Where Death Is Most Alive

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Where Death Is Most Alive ( Engl. For Where is death most alive ) is the second DVD of the Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquility . The double DVD was released on October 26, 2009 via Century Media Records and reached number one on the Swedish music DVD charts. The title of the DVD comes from the song "Terminus (Where Death Is Most Alive)" from the album Fiction . At the same time a double CD of the same name was also released.

Emergence

The first DVD contains a recording of a dark tranquility concert in the Italian city ​​of Milan on October 31, 2008. With a length of around 110 minutes, it was the longest concert the band has ever played. The guest musician is the Theater-of-Tragedy singer Nell Sigland, who took over the female vocal parts in “Insanity's Crescendo” and “The Mundane and the Magic”. The recordings were made by the Finnish company Vasara Films Ltd. carried out. A total of eight cameras recorded the concert. Directed by Vesa Vainio, producer was Mika Ruso. The mixing and mastering took Tue Madsen.

The second DVD begins with the documentary Out of Nothing about the history of the band. In addition to the current band members, companions like former members Fredrik Johansson and Michael Nicklasson, At-the-Gates singer Tomas Lindberg , Tiamat drummer Anders Iwers and music producer Fredrik Nordström have their say. Originally, the original dark tranquility singer Anders Fridén was also supposed to have a say, which didn't work out due to lack of time. The documentary is followed by the seven music videos that the band has made so far. The video for the song "Terminus (Where Death Is Most Alive)" is a brick film and was created by a German fan. The band members are represented as Lego figures . The video for the song "Misery's Crown" could not be completed during the shooting in early 2007. A new video was shot for the DVD. The second DVD is concluded with 21 live videos that go back to the early days of the band.

reception

The DVD was rated very well by the trade press. Robert Müller from the German magazine Metal Hammer praised the professional presentation and rated Where Death Is Most Alive as "one of the best Death Metal DVDs in a long time". Müller gave the DVD six out of seven points. Reviewer Endres from the online magazine Metal.de described Where Death Is Most Alive as “an almost perfect DVD release that leaves almost nothing to be desired and meets the demands of the band”.

Track list

The concert in Milan (DVD 1) was also released as a double audio CD. A limited edition was also sold that contained both DVDs and the double audio CD.

DVD 1: Live in Milan

  1. Intro
  2. The Treason Wall
  3. The New Build
  4. Focus shift
  5. The Lesser Faith
  6. The Wonders at Your Feet
  7. Lost to Apathy
  8. FreeCard
  9. Inside the Particle Storm
  10. Nothing to No One
  11. Edenspring
  12. Insanity's crescendo
  13. Lethe
  14. Dreamlore Degenerate
  15. Misery's Crown
  16. ThereIn
  17. My negation
  18. Yesterworld / Punish My Heaven
  19. The Mundane and the Magic
  20. Final Resistance
  21. Terminus (Where Death Is Most Alive)

DVD 2

1. Out of Nothing - Documentation
2. Promo videos:

1. ThereIn
2. Monochromatic Stains
3. Lost to Apathy
4. The New Build
5. Focus Shift
6. Terminus (Where Death Is Most Alive)
7. Misery's Crown

3. The Live Archive:

1. Only Time Can Tell (1991)
2. The Dying Fragment of an Elderly Dream (1991)
3. Soulbreed (1991)
4. Yesterworld (1992)
5. Alone (1992)
6. My Faeryland Forgotten (1992)
7. Nightfall By the Shore of Time (1992)
8. Skywards (1992)
9. Shadow Duet (1994)
10. Crimson Winds (1994)
11. Razorfever (1997)
12. Constant (1997)
13. Tongues (1997)
14. Feast of Burden (2001)
15. Indifferent Suns (2002)
16. The Sun Fired Blanks (2002)
17. Hours Passed in Exile (2002)
18. Damage Done (2004)
19. One Thought (2004)
20. The Endless Feed (2007)
21. Blind at Heart (2007)

CD 1

  1. Intro - 1:06
  2. The Treason Wall - 3:53
  3. The New Build - 4:28
  4. Focus Shift - 4:00
  5. The Lesser Faith - 4:49
  6. The Wonders at Your Feet - 4:25
  7. Lost to Apathy - 4:54
  8. FreeCard - 4:50
  9. Inside the Particle Storm - 5:48
  10. Nothing to No One - 5:28
  11. Edenspring - 5:08

CD 2

  1. Insanity's Crescendo - 7:22
  2. Lethe - 4:23
  3. Dreamlore Degenerate - 3:09
  4. Misery's Crown - 4:35
  5. ThereIn - 6:24
  6. My Negation - 6:08
  7. Yesterworld / Punish My Heaven - 6:31
  8. The Mundane and the Magic - 5:54
  9. Final Resistance - 3:50
  10. Terminus (Where Death Is Most Alive) - 6:08

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ blabbermouth.net: DARK TRANQUILITY's 'Where Death Is Most Alive' Tops Swedish Music DVD Chart
  2. ↑ a b powermetal.de: Dark Tranquility: Interview with Niklas Sundin
  3. ↑ a b metal.de: Interview / Story: Dark Tranquility
  4. ↑ Metal Hammer , November 2009, p. 102
  5. ↑ metal.de: Review
Dark Tranquility
Christopher Amott • Martin Brändström • Anders Iwers • Anders Jivarp • Johan Reinholdz • Mikael Stanne
Daniel Antonsson • Anders Fridén • Martin Henriksson • Fredrik Johansson • Michael Nicklasson • Niklas Sundin


Studio albums

Skydancer • The Gallery • The Mind's I • Projector • Haven • Damage Done • Character • Fiction • We Are the Void • Construct • Atoma

Compilation albums

Exposures - In Retrospect and Denial • Yesterworlds

Video albums

Live Damage • Where Death Is Most Alive