@copenhell @YourBaroness @sargenthouse @RussianCircles #brutalAssault2019 #brutalassault @voivoddotnet #voivod @metalchurchis1 #Mgła

In no particular order:

ORM @ 2018 Copenhell

Orm – Ir

Rotting Christ – The Heretics

Kampfar – Ofidians Manifest

Ulver – Drone Activity

Rammstein – Rammstein

SAOR – Forgotten Paths

Death Angel – Humanicide

Baroness – Gold & Grey

Russian Circles – Blood Year

Demon Head – Hellfire Ocean Void

Tool – Fear Inoculum

Dawn Ray’d – Behold Sedition Plainsong

Mgła – Age of Excuse

Nordjevel – Necrogenesis

Chelsea Wolfe – Birth of Violence

Cult of Luna – A Dawn to Fear

葬尸湖 | Zuriaake – 深庭 | Resentment in the Ancient Courtyard

And some late 2018 arrivals that didn’t make my original 2018 list:

Voivod – The Wake

Unleashed – The Hunt for White Christ

Metal Church – Damned If You Do

Entropia – Vacuum

Night Crowned – Humanity Will Echo Out

Orange Goblin – The Wolf Bites Back

Valkyrja – Throne Ablaze

Posted on December 5th, 2019 under Other. Tags: baroness, brutal assault festival, chelsea wolfe, concert photography, copenhell, cult of luna, death angel, demon head, entropia, kampfar, metal church, mgla, night crowned, nordjevel, orange goblin, ORM, rammstein, rotting christ, russian circles, saor, tool, ulver, unleashed, valkyrja, voivod, zuriaake. Comments Off on Favorite albums of 2019

@COPENHELL #copenhell #copenhell2016 @OzzyOsbourne @BlackSabbath #BlackSabbath #ozzyosbourne #ozzy

Posted on December 3rd, 2019 under Denmark. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, black sabbath, concert photography, copenhell, metal, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Ozzy!

@COPENHELL #copenhell @Slayer #slayer

Slayer is done. I think we’ll see Kerry King do some things going forward, but Tom is done, and I don’t blame him. He has back issues, and I know how that feels. I’m almost done thanks to a back injury.

Slayer played their final show last weekend. I was fortunate enough to see them play in the 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s. There will be no reunions in the 20s. I saw them live in three different countries. I saw them from the photo pit and from the grass, a million miles from the stage, at Shoreline in Mountain View.

I think the most memorable moment was when I saw them in 1991 in Oakland. Testament and Megadeth were the openers. Megadeth and Slayer were touring on their finest albums IMO. This was in January, just prior to the Gulf War. Pre-9/11 security at shows was not very intense. At this show fans had brought in a wide variety of fireworks (for an indoor concert!). During the first song a number of bottle rockets and roman candles went off. With all of the “shock and awe” fireworks Tom jokingly said something like, “Hey, the war isn’t supposed to start until Wednesday!” based on something George Bush had said a few days prior. Sure enough the war in Iraq did start on the following Wednesday although the pit for Slayer (just a few days before the actual war) seemed to indicate otherwise.

Posted on December 2nd, 2019 under Denmark. Tags: concert photography, copenhell, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED Lens, Nikon D750, slayer. Comments Off on Slayer was…

@COPENHELL #copenhell #copenhell2018 @satyricon #satyricon

Posted on November 28th, 2019 under Denmark. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR Nikon lens, concert photography, copenhell, metal, Nikon D750, satyricon. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Satyr!

Posted on November 27th, 2019 under Denmark. Tags: abbath, concert photography, copenhell, metal, Nikon D500, Tokina AT-X 11-20mm F2.8 PRO DX. Comments Off on Happy birthday, King ov Hell!