Die Apokalyptischen Reiter live at Komplex457 in Zurich, Switzerland
Nightwish live in Zurich at Hallenstadion
I’ve been kicking and screaming for the past few weeks – or I would have been, had I been able to move my right foot more than a couple of inches above ground. The reason? I threw out my back doing some very simple exercise for my abs. Because I obviously need my bikini shape to shoot photos. And no, I don’t know how I managed to walk away from all the crazy stuff I’ve done on snowboards and bicycles only to make a disc in my back suicidal while laying on the floor. But it’s over, and since I’m back in the saddle, I figured it wouldn’t be the worst idea to go and shoot Nightwish at Hallenstadion.
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I can’t believe it’s been that long since my last Guess That Song riddle, which a lot of you guessed right as “Madonna / Frozen”. So, on to this one:
Guess That Song: Which band and song by that band do you see in this photo?
Alice Cooper live at Sonisphere festival Basel, Switzerland
First, I thought I should post the super scary, theatralic photo first. You know, the ones that make Alice Cooper Alice Cooper. Dramatic light, dramatic costume, everything. But then I thought it probably would chase away all the folks that landed on this blog because I shot Justin Bieber. And we don’t want that happening, do we? So, hit the jump for the scary photo…
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 ;-)
