There was a lot of excitement surrounding the return of US metalheads Testament to Australian shores, and having got up close and personal with them I can see why. Also, this has to have been my most dangerous shoot yet – by the third song there were punters raining down on photographers like asteroids; shortly afterward we were all pulled from the photo pit for safety reasons. Hell yeah. Anyway (and this is why it pays to strike up a fragmented, earplugged, shouted conversation with security) I was allowed to continue shooting for a little while longer from the side of the stage, balanced on top of a barrier.

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Settings

ISO 1600-2000, f/2.8, 1/125-1/160 s

My Two Penneth

No complaints really. The lighting was basic but it was there – you just had to wait for it. Testament had that effortless energy about them, and with screaming guitar solos at the very front of the stage the crowd were lapping it up.

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Check out the full set including support acts Contrive and Dreadnaught here.