Carcass & Crowbar @ Baltimore Soundstage

November 27, 2016 by josh

CARCASS

CROWBAR

Another catch-up post! Two classic metal bands who have been touring a lot lately, it was good to catch them at Soundstage, though, one of my favorite places to see shows these days. Crowbar really put on a good show this evening, was stoked since there were issues with their MDF set the last time I saw them in Baltimore. Great band. Carcass is a band I never expected to be touring again like this, and each time could be the last time seeing them so I was super stoked to catch them again as well… right now feels like the best time to be seeing heavy bands play since the late 90s or early 00s.

SEE ALL THE PHOTOS HERE

LISTEN: Carcass | Crowbar

Brujeria & Cattle Decapitation @ Baltimore Soundstage.

November 25, 2016 by josh

BRUJERIA

CATTLE DECAPITATION

Another catch-up post. This was a great show, two modern classic bands that I hadn’t ever seen before somehow (or, at least I don’t recall seeing them before, anyway!) Brujeria led the crowd in a Fuck Donal Trump chant and brought out a fake Trump on stage, pretty fun antics for the election season. Cattle Decapitation showed off their ever-broadening sound, they really impressed me live, and their newest record backs those live chops up.

SEE ALL THE PHOTOS HERE
LISTEN: Cattle Decapitation | Brujeria

Integrity @ Soundstage.

April 11, 2016 by josh

I shot Integrity (featuring Dom Romeo from A389 Records/Pulling Teeth/etc on guitar) awhile back. Great show, as always. Integrity is one of the bands from my youth that have stuck with me. I wouldn’t have guessed in then, but I find myself listening to them just as much or more now as I did when I had first heard them. Dwid also is always a fun frontman, and obviously really gets his audience. Good show!

SEE ALL THE PHOTOS HERE

Concerts with the x100t: Watain, Mayhem.

April 3, 2016 by josh

MAYHEM

WATAIN

I’ve been using a Fuji x100t – a rangerfinder-esque camera – as my walk around camera, and also doing some concert shooting with it, with what I think are some pretty decent results. Here are some shots from the recent (and awesome) Watain & Mayhem show at Baltimore Soundstage – pretty good for a little camera, I think.

You can see more of these and compare them with my DSLR photos from the show HERE.

Watain @ Soundstage : 2015/11/25

February 13, 2016 by josh

Watain never disappoints. Always a great show, always a terrible smelling show. I had heard they wouldn’t be as vigorous with the blood and animal carcasses on this tour, but that proved to be wrong. The next day at Thanksgiving Dinner, someone asked me if I had spilled food on my jeans and I had to admit that it was congealed pig’s blood.

SEE ALL THE PHOTOS HERE

Mayhem @ Soundstage : 2015/11/25

February 13, 2016 by josh

Finally got to see Mayhem!

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Mac Miller & Domo Genesis @ Baltimore Soundstage

May 14, 2015 by josh

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MAC MILLER

DOMO GENESIS

PACKED house, right after the curfew was over… it was great to see so many people having a great time at this. Also cool to see Domo Genesis play, the first time I ever saw and met him was on the very first Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All tour.

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Buzzcocks, Residuels & Expert Alterations @ Baltimore Soundstage

May 14, 2015 by josh

the Buzzcocks

the Residuels

Expert Alterations

Finally catching up on some photos from before Baltimore Uprising… the Buzzcocks have always been great, since the first time I saw them in 99 or so with the Lunachicks in New Orleans, they always put on a great show… fun seeing them in a big room again after the more intimate Ottobar show last time.

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Enslaved & Yob @ Soundstage Baltimore

April 1, 2015 by josh

ENSLAVED

YOB

Consistently great metal shows at Baltimore Soundstage. I had never seen either of these bands before. Yob was a band I’ve heard alot and enjoy, thought they might have been a “relaxed” band life before I saw them, but the life show was good. Made me want to crank the albums up when I got home. Enslaved is a band I’d always heard a lot about, but wasn’t super familiar with – they were great! Amazing stage presence, with little to no ‘kult’ stuff that can sometimes be a little much with European bands. They loved the crowd and played to the crowd (and the photographers) perfectly, really great performance.

See all the ENSLAVED & YOB photos here | BUY PRINTS of my photos, including some from this show

Cocksparrer in Baltimore.

January 21, 2015 by josh

Always amazing – one of my favorite bands of all time. So stoked to get to see them in my city. If you ever get the chance, don’t sleep. I almost skipped their Philly show in 2013 and it ended up being one of the best shows I have ever seen, and I see ALOT of shows. Classic band.

SEE ALL MY COCKSPARRER PHOTOS HERE.

Municipal Waste, Torche, Nightbirds, War On Women & Old Lines.

January 20, 2015 by josh

NIGHTBIRDS

MUNICIPAL WASTE

WAR ON WOMEN

OLD LINES

TORCHE

STACKED show. Managed to see two of the best local punk bands opening for a pretty great array of touring bands. Fun night. Soundstage continues to kill it, show-wise.

SEE ALL THE PHOTOS HERE | CITYPAPER GALLERY HERE

Watain & Revenge @ Baltimore Soundstage..

January 14, 2015 by josh

WATAIN

REVENGE

Black metal legends Watain are always so good live. The times I’ve seen them before I was never able to get too close, either because of circumstances, fear of getting actual pig’s blood thrown on me/my equipment, or inebriation, but this time it worked out well. Blood was still there, but less than previous tours and you could still smell the scent of grave dirt as soon as they walked out on stage…

SEE ALL WATAIN & REVENGE PHOTOS HERE | Select images from this show are available as prints

Pentagram, Bang!, The Pilgrim, Kings Destroy & Radio Moscow @ Soundstage

November 24, 2014 by josh

Pentagram

Bang!

The Pilgrim

Kings Destroy

Radio Moscow

Last month, Doom icons Pentagram played Soundstage (which is really shaping up into a great venue for metal in Baltimore) along with The Pilgrim, Bang!, Kings Destroy and Radio Moscow. Pentagram shows are notoriously hit or miss, as anyone who was at their infamous Black Cat comeback show can attest, but this night they were on their A game. It’s also always great to see them with Victor Griffin, when he is back with the band everything seems to just run more smoothly and Liebling (the famously troubled frontman of the band) seems to hold it together more. They didn’t disappoint, one of the best times I have seen them (though not sure if that first time I saw them at Sonar can be topped).

It was great to see Bang! too, a band I had always heard about but never had the chance to see – they really seemed to have a great time on stage, the first half of their set especially killed. This was apparently one of the last shows for quite some time for The Pilgrim, one of my favorite Baltimore bands. Cool that they managed to get on such a sick bill.

SEE ALL MY PHOTOS FROM PENTAGRAM @ SOUNDSTAGE HERE.

JOSH SISK

Tag Archives: soundstage

Carcass & Crowbar @ Baltimore Soundstage

Brujeria & Cattle Decapitation @ Baltimore Soundstage.

Integrity @ Soundstage.

Concerts with the x100t: Watain, Mayhem.

Watain @ Soundstage : 2015/11/25

Mayhem @ Soundstage : 2015/11/25

Mac Miller & Domo Genesis @ Baltimore Soundstage

Buzzcocks, Residuels & Expert Alterations @ Baltimore Soundstage

Enslaved & Yob @ Soundstage Baltimore

Cocksparrer in Baltimore.

Municipal Waste, Torche, Nightbirds, War On Women & Old Lines.

Watain & Revenge @ Baltimore Soundstage..

Pentagram, Bang!, The Pilgrim, Kings Destroy & Radio Moscow @ Soundstage