In 2020, Benjamin Hunt picked up a camera and found that photography was something that came naturally to him. Ben, a self-taught photographer from Amsterdam, NY, also runs his own growing photography business Black Moth Photography. He has a creative mind and a passion for photography, as well as music, especially hardcore and metalcore. (In the past, he's even fronted bands as a lead vocalist.) Ben enjoys working with our team at 518scene.com and he is a true master in his element dodging pits, flying bodies and climbing on the stage for the best shot. Ben enjoys also traveling to shoot many different types and styles of photography, including portraits, street photography, architecture and most risky: traveling to abandoned places to capture urban decay.
Cohoes metalcore outfit Breathless By Dawn performed as a trio at Empire Underground in Albany on 8/9/24, opening for LI’s Internal Bleeding.Continue Reading
Florida deathcore outfit Tracheotomy got the mosh pit going full swing, headlining Empire Underground in Albany on 7/28/24.Continue Reading
Kentucky hardcore band Surfaced made a bombastic return to Empire Underground in Albany, NY, on 7/28/24, opening for Tracheotomy.Continue Reading
Houston deathcore band Girl of Glass were chuggin’ and grinnin’ at Empire Underground in Albany, NY, on 7/28/24, opening for Tracheotomy.Continue Reading
Torn Out repped 518 metallic hardcore with a bombastic set at Empire Underground in Albany, NY, on 7/28/24, opening for Tracheotomy.Continue Reading
Providence, RI’s Edict started the night like a kick to the chops at Empire Underground in Albany on 7/28/24, opening for Tracheotomy.Continue Reading
Long Island metallic hardcore outfit Silenus headlined a Saturday matinee at Fuze Box in Albany, NY, on 6/8/24, and did not disappoint.Continue Reading
Boston metallic hardcore outfit Jackal crushed an old-school Saturday matinee at Fuze Box in Albany, NY, on 6/8/24, opening for Silenus.Continue Reading
NJ hardcore band Conduit brought their trademark metallic grooves to a matinee show at Fuze Box in Albany NY on 6/8/24, opening for Silenus.Continue Reading
Upstate 518 metallic hardcore favorites Torn Out chugged away at a matinee show at Fuze Box in Albany on 6/8/24, opening for Silenus.Continue Reading
Local 518 hardcore band Coquette kicked off a killer Saturday matinee show at Fuze Box in Albany, NY, on 6/8/24, opening for Silenus.Continue Reading
Newburgh, NY metalcore veterans All Out War turned in an absolutely punishing set on 5/11/24, headlining Empire Underground Albany.Continue Reading
Albany metallic hardcore band Crimson Mask played a special CD release show on 5/11/24 at Empire Underground Albany, opening for All Out War.Continue Reading
Staten Island hardcore band Cropsey made the trek north to slam at Empire Underground Albany on 5/11/24, opening for All Out War.Continue Reading
518 groove metallers Against The Reign kept the beats and breakdowns coming at Empire Underground Albany on 5/11/24, opening for All Out War.Continue Reading
Hudson Valley death metal/hardcore band Sickbay were full-on brutal at Empire Underground Albany on 5/11/24, opening for All Out War.Continue Reading
Louisville, KY death/metalcore act Gates To Hell dropped frenetic riffs and furious breakdowns on 5/4/24, headlining Empire Underground Albany.Continue Reading
CT death metal heavyweights Vomit Forth made another brutal stop in the 518 on 5/4/24 at Empire Underground Albany, opening for Gates To Hell.Continue Reading
Houston, TX brutal death metal dealers Corpse Pile were sonically lethal on 5/4/24 at Empire Underground Albany, opening for Gates To Hell.Continue Reading
Albany metallic hardcore veterans Concrete kicked off the night full tilt on 5/4/24 at Empire Underground Albany, opening for Gates To Hell.Continue Reading
San Antonio, TX, metalcore outfit Upon A Burning Body brought down the house on 4/18/24 at Empire Underground in Albany, at a SOLD OUT show.Continue Reading