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A Night Wish Come True
First off, I have to say I am the BIGGEST Nightwish fan! I have waited a long time for this night! It was a perfect way to spend my birthday.
Opening for Nightwish was Kamelot. I honestly have never heard of Kamelot before tonight but I must say they impressed me very much. They are very talented in all aspects from playing to writing and stage presence. They have a Goth Metal (kind of a cross between Nightwish and Dream Theater) sound with outstanding vocals. I am a fan for sure now!
After many years of waiting to see Nightwish . . . finally this day has arrived!
Nightwish was formed in 1996 from Fitee, Finland. A ‘Symphonic Metal’ band with awesome female lead vocals, I have not seen them since Annette Olzon took over vocals for Tarja Tunen and Annette is doing one hell of a great job.
They played many songs from their newest album – “Imaginaerum “- and many songs we have all come to love from previous albums. The show lasted about an hour and a half.
After the show, I was invited backstage to meet the band and Annette sang Happy Birthday to me! It was a great birthday for sure!
Fear Factory destroyed the Masquerade on September 4th with an amazing set. Fear Factory was one of the first bands to pioneer industrial metal. It was great to see them back in Atlanta after a long absence. Fear Factory is on tour promoting their new album Genexas, which lead singer Burton made sure we pronounced correctly (ha). Their show was great and I found myself singing along while I took pictures of the band. The only thing I didn’t like was the fact I could hardly SEE the band. Once again the Masquerade didn’t bother to turn up the stage lights for the bands. This of course makes it very hard to photograph. Nonetheless, I still really enjoyed watching this band play some of my favorite tunes live like Shock, Edgecrusher, Damaged, and Demanufacture!
The 2015 Rockstar Mayhem Fest visited Atlanta on July 26th, with amazing bands like WhiteChapel, and Slayer!
When I walked into Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood it was like a ghost town. In past years, the Mayhem Fest is usually packed with people, but this year was different. The entrance I walked into had no venders, no food venders, and no people hanging out between band sets. I walked clear across to the other side of the venue to find a much smaller side stage than the previous years.
After seeing, maybe a 1000+ people watching the side stage bands, I knew the Rockstar Mayhem was coming to an end. Also, the beloved Metal Mulisha motorcycle stunt riders were not present at this year’s Mayhem Fest. As for the bands, some of them just were not for me, while a few were amazing to see perform. It was a sad sight to see the Rockstar Mayhem Fest scaled down to almost nothing, but I still had a good time taking pictures.
Enjoy the pictures for the last Rockstar Mayhem Fest. Hopefully, some brave soul will pick up the torch and revive the festival!
Victory Records Stage
Check out pics from the Main Stage on the next page!
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