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.

Olavi Mikkonen

Amon Amarth

Posted on July 18th, 2017 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, amon amarth, concert photography, gefle metal festival, metal, Nikon D750, vikings. Comments Off on Amon Amarth @ 2017 Gefle Metal Festival

Alex Skolnick @ 2017 Gefle metal Festval with Testament

@testament #TheBrotherhoodOfTheSnake @nuclearblastusa @nuclearblasteu

Testament setlist @ 2017 Gefle Metal Festival

Alex Skolnick and Chuck Billy

Posted on July 17th, 2017 under Other. Tags: concert photography, crowd, gefle metal festival, metal, Nikon D750, testament. Comments Off on Testament @ 2017 Gefle Metal Festival

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.

Posted on July 17th, 2017 under Other. Tags: concert photography, death angel, gefle metal festival, metal, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED Lens, Nikon D750, sunstar. Comments Off on Death Angel @ 2017 Gefle Metal Festival

Cesar Soto of Ministry at Copenhell 2017

@COPENHELL #copenhell @WeAreMinistry @csotoministry

Posted on July 12th, 2017 under Denmark. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, concert photography, copenhagen, copenhell, metal, ministry, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Cesar Soto!

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.

Posted on July 11th, 2017 under Other. Tags: ascalon, concert photography, metal, metal brew, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Ascalon @ 2016 Metal Brew