Death Angel @ 2017 Gefle Metal Festival

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I was quite happy to hear that Death Angel was added to the 2020 MetalDays Festival a few days ago. On that day, the above photo turned up as my random, desktop background image, and I smiled. Then I looked closer and noticed an “Easter egg” somewhat hidden in the photograph. Do you see it?

Warrel Dane hanging out on the back of the Death Angel stage at Gefle Metal Festival (a few months before he died)

Posted on March 9th, 2020 under Other. Tags: concert photography, death angel, gefle metal festival, metal, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED Lens, Nikon D750, sanctuary band. Comments Off on Metal Monday

Death Angel @ 2017 Gefle Metal Festival

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Posted on February 9th, 2020 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, concert photography, death angel, gefle metal festival, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Mark Osegueda!

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29 years elapsed between the two times I’ve seen Flotsam and Jetsam live. With any luck, I’ll get to see them just a year later in 2020 at some European festival. They are playing in France in late June so maybe Copenhell or Roskilde Festival.

Posted on January 13th, 2020 under Other. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, concert photography, flotsam and jetsam, gefle metal festival, metal, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Metal Monday

Having been a fan of Candlemass since the late 1980s, I was a bit disappointed to see them for the first time (at Copenhell in 2017) without Messiah Marcolin. I know, Messiah wasn’t the lead singer on their most famous album, but he still was Candlemass in my mind. A few weeks later I was shocked to finally get to see Messiah, as a one-off surprise with Amon Amarth at Gefle Metal Festival. They performed Hel off of “Deceiver of the Gods”.

The magic didn’t stop there. A couple days later I was offered a ride to Stockholm by Johan Hegg’s former girlfriend, and a couple years later I stood next to Johan during Dark Tranquillity’s set at Gefle Metal Festival.

There will be no Gefle Metal Festival for me in 2020 as the days conflict with the Metal Magic Festival.

Posted on December 10th, 2019 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, amon amarth, candlemass, concert photography, gefle metal festival, metal, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Messiah Marcolin!

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Posted on December 9th, 2019 under Other. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, concert photography, dimmu borgir, gefle metal festival, metal, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Metal Monday