@EarsplitPR @WOWHall @nanotear @RelapseRecords @quantumyob

A couple weeks ago, this happened.

Posted on December 20th, 2019 under Oregon. Tags: concert photography, metal, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED Lens, Nikon D750, WOW Hall, yob. Comments Off on YOB rhythm section

@EasyRiderRecord #blackwaterholylight @WOWHall

Blackwater Holylight and Earthless opened for Yob at the WOW Hall a couple nights ago. I went, of course, to see Yob, but the opening acts were outstanding. In fact, if I were to have created this list today, instead of a week ago, Veils of Winter would be on it.

Posted on December 8th, 2019 under Oregon. Tags: blackwater holylight, concert photography, metal, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED Lens, Nikon D750, WOW Hall. Comments Off on Blackwater Holylight @ WOW Hall

@BloodbathBand #geflemetalfestival #geflemetal #brutalassault #brutalassault2020

12 more bands were just announced for next year’s Brutal Assault Festival. I’ve always wanted to see Devin Townsend so this will be a first timer. Uada, Bloodbath, Sacred Reich, Soen, Mayhem, and Venom are welcome additions.

Posted on December 3rd, 2019 under Other. Tags: bloodbath, brutal assault festival, concert photography, devin townsend, gefle metal festival, mayhem, metal, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED Lens, Nikon D750, sacred reich, soen, uada, venom. Comments Off on Bloodbath to 2020 Brutal Assault

@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…

Today’s photo was taken after midnight on my way back to my Airbnb after the Gefle Metal Festival was over a couple years ago.

This year my Airbnb in Gävle was in an amazing house of similar age.

Posted on August 6th, 2019 under Other. Tags: blue hour, buildings, gavle, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED Lens, Nikon D750, sweden. Comments Off on 1889 Gävle Skola