Jungle Rot - *Loud as Hell Festival 2023*

GALLERY: Loud as Hell Festival 2023

Dana Zuk August 12, 2023

Every August long weekend, something rumbles in the badlands of Alberta… That something is the coveted Loud as Hell Festival! This year’s rendition of the fest was easily one of the best years yet. After photographing this event for the last 8 years, I often look forward to spending time in this area of the province, where I get to catch some wicked bands while rekindling friendships with folks I wish I didn’t get to see only once a year.

Check below for a recap of the handful of bands I photographed at the fest this year!

Day 1

Featuring:
Ashes of Yggdrasil | Silent Line | Whorrify | Lost Nebula | Osyron

Day 2

Featuring:
Untimely Demise | Necronomicon | Narcotic Wasteland

Day 3

Featuring:
Wormwitch | Pound | The Convalescence | Jungle Rot

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Avril Lavigne @ Rogers Place - May 19, 2022

May Recap - Avril Lavigne, Billy Talent, Opeth & More

Dana Zuk June 4, 2022

April seemed to fly by, and before I could stop my head from spinning, May was here. Kicking off the month strong with Canadian rock n roll heroes Billy Talent at the Edmonton Convention Centre, with Anti-Flag and fellow Canadians NOBRO opening up the night. All-girl punk bands are pretty sick in general, and NOBRO was pretty in-your-face about being a chick in this day and age. Anti-Flag was notably not in the mood to screw around; The Pittsburgh punk icons dominated the stage and had the audience in the palms of their hands for the entire duration of their set. Extremely impressive, if you ask me. However, I gotta say, it just floors me how good of a band Billy Talent is. Every time I get the opportunity to see Billy Talent I’m always thinking exactly that: “Fuck this band slaps”. Despite this show being one of many to fall victim to pandemic rescheduling, there room was quite full, and that was a heartwarming sight to see.

Billy Talent

Anti-Flag

Billy Talent

Anti-Flag

NOBRO

Anti-Flag

NOBRO

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve seen Opeth and Mastodon, let alone on the same stage. Needless to say, catching these 2 bands at the Edmonton Expo Centre was must for me. I’ve been a big fan of both of these bands for some time, and I absolutely loved Mastodon’s latest release “Hushed and Grim”. Mastodon murdered a semi-crowd pleaser set, only playing a handful of new tunes and a bunch of bangers that had people going ape shit on the floor. If you’re a fan of Opeth, you’ll understand how pumped I was when I learned that they were planning to play “Ghost of Perdition”. This song came across the setlist during my allotted first-3-songs of shooting time, and I could feel a lump in my throat. I mean, can you blame me? That song totally slaps and they rarely play it. Don’t come at me for getting stoked, okay?! Anyway… Despite the hella challenging light show that this gig put forth, the performances were absolutely killer, and Khemmis was an undeniably suitable opener for this bill.

Opeth

Mastodon

Khemmis

Mastodon

Khemmis

Calming down on the genre front for the weekend, I was please to have Alberta’s sweetheart, Corb Lund in front of my lens in an intimate setting at the Starlite Room, which was a very special opportunity. This was the second of three back-to-back-to-back sold out shows that Corb played over the weekend, and the house was so full, you couldn’t fit a fart in there. (It’s okay, you can giggle at that last remark.) Opening the night with singer-song writer Mike Plume who told stories of playing gigs with Corb, and played songs about life, drinking and being Canadian. The crowd ate this right up, and was red-hot for Corb to take the stage and bring the house down with his unconventional country tunes.

Returning to shoot a proper show at the Winspear Centre for the first time in something like, 4 years? I don’t even know how long its been, all I know is that it’s been a minute since I last got to be near that stage and in the room as a whole. Even better, with Shakey Graves on the stage to boot. The guy knows how to work a room, and it’s just so cool to watch. Between telling jokes that had the near sold-out Winspear Centre in stitches, to totally crushing just about every song he spat out into the microphone; Shakey could write a book about keeping people engaged when you’re the only one on stage. I absolutely adore this man’s music, so photographing him in this gorgeous room was such a pleasure, along with Winnipeg’s Begonia leading the charge with her contagious bubbly personality and super soulful singing.

Upon receiving the green-light to shoot Canada’s pop-punk princess, I couldn’t help but think that 9 year old me would have been screaming. I was looking super forward to shooting Avril Lavigne, however this one in particular ended up being quite bittersweet from a photographers perspective. This was intended to be a soundboard shoot, which in most cases kind of suck due to the distance from the stage and the overall lack of mobility, but upon arriving at the arena, it got so much worse. Unfortunately, we shutter bugs were placed double the distance farther back than we were originally supposed to be at, which posed a problem for many of us that evening. I know what you non-photographers might be thinking: “Dana, what about that giant white lens you run around with?” Well, the giant lens you usually see me with is awesome and works well for 99% of the shows I photograph. However, when I’m stationed at the soundboard (or in this case, Timbuktu.) a little more lens oomph is needed. I’d love to break down the sizing of lenses and how the significance of lens length matters in these situations, but that would just put you to sleep. If you’re REALLY that interested in learning more about it, send an email or slide into my DM’s. You do you. I digress, we photographers were stationed way far away from what we had anticipated, and that really took the piss out of my excitement for this show.

Now, just to get something straight, photographers seem to always have something to bitch about. Whether it’s shit lighting, or having to shoot from the soundboard, there’s always something that’s just unpleasant impeding the path to success when it comes to doing our jobs. Now, before you fellow shooters get your ginch in a twist over my truth bomb, hear me out! I bitch about these things ALL the time as well, but there’s always a bit of reasonable thought behind these complaints. In this case however, even the most seasoned shooter would have felt the pain in the ass that this situation posed. Why we were all stationed so far away, I don’t know. But I do know that it was lame, and unfortunate considering Avril killed her performance and the opportunity for better photos was totally swiped away. But, what can ya do. In the words of Ray LeFleur: “the fuckin’ way she goes.”

I ended the month of May shooting with my dudes in Sparrow Blue. I always love getting together with these guys, whether its a press shoot or for a gig, it’s always a pleasure. For this press shoot, we kicked it in 99ten, then wandered upstairs into The Common. Both of these spots have so much potential for great photos, so I’m glad the guys were able to nail down this location for our photoshoot. For this one, I used 2 soft boxes for a few of the shots, and then shifted gears to a simple bounce flash. If you want some more details on my gear for this shoot, hit me up here. Overall, the guys always kill it when we do our photoshoots, but I needed to include a photo of Jon from this gallery, simply because it’s like he can read my mind when we shoot; He does exactly what I need him to do without even having to tell him, not to mention he has hella style, and brings his A-game to every shoot we do. I know the guys are cooking up some juicy things for everyone, so if you’re into bluesy rock n roll, you’ll want to keep an eye on them.

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Corey Taylor of Slipknot @ Rogers Place - April 15, 2022

April Recap - Slipknot, Imagine Dragons, Blackberry Smoke and more

Dana Zuk May 4, 2022

April got real busy, real fast. But you won’t catch me complaining! Kicking off the month properly with Blackberry Smoke was a total treat. I had bought tickets for this show back when it was announced in early 2020, but thanks to the pandemic, it was rescheduled 2 times before finally being able to happen. It was well worth the wait, though! Midway hosted the show, and everything just sounded top notch. Aside from being a wicked-good shoot, Blackberry Smoke nailed every song they played, along with their “Cripple Creek” cover, which put a cherry on top of the evening.

Filming music videos is totally new territory for me, but I was thrilled to film one for Tessitura. Despite the drummer being my partner, and although that sometimes leads to us butting heads when discussing creative things, Gord and I sat on this particular dark, chaotic, strobey concept for some time. So, at last we decided to put our boots to the floor and spent a few days building a shoot-space for the video, and really rounding out the concept. The band is due to release a new album in June, so to unveil the first track off of the album, we applied our concept to the song “Gallows”, and I think it compliments the aggressive mood and overall in-your-face nature of the tune. We’ve got more video things in the bag for Tessitura, but I’m not spilling the beans on those just yet.

I always love shooting local talent. I cut my teeth on these local bands, and I’ll never not answer the call to photograph them when they need. It’s such a mutual benefit, plus there’s SO much hidden talent right here under our noses, and it’s a shame that more people aren’t aware of it. So naturally, when Skepsis asked me to photograph their album release show, I accepted. I’m glad I did, despite the show being a fuckin’ banger, I really needed an evening out. Upon receiving news of there being a death in my family, an evening surrounded by good friends and of course, seeing Skepsis melt faces at Shaker’s Roadhouse was just what my soul needed. I’m so proud of these guys for putting out this banger EP, and it was truly a pleasure to have them in front of my lens.

Watch me throw you a content-curve ball here. In case you didn’t get that joke, the curve ball is photos of a pop artist amongst these images of heavy metal performers. I was able to walk the halls of Rogers Place again this month, and it sure felt good. Imagine Dragons was a great first for getting back into the swing of things with arena-scale shows. This was my second time shooting them, and it was just as exciting as the first. Despite their music not really being my cup of tea, they put on a damn good show, and are hella entertaining to watch. They also won some brownie points among photographers on this tour cycle (I think). If by some wild chance one of them reads this shit blog, thanks for having confetti blasts during your first three songs, dudes!

Now this is the real deal right here. And by this, I mean Slipknot. It was almost poetic in a way — Back in 2015, Slipknot was my first arena show, ever. Now that the pandemic is pretending to be over, fast forward 7 years later, Slipknot is my first arena metal show after 2 years of nothing. It was like it was meant to be in a way. Or so I tell myself that. This set was composed of their crowd pleaser tunes, and people at Rogers Place just ate it up. It’s been a minute since I’ve seen people fly over the barricade that aggressively, and whether it’s because this is the first large-scale metal show to hit Edmonton in 2 years, or if it’s because, well, it’s fucking Slipknot, I’m not sure. Either way, I was anticipating this show for a very long time, and it was a total thrill to shoot Slipknot once again, and it felt even better to be warmly welcomed back into the environment.

Returning to the Starlite Room to shoot European powerhouses in Beast In Black was simply magical. The energy that this band produces and connects to their audience with is something that you don’t see very often, but it was really something to behold. Especially so, considering that this is Beast In Black’s first North American tour. Needless to say, I think their impression of Canada (at least) has been great, which is promising for future tours. Leading the pack with fellow power metallers in Seven Kingdoms, and of course Edmonton’s hometown heroes in Striker all shared the bill with Beast In Black. People went absolutely ape-shit for this show, and it was something that really filled my cup this month.

Beast In Black

Striker

Seven Kingdoms

Rounding out the month of April with some homies is always the cherry on top of my monthly round up of photos. Have I mentioned how much I love working with local talent? I don’t really care if I sound like a broken record with this matter, ‘cause I’m saying it again! (deal with it). I had a wonderful time reconnecting with some old friends in Purple City DIsco as they opened up the Starlite Room for Electric Six on the 30th. Something about local groovy funk bands just gets me, and Purple City Disco is where it’s at.

Thank YOU for taking a hot minute (or two) to read my April recap blog! Got questions regarding what I shot throughout the month of April? Send me an email HERE with your concert photo questions, let’s nerd-out! But until then, stick around to get the scoop on May’s recap!

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Best of 2020

Dana Zuk December 31, 2020

Well… This is awkward. Totally kidding, but you know… not really. 2020 was looking to be rather promising, but thanks to COVID-19, it was completely turned upside down, and has absolutely annihilated the world we once knew it, along with the music and entertainment industry to the point where it’s repair is questionable. Now, I’m not about to flip this into a big controversial sob story; Instead, I’m wanting to take a positive approach to reflecting on the year. Let’s get into the nitty gritty of 2020, and shine some light on the positives that, now looking back, I’m extremely grateful for:

In 2020, I photographed a total of 7 shows, 10 press photo shoots, and a whopping 0 festivals; a steep fall from last year’s numbers, for obvious reasons. But luckily, I was happy to have photographed a portion of those few events for my ride or die outlets: Concertworks and the Starlite Room, Station on Jasper, Exclaim! & Pure Grain Audio. Along with providing photographic services to a handful of local artists.

I also had the great pleasure of being a guest on my friend Daymien Bourrie’s podcast, No Bad Ideas. We talked about all kinds of stuff involving my career, the highlights, and what I was most looking forward to in the year. Looking back on it now, it’s a little strange hearing myself express my hopes for 2020. If only I had the gift of foresight (lol). You can check out my episode on Daymien’s podcast right HERE and don’t forget to smash that subscribe button. I also began dabbling in the world of video. I’m no pro, but it’s hella fun. I’ve filmed 3 videos so far, one for my dear darling Gord, another for his band Tessitura, and one for the drummer, and my great friend Jesse of Juliet Ruin. Gord and I have actually been tag-teaming these videos, and I think we’re doing a pretty good job of it so far. If you want to check them out for yourself, you can peep Gord’s video HERE, Tessitura’s video HERE and Juliet Ruin’s video HERE.

Keeping up with my tradition of having bands jump for me during press photoshoots, I wasn’t about to let 2020 ruin that. Not for a second. So once again, I am bringing you yet another very special gallery of jumping bands. It’s a fun concept and it’s even more fun to be a part of! Check it below:

Striker

A Modern Prometheus

Arcane Tyrant

Illyrian

Juliet Ruin

Mutual Friends

Teacup Romance

I wasn’t able to take part in a whole bunch of shows this year (obvi) but the ones I was able to be a part of were total bangers. I like to keep all of my sticky pass photo-credentials, and usually, I have a nice collection of them hanging on my wall by this time of year. But, as I’m sure you can assume thanks to the cover photo of this blog, I only scored one in 2020. Luckily, it was my 2020 kick off gig, courtesy of Alexisonfire. That show kicked some serious ass, and I’m glad I was able to catch it. I also did a handful of interesting press photoshoots this year, and I specifically want to note photographing Arcane Tyrant on the snowiest day of the year. In Edmonton, I think we got like, two feet of snow that day? I don’t know for sure, but it was a lot. Despite the shit weather conditions, they totally rocked their shoot like pros.

Sifting through my photos from this year and compiling a "favorites” gallery was bringing up all kinds of weird feelings. I’m sitting here remembering what it’s like to feel that rush before a band hits the stage, and wondering if the possibility of being in a packed venue will ever be a thing again. It’s hard to not get cynical and sad when thinking about that sort of thing. 2020 may have been a total asshole of a year, but it’s taught me that resilience is key when it comes to survival, and how important it is to stay positive and surround yourself with the things that make you happy. Despite my longing for the photo pit, I was fortunate enough to find solace in other things this year. My garden was off the chain and more lush than it’s ever been before, I rekindled my love for reading, and put more time into giving a damn about myself.

But, I digress. Summarizing the year as a whole is difficult to say the least, but thankfully, the first quarter was lit. To everyone who has supported me throughout 2020; Whether it was sharing my posts, referring me to your friends or hiring me for whatever your photo needs may have been, from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU! Thank you for letting me be a small part of your lives as musicians, music fans and lovers of photography. You know the drill, I’m bringing another year end blog to a close, the best way I know. I've sorted through the hundreds of photos that I've snapped over the course of the year and have compiled some of my personal favorites into a little gallery (in no particular order) for you to feast your eyes upon. I want to wish everyone (especially you ride or die kats who stuck through this blog and made it this far) all the love, happiness and well wishes of health and success in 2021, let's make it better than this nightmare that is 2020! From my heart to yours, HAPPY NEW YEAR! <3

Soulfly @ Starlite Room

Tides of Kharon

Illyrian

Evil Tongues

Teacup Romance

Juliet Ruin

Vertex Quartet

Gord Alexander

A Modern Prometheus

Hazzerd @ Temple

Alexisonfire @ Rogers Place

Mutual Friends

Hyperia @ Rendezvous

Arcane Tyrant

Ravage Red @ Starlite Room

Striker

Riot City @ Shakers Roadhouse

Benevolent Like Quietus @ Temple

Tessitura @ Starlite Room

Traveler @ Shakers Roadhouse

Toxic Holocaust @ Starlite Room

Breaking The Silent @ Temple

Coleman Hell @ Station on Jasper

Tides of Kharon (Behind the Scenes)

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GALLERY: Godsmack Ignites Rogers Place - May 3, 2019

Dana Zuk May 4, 2019

Well, it’s been a minute since I’ve put much of anything on this blog of mine, so what better way to get back into the habit than to share a few of my photos of Godsmack and Volbeat tearing up Rogers Place last night?

Before we get to that, despite my obvious neglect to this piece of my portfolio, I’ve been rather busy with shooting an array of shows, and with that said, I figured it’s time to address the silent month that this part of my website had to endure. I won’t lie, it’s been a case of not having enough time on my hands to upload galleries (you avid shooters will feel me on that one) and just a plain lack of confidence and motivation recently. My confidence in the shots I’m producing lately has been quite weak, and that’s something that always seems to get the best of me. I try to not be too hard on myself when it comes to the work I put out there, but it seems to be an inevitable thing for me, at least until I can put out a gallery that helps rebuild my confidence in my abilities. With the snow melting away at last, and spring time around the corner, my mental health is on the rise and I’m finding myself not wanting to be glued to my computer screen as much, and I really think that is something you can’t blame me for, living in Canada and all. So will you see those few galleries from the month of April? Maybe. Maybe not. (this is where following me on Instagram is cool, I tend to share my favourites and a few current thoughts on there more often than my rinky dinky blog.)

But, I digress, contrary to the previous statement, I’ve managed to shoot a gallery that I’m actually quite pleased with, and was very excited to get the green light for. It’s always a pleasure shooting high-energy rock and metal bands in venues like Rogers Place. The productions these bands bring in always gets me excited, and motivates me to work harder than usual to get stellar shots. Godsmack and Volbeat both crushed their set’s in Edmonton, and I’m looking very forward to having both of these bands in front of my lens once again.

GODSMACK

VOLBEAT

Loud As Hell Festival 2018 - DAY 1

Dana Zuk August 8, 2018

It's been long, long overdue, but I've finally gotten some local festival shooting back into my life, and I really couldn't be more stoked on it. I made my return to beautiful Drumheller, Alberta for the seventh rendition of Loud As Hell Festival. Playing host to some of Canada's heaviest hitters, Loud As Hell crushed their seventh year, and I couldn't possibly be any happier for them. Sadly for me, I was only able to attend the first night of the fest, but hey, I'll take what I can get!

Opening night of Loud As Hell was easily one of the best Friday's that the festival has seen yet; Bringing some of the heaviest hitters on the bill to kick off the weekend, Friday night consisted of music by: Red Cain, Hammerdrone, Sarah Longfield, Tessitura, Burning Effigy, The Kennedy Veil, Stab.Twist.Pull, and Vancouver's tech death masters Archspire.

Being a small part of the festival is always something that will warm my heart, and that I'll forever be proud of. Festivals like Loud As Hell are so vital to metal scenes all across western Canada, and Canada as a whole. I'm so happy that the team was able to pull off another sold out fest for the third year in a row, and I cannot wait to see how next year's Loud As Hell turns out!

ARCHSPIRE

STAB.TWIST.PULL

THE KENNEDY VEIL

BURNING EFFIGY

TESSITURA

SARAH LONGFIELD

HAMMERDRONE

RED CAIN

Sonata Arctica Brings Power-House Power Metal Line Up To Edmonton's Starlite Room - November 26, 2016

Dana Zuk November 29, 2016

PHOTOGRAPHED FOR CONCERTWORKS

Concertworks had me out on the prowl once again to catch the buzz on Saturday November 26th's show at the Starlite Room, as Edmonton hosted some of Finland's finest, Sonata Arctica and their guests: Leaves' Eyes, Omnium Gatherum and, Edmonton's very own Solborn, making this a wicked power metal feature for Edmonton music fans.

SONATA ARCTICA

LEAVES' EYES

OMNIUM GATHERUM

SOLBORN

Sum 41's Punk-Rock Nostalgia Levels Union Hall on 'Don't Call It A Sum Back Tour' - October 25, 2016

Dana Zuk October 26, 2016

PHOTOGRAPHED FOR CONCERTWORKS.CA

Punk rock legends, Sum 41, graced Alberta's capital with a knock out of a performance in Edmonton's newly-renovated Union Hall on Tuesday night, playing to a completely sold out venue, jam packed with excited concert goers. Thanks to the energetic opening sets performed by As It Is and Senses Fail, the house was ready to rock right from the get go.

Before Sum 41's time to shine, the screen back lining the stage at Union Hall came to life, displaying various tour video clips of the band from some of their most memorable times on stage throughout their 20 year career. The recognizable main riff of Metallica's "Master of Puppets" began to flood through the monitors, causing an outburst of excited shouts and screams from the audience.

At last, as the band took to the stage, the full house of excited fans began to roar. Immediately starting things off with a bang, the band boomed into "The Hell Song" resulting in hundreds of voices singing the words back to the band. This behavior continued on as the five-piece broke into "Over My Head (Better Off Dead)". Sum 41 kicked the show off with force, escalating the concert experience with worm rolling crowd surfers and a frenzy of moshing in the pits below.

Continuing on through their hefty 22 song set, Sum 41 played various tracks spanning their 20 year career, a large portion of which consisted of tracks from their newest album "13 Voices" but of course, this gig wouldn't have been a walk down memory lane if they didn't play any classics, so thankfully, they crushed it with a handful of their hits, and also included two covers during their performance, playing only the intro of Rage Against The Machine's "Bulls on Parade", and then Queen's "We Will Rock You", before at last, putting the cherry on top of the show with, probably their most anticipated song, and their big rock-n-roll finish "Fat Lip", which the singing voices of Edmonton truly gave it all they had left to make sure the band could hear them. Judging by the huge smiles on all five of their faces, Sum 41 heard, and approved.

SUM 41

KONGOS Rocks Union Hall on Egomaniac Tour - September 29, 2016

Dana Zuk October 4, 2016

PHOTOGRAPHED FOR EXCLAIM!.CA

Edmonton's Union Hall played host to the one and only KONGOS last night, as they tore up the stage with harmonious excellence, with The Joy Formidable rockin' along at their side.

I was particularly looking forward to this gig after catching the gentlemen of KONGOS at SONiCBOOM 2015. Despite the dreary weather that tried to put a damper on the festival that year, KONGOS still managed to put on a wickedly entertaining set. This time in Edmonton, the brothers did just that, with a little extra "ooph" to get the ball rolling, and to keep the anticipation amped throughout the crowd.

The music was on point, the energy in the room was great, and yet, my photographers-brain still wandered to things that most concert goers don't notice, or pay any mind to... Lighting. I've always been a sucker for good, creative light set ups at concerts (as many fellow concert photographers are) and the light show that KONGOS had programmed last night, though challenging at times, proved to be no less than creative. With light beaming on the band as each member took turns singing lead vocals throughout the set, the literal spotlight would illuminate each member in a way that complimented the mood that the band was trying to portray with each of their songs, making my job of catching the guys in action a little easier.

All in all, last night's show was great. The energy in the room was more than what you'd expect at a week day rock concert, and everyone, on the stage, and within sight of the stage seemed to have smiles on their faces and appeared to be having a great time. Of course, as those of you who regularly follow my blog postings know, sights such as this, makes me one happy gal.

Missed the show? Don't worry! Check out the official show review HERE courtesy of Exclaim! Magazine!

KONGOS

The Joy Formidable

Calgary Metalfest V 2016 - DAY 3 @ Flames Central, Calgary - September 17, 2016

Dana Zuk September 24, 2016

As 2016's local festival season has come to a close, this past weekend held host to an epic milestone for the local metal community, not only in Calgary, Alberta, but for western Canadian music festivals in general. As Calgary Metalfest embarked on yeah number five of delivering an annual weekend that's jam packed with wicked bands of all kinds, spread out among multiple days and venues across the city of Calgary.

This years main draw brought a massive flock of Canadian metal fans to Calgary's Flames Central on Saturday September 17th, to bare witness to a historic night of Canadian metal, as some of our nations forefathers and heaviest hitters in thrash metal stormed the stage all in one night. With Ottawa's very own, Annihilator headlining Saturday night, amping up the crowd and leading the charge were Exciter, Sacrifice and Razor, each delivering nostalgic forms of thrash metal to the masses, all the while, breathing new life into their songs of old.

The room maintained a level of excitement beyond expectation, as a constant frenzy of headbanging hair and moshing would ensue for each performance. Beyond the usual metal-concert-behavior, the unity of western Canadian metal music fans was the most pleasant sight to see. These local festivals are really just one big, fun, family reunion for many people involved in the Canadian metal community, and these united times are what will always keep us together and going strong, and that, is something that I wouldn't trade the world for! Here's to another five glorious years, Calgary Metalfest!