Some Of The Best Metal Albums from 2012

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Per Ole Hagen

Enslaved 27082011-03 It is the time for Christmas and the yearly lists of the best albums of the year. Different magazines and radio shows have their own lists, and the forums have eager discussions about these lists. One of the music styles that causes the most discussions, is metal rock. Here are a few of the candidates for this year’s best metal rock album, international and Norwegian that I have photographed this last year and before. (Picture above: Enslaved, from the last Hole In The Sky Festival in Bergen 2011)

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Beth Hart, Live Pictures and New CD

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Per Ole Hagen

Beth Hart has been around the block and knows more about the darker sides of life than many of us will ever know. Lucky for her, she has survived and overcome her problems. That’s good for her, and good for her audience. As a performer, she knows what the audience like, and combines this with a high quality music performance. In October she releases a new CD, Bang Bang Boom Boom.

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Photo contracts, why are they always wrong?

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Per Ole Hagen

Many artists present contracts through their managements that they expect the photographers to sign before they are allowed to photograph the concert. These contract are sometimes different, but they have this in common that the artist, or rather their management, wants to control all aspects of the artist’s performance. (Den Svenska Björnstammen – above – never presented a photo contract.)

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The eagle rocks!

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Per Ole Hagen

Even if the White-tailed eagle isn’t exactly a rock star, it certainly behaves like one. Since there are very few rock concerts where I am just now, I have posted some action photos of an eagle catching fish

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Da rocken kom til Sauda

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Per Ole Hagen

An article in Norwegian this time, unfortunately not translated. This is an article I wrote for the historic society in my hometown, Sauda, about the local rock bands in the late 60s. The article was published in the Sauda historic society’s yearbook for 2010.

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The gallery opening

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Per Ole Hagen

Friday March 30th my exhibition, Norwegian Metal – In Concert opened at Galleri MAP in Oslo. Here are some pictures from the opening. All pictures are courtesy of Aleksander Dye and the Inferno Festival. The exhibition is open until April 22nd.

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Norwegian Metal In Concert – Oslo exhibition

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Per Ole Hagen

Abbath from Immortal

Friday March 30th my exhibition, Norwegian Metal In Concert opens at Galleri MAP in Oslo. The exhibition is open until April 22nd, and is aranged in cooperation with the Norwegian Inferno Festival April 4-7. Here are some of the pictures that are presented at the exhibition.

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