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(More customer reviews)As a Dimmu Borgir fan, I was really waiting for this one to come out. Well, let's say I was a little disappointed. First, by the relatively short (yet extremely good) tracklist (don't get fooled btw, the 2 live experiences on Disc 1 are the same, the first one being accompanied by off-stage footage inbetween songs). Second, the image quality really isn't that great for DVD standard. For all those who really think the quality is 'top notch', maybe you need to check out what DVD quality is or can be. And I'm not only referring to the Superbit DVDs out there, I'm just comparing it to a similar release. Just compare it to the Cradle of Filth opus and you'll notice the big difference. No match possible. Same for the Emperor DVD, whose picture quality is way better than this one. I mean, take a look at the Live footage on the 2nd DVD, and u'll see what I'm talking about. I'm under the feeling those "holiday-amateur" videos were put there just to fill the DVD and to make the package look complete and appealing. Third and MOST disappointing part is the sound. I'm not talking about the overall balance, which is really good (u can sense they made a tremendous effort to get a very extreme and powerful sound, no doubt...), I'm talking about the sound normalization, which is to say the sound peaks and levels. Indeed, and especially in the Wacken liveset, u can clearly notice annoying sound variations throughout the entire performance, sound level decreasing, then rising up again etc...it gets real disturbing. And whats even weirder is that if you purchase the 3CD box, u'll notice that the Bonus CD, on which u can find the Wacken liveset DOES NOT contain those annoying sound variations. They should have been more careful, and maybe multiplexed the DVD picture with the bonus CD sound or smth...
This opus is still and somehow quite enjoyable, u can go for it, but some important details should have been taken care of before final release.
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