Our first visit to the Place Bell in Laval this year was to shoot one of the more famous Metalcore bands to make their way out of the United Kingdom, Bullet For My Valentine. This was their first visit to Montreal in seven years and their fans were almost in a frenzy, singing along with the music being played over the PA as they waited for the show to begin and erupting into one loud communal roar as their heroes hit the stage. The opening drum attack of the first song they played, Your Betrayal, had awaken the masses and the first mosh pit had already been formed before the guitar intro had ended. I'd say that the band was just as enthused as the crowd. They were very kind to us photographers as well. I noticed a couple of held poses during the three songs we were in the pit, and I was the recipient of one of them when lead guitarist Michael Paget looked right into my camera for a nice extended period. Much more fun than positioning yourself in front of an artist only for them to immediately turn away. Thanks Michael. The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/1000sec, ISO 5000 at 24mm. Here are several more photographs that I took of their performance.
f/2.8, 1/320sec, ISO 5000 at 63mm
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 5000 at 53mm
f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 5000 at 50mm
f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 5000 at 35mm
f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 5000 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 5000 at 30mm
f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 5000 at 28mm
f/3.2, 1/800sec, ISO 5000 at 38mm
f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 5000 at 28mm
f/2.8, 1/320sec, ISO 5000 at 67mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 5000 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 5000 at 24mm
f/2.8, 1/80sec, ISO 5000 at 55mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 5000 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/1600sec, ISO 5000 at 38mm
f/2.8, 1/320sec, ISO 5000 at 55mm
f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 5000 at 30mm
f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 5000 at 67mm
f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 5000 at 35mm
f/3.2, 1/800sec, ISO 5000 at 39mm
f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 5000 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 5000 at 35mm
f/3.2, 1/500sec, ISO 5000 at 24mm
If you'd like to find out more about
Bullet For My Valentine and their music, you can do so by following the link to their website. A big thank you goes out to Matt Ash and Niall Crisp of
Raw Power Management for getting me a pass to shoot the show. As always, the opportunity is very much appreciated. The band was continuing to tour off of their most recent album, 2021's
self-titled release, which will be re-released as a Deluxe version later this year. Hopefully it won't take another seven years
before they make their way back.
Our first visit to the Place Bell in Laval this year was to shoot one of the more famous Metalcore bands to make their way out of the United Kingdom, Bullet For My Valentine. This was their first visit to Montreal in seven years and their fans were almost in a frenzy, singing along with the music being played over the PA as they waited for the show to begin and erupting into one loud communal roar as their heroes hit the stage. The opening drum attack of the first song they played, Your Betrayal, had awaken the masses and the first mosh pit had already been formed before the guitar intro had ended. I'd say that the band was just as enthused as the crowd. They were very kind to us photographers as well. I noticed a couple of held poses during the three songs we were in the pit, and I was the recipient of one of them when lead guitarist Michael Paget looked right into my camera for a nice extended period. Much more fun than positioning yourself in front of an artist only for them to immediately turn away. Thanks Michael. The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/1000sec, ISO 5000 at 24mm. Here are several more photographs that I took of their performance. 
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