Time for the headliners to take the stage. Prong (photographs here) were the first to hit the stage a got the crowd rocking. Sepultura (photographs here) were up next and kept the Metropolis grooving. Now it was time for Testament to blow to roof off of the Metropolis. Testament had formed in the early 1980s in San Franciso, and though never associated with the Big 4 of Thrash Metal, they don't rank very far behind. Their late 1980's albums The New Order and Practice What You Preach saw lots of time on my stereo and though a revolving door of members and some cancer scares may have slowed them down along the way, the band reformed in 
the early 2000s and have had a string of successful albums since. They were in town to promote their most recent album, Brotherhood of the Snake, and a full Metropolis greeted them with outstretched hands and a roar of approval. There was one little problem from my point of view. Usually, the headliner gets the best lighting set-up because their stage set is usually the largest, so most of the lights get set up with them in mind. This was the case here as well, however the entire stage ended up being lit from behind. This made for some colourful backgrounds and some nice silhouette shots, but not it made things kind of difficult as with the lights 
pointing out into the crowd, it would sometimes try to fool the metering system of my camera. To combat this, I would try and follow the patters of the lights, as they would tend to follow the pace of the songs. I'd try and learn the pattern through the first chorus and then shoot through the rest of the song. Oh yeah, I was also trying to have some fun as well. I was at a concert after all. The first photograph was taken at f/4, 1/100sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm. The second photograph was taken at f/3.5, 1/200sec, ISO 1600 at 50mm and the third photograph was taken at f/4, 1/125sec, ISO 1600 at 50mm. Yes, those are a pair of legs in the middle of the shot. Lots of moshing and crowd surfing at these shows, and the reason why my old self stays near the relative safety of the sound board. Here are some more photographs that I took during the show.
the early 2000s and have had a string of successful albums since. They were in town to promote their most recent album, Brotherhood of the Snake, and a full Metropolis greeted them with outstretched hands and a roar of approval. There was one little problem from my point of view. Usually, the headliner gets the best lighting set-up because their stage set is usually the largest, so most of the lights get set up with them in mind. This was the case here as well, however the entire stage ended up being lit from behind. This made for some colourful backgrounds and some nice silhouette shots, but not it made things kind of difficult as with the lights 
pointing out into the crowd, it would sometimes try to fool the metering system of my camera. To combat this, I would try and follow the patters of the lights, as they would tend to follow the pace of the songs. I'd try and learn the pattern through the first chorus and then shoot through the rest of the song. Oh yeah, I was also trying to have some fun as well. I was at a concert after all. The first photograph was taken at f/4, 1/100sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm. The second photograph was taken at f/3.5, 1/200sec, ISO 1600 at 50mm and the third photograph was taken at f/4, 1/125sec, ISO 1600 at 50mm. Yes, those are a pair of legs in the middle of the shot. Lots of moshing and crowd surfing at these shows, and the reason why my old self stays near the relative safety of the sound board. Here are some more photographs that I took during the show.
f/4, 1/160sec, ISO 1600 at 50mm
f/4, 1/160sec, ISO 1600 at 50mm
f4, 1/40sec, ISO 1600 at 50mm
f/4.5, 1/200sec, ISO 1600 at 50mm
f/4.5, 1/320sec, ISO 1600 at 50mm
f/4.5, 1/250sec, ISO 1600 at 50mm
f/4.5, 1/60sec, ISO 1600 at 50mm
f/4.5 1/250sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
f/4.5, 1/250sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
f/4, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
All in all, it was a terrific night filled with lots of old songs that I really liked and some newer ones that rattled the rafters just as good as anything from their past catalogue. See you at the next show.
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