The Native Howl At Théâtre Corona

Some thing when mixed together can produce surprising results.  For instance, this past Saturday night at the Théâtre Corona in Montreal, The Native Howl, hailing from Detroit, Michigan, hit the stage to share a special mixture of their own.  By combining Thrash Metal and County Bluegrass, they have developed a style of music of their own that they like to call Thrash Grass.  It may not be as popular a mix as peanut butter and chocolate, but it certainly produced a more than pleasing sensation to the sold our crown who had packed the venue.  As I've said many times before, one of the more fun aspects of shooting concerts is discovering bands I had never heard of. The Native Howl go right near the top of the list of surprise opening bands that I really enjoyed.  I surely wasn't the only one either as they had won over the crowd early before sending them into meltdown with a mash up of Metallica's Harvester Of Sorrow and the song Man Of Constant Sorrow by the Soggy Bottom Boys, ofcourse from the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?  At that point, the battle was over, The Native Howl had successfully won over the sold out crowd and even got me to head over to their merchandise stand later in the night to purchase their two CDs.  Yes, they still do exist.  There was a long line at that merch stand, so I was surely not the only conver to the Thrash Grass movement.  The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 1600 at 35mm.  Here are several more photographs that I took during their eye opening performance.

f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 1600 at 33mm

f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 1600 at 26mm

f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 1600 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 1600 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 1600 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm

f/14, 1/400sec, ISO 2000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 39mm

f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/60sec, ISO 1600 at 65mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm

If you'd like to find out more about The Native Howl and their music, you can do so by following the link to their website.  If you'd like to see the photographs of Airbourne, who hit the stage later that night, you can do so by following the link.  Thrash Grass was a new experience for me, but one that I hope to hear more of in the future.