Fucking ace gig.

Here's the review:

ARCH ENEMY-TYRANTS OF THE RISING SUN,LIVE IN JAPAN

Genre:Melodic Death Metal

Year Released:2008

Set List:

1. Intro / Blood Is On Your Hands
2. Ravenous
3. Taking Back My Soul
4. Dead Eyes See No Future
5. Dark Insanity
6. The Day You Died
7. Christopher Solo
8. Silverwing
9. Night Falls Fast
10. Daniel Solo
11. Burning Angel
12. Michael Amott Solo (incl. "Intermezzo Liberté")
13. Dead Bury Their Dead
14. Vultures
15. Enemy Within
16. Snowbound
17. Shadows And Dust
18. Nemesis
19. We Will Rise
20. Fields Of Desolation / Outro
21. Enter the Machine (tape)

Review:

This gig kicks off with the track "Blood on Your Hands" from RotT (Rise of the Tyrants),which is now a ritual for AE to start a gig with this track,sirens blaring and all.As expected as the audience might get,nothing's better than a good 'ol headbangin' session with a heavy track.Thereafter,it builds up to Ravenous (from Wages of Sin),another fan favorite,and Taking Back My Soul (Doomsday Machine).

The set is based mostly on RotT if you've noticed,with 5 songs from this album.i'd rather AE to switch "The Day You Died" and "Night Falls Fast" for other songs from WoS (Wages of Sin) and AoR (Anthems of Rebellion),instead of trying to please the Jap crowd with "Jap-movie-inspired songs" (for your information,the song "The Day You Died" is inspired by some Anime show,which is made into a movie as well).The Jap crowd was very enthusiastic,often singing along to the solos,something we won't get to see for gigs taken place in the Western countries.The Japs seem to be more interested in the musicianship than the fancy stuff that bands do on stage.The crowd was most ecstatic when Nemesis was being played,cheering loudly than ever.This was one of the only moments that we get to see moshing taking place.

Not going to go through the entire set,so moving on to the musicianship...

As usual,the Amott brothers do not fail to deliver the crowd some good solos,with individual solo sessions during intervals.They delivered the songs well,almost exactly in sync with the studio versions,but the harmonics were a bit off sometimes.

Angela is fucking crazy,which is nothing new,with her getting the crowd to start chants of "hey" and showing off her trademark headbanging.Her vocals did its job well,growling,screeching and screaming with so much passion and accuracy.However,the flaw is that sometimes it can be straining to the ears when you hear her screeching into the microphone,especially when her voice sorta cracks.

Sharlee (the bassist) was rockin' out,but the bassline isn't that exactly creative and you can hardly hear the bass,except for tracks like Dead Bury Their Dead.Blame Century Media for making the focus more on Angela and the Amott brothers,nothing new,if you see the recent albums.

Of course,i saved Daniel Erlandson for the last,as in my opinion,he is the best performer for this gig.He never ceases to get the beats right and gets the crowd crazy.The only flaw is that the so-called drum solo wasn't that exactly inspiring.A great performance otherwise.A bit of a biased opinion here,as yours truly is interested more in drums.

Overall,the sounds and the quality of the video has been satisfactory,displayed in HD.

A recommendation for AE fans,and melodic death metal fans as well.So slide this album into your dvd player and get ready for some pure fucking metal. \m/

Rating: 85%

Just a small warning,i'm a poor reviewer.This is my first time reviewing a gig.