If you've ever been to a Sonata concert then you know that audience participation is a big part of the experience, and for me the roar of the audience really helps to convey the energy of their live performances. The loud audience may or may not be your thing. The drums sound okay through headphones but the bass is almost barely discernable on some tracks). I was somewhat disappointed by the mixing, it suffers from being a fairly typical euro-metal mix in that the bass is generally not loud enough and the bass drum is too loud (this is especially noticable for me in my car.I have the stock system with the bass turned down about 1/3 of the way and the bass drum still cuts through everything. I think this album is a great example of the impressive musicmanship of all the members of the band, and I much prefer the versions of the songs on this album to their studio counterparts (then again, I generally prefer live albums regardless, so take that as you will ) ). To start, I'll say that one of the things I love about Sonata Arctica is their ability to improvise and make their live shows unique and interesting.you could go to two shows on the same tour and come away with something new from each one. Otherwise, just stick to their studio releases. It's almost like a fanfare, very good and totally Sonata Arctica.Īll in all, only buy this disc if you are a die-hard Sonata Arctica fan(like me).
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Land of the Free is O.K., but Peacemaker is the highlight of the bonus disc. It's "Blank File" from Ecliptica(if you hadn't already figured that out). One note however: the first song is not called "Blank Flies", I believe this was a typo on Amazon's part. Although, again, the audience does that annoying cheering thing. The guitars were really good, especially that little thing they added during the piano solo in the beginning. Sometimes Toni's voice would be drowned out by the other instruments(but more often by the damn audience), and sometimes instruments just wouldn't be loud enough(like during Last Drop Falls, one of my favorites that I was sorely dissapointed with).Īlso, a more minor annoyance is that there are no backup singers.įullMoon, another one of my favorites, was really awesome. The onstage mixing was pretty bad at parts. This isn't the only production problem, however. They drown out the music with their annoying cheering. They do this weird sort of "woo woo" chant thing in the middle of the songs. The audience never shuts up, even during the songs. Whereas in those albums the audience is just a dull roar(that I actually like) that gets drowned out by the music, this one is almost the opposite. It's not that I'm dissapointed, though I'm damn close, it's just that the production quality of this CD is very sub-par when compared to live albums by more mainstream bands. I got this cd, even shelled out the extra cash to get the bonus disc with the three extra songs.