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Happy birthday, Mikael Åkerfeldt!

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Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt @ 2017 Gefle Metal Festival

@OfficialOpeth

Posted on April 17th, 2022 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, concert photography, gefle metal festival, metal, Nikon D750, opeth, sweden. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Mikael Åkerfeldt!

Happy birthday, Mikael Åkerfeldt!

@OfficialOpeth @COPENHELL #copenhell

So sad that I won’t be seeing you in a couple months (@ the now canceled 2020 Copenhell)…

Posted on April 17th, 2020 under Denmark. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, concert photography, copenhell, Nikon D750, opeth. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Mikael Åkerfeldt!

2020 Copenhell Preview

Airbourne getting airborne at 2017 Copenhell

Copenhell is the biggest metal festival in Denmark. 2020 will be Copenhell’s 11th consecutive year and third year as a four-day festival. For the first four years Copenhell was a two-day festival (2010-2013), followed by four years (2014-2017) as a three-day festival. Regular four-day tickets for 2020 sold out in January 2020, but four-day VIP (RIP) tickets remain, as do three-day tickets (Thursday through Saturday) and single day tickets for all days except Saturday. The 2020 dates are June 17-20.

This year’s bigger names include Judas Priest, Kiss, Korn, Mastodon, Opeth, Disturbed, Emperor, Iron Maiden, Meshuggah, Devin Townsend, Gojira, and Mercyful Fate. Iron Maiden and Mercyful Fate are both playing on Saturday so, not surprisingly, that day sold out quickly. Other notable acts include The Hu, Destruction, Death To All, Bad Religion, and Jinjer. In addition to Mercyful Fate, Danish bands include Denial of God, Orm, Xenoblight, D-A-D, and Bersærk. About 20 more bands will be announced in the next couple months.

Copenhell crowd during Slayer’s 2018 performance

Copenhell has had three stages for several years so a band is nearly always playing, and frequently there are two bands going at once. On Wednesday only one stage has been open. In 2019 there were five bands on Wednesday and 13 – 17 bands on the other days. In 2020 Copenhell is adding a fourth stage, and two stages will be open on Wednesday. Along with the extra stage, Copenhell is selling 3,000 more tickets than last year. Hopefully the fourth stage, even with the additional tickets, will give things a less-crowded feel.

As anyone who has been to a metal festival knows, there is much more to the experience than just music. At Copenhell there are sideshow acts (Twisted Sisters pictured above), Copenhello (band meet and greets), Smadreland (Smash Land), art galleries, and cool places to relax and enjoy a cold one. Compared to festivals in Germany and the Czech Republic, the beer is expensive. However, the selection of alcohol is excellent–especially compared to festivals in other parts of Scandinavia where the beer is not only expensive and weak (4% or so) but also limited in how many you can buy at a time. Copenhell encourages large purchases by offering a discount when six are bought.

Single-day tickets are about US$80-$150 (depending on the day) or three-day tickets can still be had for about US$250. Four-day tickets can still be cobbled together (with a three-day ticket and a Wednesday single-day ticket) for about US$330. More details here.

Update: 3-day tickets are now sold out. Thursday tickets (Kiss, Judas Priest, Opeth, etc.) are also sold out. If you don’t have a ticket and want to attend all four days, your only option (but probably not for long) is a 4-day RIP ticket.

Posted on February 1st, 2020 under Denmark. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, airbourne, copenhell, crowd, kreator, Nikon D750, opeth, slayer. Comments Off on 2020 Copenhell Preview