I was lucky enough to see Hammerfall on their first tour with Death back in 98 I think, at the Legendary Satyricon in Portland. Now 10 years later I got to see them again putting on another fantastic show at the Hawthorne Theater.
Here they are performing Renegade;
Wednesday 13 has been a favorite of mine for a long long time. I've been fortunate to seen him play countless times over the years. Met the man, chatted on with him on the tour bus once even. Here is a video of him singing "Your mother sucks cocks in hell" while in PDX at Dantes.
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Last New Years I got to hang out with Michael Starr of the Legendary Steel Panther!
A friend caught us chatting it up at the bar before the show.
Here is a video of Steel Panther performing "Asian Hooker" from that Night. AWESOME!
Found a Live Video of me shredding it up back when I was with Anatoray in 2017 at the now closed Rock Hard PDX.
Enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm42vv_UN_E
~LB
I don't know how many of you know, but I also play drums. Big shout out to Collin and Fabs @ Guitar Center for the set up! 
You may have noticed the new LASHER BLACK logo in the opening page.
My long time friend and tattooist J9 of Lady Luck Tattoos https://www.ladylucktattoopdx.com/jeanine was awesome and whipped this up for me.
Super awesome, Super Grateful.
- LB
Why so quiet? What's going on you might say? Well!
1st off Id like to take the time to say that I have been working with Ken Webster of Sinful Audio (https://www.sinfulaudio.com).
"Sinful Audio is a provider quality audio solutions tailored to provide immersive experiences to your customers. Whether it be custom music, sound design or audio reinforcement products such as amplifiers or speakers, Sinful Audio will partner with you to custom tailor a solution that works for your commercial and home entertainment needs."
I've known Ken from the Haunt industry for a few years now, and Ken approached me saying he needed some \\m// METAL \\m// for some new audio files he's been working on. So over the last few months I've been creating some metal tunes for Ken to use in his music.
What is interesting about this, is that it's not like writing a typical song. For this project there are no drums, and little bass, and that's it. It's also not the typical verse, chorus, verse chorus bridge... etc song structure. And then fitting the particular moods for each song is also a challenge. Getting into the right frame of mind is essential.
So how does this whole process work? Ken says, hey I have this idea, this is what I'd like. So I take that Idea, work on the song, and over a course of a few weeks or so, I come up with a song and submit it to Ken, A few refinements are made and then its in Ken's hands Ken then does what he does best and adds it into his sound files and adds all those sound effects and creepy things that makes his work so awesome.
At this point Ive submitted 4 songs I think to Ken for him to incorporate. Waiting anxiously to hear the final product. You can bet Ill post it on here when its done.
Cheers- LB
Well First Blog....
I'd like to Introduce myself. I am Lasher Black. Guitarist, Drummer and all around Metal Head. I usually compose, record, and practice in my home studio for my own enjoyment. However, recently friends and other music professionals have been encouraging me to get out and promote myself a bit more. So here I am, creating my own website.
As I am a huge metal head, and fan of music all around, not only will I be blogging about my musical endeavors, but Ill post cd reviews, concert reviews, guitar and equipment reviews and well anything else music related.
Thanks for joining me on this ride. Feel free to add a comment, or hit me up on Twitter.
Who knows, this all may go somewhere, or it may go nowhere, but you know what happens if I don't try? Nothing.
Let's see where this goes.