@satyricon #geflemetalfestival

Perhaps my favorite experience at 2018 Copenhell was Satyricon. So I was excited to see that I would get to see them again so soon at the 2019 Gefle Metal Festival. Sometimes the second time seeing a band after just a year can be disappointing. Such was not the case with Satyricon. If anything, I enjoyed their performance in Gävle even more.

I like how today’s photo came out with the Swedish colors of blue and yellow.

Most of the time when a Scandinavian band plays in another Scandinavian country they speak to the audience in English. Such was the case with Dimmu Borgir on the following night. However, Satyr, pictured above, spoke a lot between songs, and he did so all in Swedish.

Posted on July 25th, 2019 under Other. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, concert photography, gefle metal festival, Nikon D500, satyricon. Comments Off on Satyricon in Sweden

Today’s photo comes from a little over a month ago on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula of Iceland. Like most of the gorgeous places I visited on my short trip through northwestern Iceland on my way to Denmark, I was the only human there.

Posted on July 24th, 2019 under Iceland. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, landscape, Nikon D500, Snæfellsnes. Comments Off on Londrangar

#GefleMetalFestival
@JoQuailCello

I was supposed to see MYRKUR again this summer, twice. However, she is pregnant and has cancelled her shows. Jo Quail took her spot at the Gefle Metal Festival this past weekend. KADAVAR is her replacement at Brutal Assault, but I may miss them due to a time conflict with Hypocrisy and Cult of Luna. I love all three bands so it will be hard to choose. Maybe all of Hypocrisy and a bit of the other two, as I haven’t seen Hypocrisy before.

Anyway, back to Jo Quail. Her music is wonderful, looping, hypnotic soundscapes that I quite enjoy. I don’t understand why more metal bands don’t have someone on a cello. I’m pretty sure this was the second time I’ve seen Jo Quail. I think she was on the cello when MYRKUR did her softer set at 2018 Roskilde Festival on the Gloria Stage.

I kind of wish they had swapped her spot with Primordial, but then I wouldn’t have been able to see Night Crowned so it all worked out.

Posted on July 21st, 2019 under Other. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, concert photography, gefle metal festival, jo quail, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Jo Quail @ 2019 Gefle Metal Festival

@MetalMagicDK #brutalAssault2019 #brutalassault #slaegt #Slægt

A week ago, this happened. In three weeks, it will happen again at the Brutal Assault Festival in the Czech Republic.

Oskar Frederiksen and Anders Jørgensen

Slægt @ 2019 Metal Magic Festival (Fredericia, Denmark)

Posted on July 18th, 2019 under Denmark. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, concert photography, metal, metal magic festival, Nikon 300mm f/4 VR ED-IF AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D500, Slægt. Comments Off on Slægt @ 2019 Metal Magic Festival

@thomasdambo

I’ve been seeing photos of Thomas Dambo’s work online for a couple years now. This year, given that I’m living as far west of central Copenhagen as ever, seemed like a good year to venture out and see some of his Forgotten Giants in the wild. As of yesterday, I’m up to four. This is the first one I encountered, last month, entitled Sovende Louis.

Posted on July 17th, 2019 under Denmark. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, forgotten giants, living in copenhagen, Nikon D500, thomas dambo. Comments Off on Sleeping Louis