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Three Days Grace @ MTelus – 25/11/2018

26 February 201925 February 2019
by Horatio

What a hell of a show ! I must say that I was more there to see Nothing More than Three Days Grace. And I was not disappointed as Nothing More delivered a crazy performance.

The night was opening with Fozzy. I never heard of them before and it was one of the best surprise from 2018 for me. This band is awesome, and certainly the best opening band I have seen in a while. They were just awesome on stage and their music is pretty good. If you like classic old school heavy metal, go check them and see them live! I hope I will be able to see them as an headliner in the future.

Nothing More playing at Mtelus — Nothing More

Nothing More was next. I was not really familiar with this band before, just knew their name. But they already stopped by Montreal during the year and I was just blown by the pictures I saw from the show. I had high expectations, and they totally met them. The front man is just a beast doing crazy stuff with the gear he has on stage. He is moving everywhere, it looks like no one can stop him.

On top of that they clearly worked on their light show. This is creating the perfect mood and energy for every songs. A real pleasure to photograph them. Be aware that it is not a really heavy band, it sometimes almost feel more pop than metal. But I love their songs anyway. For me it was one of the best show I saw in 2018.

Three Days Grace playing at Mtelus — Three Days Grace

Hard job to come after Nothing More. And as you imagine I would have prefer them to be the headliner. But is was Three Days Grace who will be closing the night.

Do not get me wrong, Three Days Grace gave us a pretty good show. Even if I am not a big fan of their music, they were good on stage. The musicians and the audience were having a blast. But yeah I do not think they were able to make me forget Nothing More who kind of steal the show for me.

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Augury @ Foufounes Electriques – 04/11/2018

21 February 201921 February 2019
by Horatio

Long time no see between me and the Foufs. This time I am shooting a local death metal band: Augury. I manage to make it for one of the opener Necronomicon, but was too late to see the one before them.

Necronomicon band playing at Foufounes electriques — Necronomicon

Necronomicon is not a new band, they are playing for about 30 years. They gave us a really good show. Not enough lights, this is not really a surprise at Foufounes Electriques, which made my job kind of difficult. But at least I had a good time listening to their music.

Like most of “technical” bands, just sitting and watching the musicians of Augury playing is a pleasure. I even sometimes prefer to watch them than listening to them as Technical Detah Metal is not necessary my kind of music. Anyway the band deliver a great performance even for a newbie like me. Unfortunatly the scene dynamic is not their strength and neither are their lights. So it may not be the best band to photographs.

Augury band playing at Foufounes electriques — Augury

But if you like this kind of music go see them live, grab a stool, a beer and enjoy your time.

Here are my photos:

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Behemoth @ MTelus – 04/11/2018

20 February 201922 February 2019
by Horatio

What a beautiful evening this was. The opening was done by Wolves In The Throne Room which I had already seen with Enslaved not so long ago. But this time the sound was really good. And this is kind of an important thing for a black ambient metal band. On top of that the scenic performance was really nice. It was a fat better performance compared to the last time I saw them. Congrats.

wolves in the throne room playing black metal at Mtelus in montreal — Wolves In The Throne Room

Next we had the old but awesome At The Gates, that I was seeing for the first time. I am a real fan of their music and am listening to them since a long time and I was happy to finally see them live. It was a solid performance with a mix of new and old material. Perfect to make me happy.

at the gates playing metal at Mtelus in montreal — At The Gates

To end the night we had the polish band Behemoth. certainly not the first time I was seeing these guys live, but first time photographing them. As always I had a blast. At some point I discovered Behemoth and found it the most hardcore band that I knew. With time I learned to love their music and now I am a big fan of them. And I must say that seeing them live is pushing the experience further. Nergal is one of the best frontman I have seen in metal bands.

Behemoth playing black metal at Mtelus in montreal — Behemoth

Here are the photos:

people crowd surfing during the behemoth show at Mtelus in montreal — The crowd went crazy durng this Behemoth show

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Mike Shinoda @ MTelus – 10/10/2018

19 February 201919 February 2019
by Horatio

Mike Shinoda was in town and I was so happy to be able to see him as a fan of Linkin Park when I was a teenager. I was hoping to photograph Linkin Park last year as they were supposed to come to Montreal. Unfortunately Chester committed suicide just couple of weeks before and the show was cancel.

It took time to Mike Shinoda to decide to get back on stage alone, he was used to it with his side project Fort Minor, under his own name. He delivered us a pretty nice show with songs from him, from Linkin Park and from Fort minor. As you would excpect the Linkin Park songs where only some medley with mostly his parts and not the full songs.

But even like that I still remember the chill on my skin when I heard the first songs of “in the end”. So much emotions. I loved the show, Mike is really a great artist and I hope he will continue to play on stage.

On the photography side of things, I must say that the lights were awesome and a pleasure to shoot. Special thanks to the LED front panel at the beginning of the stage that was producing light to his face. Because of it his face was in light and not in dark. A small detail that lot of bands should do to at least for the first three songs to allow us to have better pictures.

The opening band, Don Broco was pretty good one too with lots of energy.

Here are the photos:

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Flaming Lips @ MTelus – 20/08/2018

18 November 201818 November 2018
by Horatio

There are some bands for which the 3 songs rule is a shame… Flaming Lips is one of them. Their show is just incredible! They are totally crazy and they know how to show it.

The opening part was handled by Le Butcherettes who did not have as much of craziness on stage as Flaming lips, but their music was balancing that. It was a mix of a lot of things, you like it a lot or you hate it. They did a pretty good job warming up the stage.

I do not want to reveal too much about the Flaming Lips show, so I will just let you with my photos of the show:

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Fever Ray @ MTelus – 16/05/2018

20 July 201819 July 2018
by Horatio

What I like when working for Thorium is that I am able to cover shows that I would never go to otherwise.

I never heard of Fever Ray before, but I decided to go there after seing some photos of her with a lot of crazy makeup during a live show. If I do not like the music, at least there will be some good photos opportunities.

I was right, Fever Ray and her feminine crew just rock the place. The costumes, the amazing light show, the scenic performance, the music… everything was great. It is absolutely not something that will please everyone, it is kind of crazy type of show. But they definitely convince me.

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Review (in French): soon.

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Theory Of A DeadMan @ MTelus – 08/05/2018

20 July 201819 July 2018
by Horatio

A new challenge was offer to me, get pictures of the headline, not for the first 3 songs, but the first 60 seconds of the first three songs. (Yes, they can be very creative)
This was the rules to cover the show of Theory Of A DeadMan. Why ? I have no idea… but this will gonna be rock’n roll.

At least we had the normal 3 first songs/no flash rule for the opening bands: Falling Through April and Attica Riots.

Unfortunately the lights were not great so most of the image had to be recover using the black and white magic.

Falling Through April left me a good impression but not great, it is a nice band, but I think they are still missing a tiny bit of something to make them really standing out.

On the other side, Attica Riots… SUCH AN ENERGY, I hope to see them again and as a headline if possible. Their show was awesome, I love the way they were using the scene and play with each other. I strongly invite you to see them live.

Finally it was Theory Of A DeadMan and the run against the clock. It was really fun to see every photographer in the pit (and we were a lot) sat down on the media manager signals and wait until the next song. The show was well produce, Good sound, awesome lights, you can see that this is not their first tour.

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Review (in French): soon.

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Ministry @ MTelus – 15/04/2018

21 April 201819 April 2018
by Horatio

I knew Ministry as the “pioneer of industrial metal” and I was not disappointed!

The evening was supposed to have three bands, unfortunately, Chelsea Wolfe had a bus issue and could not make it. It is sad as several people told me they were going to the show to see them.

Anyway, we still had two bands, The God Bombs, and Ministry.
The God Bombs delivered a really nice show, so much energy, and a music not so far from Combichrist (which I loved). It was a really nice discovery. I hope to see them again.

Ministry… Not much to say I found them really nice, I loved their music. If I knew their songs before going, I may have enjoyed more, but it was good enough. If you like Indus, you should definitely check them out and go see them live! You will not regret it.

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Review (in French): Soon

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Nightwish @ MTelus – 20/03/2018

29 March 201828 March 2018
by Horatio

Just WOW. N I G H T W I S H.
If I knew when I was a teenager that one day I would be in the pit just a few meters from these guys… I just won’t have believe it.
Nightwish is not really a band I am listening to since Tarja left. But I still like their music and they were kind of the soundtrack of my teenage years.
So it was a pleasure to see them live and moreover playing some of their old songs.
And if it was not enough, photographer were allow to take picture during first three song from the pit, but also during the whole show from the crowd ! This is so rare these days…

I had a blast !

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Review (in french): http://thoriummag.com/nightwish-2018/