The Mayhem Festival

To say that the day was a hot one, is the understatement of the year. My good friend Fern and I headed down to Camden midday and were ready to see some amazing music. The lineup this year was a great one, and I couldn't wait to snap away. We got to do it again 5 days later at the PNC in Holmdel. We were lucky to be able to go to the after parties and I got to chat with some of my favorite musicians. And well, yeah I took a ton of pics.

Understand that these festivals are EXTREMELY tiring. It not only sucks because the heat is unbearable, the pavement that you stand on just amplifies the heat. Add lots of added on weight of a camera/lens or two, and that calls for a long day.

I grabbed a bunch of shots from both shows. I think that the final count was about 2800 pics from both dates. I have only posted about half of the shots right now on my site. Of course, the first band I posted were my friends in Lamb of God. I was sad to have them play such a short set. I really forgot what it was like to see them play for less than an hour.

I got to see Korn and White Zombie again. I have not seen them on a big stage before and they did not disappoint.

Check out the pics of Lamb of God, Chimaira, Shadow's Fall, and 3 Inches of blood. The first 3 bands listed have both sets from both dates up. I only got to catch 3 Inches of Blood down in Camden.

I am chugging along with the other bands, so be patient with me. I unfortunately have to work a day job that eats up most of my time. One day I will be able to afford to do photography full time, and I will be quicker about my upload times!

So at a show, the unthinkable happens...

I was invited up to Dingbatz by my friends at Hellhound Studios for a night a great hardcore bands- 6 in total. The main acts were going to be For the Love Of and Agents of Man. To be completely honest, this girl has always been a metal head, so I was slightly out of my element at first. First thing I will mention is how friendly the crowd was- that was just a pleasant surprise. So I got into the grove of things and got to enjoy the first band, Pitfight. Here are a few pics from that band.

See the entire album here: Pitfight

So the next band really entertained me. The boys really had some great energy and I was able to take some really fun shots. The singer is a photographer too, so I was told. I am glad I was able to snap some pics for them. The band is Darkness Descends and here are a few fun pics of them and one of the crowd "dancing".

The rest of the album is here at Darkness Descends

The last band I was able to snap was Angelo Diablo. They had a different vibe than the previous 2 bands. Compared to the first two bands, they were a little more mellow as far as tempo, but had a deeper feeling to it. It was a nice change of pace and they definitely kept my attention. Got some fun pics of them as well.

See the rest of the album here: Angelo Diablo

So why was this the last band I could shoot? Well its because yours truly here broke her camera. Yeah you read it right, I broke my baby. I must have had something on my CF card because when I tried to change it out, I got an error message that said that the camera couldn't read the memory card. I took it outside in a panic and shone a light down into the slot. I bent a pin and there was no fixing that myself. So alas, no For the Love Of pics or Agents of Man. I hope there is a next time?