At a Therion concert in London. YAY!
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And I decided to try out my camera occasionally. Even in spite of the darkness, my extreme unfamiliarity with the camera's controls and the odd lack of battery, I still managed to get a few decent pics. First of all (since they look better shrunk down a bit) here are some photos where I was zooming right into the action:
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Most of my best pics seem to be after the band came back for an encore. The two female singers changed into bizarrely colourful outfits for the final section of the concert:
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More pictures and info under the cut...
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From right to left: Katarina Lilja (rock singer, shown here in pink "drama queen" dress), Christofer Johnsson (rhythm guitarist, song writer and the heart and soul of Therion), Christian Vidal (the new lead guitarist inheriting the duty of providing awesome solos), Snowy Shaw (rock singer, deep metal voice guy, occasional screeching, always removes his top during gigs), Thomas Vikstrom (super awesome tenor, some great rock singing and now, it seems, the main frontman for the band, even occasionally doing some Snowy-esque screeching), Johan Koleberg (drummer), Lori Lewis (operatic singer, wow, shown here in bumblebee costume), Waldemar Sorychta (temporary bass guitarist).
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Fairly on in the set the band are under some creepy red lights. YAY!
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Christian in his "I'm so cool" guitar pose while doing some neat twiddly bits on his guitar. Next to him Christofer is looking appropriately cool, while all the singers to his left appear to be enjoying themselves immensely.
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Showing off some of the neat lighting. Lori Lewis is walking away, presumably having just finished a rather awesome piece. Katarina looks like she's about to sing something. Snowy, who's partially obscured by the railing in this image, is presumably singing something at this point.
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The spotlight is on Katarina and Lori Lewis as they do a bit of harmonising. In the darker parts of the image you can see Snowy singing and Christian encouraging the crowd.
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Lori Lewis takes the spotlight in her bumblebee outfit.
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A couple of zoomed-in images of the end of the concert.
In other news, the first of the two supporting bands, Loch Vostock, came onto the stage to the sound of Richard Dawkins reading the following from his book: "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully." They manage to prove that Dawkins is f***ing metal to an extent that I never thought an old Oxford professor could be. His words proved to be quite stunningly effective in setting up an awesome irreverent tone for a night of rocking to anti-Christian metal. (Christofer from Therion is a pagan following the "dragon rouge" magical order, along with the lyrics writer, Thomas Karlsson.)
Anyway, it seems someone has put the entire concert on youtube, starting with this video here.
Also, here's an embedded vid of the best version of their song "Siren Of The Woods" I've seen so far. (And I was there! YAY!):
And I decided to try out my camera occasionally. Even in spite of the darkness, my extreme unfamiliarity with the camera's controls and the odd lack of battery, I still managed to get a few decent pics. First of all (since they look better shrunk down a bit) here are some photos where I was zooming right into the action:
Most of my best pics seem to be after the band came back for an encore. The two female singers changed into bizarrely colourful outfits for the final section of the concert:
More pictures and info under the cut...
From right to left: Katarina Lilja (rock singer, shown here in pink "drama queen" dress), Christofer Johnsson (rhythm guitarist, song writer and the heart and soul of Therion), Christian Vidal (the new lead guitarist inheriting the duty of providing awesome solos), Snowy Shaw (rock singer, deep metal voice guy, occasional screeching, always removes his top during gigs), Thomas Vikstrom (super awesome tenor, some great rock singing and now, it seems, the main frontman for the band, even occasionally doing some Snowy-esque screeching), Johan Koleberg (drummer), Lori Lewis (operatic singer, wow, shown here in bumblebee costume), Waldemar Sorychta (temporary bass guitarist).
Fairly on in the set the band are under some creepy red lights. YAY!
Christian in his "I'm so cool" guitar pose while doing some neat twiddly bits on his guitar. Next to him Christofer is looking appropriately cool, while all the singers to his left appear to be enjoying themselves immensely.
Showing off some of the neat lighting. Lori Lewis is walking away, presumably having just finished a rather awesome piece. Katarina looks like she's about to sing something. Snowy, who's partially obscured by the railing in this image, is presumably singing something at this point.
The spotlight is on Katarina and Lori Lewis as they do a bit of harmonising. In the darker parts of the image you can see Snowy singing and Christian encouraging the crowd.
Lori Lewis takes the spotlight in her bumblebee outfit.
A couple of zoomed-in images of the end of the concert.
In other news, the first of the two supporting bands, Loch Vostock, came onto the stage to the sound of Richard Dawkins reading the following from his book: "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully." They manage to prove that Dawkins is f***ing metal to an extent that I never thought an old Oxford professor could be. His words proved to be quite stunningly effective in setting up an awesome irreverent tone for a night of rocking to anti-Christian metal. (Christofer from Therion is a pagan following the "dragon rouge" magical order, along with the lyrics writer, Thomas Karlsson.)
Anyway, it seems someone has put the entire concert on youtube, starting with this video here.
Also, here's an embedded vid of the best version of their song "Siren Of The Woods" I've seen so far. (And I was there! YAY!):