Metal

Concert Review + Photography: Ghost BC at Mill City Nights (Minneapolis, MN)

Concert Review + Photography: Ghost BC at Mill City Nights (Minneapolis, MN)

Ghost (Sweden) May 4th, 2013 Mill City Nights in Minneapolis, MN Full Photo Gallery: Ghost BC at Mill City Nights First spotted as an unknown opener for Opeth and Mastodon last year at Myth Live, Ghost blew me away. I fell in love with the Blue Oyster Cult, Black Sabbath-like Heavy Metal combined with theatrics and(…)

Photography: Suicidal Tendencies, D.R.I., Waking The Dead and In Defence at Mill City Nights (Minneapolis, MN)

Photography: Suicidal Tendencies, D.R.I., Waking The Dead and In Defence at Mill City Nights (Minneapolis, MN)

Suicidal Tendencies (Venice, CA), D.R.I. Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (Houston, TX),  Waking The Dead (Los Angeles, CA), and In Defence (Minneapolis, MN) April 16th, 2013 Mill City Nights in Minneapolis, MN Full Gallery: Suicidal Tendencies, DRI and Wake The Dead The Slam City Tour made a stop in Minneapolis, much to the excitement of metal, punk and(…)

Photography: Lamb of God, In Flames, Hatebreed and Sylosis at The Myth (Maplewood, MN)

Photography: Lamb of God, In Flames, Hatebreed and Sylosis at The Myth (Maplewood, MN)

Lamb of God (Richmond, VA), In Flames (Gothenburg, Sweden), Hatebreed (Connecticut) and Sylosis (Reading, UK) November 10th, 2012 The Myth in Maplewood, MN Photo Gallery: Lamb of God, In Flames, Hatebreed and Sylosis at The Myth Setlist: In Flames Sounds of a Playground Dead Ships Dwell Reroute to Remain Embody the Invisible Cloud Connected Fear is the(…)

Festival Review + Photography: Heavy T.O. (Toronto, Ontario)

Festival Review + Photography: Heavy T.O. (Toronto, Ontario)

In Flames (Gothenburg, Sweden), Marilyn Manson (Los Angeles, CA), Slipknot (Des Moines, IA), Cannibal Corpse (Tampa, FL), Killswitch Engage (Boston, MA), Deftones (Sacramento, CA), Five Finger Death Punch (Las Vegas, NV), System of a Down (Los Angeles, CA) August 11-12th, 2012 Heavy T.O. in Toronto, Ontario Heavy T.O.!!  Toronto’s very own, once-a-year metal festival!  Two days of back to back bands playing music(…)

Festival Review + Photography: River’s Edge Music Festival (St Paul, MN)

Festival Review + Photography: River’s Edge Music Festival (St Paul, MN)

Tool (Los Angeles, CA), The Flaming Lips (Oklahoma City, OK), Brand New (Long Island, NY), Quietdrive (Minneapolis), Coheed and Cambria (New York, NY), Sublime with Rome (Long Beach, CA), Delta Spirit (Long Beach, CA), Kinky (Mexico), Civil Twilight (Cape Town, South Africa), AWOLNATION (Los Angeles, CA), Kids These Days (Chicago, IL), Scissor Sisters (New York, NY), Dave Matthews Band (Charlottesville,(…)

Concert Review + Photography: Mastodon and Ghost at The Myth, Opeth sadly missed (Maplewood, MN)

Concert Review + Photography: Mastodon and Ghost at The Myth, Opeth sadly missed (Maplewood, MN)

Ghost (Sweden), Opeth (Stockholm, Sweden) and Mastodon (Atlanta, GA) May 7th, 2012 Myth Nightclub in Maplewood, MN First and foremost, I want to extend my best wishes to Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth, who was hurt in a car accident shortly before the show tonight. Although I was bummed out that I could not see and photograph the band,(…)

Review: Loma Prieta – I.V. (2012)

Review: Loma Prieta – I.V. (2012)

If you’re unfamiliar with Loma Prieta (like I was a few short months ago) this is their 4th full length, first with Deathwish Inc.  If you’re unfamiliar with Deathwish, it’s run by Converge frontman Jacob Bannon, and whether you like the bands on the label or not, Deathwish is not known to waste time with(…)

Review: Without Waves – Scab Platter (2011)

Review: Without Waves – Scab Platter (2011)

In the last 20 years, metal has attempted to transcend conventional approaches by blending its different sects, burrowing into seemingly opposite musical styles, or just flat out sexually assaulting other genres.  The result has been even more metal sub-genres in a fairly successful effort to stay fresh.  Scab Platter by newcomers Without Waves has slammed(…)