9:30 Club Concerts

Lamb of God @ 930 Club

Posted on February 23, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC - January 23rd, 2012 - Bassist John Campbell and vocalist Randy Blythe of the Richmond, VA-based heavy metal band Lamb of God perform at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. The band released their seventh studio album, Resolution, earlier in the week. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/FTWP)

I don’t get the chance to shoot many metal shows, so I was very excited to get in the pit for Lamb of God’s gig at the 9:30 Club. The band hails from Richmond, so even though it technically wasn’t a homecoming gig, the place was filled to the rafters with rabid fans.

WASHINGTON, DC - January 23rd, 2012 - Randy Blythe and Mark Morton of the Richmond, VA-based heavy metal band Lamb of God perform at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. The band released their seventh studio album, Resolution, earlier in the week. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/FTWP)

WASHINGTON, DC - January 23rd, 2012 - Guitarist Mark Morton of Richmond, VA-based heavy metal band Lamb of God performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. The band released their seventh studio album, Resolution, earlier in the week. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/FTWP)

This was a fun but tough shoot. There were waves upon waves of crowd surfers (including one guy in a chicken suit) so I couldn’t stand in one place for more than a few seconds because the security in the pit was moving all over the place trying to deal with the crowd. The vast array of monitors on the lip of the stage also made it tough to get a proper full length shot. Like I said, not the easiest conditions, but much more fun than the usual indie rock gig.

WASHINGTON, DC - January 23rd, 2012 - Richmond, VA-based heavy metal band Lamb of God perform at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. The band released their seventh studio album, Resolution, earlier in the week. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/FTWP)

WASHINGTON, DC - January 23rd, 2012 - Willie Adler and John Campbell of the Richmond, VA-based heavy metal band Lamb of God perform at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. The band released their seventh studio album, Resolution, earlier in the week. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/FTWP)

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Lamb of God @ 930 Club – Images by Kyle Gustafson

Kyle Gustafson is a freelance photographer based in Washington, D.C. His work appears weekly in The Washington Post. Complex Magazine named him one of the 50 Greatest Concert Photographers Right Now.

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