Zakk Sabbath At MTelus

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.  In the big picture of things, I haven't really been covering concerts for very long.  I know that I have come nowhere close to seeing it all, but there are certain things that I didn't think I would ever see.  So of course, that happened next.  We had a streaker hit the MTelus stage.  Not your usual streaker though.  It was a wild haired man in a kilt wearing an Ultimate Warrior face mask and clutching what appeared to be some action figures in his hand.  One was a tiny Ozzy Osbourne, whose presence would be felt a few more times before the night was over.  Who knew that Zakk Wylde had a secret identity.  Once our ‘mysterious’ stalker had left, Zakk Sabbath hit the stage.  Zakk Sabbath is basically Zakk Wylde, doing Black Sabbath songs.  And since you can’t really see Black Sabbath anymore, they are more than a worthy replacement.  John “J.D.” DeServio on bass and Jeff Fabb on drums, also all full Black Label Society Brothers, round out the trio.  They do a terrific job in bringing the songs to life.  They opened with the classic “Children Wear Boots” and followed up with “Snowblind”.  Both of which appear on the awesome double album of Black Sabbath covers, Doomed Forever Forever Doomed. It was released back in 2024.  Zakk Wylde playing Sabbath is a winning combination and the crowd roared their approval with every song.  I got a little carried away myself and took way to many photographs.  And how could I not.  One of the great guitarist of my youth was killing it right in front of me.  However, it wouldn't take long for the universe to equal things out.  The final double shot of “N.I.B.” and “War Pigs” threatened to send the roof to the moon long before the Artemis mission even lifted off.  Zakk took a trip in to the crowd to play a solo during “War Pigs”.  As security hustled him back towards the stage, he roared “F--- yeah!” as he walked past where I was standing.  I couldn’t have said it better myself.  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 Zakk Sabbath as they performed on the MTelus stage.

 

If you would like to find out more about Zakk Sabbath and their music, you can do so by following the link to their website.  If you would like to see the photographs that I took of Black Label Society and Dark Chapel, who also performed that night, you can do so by following the respective links.  A Zakk Sabbath show is an experience that must be had at least once.  There is nothing like it.  Don't you dare miss it when they perform in a town near you.