HIM‘s performance at the Pageant brought the Finnish band’s self-proclaimed Love Metal to an adoring crowd. After being sonically assaulted by the metalcore barrage of Bleeding Through, Ville Valo and fellow Fins brought a more melodic version of metal-laced rock wrapped around Valo’s own sailing vocals.
Oct 31, 2007 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 50mm, 85mm, Bleeding Through, concert photography, f/1.4, finland, finnish, goth, heartagram, HIM, his infernal majesty, live, love metal, metal, metalcore, nikon 50mm, nikon 85mm, rock, tour | 20 Comments »
This past weekend was one of strange contrasts and saw me shooting metalcore band Bleeding Through one night, who opened for HIM, and then famed traditional pop and jazz singer Tony Bennett the next. Images from Bleeding Through are already up in the previous post, while those from Bennett’s performance are coming up. In addition, [...]
Oct 30, 2007 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: Bleeding Through, fox, HIM, images, live, muisc, Music Photography, pageant, pics, pictures, st. louis, tony bennet, tour | Leave A Comment »
The metalcore band Bleeding Through opened for HIM on Friday night, initially shocking a crowd unprepared for the brutal attack the band brought. Though the majority of the house had come for the more melodic stylings of Ville Valo and crew, many seemed to warm up to the unrelenting double bass and blast beats during [...]
Oct 28, 2007 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: Bleeding Through, Brandan Schieppati, Brian Leppke, cold war, Derek Youngsma, hardcore, Jona Weinhofen, Marta Peterson, metalcore, Ryan Wombacher, throwdown, trustkill records | 6 Comments »
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