Ottawa Metal City: Black Star Riders + Saxon + Judas Priest @ TD Place

Ladies and gentlemen!

Here are some pictures from the metal show I attended on Sunday, March 25th 2018 at TD Place in Ottawa. I had a blast and I hope you will enjoy these pictures!

Black Star Riders were an amazing opening band: great mixture of hard rock and heavy metal with an outstanding bass guitar player and a sympathetic singer who felt at ease communicating with the crowd.

British heavy metal veterans Saxon played a longer set than usual because they were recording for a future live album! The band was in great form and sounds much better on stage than on its studio records.

The crowd was waiting for Judas Priest to hit the stage.

The band opened with the great title song and opener of its new studio record Firepower.

The band also played famous and rare classics from the seventies such as ''The Ripper''.

''Some Heads are Gonna Roll'' was also on the set list.

Singer Rob Halford drove a motorcycle onto the stage before performing ''Hell Bent for Leather''.

The band played nearly two hours and received well-deserved standing ovations.