Lamentations Vs. Live Damage

[Testamentt]

I just received my copy of Live Damage by Dark Tranquillity the other day, and man was I surprised. Their stage presence seemsso inadequate compared to Lamentations. I found myself being bored, even during songs like Hedon and Zodijackle Light. The dvd has some shabby production, in addition to the annoying 'mtv-esque' type style of camera filming (extremely annoying). During solos the camera is never on the guitarist... instead they opt for a flashy light show of everyone else. Final gripe being on the light setup... sheesh, there must be a warning for people prone to epileptic shocks, because, wow, was that every a strobe light show.

Anyone else have Live Damage?

 

[Detric]

I have it, and I think its very good actually. But I think Lamentations is much better. The quality is very good, and also because there is such an good atmosphere in that dvd I think.

 

[Katatonic]

My mate has a copy of the DVD and it's fairly dodgy... the audio is out of sync with the video by about a second.

 

[Evan84]

Lamentations by far. Live Damage is filmed in a TV studio and it looks like there are about 20 people in the crowd, not to mention it looks like the band is trying way too hard. I do like Dark Tranquillity though.

 

[estimate]

I think I've seen it. It sucked. But they focuse very little on the guitarists during the soloes in lamentation as well.

 

[Reign in Acai]

The Live Damage crowd is deader than a doorknob! It is still a good dvd though.

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

mhhhhhhh...i never liked DT...

 

[TheFourthHorseman]

Yeah well, you look like a woman waiting for an 11" black cock to suck on, too.

From what I could conclude from the teaser vid I downloaded, the audience on Live Damage is pretty boring indeed. I agree with the comment about not-so-good camera work too, and those points accompanied with the sound being out of sync doesn't equal a very good DVD...
Dark Tranquillity is still pretty damn good. Stanne seems like a great frontman, too. Don't know if he was at his best on the DVD. Don't think I'll be buying it.

 

[Dreadful]

i downloaded some 30 minute portion of a tour they did in like 97 or something. god their stage presence dominated then, and mikael's vocals were alot higher and more in control. He is a way better clean singer nowadays yet his growls are dying. He has a lower more deep vocal now. I still think the stage presence on live damage was pretty good, but the sound wasn't too good. great interviews and such. all interviews from that DVD and Lamentations were great.

 

[Demonspell]

I've heard bad things about Live Damage, I think I'm just going to get Exposures, which has the live tracks plus a disc of nonalbum tracks.

 

[RjBeals]

Your signature really bothers me.

 

[wankerness]

Your signature really bothers me.

Deal with it.

Also, Live Damage's audience DOES suck, but it's because of the filming. The audience was told by the filming/recording people not to move around or they might DISRUPT THE EQUIPMENT, hence the deadness! I don't think you can really hold that against them.

The way the audio and video are unsynced pisses me off INCREDIBLY, though.

 

[RjBeals]

Deal with it.

Deal with this.

 

[borsox13]

I really can't stand the camera work on Live Damage.

 

[Mayberry's Finest]

I watched it not too long ago. I was expecting something along the lines of Lamentation in quality and what I got was poor camera work and a very flat mix. It's nice to see DT live but I became bored with it quickly.

 

[Testamentt]

I watched it not too long ago. I was expecting something along the lines of Lamentation in quality and what I got was poor camera work and a very flat mix. It's nice to see DT live but I became bored with it quickly.

Yeah, I agree completely. I'm bored of it after one full listen. To the guy who posted that it had great interviews... wow,... no? I put it in and watched the first 20 minutes and it was horrid.