Written by JRPosted in Gigs,PhotographyTags: 2013, Anniversary, Australia, Black Majesty, Bronson, Corner Hotel, Frankenbok, Heavy, Heavy Magazine, Heavy Metal, Infernal Nightmare, January, Melbourne, Richmond, Subjektive, Summer, Sunday, The Corner Hotel, Victoria, Visceral Industry, visceralindustry.comJanuary 28, 2013
HEAVY Magazine’s 1st Anniversary
Marking the 1st year anniversary for Australia’s definitive Heavy Metal magazine HEAVY was always destined to be a superb night.
So it was with great pleasure that I accepted the invitation to attend tonight’s celebrations (camera in tow of course!)
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Written by JRPosted in Gigs,PhotographyTags: Australia, Bourke Street, Chris Rörland, Concert, Emppu Vuorinen, facebook.com/john.raptis, Falun, Finland, Finnish, Floor Jansen Sabaton, Gig, Heavy Metal, Imaginaerum, Joakim Brodén, Jukka Nevalainen, Kitee, Live, Live Music, Marco Hietala, Melbourne, Music, Nightwish, Pär Sundström, Performance, Photos, Power Metal, Robban Bäck, Sabaton, Sweden, Symphonic Metal, The Palace, Thobbe Englund, Tuomas Holopainen, twitter.com/hellblazer, Victoria, Visceral Industry, visceralindustry.comJanuary 15, 2013
Imaginaerum
After the debacle that was the Marduk shoot a few days ago, I wasn’t feeling too passionate about tonight’s Nightwish/Sabaton gig. But I needn’t have been too concerned. The Palace as a venue, is about a million times better than the Hifi and production values are improved tenfold.
The venue was packed to the brim when openers Sabaton took the stage. I made it into the photo-pit just in time to hear my fellow photogs rib me about the Marduk shoot and the ensuing bitching I put forth after the show!
(as you do!)
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Written by JRPosted in Gigs,PhotographyTags: Australia, Black Metal, Concert, Daniel "Mortuus" Rostén, facebook.com/john.raptis, Gig, Heavy Metal, Hifi Bar, Lars Broddesson, Live, Live Music, Magnus "Devo" Andersson, Melbourne, Metal, Morgan "Evil" Steinmeyer Håkansson, Music, Norrköping, Patron Deity Of Babylon, Performance, Photos, Serpent Sermon, Sweden, The Hifi Bar, The Serpent Sermon Tour, twitter.com/hellblazer Marduk, Victoria, Visceral Industry, visceralindustry.comJanuary 13, 2013
Into Second Death
The less said about this debacle the better. In short, no photopit. No room to move. No fuckn lights (at least for the headliner who may as well have been lit by candlelight).
A total waste of time and effort.
Don’t laugh too hard at the ‘photos’.
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