Lyriel Exclusive
February 2013
 

Needless to say I was pretty thrilled when Lyriel's manager approached me and asked me to join the band for their upcoming video shoot for “Wenn die Engel fallen”, to do some behind the scenes photography. This was about a month or two before the actual shoot , and I did not have any information other than the date in early September 2012, and that it would happen somewhere in the Cologne area. As the day came closer, and more bits and pieces of info became available, the whole thing started to take shape. I was still pretty clueless, though, when I hit the road a day early to head to the pre-shoot barbeque. All I knew was that months earlier they had already shot some material with lead vocalist Jessi and guest singer Thomas Lindner of the German Medieval Rock band Schandmaul.



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Halestorm - Live at the Electric Factory
Philadelphia, PA – 12/27/12

How appropriate that my first concert back in the US after my three-month stint abroad would be my hometown heroes, Halestorm. Lzzy mentioned that it has been a dream of theirs to headline the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, a venue where many of today’s most prominent acts (Muse, Lady Gaga, P!nk, etc.) played before exploding to fame. Well, not only did Halestormbook a headlining gig at the Electric Factory, but they sold it out as well! And so, about three thousand fans (many of whom had just waited for hours in line, enduring below-freezing temperatures) were about to witness a very special show.