seeing Kiss (again). Typically, 50-75% of the headliners at Download Festival end up as headliners at Copenhell. I doubt Copenhell will have System of a Down again so soon and without a new album.

Gefle Metal Festival has made several announcements, but I won’t be going in 2020 as it’s the same weekend as Metal Magic. I’m really looking forward to Denial of God at Metal Magic 2020.

Brutal Assault is making a big announcement on October 1. I’m guessing it could be as many as 30 bands.

I’m thinking about doing one or two new festivals in 2020. The short list of possibilities include Bang Your Head (Tankard, Heathen, Riot V, Unleashed, etc.) or Dynamo MetalFest and MetalDays.

Posted on September 26th, 2019 under Other. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, brutal assault festival, concert photography, electric wizard, metal, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Brutal Assault band announcement for 2020

@CarcassBand #carcass #brutalAssault2019 #brutalassault

Posted on September 23rd, 2019 under Other. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, brutal assault festival, carcass, concert photography, metal, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Metal Monday