Over to Brixton Academy this evening for the second time this week to do the Black Crusade and it was basically that... In the Dark!! Think I could see the odd stagehand on stage! Was told not to bother with the first 3 bands as there was nothing to shoot, turned up and caught the end of Dragonforce only to not see a band on stage. Perhaps that was why the crowd was booing?? Should have stayed at Nando's with the crew!!

Had a bit of photog/writer deja vu from Wednesday as I bumped into Tom Bryant who had been there right from the beginning... Trivium were up first and they looked like they wanted to be Metallica. A little hint, Metallica are always very well lit and never hide in the dark!! Machine Head were next and I didn't think the lights could get worse, wrong!! Even darker except for the 30 seconds of white light which was the only part worth shooting. Tom made an interesting point about why we should be allowed to get good photos, 5000 people are at the gig but aren't 70,000 people reading the review important too?!?

Highlight of the night was being done and watching make out corner at the back of the venue... How much do you pay for tickets and all you can remember of Machine Head is the hickey on your neck? Perhaps they just needed a "dark" place to snog! They couldn't have picked a better place in all honesty...