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This DVD Represents how professional the guys are.. this DVD contains a live show at London and a Documentary about the making of Deliverance and Damnation... the live show contains 2 sets, first set which they play their mellow tracks the second set is a heavy set..

i will start by the first set:

Its all about Damnation, the new overwhelming masterpiece. they played the whole album! and also the beloved track, Harvest, the sound is great, and they play seamlessly fine, they appear on that video to be real professional musicians, and they know very well what they do. also Mike here is so friendly and not as "Shy" as you can notice at other bootlegs. he talks alot with the croud, and the croud seemed to like the first set very much, same did i =)

The second set:

Most of tracks played here are from Deliverance.. the darker and older brother of Damnation.. also have been played very well.. also there are tracks from Blackwater park, like The Leper Affinity played there, sounds marvellous... the only problem with the 2 sets is actually the camera man/directing.. its not well done, disappointing actually. since the whole show was great, but there is nothing perfect, there always have to be something wrong... the cameraman is not well focused and suddenly he shows interest while mike's singing with the bass or drums, while no special "Solos" made by them, and i remember that part that Peter or mike had a solo and instead of closing-up to them, he just closed up to the bass, played by Martin Mendez.. so there is no much logic there... but afterall this DVD is really great, and very worthy to own.

Documentary:

This is the part where you see how the guys survived-through this hell-of-a-period as it was obvious they had so much trouble during this period and if you read their diary at their official site, you will understand exactly whats going on. it is nice to see them talking about it, and about their past.. and its funny to hear that Mike's fisr ever made song while he was a kid was called "I Hate Hiphop" =) this is just so nice for every die-hard fan to see his favorite band more in-depth. Steven Wilson's appearance was nice since he made clear what was going on and how he helped and also his opinion about Mike's music :)

Review by: iNfernum

Opeth is one of my favourite bands in the world. They play some of the best music in the world if you ask me.
I bought this DVD the first day it was released, and I wasn't disappointed at all. I like the mellow songs that Opeth has made. However I like the heavier ones better. The few minus parts there is in this DVD is the fact that they don't play any songs from before Blackwater park. Most likely because Opeth changed record label. And the new label didn't want to pay royalties to the other label. Another great thing about this DVD is that there is a one hour documentary. about Opeth and how their latest Album was put together.
All and all This is a great DVD with only a few bad points and a load of great points.

8.5/10

Review by: illnath

This is quite a good dvd, it's shot at Sheperd Bush empire.
It contains a mellow set and a so called heavy set.
The mellow set is very nice but i'm more dissapointed with the heavy set. I hoped for the song Blackwater park on it but that one is not in the set on this dvd. The Drapery Falls and the Leper Affinity are played very well.
Due to problems with their former record company (peaceville) the weren't allowed to play music from the albums before Blackwater park (Orchid, Morningris, MAYH and Still Life). After all a good dvd but i had expected much more. The enhanced interview with the band is a very good one in my opinion. It endures more than 2 hours!! 8/10

Review by: Khold666IsGreat

This isn't as such a metal album.. nor is it a full Opeth release. This was meant to be a part of a double album together with Deliverance. However the evil record label saw thing in another way and decided to release this as a separate album. Hence the shortness of the album. The songs are great and all in fact they are really beautiful. The big thing that is bothering me is that the fact that it is such a short album.
8.5/10

Review by: illnath

When i saw this DVD i was like It's the most beautiful thing that i ever saw!!! Opeth is actually a very great band!... And a Live release just tells us that they are very professional artists, they make real art with their music... Its wonderful! This DVD is the best release ever made in music history!!!

Review by: Abeliux

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