Kreator - Live Kreation: Revised Glory (2003)

Finally a DVD out for these German Thrash legends, covering their 20-odd year career. The main attraction is the live stuff, 17 songs filmed live at a couple of locations during the Violent Revolution Tour. The "show" is not one entire live show filmed at the same place, and after every two songs they show some fan or behind the scenes footage from various areas of the world - not a bad thing per se, but it makes it a bit annoying to watch. Personally I prefer an uninterrupted live show, but your mileage may vary. A good selection of songs (see track listing at the end of the review) and some good live shots still make this enjoyable, although sometimes the special effects (grainy black and white image, for one) take away more than they bring to the whole experience. Also, the band<->audience interaction is almost non-existent, due to the format adopted. Bottom line, I've seen better live DVDs, but there's still some good stuff that make it worth the money.

The special features include a detailed band discography, a couple of extra live tracks (filmed at the Full Force Festival), but most importantly, a nearly one hour documentary-style video history of the band, where Mille and a few members talk about the band, with almost every period covered having a videoclip or two. The documentary covers Kreator from their days as "Tormentor" up to "Violent Revolution". There's a "Making of Live Kreation" that's quite short, all instrumental (no narration) which shows people setting up various equipment for filming the band and what have you.. Forgettable, I must say.

Kreator have probably packed as much as they could on a single DVD, so this is worth the purchase. Even though I'm not too fond of the presentation of the live concert, and believe the documentary could have included more narrated details, this is definitely a must-have for Kreator fans - and fans of metal in general, for that matter. A little piece of metal history.

Review from Metalcrypt

Tracklist:

01. The Patriarch
02. Violent Revolution
03. Reconquering the throne
04. Extreme Aggression
05. People of the lie
06. Lost
07. Coma of Souls
08. All of the same blood
09. Phobia
10. Black Sunrise
11. Pleasure to kill
12. Renewal
13. Servant in heaven - King in Hell
14. Terrible Certainty
15. Riot of Violence
16. Terrorzone
17. Betrayer
18. Flag of hate
19. Tormentor

Special features:

history 1982 - 2001 including Video Clips of:
01. Toxic Trace
02. Betrayer
03. People of the Lie
04. Renewal
05. Lost
06. Isolation
07. Leave this World behind
08. Endorama
09. Chosen Few
10. Violent Revolution

Personnel:

Mille Petrozza - Vocals/Guitar
Sami Yli-Sirnio - Guitar
Christian Giesler - Bass
Jurgen "Ventor" Reil - Drums








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