Band: Moritfication
Title: Conquer The World
Genre: Concert/Performance
Release: 5/13/2008
Distributor: MVD Visual
If you just watched this DVD and had to guess when it was made, I guarantee you’d be wrong. The graphics and effects are right out of the early 90’s, which is terrible considering the DVD was shot in 2001. You can argue that the budget was low, but that doesn’t excuse the poor production quality of this DVD. I honestly think that you could have paid me $50 to just do the menu and graphics, and it would have looked 20 times more professional and visually appealing.
The actual footage and camera work falls right in line with all the graphics. This DVD seriously might have been shot on a VHS camcorder. Not only that, but all the footage is from either side stage, or way in the back. Here’s how I think the conversation went, as far as camera work: “Hey roadie #2, want to record our show?” “Ummm….sure I guess, I’ve never used a camcorder before though.” “That’s ok dude, I’m sure it’ll look great.” They couldn’t be more wrong.
On to the music. I’m not a big fan of the older Christian death metal scene, so I’m not going to review the bands music. Instead, I’ll review the audio on the DVD. Half the time they just edited live footage to CD cuts. There was no attempt to sync up the performance to the music. None. Not even a little bit. And that was the good part. The other half of the time they use what sounded like one microphone set back by the soundboard to record the band. This is terribly low quality audio, and really shouldn’t be. It would have been really easy to actually have the audio tech run another line out to the camera, and set up a crowd mic.
The only slightly redeeming quality to this DVD is the loads of behind the scenes footage. There is so much of the band just hanging out and interacting with people all across the world. It’s really interesting to see these guys, just because they’re kind of off the wall. You get to see one of the band members get a tattoo. But the best part is watching the lead singer get his nipple pierced. Wait... maybe that’s the worst part…
All in all I wouldn’t recommend ever watching this unless you’re a die hard Mortification fan, and even then it would be better just to go to a show.
Written by: Justin Proper
Grade: 3/10
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