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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great!, 26 Mar 2004
You like Opeth ? Then buy this. It’s that simple. My appreciation for this genuinly incredible and unique band has increased considerably after the purchase of this DVD.Be warned though, this DVD has a heavy emphasis on their softer, clean vocal side. Damnation is played in its entirety and these tracks along with a soft song from ‘Blackwater Park’, ‘Harvest’, take up nine of the DVD’s fourteen tracks. The highlight for me of these ‘soft’ songs, and probably the whole set, has to be an utterly sublime ‘Hope Leaves’ from Damnation. The very definition of beautiful imho. Then things get brutal… As soon as the band re-emerges and kick into an awesome version of ‘Master’s Apprentices’ you know that the ‘real’ Opeth has finally arrived. Martin Lopez’s (who deserves a special mention for his insane abilities) drum kit has doubled in size and the songs which follow, ‘The Drapery Falls’, ‘Deliverence’, ‘The Leper Affinity’ and ‘A Fair Judgement’ (all from Blackwater Park and Deliverence) quite simply rock. Hard. Very hard. The skill and talent which all of the members possess is incredible to watch. Unfortunately there’s a slight problem. Many would argue that a lot of Opeth’s greatest work can be found in their earlier ‘Orchid’, ‘Morningrise’, ‘My Arms, Your Hearse’ and ‘Still Life’ albums but there are no tracks from these albums to be found. The reason? Record company politics. Basically those albums were recorded before Opeth joined ‘Music For Nations’ and it seems as though MFNs weren’t too keen on paying royalties for songs which they don’t own the rights to. It’s understandable but at the same time a bit frustrating as it’s us, the fans, who ultimately lose out. Although to be fair in the documenty that follows Mikael lets known his true feelings of some of the bands earlier work… So, following on from the concert there’s a fantastic documentry with interviews and studio footage from the making of Deliverance and Damnation. This is where my respect for all memebers of this band rose even further. Quite simply they just seem like genuinely down-to-earth, nice guys and it’s totally refreshing to see. No egos, just a pure love for music. It’s also fascinating to see the amount of respect they hold for their producer extraordinaire, Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) who ,incidently, also seems like a really cool guy. Basically, I love this DVD. It’s been fantastically well shot and produced (would you expect anything less ?) and it acts as a fascinating insight into one of the greatest bands around at the moment. If not THE greatest ?……
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