14/02/2026
Italian gothic metal titans Lacuna Coil
are currently touring Australia via Destroy All Lines Which made me think of the time I did a photoshoot with them for a music mag onsite at Wacken Open Air metal fest in Germany back in 2007.
A video of their set at the festival featured on their first live DVD, Visual Karma (Body, Mind and Soul). That year Wacken also featured Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, In Flames, Immortal, Saxon, Type O Negative, Cannibal Co**se, Dimmu Borgir, Turbonegro, Municipal Waste, Na**lm Death, Turisas & loads more.
I was lucky enough to get the chance to shoot the festival plus do some photoshoots with In Flames, Turbonegro (that lasted all of 2 minutes, it was just before they were about to hit the stage), Na**lm Death, Turisas and Municipal Waste (which happened in the massive media/VIP area, sometime after midnight, once they'd finished playing, drinking beer and watching a bunch of other bands). Good times! π€π·π€