Visceral Attack at The Moorings Bar

I went to Aberdeen last weekend to meet up with a friend and hit the pubs for a good night out but while at The Moorings Bar (an awesome rock bar in town) I got side tracked as a band walked on stage to play a set, it was the headliner of the evening and their name was Visceral Attack. As soon as they started playing I was blown away by their energy, the singer was going nuts and was actually in the crowd for the whole show  which was pretty cool while the rest of the band expelled a massive wall of sound that instantly made me put down my drink, stop chatting and turn to the stage. The music was heavy and combined with the pure raw energy I was compelled to grab my camera (which I didn't intend to use, I just had it in my bag) and get up front and document what was going on. I tried to capture the visceral movement that was being unleashed by the whole band and especially vocalist Chris Mc Cabe. By the end of the few songs I photographed I felt drained trying to keep up with Chris and the band (crazy amount of energy, they certainly put in a shift), I am lucky I have spent years shooting in fast paced situations with manual focus lenses as there was no way any autofocus was going to keep up with this singer. All I can say is that it was good fun to photograph them and it's rare that a band make me grab my camera when i'm not intending to. They put on a great show with very cool heavy music and boundless energy. 


If your into heavy music and see these guys are touring in your area then I recommend heading out and catching the show, will be well worth it. 


You can check out their Webpage here and facebook page here 


Here are some of the shots from this impromptu live shoot of Visceral Attack at The Moorings Bar in Aberdeen, Scotland. 

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The Tenebrous Liar

I Saw Tenebrous Liar at the Windmill in Brixton on Monday. They are an awesome band, this is the third time i have seen them now. The first two times were when they supported Soulsavers and they really caught my attention. The music is dark, energetic, heavy, soft take a look at their myspace here www.myspace.com/tenebrousliar

The singer 'Steve Gullick' is also a well known music photographer. His photography is so good. He has photographed many great people such as Kurt Cobain, Mark Lanegan, Lou Reed, Neil Young and many more. He is a true inspiration when it comes to music photography for me. If your interested in Photography or music then you really need to check out his stuff. His website can be found here www.gullickphoto.com/


So if you get the chance to go see The Tenebrous Liar or an exhibition of Steve's photographs I don't think you will be disappointed. I am now a big fan of both.

All photographs taken on an old Olympus OM-2N film camera, using TRI-X film thats either pushed to 800 or 1600.

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