We went for a walk around the Bibliothèque François Mitterand in Paris last year.

Groupe parisien fondé à Cergy en 2005, ils jouent un savant mélange de funk, soul et rock.

Composé de :

• Jonas Thebault (Chant)
• Jean-Arnold Chenileau (Clarinette)
• Vivien Pezerat (Saxophone)
• Matthieu Darbois (Basse)
• Julien Barat (Guitare)
• Florian Savard (Guitare)
• Maxime Fernandez (Batterie)

Concert organisé par les Zuluberlus dans le cadre des Vendredis du P’tit Cadran.

The four-piece band from Orlando, Florida, plays a mix of different kinds of styles ranging from heavy metal through metalcore, and as the years go by I find it to be heavily influenced by Metallica.

Band Members (at the time) :

• Matt Heafy – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Corey Beaulieu – vocals, lead guitar
• Paolo Gregoletto – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Nick Augusto – drums

Setlist :

Capsizing The Sea

1. In Waves
2. Like Light to the Flies
3. Rain
4. Into the Mouth of Hell We March
5. Down from the Sky
6. Entrance of the Conflagration
7. Black
8. The Deceived
9. Watch the World Burn
10. A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation
11. Ember to Inferno
12. Built to Fall
13. Dying in Your Arms
14. Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr
15. Torn Between Scylla and Charybdis
16. Throes of Perdition

Leaving This World Behind

Ok, so now I had a bit more time to play around with the FUJINON LENS XC 50-230mm F4.5-6.7 OIS during my holidays in France.

Nothing fancy, but here are 4 more shots in casual use. I did not use the lens that much, most of the time 12mm and 27mm were on. You have a set of raw jpeg with nothing added including some crop (that may or may not be valuable anayway.

Since I don’t have my X100 anymore, I decided to move to a X-E1 in order to keep the size and weight down and being able to change lenses if needed.I bought a fuji 27mm when I went to have a really small camera, and got a Samyang 12/2 and a Fuji 50-230/4.5-6.7 to have a setup to travel with only light equipment, and well cheaper in case someone decide he likes your bag more than you do.

Anyway, here are some of the first shot I did, with some 100% crops from jpeg straight out of the X-E1.

And two more images where I think you don’t need the 100% crops.

Suffocation from Long Island, New York, USA, was headlining at Le Divan du Monde, Paris, France on Wednesday 30th July 2014.

Frank Mullen on vocals, Terrance Hoobs on lead guitar, Guy Marchais on guitars, Derek Boyer on bass guitar and Kevin Talley at the drums are playing a heavy and technical death metal. Frank Mullen had quite a load a fun during the night it seems, ever smiling and putting on good jokes while Derek seemed to headbang himself to death! A really great show!

Setlist:

1. Catatonia
2. Effigy of the Forgotten
3. Pierced from Within
4. Entrails of You
5. Breeding the Spawn
6. As Grace Descends
7. Funeral Inception
8. Dismal Dream
9. Liege of Inveracity
10. Thrones of Blood

Thanks to Charly from Hibooking for the photopass!

Skeletonwitch was supporting Suffocation show at Le Divan du Monde, Paris, France, on July 30th 2014.

The five piece band form Athens, Ohio, USA, play an heavy mix of Trash and Black Metal. Chance Garnette on lead vocals is quite expressive and apparently a big beer fan (well not a great beer fan, the one he was drinking during the show is not really a nice one…), Evan “Loosh” Linger (bass) and Scott “Scunty D.” Hedrick  (guitars) look like a duo on the left side of the stage, with Evan putting on faces most of the time and scott being left handed, Nate “N8 Feet Under” Garnette (guitars) and Dustin Boltjes (drums) being a bit less pro-active on stage. The band put on a well oiled show, if you like them on disc, you will love them on stage!

Thanks to Charly from Hibooking for the photopass!

Havok was supporting Suffocation show at Le Divan du Monde, Paris, France, on July 30th 2014.

The four piece band from Denver, Colorado, was the “quiet” band of the evening, playing a fairly good trash metal. On stage, David Sanchez (vocals and guitars) and Mike Leon (bass) with his really expressive face are leading the show, while Reece Scruggs (lead guitars) and Pete Webber (drums) are less pro-active.

They played during the evening Give Me Liberty… Or Give Me Death, I Am The State, Unnatural Selection, Point Of No Return, From The Cradle To The Grave, Afterburner, Covering Fire, D.O.A. and Time Is Up.

Thanks to Charly from Hibooking for the photopass!

Suicide Silence was playing at La Flèche d’Or, Paris, France, on June 26th 2014.

That was the first show in France since Hernan “Eddie” Hermida (former All Shall Perish) took over from Mitch Lucker (RIP) on vocals. Chris Garza is on rythm guitar and only founding member left, Mark Heylmun on lead guitar, Alex Lopez on drums and Dan Kenny on bass guitar. The band from Riverside, California, plays a violent Deathcore.

Thank you to Margaux from Only Talent Productions for the photo pass!

The four piece Australian band from Blacktown, New South Wales is made of Lee Stanton on drums, Andy Marsh on guitars,
Sean Delander on bass and Chris “CJ” McMahon on vocals. They play a violent Deathcore.

Thank you to Margaux from Only Talent Productions for the photo pass!