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: 2012, Amon Amarth, April, Australia, Battle Metal, Billboard, Billboard The Venue, Concert, Death Metal, Fredrik Andersson, Gig, Heavy Metal, Johan Hegg, Johan Söderberg, Melbourne, Metal, Music, Mythology, Olavi Mikkonen, Performance, Power Metal, Russell Street, Surtur Rising, Sweden, Swedish, Swedish Melodic Death Metal, Ted Lundström, Venue, Victoria, VikingsApril 17, 2012
Pursuit of Vikings
I’ve extolled the virtues of shooting gigs at Billboard many, many times over but lately, there have been some very poorly lit shows for us photogs. Tonight’s Amon Amarth gig was probably the worst I have seen Billboard lit for many a show. Which is a shame, because for the most part, Billboard is always a pleasure to shoot at.
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Written by JRPosted in Gigs,PhotographyTags: Australia, Billboard, Billboard The Venue, Brent Smedley, Concert, Dystopia, Florida, Freddie Vidales, Gig, Heavy Metal, Iced Earth, Jon Schaffer, Melbourne, Metal, Performance, Power Metal, Purgatory, Stu Block, Tampa, Troy Seele, Victoria, Visceral Industry, visceralindustry.comApril 5, 2012
Anguish Of Youth
After the plethora of gigs that hit these shores last month due to the Soundwave Festival and all the off-shoots, it was kinda cool to have some downtime between shows. So much so, I didn’t even feel in the mood to go and shoot tonight’s Iced Earth gig.
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Written by JRPosted in Gigs,PhotographyTags: 2009, Amon Amarth, Australia, Billboard, Billboard The Venue, Concert, Fredrik Andersson, Gig, Guardians Of Asgaard, Heavy Metal, Johan Hegg, Johan Söderberg, Live, Live Music, Melbourne, Metal, Olavi Mikkonen, Power Metal, Ted Lundström, Victoria, Viking, Visceral IndustryNovember 28, 2009
Guardians Of Asgaard
I’ve lost track of the number of gigs I have seen throughout the course of 2009. Trust me, there has been a few. One of the perks of shooting live music is that you get to see the gig for free so with that in mind, one does become a little complacent. It seems, at times, that one gig just rolls into the other and at the end of the day – it can get all rather stale.
Not tonight. Not tonight boys and girls. Amon Amarth were simply fucking phenomenal. For me, this was the gig of the year such was the power and ferocity that these guys utterly impressed and blew me away!
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