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Black Label Society, is the brain child of guitar great Zakk Wylde. Having graced the world s stages for the last 20 years, both as Ozzy Osborne s right hand man and fronting BLS, Zakk Wylde has established himself as one of the few remaining guitar heroes. European Invasion captures BLS live on their sold out European tour in 2005 supporting their hit album Mafia . It contains the full Paris show as well as extensive bonus features. Originally a 2 disc DVD it is now presented in superb picture and sound quality on a single disc Blu-ray.
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Black Label Society sono la creatura del genio di Zakk Wylde. Il grande chitarrista, dopo aver accompagnato Ozzy Osborne per oltre 18 anni, si riconferma una delle più grandi realtà contemporanee del metal e la vera eredità dei Black Sabbath. European Invasion cattura i Black Label Society durante il tour europeo del 2005. Contiene l'intero show di Parigi più 4 brani tratti dallo show di Londra. Include un documentario della durata di un'ora realizzato On The Road, 3 promo video estratti dall'album Mafia ed il Making Of del video Suicide Messiah.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Alex Lewis
Format:DVD
The first disc of the DVD collection features a fantastic gig live from paris as well as the highlights of the London Astoria show. The sound quality is brilliant and far superior to the previous "bruised, boned..." DVD and also features far better material from the Blessed Hellride and Mafia cd releases. The highlights come later in the show with In this River, Fire it up and Spoke in the wheel being my particular favourites they are all extended and improve upon the cd release versions (the sign of a truely great live performance).
To be honest its all about the guitar playing Zakk absolutlely shreds throughout the show any guitarist will be inspired by his virtuoso playing technique.In addition to all the usual flashness We are also treated to the brilliant acoustic part of the set which includes Diary of a Madman and Mama I'm comin home.
The second DVD is not quite as inspiring however consisting mainly of the usual backstage footage in which Zakk doesnt come off so well seeming to dominate the band at points particularly before the Astoria show. But you do get a genuine insight into his personality and philosophy, basically his "wont take s**t from anybody" attitude and his firm belief in family combine to make a brutal yet caring person.
To sum it up watch the 1st DVD and be amazed and the 2nd to judge the man for yourself.
To be honest its all about the guitar playing Zakk absolutlely shreds throughout the show any guitarist will be inspired by his virtuoso playing technique.In addition to all the usual flashness We are also treated to the brilliant acoustic part of the set which includes Diary of a Madman and Mama I'm comin home.
The second DVD is not quite as inspiring however consisting mainly of the usual backstage footage in which Zakk doesnt come off so well seeming to dominate the band at points particularly before the Astoria show. But you do get a genuine insight into his personality and philosophy, basically his "wont take s**t from anybody" attitude and his firm belief in family combine to make a brutal yet caring person.
To sum it up watch the 1st DVD and be amazed and the 2nd to judge the man for yourself.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Black Label Society - Doom Troopin' Live: The European Invasion Blu-Ray
27 Feb 2013
By Gentlegiantprog
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Doom Troopin' Live: The European Invasion is a live concert video from Black Label Society, available on Blu-Ray. It documents the European leg of their touring in support of `Mafia.'
The setlist is fairly heavily comprised of material from the `Mafia' and `The Blessed Hellride' albums, with little from the first three records, which may be disappointing if its your only BLS video purchase, but which does result in little crossover with their other DVD `Boozed Broozed & Broken Boned.' A similar idea to Kiss' Alive II perhaps.
There are 16 tracks in the main Paris concert according to the back of the box but three of those are jamming. They tease the crowd with a bit of `Iron Man' and `Mama I'm Coming Home' for example. Plenty of the time between songs is given over for additional guitar soloing as well.
It's a decent mix of fast and slow, its mostly heavy but there's a bit of light in there and it gives a lot of time over to Zack's guitar talents, without wasting too much time away from actual songs. I think a good balance has been struck of all of Black Label's constituent parts.
The performance is fairly strong, noticeably so on the ballads. Zack has a good stage presence pumping fists, pointing and striking poses, although some of the spoken crowd interaction is very mumbled and hard to make out. A lot of the songs feel a lot faster, louder and heavier live than they did on record, and feel crunchier and more earthy sounding. The drumming in particular is a lot more impressive live; Craig Nunemacher has a lot of character I hadn't noticed before seeing this.
I think the sound is very good. Its well mixed, fairly heavy and the songs have bite. It feels `live enough' but it isn't sloppy.... Read more ›
The setlist is fairly heavily comprised of material from the `Mafia' and `The Blessed Hellride' albums, with little from the first three records, which may be disappointing if its your only BLS video purchase, but which does result in little crossover with their other DVD `Boozed Broozed & Broken Boned.' A similar idea to Kiss' Alive II perhaps.
There are 16 tracks in the main Paris concert according to the back of the box but three of those are jamming. They tease the crowd with a bit of `Iron Man' and `Mama I'm Coming Home' for example. Plenty of the time between songs is given over for additional guitar soloing as well.
It's a decent mix of fast and slow, its mostly heavy but there's a bit of light in there and it gives a lot of time over to Zack's guitar talents, without wasting too much time away from actual songs. I think a good balance has been struck of all of Black Label's constituent parts.
The performance is fairly strong, noticeably so on the ballads. Zack has a good stage presence pumping fists, pointing and striking poses, although some of the spoken crowd interaction is very mumbled and hard to make out. A lot of the songs feel a lot faster, louder and heavier live than they did on record, and feel crunchier and more earthy sounding. The drumming in particular is a lot more impressive live; Craig Nunemacher has a lot of character I hadn't noticed before seeing this.
I think the sound is very good. Its well mixed, fairly heavy and the songs have bite. It feels `live enough' but it isn't sloppy.... Read more ›
By Wildboy
Format:DVD
I have loved BLS from day one and have been a musician myself for a very long time so I know what I'm talking about when it comes to sound/tone etc. In regards to the below review, I must admit I have to agree that even though it is very unlikely that Zakk would ever mime, he seems to be doing it on the DVD! Words seem to be slightly out of sink and the sound just doesn't seem right. Not sure! What do you think?
Still love them though!
Still love them though!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By S. ROBINSON
Format:Blu-ray
Great sound, great performance. I don't see how another reviewer thinks that Mr Wylde is miming at any point during the live performances - quite clearly a new sound system (or hearing test) is needed there methinks.
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
I do not tolerate the Leadman in bands Miming no matter how well they play the guitar.
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