We're a little bit backed up on getting my concert photographs up here
on The Old Blog. I suppose we will catch up at some point, but this
would be a good time to remind you that my concert photographs can be
seen in a much more timely manner by visiting V13Media, which you can do
by following the link. If you'd like an even more direct route to my
photographs, you can visit my personal page over there but using the
following link. It was
April Wine who declared that rock and roll is a vicious game, but it’s also a
world of fantasy and imagination. A
world where things you wouldn’t think possible, become the norm. For instance, one might find it hard to
imagine Mozart throwing horns, or to see Beethoven leading a circle pit. The
worlds of Classical music and heavy metal are very much intertwined. Those worlds
collided on a Thursday
night in September. A triple bill was in store for the thousands of
people who, like me, braved about an hour and a half of traffic on our trek to
the rock show. Halestorm and Lindsey
Stirling were at the Place Bell in Laval as part of their nEVEREST Duality tour. As an added treat, they brought along
Apocalyptica for the ride. You can follow the links to check out the photographs. A rock show
is a great place to hang out with friends, and singer Lzzy Hale has released
singles with both of the other acts over the years. The combination of the three made for a night
of shrieking violins, shredding cellos and roaring vocals. Headlining
our awesome evening was Halestorm. Their
latest release, Everest, 
was released a few weeks ago. As soon as the curtain dropped, they roared
in to track number one on the album ‘Fallen Star’. Speaking or roaring, Lzzy Hale continues to
prove why she may be the best female vocalist in the land. Her roar brings the crowd to their feet as
the band rips in to ‘I Miss The Misery’.
What’s great about Lzzy is that not only can she roar, but she has a
teasing playful side as well, which is on display as she intros ‘Love Bites
(And So Do I)’. Backing Ms. Hale is one hell of a
band. Joe Hottinger continues to be one of the most underrated guitarists
in the land. He shreds with the best of them and he looks like he is
having as much fun on the stage as everyone is in the crowd. On bass,
Josh Smith is slapping up a storm and it’s a shame that Arejay Hale’s drum kit to so far back because
watching him pound on the drums is
quite cathartic. The rest of the set featured many
tracks from the new album, with a couple of classics for the longtime fans
as well. ‘Freak Like Me’ had the fans chanting at the top of their lungs
and Lindsey Stirling returned to the stage a little later for ‘Shatter Me’, a
song that Lzzy Hale recorded with here. The show came to a glowing end as
everyone had their phone lights on for ‘Here’s To Us’. What can I
say. I can't get enough of this band. Much like The Darkness, check
out those photos and the associated story by following the link, Halestorm hold
a deep rooted place in my becoming a concert photographer. They were one
of the bands that I had brought a camera in to a show for, and I wanted 
something better. When it was announced that they would play a show
here back in 2019, it helped push me to sending that very first photo pass
request as I wanted something more than just local bands to use in the eventual
portfolio that would be sent to Halestorm's management team. Some of
those other bands said yes, and I eventually did get in to that Halestorm show
as a photographer. They were my fourth official concert, and for those of
you interested in numerology, this was the fourth time that I got to shoot
them. Hope that shoot number five won't be that far down the line.
All of the photographs were taken at f/3.2 while using various different
shutter speeds, ISO settings and focal lengths. Here are the rest of the
photographs that I took of Halestorm as they performed on the Place Bell stage.
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