Enslaved @ Getaway Rock Festival 2011

Posted on November 18th, 2011 under Other. Tags: enslaved, getaway rock festival, metal. Comments: 1

Herman Frank, Peter Baltes, and Wolf Hoffmann of Accept

One of the highlights of this past summer was being able to photograph bands like Accept. My concert photography opportunities have been dwindling lately. I was supposed to photograph GWAR last week, but their guitarist, Cory Smoot, died and the show was cancelled. I’ll probably take a few shots of Floater this weekend, but the venue has really poor lighting so I’m not expecting anything amazing.

Posted on November 15th, 2011 under Other. Tags: accept, getaway rock festival, metal. Comments Off on Accept

Death Angel @ Getaway Rock Festival 2011

I would have really liked to have witnessed Death Angel again on their current tour. Alas, they bypassed Southern Oregon, like most bands do, and played in Portland to start the tour and will play in Reno to end it. Too bad they didn’t add Ashland or Medford to the beginning or the end of the tour. Today’s photo is from this past summer in Sweden.

Posted on October 26th, 2011 under Other. Tags: death angel, getaway rock festival. Comments Off on Death Angel

Rob Cavestany of Death Angel @ Getaway Rock Festival 2011

Every incarnation of Death Angel has featured Rob Cavestany on lead guitar. He is a good guy and a superb guitarist. Although he rarely sings lead in Death Angel, I enjoyed his vocals during The Organization years too.

Posted on September 28th, 2011 under Other. Tags: death angel, getaway rock festival. Comments Off on Death Angel’s Rob Cavestany

Mikael Åkerfeldt at the Getaway Rock Festival

Opeth’s new album comes out in a few days. You can listen to it on NPR already here. I have listened to it twice and don’t really have much desire to listen to it again. Not that it’s “bad.” There just isn’t anything about Heritage to get me excited or want to listen to it on a regular basis. If I had to compare it to something I’d have to say Deep Purple. I like Deep Purple, owning several of their CDs in fact, but like Opeth’s “Heritage” my Deep Purple CDs sit and rarely get heard.

Now if you are into classic progressive rock, or Damnation (although this doesn’t sound too much like Damnation other than the clean vocals) is your favorite Opeth CD, then you will probably love Heritage. For me, I like variety, tempo changes, and at least occasional heavy elements. I’ll have to stick with Opeth’s older works for the time being. What will Opeth’s next offering be like? Will they return to form? Only time will tell.

Posted on September 15th, 2011 under Other. Tags: getaway rock festival, opeth. Comments Off on Opeth’s Heritage