German medieval metal band In Extremo live at Sonisphere festival 2011 in Basel, Switzerland
Bagpipes can only mean one thing. Bagpipes equals medieval metal, equals In Extremo. Ok, equals a lot of other bands, too, but In Extremo are undoubtedly something like the kings of that genre. That, and men in half-topless medieval-ish armor and their curious instruments (at last! no guitarists in the photo!) definitely count as eye candy…
Iron Maiden, this Sonisphere's headliners
Fred Durst enjoying the sunny weather at Sonisphere festival 2011
Yep, that’s how nice the weather was. And much as I described in my last post, the sunshine ain’t always the photographer’s friend. Like when suddenly, some Fred Durst decides to jump over to the fans and your lens is suddenly aimed at that giant fireball that’s illuminating our planet instead of black backdrops (and bored roadies who snooze on road cases… you should see some of the outtakes!)
Eric Martin of Mr. Big - still big after all these years!
Slipknot, probably the most famous masks in metal, live at Sonisphere festival Switzerland, 2011
Survived the holidays alright? Well here goes your next dose of Sonisphere photos recently dusted off and released from their captivity on my hard drive. Lots could be said about feelings of Slipknot performing their first tour without their late member Paul Gray, and probably someone should and did.
Turisas live at Sonisphere 2011
I’m glad I got talked out of taking photos at Gwar‘s concert – but you got to have your share of silicone masks and corpse/anything paint (though honestly, I’m happy if they keep it on their own faces, other than Gwar would have done ;-)
Rob Halford of Judas Priest at Sonisphere festival Switzerland, 2011
The Metal God! In the early days before Satan created bittorrent, I curiously searched around, errr, technically, the Internet, and upon inquiry, found Judas Priest’s entire discography. Yes, I was a Downloading Motherfucker™. And I found out that Judas Priest were very, very, indeed VERY much to my taste. I’d always thought they would be too hardcore for me. Though seriously, is that even possible?
David Coverdale of Whitesnake at Sonisphere Switzerland 2011
Unbelievable, but true: I still have all these great concert photos from Sonisphere on my hard drive and haven’t shared them yet. Shocking. Well at least I have the best intentions to *do* post them, and still in 2011. Well, who knows if there will be a Sonisphere 2012, anyway – …
Incubus at Hallenstadion Zurich, Switzerland
What to write? I went to take photos at Incubus’s concert at Hallenstadion. Other than that, my brain is still in “vacation – watch fishies, eat, sleep” mode after one week in Egypt. My brain did notice that it’s a tad colder here though. Approximately 23 °C colder, to be more exact. My brain has even come to the conclusion that it doesn’t like this very much… but:
Marie Frederiksson of Roxette at their concert at Hallenstadion Zurich
I was too young to see the movie “Pretty Woman” when it came out in 1990. Actually, I think I went to the movies for the first or second time that year, and it was to see “Home Alone”. According to simple math, I was 9, and two years from becoming a metalhead. But Roxette’s songs were the soundtrack to those times. For everybody. And if you were anything between 7 and 94 during those times and claim the opposite, you’re a liar :)
