mxdwn Photo Essay: The Best of Metal

If you’ve followed our journey here at mxdwn, you’ll know we’re partial to a bit, make that a LOT, of metal, so we wanted to celebrate that, by taking a quick visual trip down memory lane. Scroll down and enjoy some of our favorite metal bands of the last decade, some plain and to-the-point, some just epic in their craziness (Mac Sabbath, anyone?!).

Hopefully soon we can all get back out and see some of this mayhem up close and personal…..

Atreyu (2015);

Photographer Credit: Mehreen Rizvi

Teenage Time Killers with Randy Blythe (Fonda Theater, 2015);

Photographer Credit: Owen Ela

System of a Down (Glen Helen Amphitheater, 2018);

Photographer Credit: Mauricio Alvarado

Deftones (Gibson Amphitheater, 2010);

Photographer Credit: marv watson

Anthrax (2017);

apher Credit: Boston Lynn Schulz

Mac Sabbath (The Fonda, 2018);

Photographer Credit: Mauricio Alvarado

Godlfesh (2018);

Photographer Credit: Ekaterina Gorbacheva

The Devil Wears Prada (2017);

Photographer Credit: Boston Lynn Schulz

Killswitch Engage (2017);

Photographer Credit: Boston Lynn Schulz

Of Mice and Men (2017);

Photographer Credit: Boston Lynn Schulz

Suicidal Tendencies (2010);

Photographer Credit: Gary Alan

Poppy (2020);

Photographer Credit: Ekaterina Gorbacheva

Avenged Sevenfold (2017);

Photographer Credit: Boston Lynn Schulz

Hatebreed (2019);

Photographer Credit: Boston Lynn Schulz

Amon Amarth (2019);

Photographer Credit: Ekaterina Gorbacheva

Pentagram (2014);

Photographer Credit: Greg Cristman

Power Trip (2018);

Photographer Credit: Ekaterina Gorbacheva

Khemmis (2018);

Photographer Credit: Ekaterina Gorbacheva

Metallica (Big Four, 2011);

Photographer Credit: marv watson

The Black Dahlia Murder (2018);

Photographer Credit: Ekaterina Gorbacheva

Pig Destroyer (2018);

Photographer Credit: Ekaterina Gorbacheva

Boris (2014);

Photographer Credit: Owen Ela

Within Temptation (2019);

Photographer Credit: Ekaterina Gorbacheva

Lacuna Coil (2019);

Photographer Credit: Stephen Hoffmeister

Entombed (2016);

Photographer Credit: Boston Lynn Schulz

KISS (2010);

Photographer Credit: Gary Alan

Clutch (2017);

Photographer Credit: marv watson

Ice Nine Kills (2019);

Photographer Credit: Mehreen Rizvi

Sunn O))) (Psycho Vegas, 2018);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

The Melvins (San Manuel Amphitheater, 2017);

Photographer Credit: marv watson

Norma Jean (2017);

Photographer Credit: Mehreen Rizvi

Arch Enemy (2019);

Photographer Credit: Ekaterina Gorbacheva

Tribulation (2018);

Photographer Credit: Ekaterina Gorbacheva

Alestorm (2017);

Photographer Credit: Sharon Alagna

Ghost (one photo can’t do these guys justice!);

Photographer Credit: Boston Lynn Schulz

Photographer Credit: Ekaterina Gorbacheva

Photographer Credit: Boston Lynn Schulz

Neurosis (Psycho Vegas, 2017);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Danzig (2016);

Photographer Credit: Mauricio Alvarado

Every Time I Die (2019);

Photographer Credit: Boston Lynn Schulz

At The Gates (2019);

Photographer Credit: Ekaterina Gorbacheva

Myrkur (Psycho Vegas, 2017);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Yob (2018);

Photographer Credit: Ekaterina Gorbacheva

Fu Manchu (2019);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Cult of Luna with Julie Christmas (Psycho Vegas, 2017);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Gojira (Psycho Vegas, 2017);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

All Pigs Must Die (Psycho Vegas, 2018);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Wolves In The Throne Room (Psycho Vegas, 2017);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Sleep (2017);

Photographer Credit: Mauricio Alvarado

Pelican (Psycho Vegas, 2017);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Testament (The Wiltern, 2018);

Photographer Credit: Ekaterina Gorbacheva

Electric Wizard (Psycho Vegas, 2019);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Opeth (Psycho Vegas, 2019);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Mastodon (2013);

Photographer Credit: Owen Ela

He Is Legend (2014);

Photographer Credit: Mehreen Rizvi

High On Fire (Psycho Vegas, 2018);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Weedeater (Psycho Vegas, 2018);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Eyehategod (Psycho Vegas, 2018);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Mutoid Man (Psycho Vegas, 2018);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Inter Arma (Psycho Vegas, 2017);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Primitive Man (Psycho Vegas, 2018);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Batushka (Psycho Vegas, 2018);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Carcass (Psycho Vegas, 2019);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Helms Alee ;

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Pallbearer (Bonnaroo 2015);

Photographer Credit: Sharon Alagna

Slayer (2016);

Photographer Credit: Boston Lynn Schulz

Earthless (Psycho Vegas, 2017);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Monolord (Psycho Vegas, 2018);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Enslaved (Psycho Vegas, 2018);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Triumph of Death (Psycho Vegas, 2019);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Homewrecker (Psycho Vegas, 2018);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Megadeth (Hollywood Palladium, 2016);

Photographer Credit: Mauricio Alvarado

Corrosion of Conformity (Psycho Vegas, 2019);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Lucifer (Psycho Vegas, 2019);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Two Minutes to Late Night (Psycho Vegas, 2019);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Yakuza (Psycho Vegas, 2019);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

The Dillinger Escape Plan (SXSW, 2015);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Bullet For My Valentine (Hollywood Palladium, 2010);

Photographer Credit: marv watson

King Diamond (The Wiltern, 2015);

Photographer Credit: Mauricio Alvarado

Trivium (Mayhem Festival, 2005);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Machine Head (Mayhem Festival, 2005);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

Dethklok (Mayhem Festival, 2005);

Photographer Credit: Raymond Flotat

marv watson: Marv is a freelance photographer and photo editor, from the north of England. Graduating from Teeside University with a Masters in Sport Science, he travelled the world for a number of years before settling in Los Angeles, where he now resides. He shoots portraits, sports and music. He loves his wife, daughter, rabbits, beer and pizza, and detests hipsters, instagram celebrities and popular music.
Related Post
Leave a Comment