Friday the 13th Metal Massacre, some metal bands playing at Craneway Pavilion:  Lungs of a Blast Furnace, The Venting Machine, St Vernon, Serpent & Seraph, plus one or two more.  I was only able to catch The Venting Machine and Lungs of a Blast Furnace.

This place is CAVERNOUS.  Ford used to make tanks here during World War 2.  I guess this place has a long history of metal

Here is Lungs of a Blast Furnace:

This place could hold 5,000 standing (or 2,000 seated).  They made it a little more “intimate” by curtaining-off the very back and front.  About 4:30 into the video you get a peek at the rest of the insides of the building.

Lolz, most places won’t let you anywhere near “backstage”, yet here you had to enter from behind the stage and almost “sneak” into the area where everyone could watch the bands.  This is the view from the entrance (behind the stage):

There is even an upscale restaurant adjacent to Craneway Pavilion (the “BoilerHouse”).  The view from inside Craneway looking out over the bay is spectacular, especially just before sunset. The walls are only about 20 feet away from the water.  For parking, you even have to drive past a manned, little guard house and stop.  Interesting place to have a metal show.