

These guys are getting ready embark on a US Tour. They’ll also be applying the over eight pounds of pressure that is required to rip your fucking ears clean off the sides of your skull at SXSW and Scion.


These guys are getting ready embark on a US Tour. They’ll also be applying the over eight pounds of pressure that is required to rip your fucking ears clean off the sides of your skull at SXSW and Scion.
Trap Them performing at Cake Shop, NYC on January 14th, 2011 shot for Brooklyn Vegan along with Psychic Limb, Black Anvil and All Pigs Must Die. Look for the photos in the March issue of Terrorizer Magazine!
Kylesa performing at Santos Party House, NYC, on January 26, 2011. Shot along with Rosetta, Fight Amp and East of the Wall for Brooklyn Vegan.



Top shot was used in NPR: The Year In Music, 2010’s Best Writing About Metal
Lurker: Kim Kelly
Makeup: Karlynn Holland
When publisher Jeff Dorgay asks you to come on board with music journalism legends such as Ben Fong-Torres (yes, the guy that Almost Famous was based on and was the senior editor at Rolling Stone when it was worth a damn) and Bob Gendron (author/editor/contributor/music historian), you say yes. These three men are heading up a budding new music magazine called ToneAudio. Come 2011, we’ll be expanding our coverage to bring attention to the heavy underground bands that are pushing the boundaries of music.
In the meantime, I was asked to cover The Raincoats performance at the Modern Museum of Art in honor of Women in Modern Photography. Here’s my very first published article:


The issue is available for download here. Notable Articles: Electric Wizard, OFF! and tons of articles on gear.






Here are a few outtakes from shooting Watain for Haunting the Chapel on Stereogum (click to see set). The show was incredible. Big thanks to Brandon for helping to put it on and for having me shoot.
Crowbar performing at Santos Party House on December 5th, 2010. Photographed for Brooklyn Vegan.
French doom band, Monarch, playing Death By Audio in Brooklyn, NY. The last show off of their first US tour.
Swans performing at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on September 8th 2010. More photos here on Stereogum.
All Photos © Samantha Marble 2011-2012, Design by Peter Vidani