I can begin by giving a speech about how great and how good Death
was and how painful the loss of Chuck (RIP) was and still is,
all this is true but this is not the point here, here is the place
to write a review about their DVD so I will do so.
First and all I was a little dissapointed by the quality of it,
the picture is rather grainy and the sound doesn't do any justice
to their excellent music. Also the idea of "let's tape a
whole concert" is rather boring, of course now I can't say
see them live instead of on your screen so maybe it's a good thing
we can see them "live" in the privacy of our own homes.
Although I really am bothered by the quality, you see that everything
is perfectly played and you get a shitty sound I wouldn't have
cared if they cleaned it up afterwards instead of this. And we
all know you don't have to go to a Death concert to see a lot
of action on stage but you go to see great musicians and you will
excellent structured songs.
My DVD player is connected to my hifi for the best sound possible
and still it sucks, I turned off my stereo and I almost didn't
hear the music. Maybe it's a good idea to put the original songs
on a cd first in the order of the DVD, mute the sound of the DVD
and listen to the orignals while watching one of the best guitar
players on your screen because the balance between instruments
is worth nothing, all you hear is Chuck 'n drums (sounds kinda
funny doesn't it).
Honestly I felt this was a disrespectful act, I cannot imagine
Chuck was/would be pleased with this. But I still like to watch
it for the great techniques, and also something else if I'm not
wrong (and this is for the guitar players) they play on simple
Valvestates (Marshall) on this one so even the greatest don't
need equipment that cost you an arm an a leg if I'm not mistaking
of course.
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