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Nuclear Blast Festivals 2000 [Live]
Nuclear Blast Festivals 2000 [Live]
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Features 17 tracks from 5 of Nuclear Blast's most popular and diverse metal bands. Tracks from Hypocrisy, Destruction, Kataklysm, Crematory, & Raise Hell.
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Nuclear Blast Festivals 2000
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ASIN: B00005B830 Release Date: 2001-08-07 |
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Features 17 tracks from 5 of Nuclear Blast's most popular and diverse metal bands. Tracks from Hypocrisy, Destruction, Kataklysm, Crematory, & Raise Hell.Customer Reviews:
Great intro for bands, as well as a plain awesome live album.......2001-09-14
Raise Hell have a combination of the three most bleak and harsh realms of metal -- black, death, and thrash (mostly thrash)-- and are able to play this style all the while retaining an "upbeat" feel, almost "happy"-like. Some of the riffs are absolutely punishing (pariculary the second half of "Dance With The Devil"), and the rhythm section provides some great thumping to move to, with the vocals coming off as a black snarl-like thing that's extremely fun to listen to.
I'm definately going to be searching around for more CD's by them; a great band.
Kataklysm are basically death metal extreme, played fast with blastbeats used as the main drumming technique. The guitar and bass seem to be competing with the drums for who can be the loudest, and the drums nearly succeed. At times the drums slow it down (such as around 2:22 on "1999.6661.2000") and let the riffs shine, and those moments are when this band is most enjoyable, for me at least.
Vocals are either growled, gurgled, shouted, or snarled out, and with great effect. He transitions between a growl and a higher pitched scream quite nicely.
Hypocrisy simply deliver the goods. Sharing the most amount of tracks along with Destruction (4, the rest of the bands have 3), the Swedish demigods plow through their music with grace and talent that is such a rarity to find in the recent state of heavy music today.
Keyboards are present, the first of the bands to use them (the other being Crematory), and are used throughout the entirety of the songs, giving them quite a unique feel. Mainman Peter Tagtgren gives us some great vocals, mainly in the black-metal realm of (some damn good) snarling, occasional going into a death growl, and also provides great guitar throughout their performance, along with the second guitarist (I'm not quite sure who it is, but he/she does extremely well with Mr. Tagtgren). The musicianship is tight and controlled, with several odd time signatures scattered throughout. The songs chosen represent the harsher side of the band, but all the while containing constant melody, as only the melodic-death genre can do.
Hypocrisy is one of the leaders of extreme metal, and with their time on this CD they prove it; and how.
Destruction come straight from the early thrash of the '80s, reminiscent of, say, early Slayer or Kreator. As only a trio, this band fares extremely well and gives the listener some tasty riffing with great drumming, along with vocals that sound sort of like Tom Araya, although not quite as high and much more gruff, which I believe to be better than the aforementioned's near-nasal style. Some great old-school thrash with a tint of the "extreme" side in there for good measure.
Crematory have probably the most unique sound of all the bands here: Combining the aggresive style of death-metal vocals with near-pop melodies on the keyboard, they blend two genres that are near opposites with skill and style. Some of the lyrics are in German (when intelligable that is, perhaps they all are), which provides some neat contrast.
Although extremely laden keyboards and effects, the music, and particularily the vocals, keep the aggresiveness needed to play alongside the above bands. Clean vocals are used on occasion with great effect, giving a near-epic feel.
The vocalist often provides some "pump-up" cries, which are great, especially when introducing a new riff or beat concept.
Crematory present some of the best music around, combining harshness and melody which seamlessly intertwine to create a unique, majestic, and consuming musical journey.
All in all, this CD is not only a great live album to get out and bang your head to, it serves as a great intro for the bands involved. I have become extremely interested in the other four bands (especially Raise Hell and Crematory), which I suppose is the purpose of compilation CD's of this nature. A job well done!
Nuclear Blast Festivals 2000 showcase some of the best bands in the extreme-metal genre(s) today, with bands that cover enough of the spectrum to get the attention of near everybody interested in metal, and I wasn't dissapointed in the slightest....
A good live album with great bands..........2001-08-19
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