On Monday, March 25 2024, I headed out to Roseville California. The event of the evening was Gloryhammer with Twilight Force at Goldfields Roseville location. The trip was uneventful but, enjoyable none the less. But, that isn’t the point, this was an amazing show.
Twilight Force was up first and lit up the stage. Opening with “Dawn of the Dragonstar”, this band slayed the stage with it’s presence. From the first song through the last they had the crowd engaged and enthralled with their performance. Even stopping for a sing-along about mid-through their set which really got the crowd’s attention. The crowd hammered out the tunes like pro’s. It was a high point in the evening. Whether it be, sing-alongs or the band singing, the crowd was really amped up. Another high point was the song “Flight of the Sapphire Dragon”. For this song, they had an inflatable dragon that they sent off to the to the abyss, over the crowd, for a flight of the ages.
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Philip Lindh (Lynd) – lead guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, lute
Daniel Beckman (Blackwald) – keyboards, backing vocals, piano, violin, cembalo
Dunder Björn Lundqvist (Born) – bass, backing vocals
Jocke Leandro Johansson (Aerendir) – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Alessandro Conti (Allyon) – lead vocals
Isak Olsson (De’Azsh) – drums, percussion
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Gloryhammer was what we were here for. They came out on stage and dominated the performance, and opened with “Holy Flaming Hammer of Unholy Cosmic Frost”. Prince Angus McFife was on point all night. He says he loves to party, but sometimes it’s just to much which the the crowd didn’t agree with. He seemed bummed out but he passed on the speech and said, let it fly. On to the next one!
They meddled their way through the set, blasting through with the songs “Fly Away”, “Angus McFife” and “Wasteland Warriors Hoots Patrol” and having fun the entire time. The green goblin came out at one point and battled the singer who won, and stealing his hammer in the process. The hammer was well used in the set as a prop and a weapon against the green goblin (who showed up two more times). Bass player, The Hootsman, was featured in two songs, “The Hollywood Hootsman” and “Fife Eternal”. That was amazing to see! As the set continued, they played their songs with grace and honor. Jamming through “The Siege of Dunkeld (In Hoots We Trust)”, “Universe on Fire” and “Hootsforce” to play out the night. Finally, the last song came, “The Unicorn Invasion of Dundee” and The Hootsman was crowned king and the show was over.
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Christopher Bowes (Zargothrax) – keyboards, backing vocals
Ben Turk (Ralathor) – drums
Paul Templing (Ser Proletius) – guitars, backing vocals
James Cartwright (The Hootsman) – bass, backing vocals
Michael Barber (Zargothrax) – keyboards
Sozos Michael (Angus McFife) – lead vocals
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Photographer of about 10 years, I have been shooting concerts for about 8 of those years. I started to get serious about concert photography about 6 or 7 years ago and now try to shoot as many as I can. I shoot mostly rock but, have done some country and big band stuff. I love music and since I am nowhere close to being a musician, this is a way I can be a small part of what, in the words of Henry Rollins, “gets me through the highs, the lows and everything in between”.
