Doomriders I Exist Tour

I tour managed Doomriders when they came to Australia in July. Here are some photos, mainly from Perth and New Zealand.

Promos - I Exist, The Hollow, Word Up, The Voyage, The Tearaways

I Exist - Studio video

 

I shot some video of I Exist while they were in the studio recording their second album, and edited it together to their song 'Wyvern's Keep'. All shot on a Canon 5DmkII.

I Exist has posted a studio clip of a new song taken from their forthcoming album. 'Wyverns Keep' will feature on the bands new album "II: The Broken Passage" which will be released on June 17 on both CD and LP through Resist Records. To cut the long-player, the band returned to Melbourne’s Goatsound Studios, this time with US producer Billy Anderson helming the desk, whose credits include Sleep’s Sleep’s Holy Mountain and Eyehategod’s Dopesick: both hugely influential records for the band.

http://www.resistrecords.com
http://www.facebook.com/iexistcbr
http://www.iexistmusic.tumblr.com
http://www.twitter.com/iexistcbr
http://www.myspace.com/iexistmusic
http://www.iexistmusic.com/

Bit of an update

Over the last couple of months it seems I've been updating www.jhatphoto.tumblr.com and http://www.flickr.com/photos/mynameisjohnhatfield/ more than this blog.
Here's a few things I've been shooting:

The Bronx at Soundwave.

Suicide Silence at No Sleep Til.

Queens Of The Stone Age at Soundwave

Billy Anderson recording I Exist's new Album

Rohan of Extortion lending a guest vocal to I Exist's new album.

Defeater - Brisbane all ages show - April 8th 2011

Bad Romance Tour - 1

Some photos from the first leg of the Bad Romance Tour with I Exist and Phantoms.

I Exist Phantoms Recording

I spent the day in the studio with I Exist and Phantoms as they recorded their split 7" 'Bad Romance' with Lachlan Mitchell.

I Exist seven strong

I Exist have had a total of seven members for a while now, so far they've only played one show with all seven, usually it's six members on stage with either JJ or Kelly on third guitar. This is the first promo of them with seven members.



This is the new header image of their myspace, seven dudes with a sword getting silly, Patrick Galvin did the graphic design.

Not sure if I'll post the original image, I might actually do some prints of it if anyone is interested.

Bad Romance

This is the back cover of a split 7" between I Exist and Phantoms, I took the photo. If I had known at the time that it would be used for anything more than a snapshot I would have put more effort into it. Design and layout by Patrick Galvin who also drew the front cover, which can be seen here: http://patrickgalvin.tumblr.com/post/1643087385/heres-something-i-drew-up-a-while-ago-that-ive


Just south of Brisbane is a lovely place where dreams come true - Wet 'n' Wild. While touring together in March 2010, Canberra sludge merchants I Exist and Sydney pseudo thugs Phantoms visited this magical place and decided to immortalise it in song. Recorded in one afternoon with Lachlan Mitchell between visits to Sizzler and a Soulfly concert, the result is Bad Romance, 2 songs from each act and all named after Wet 'n' Wild rides.

The 7" will be released January 14th 2011, with a pre order available from December 6th.

www.myspace.com/iexistmusic
www.myspace.com/phantomshc
www.resistrecords.com/catalog

A track from the I Exist side 'Mammoth Falls' is up now too on  www.myspace.com/iexistmusic

Here are the original blog posts from that trip to Queensland.
http://www.jhatphoto.com/2010/04/i-exist-queensland-day-1.html
http://www.jhatphoto.com/2010/04/i-exist-queensland-day-2.html
http://www.jhatphoto.com/2010/04/i-exist-queensland-day-3-part-1.html
http://www.jhatphoto.com/2010/04/i-exist-queensland-day-3-part-2.html
http://www.jhatphoto.com/2010/04/i-exist-queensland-day-3-part-3.html

I Exist.Anchors.In Trenches.Gigs

I went to Sydney with I Exist, then to Brisbane with In Trenches for their show with Anchors.

I Exist Miles Away in Perth - Part 3

 I went to Perth with I Exist, for their shows with Miles Away, these photos are from the third show.

I Exist Miles Away in Perth - Part 2

I went to Perth with I Exist, for their shows with Miles Away, these photos are from the second show.