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Nevermore are around for many years, released several albums and toured a lot, now they released the 2-DVD The Year Of The Voyager which has on DVD 1 a show they played in October 2006 in Bochum (Germany) and on DVD 2 you get pieces of different shows from 2005 / 2006, something recorded in 2001 at their record labels anniversary party, the video clips and an interview with Warrel Dane. There is also a box with the double live CD available. The double live CD only offers the Bochum show, so make up your mind what you buy!
The Bochum show shows them as a kick ass live band, the way their fans know them. And as this show was recorded for the DVD the set list has songs from their whole career. Personally I'm very happy to hear songs like What Tomorrow Knows and Matricide again. The sound quality is powerful and very good. The images are a bit too dark and sometimes the angles are a bit strange... But very cool are the close ups and the use of black/white pictures. To be honest I think the Zeche isn't the best place to record a live DVD, coz the place is too small. Usually the stage size is okay, but too small when you have people filming. Beside that the lights are in the back of the stage and so you have a quite shadowy image when the guys are up front. Beside that they captured very well the live energy of the Seattleites. Sometimes the images are changing too fast... and sometimes the slo-mos don't fit, but well...
On DVD 2 you get some songs from different festivals. The images from the Gigantour are pretty good, but the sound isn't that great And I wish the Bochum show has this image quality and the festival footage the sound quality of the Bochum show.... The footage from Metal Mania and Wacken is again great and the sound is better then Gigantour footage.
The video clips most will know, but can't hurt to have them in a good quality on DVD. Something special is the footage from the Century Media US anniversary party, coz it shows the band at a different stage of their career - and with another guitarist, this time with Curran Murphy. Unfortunately the picture is pretty dark and the sound lacks power and is a bit muddy. But the 2 songs should only show a them at a different time and I think even if there is or would be a recording of the whole show, they wouldn't release it.
The interview shows Warrel talking about the DVD, giving an idea about their intention, why they had to cancel the first scheduled recording day and other stuff. A nice addition.
Resume: Its great to have a live DVD from these guys, but I've seen DVDs which been shot better and I think I even saw them doing a stronger performance. But about the performance it's probably just a personal problem, coz I saw these guys many, many times. The festival stuff is very cool and I think that some will also be happy to see them with Steve Smyth. Actually I miss some old stuff, even it the quality wouldn't be that great, as a bonus it would have been cool to see them with Pat O'Brian. Anyway, not a waste of time to watch this 4 hrs. of Nevermore!
Track list:
DVD 1
Live at the Zeche Bochum, Germany, October 11th, 2006
Intro
Final Product
My Acid Words
What Tomorrow Knows/Garden Of Grey
Next In Line
Enemies Of Reality
I, Voyager
The Politics Of Ecstasy
The River Dragon Has Come
I Am The Dog
Dreaming Neon Black
Matricide
Dead Heart In A Dead World
Noumenon (from Tape)
Inside Four Walls
The Learning
Sentient
Narcosynthesis
The Heart Collector
Born
This Godless Endeavor
DVD 2:
Gigantour, September 2nd, 2005
Born
Enemies of Reality
Metal Mania Festival, March 4th, 2006
Final Product
The Heart Collection
Enemies Of Reality
The Seven Tongues Of God
Wacken, August 4th, 2006
Final Product
Narcosynthesis
Engines of Hate
Born
Century Media USA 10th Anniversary Party - Live at The Roxy, L.A. Sep. 28th 2001
Engines Of Hate
Beyond Within
Video clips
What Tomorrow Knows
Next In Line
Believe In Nothing
I, Voyager
Enemies Of Reality
Final Product
Born
Narcosynthesis (live promo video)
Interview with Warrel Dane
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