Taste The Rainbow

 

 

The Heir Apparent had a birthday the other day.  She just turned four, and it just seems like yesterday that we brought her home.  To mark the occasion, My Lovely Assistant whipped up a birthday cake with enough sugar in it to stir up a room of toddlers into a frenzy.  Maybe an adult or two as well.  It was covered in enough Smarties and sugar candies to make any dentist faint and you can assure that some teeth were well brushed before bedtime.  Much like the gingerbread house at Christmas, it didn't take very long before every last piece was gone.  The photograph was taken at f/7.1, 1/30sec, ISO 6400 at 70mm and cropped to 12inches by 4.5inches to stretch the photograph out.  I'm more of a salty treat kind of guy, but anything with Smarties included is good by me.  Judging by how little was left, it certainly went over well with all of the bellies in the room, and all of the colours were fun for the eyes as well.

Vantablack Warship At Théâtre Beanfield

Even with all hands on deck and ready for action, the Théâtre Beanfield was barely able to contain the awesome firepower of Vantablack Warship when it docked there last week.  Bad boat jokes aside, Vantablack Warship really did almost blow the roof off of the historic building on a night when four Montreal based bands filled the musical bill.  This was my first time seeing Vantablack Warship, and to say that they left an impression would be an understatement.  The bio on their website reads that "Vantablack Warship mixes thrash metal, hardcore and punk. Their music is rhythmic, contagious, aggressive, violent, caustic… All with a serious dose of groove!"  I certainly found that to be the case.  They also have a very good lighting director as the lights were among the best I have ever experienced for a non-headliner.  Your image is very important in photography, and their singer Yannick 'Pil' Pilon has such an expressive face and it was lit in all kinds of different styles.  It makes for much more interesting photographs than the many baseball caps that I had been seeing of late.  Vantablack Warship certainly did their part to get the fans all good and rowdy.  Within seconds of hitting the stage, the call was made for a circle pit and their fans didn't let them down.  If anything, seeing their fans march around and bounce off of each other seemed to inspire them as the band continued to play harder, louder and faster.  No reprieve was asked for and non was given.  Vantablack Warship have recorded a couple of albums and an EP, the most recent of which, 'Last of the Hardmouthed Poets', was released in April of last year.  The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm.  Here are several more photographs of their performance.

f/3.2, 1/4000sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 65mm

f/3.2, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/1600sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/1600sec, ISO 3200 at 59mm

f/3.2, 1/1600sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/1000sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 at 42mm

f/3.2, 1/1000sec, ISO 3200 at 44mm

f/3.2, 1/1000sec, ISO 3200 at 28mm

f/3.2, 1/500sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 at 42mm

f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 at 28mm

f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 3200 at 61mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/500sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/1000sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/500sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/1250sec, ISO 2500 at 45mm

f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 2500 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/1600sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/1250sec, ISO 2500 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 67mm

If you'd like to find out more about Vantablack Warship and their music, you can do so by following the link to their Facebook page.  If you'd like to see the photographs that I took of Atomik Train, Anonymus and Sword, who also performed that night, you can do so by following the respective links.  Vantablack Warship perform several times a year in and around the Montreal area, be sure to check them out.  It is sure to be an unforgettable experience.

Atomik Train At Théâtre Beanfield

Back in the 1980's, thanks to Ozzy Osbourne, rock music was riding a crazy train.  Now, here the present, Québec rock music is being powered by an Atomik Train.  I read that little into on their website and after seeing the band perform live at the Théâtre Beanfield the other week, you would be hard pressed to find anyone who was in attendance to disagree with that statement.  In the previous update I lamented the fact that it took me 35 years to discover Anonymus, whose photographs you can see by following the link.  I'm a little less behind the clock when it comes to Atomik Train.  Though singer Francois Babin has been around the scene for a good many years, including a stint on the popular television program Star Academie, the band has only been around since 2021.  Listening to them was like taking a ride in the DeLorean to the 1980s when rock was King.  Atomik Train would have fit perfectly back then, and were like a breathe of fresh air to hear.  They were tasked with getting the party started on a big four band bill, and they did more than accomplish the task.  Atomik Train obviously had a more than a few fans already in the building, and judging by the great reaction from those in attendance, they probably made more than a few more.  So far, Atomik Train has only released three singles, but they mentioned that they had been working in the studio with great Canadian rock music producer John Webster, so we can only hope that some new music, and possibly even an album, will be coming at us soon.  The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 2500 at 24mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 6400 at 24mm.  Here are several more photographs that I took of their performance.

f/3.2, 1/8sec, ISO 2500 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 2500 at 38mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 2500 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 2500 at 38mm

f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 2500 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 2500 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 2500 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 2500 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 2500 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/50sec, ISO 2500 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 2500 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 2500 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/100sec ISO 2500 at 67mm

f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 2500 at 38mm

f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 2500 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/800sec, ISO 3200 at 33mm

f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 2500 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

If you'd like to find out more about Atomik Train and their music, you can do so by following the link to their Facebook page.  If you'd like to see the photographs that I took of Anonymous and Sword, who played later that evening, you can do so by following the respective links.  Atomik Train were a much needed blast of life on a rather cold a snowy Saturday night.  I can't wait to hear their album when it gets released and hopefully out paths will cross again.  Check them out if you're looking for an unforgettable evening of rock and roll.