Various - Metalmania 2007 [DVD and bonus CD]

Band: Various
Title: Metalmania 2007
Genre: Concert/Performance
Release: 5/13/2008
Distributor: MVD Visual

Throw your horns up and start banging your head, here come our METALMANIA 2007 review.

This is an amazingly well made DVD of the METALMANIA 2007 performance at Spodek, Katoewice (which is in Poland, thanks wikipedia!). It’s a multi-camera shoot, which means you get all the angles of the show. There’s some great shots from right up front, behind the drums, all around the stage, and my favorite, the epic crane shots that pan over the whole crowd before zooming in to the stage. The DVD menu is awesome, along with the cover art. This is how concerts are meant to be filmed.

The sound quality is perfect. The main mix is run strait to the camera, and theres a good mix of crowd noise as well. All the performers are on top of their game. The highs are squealing and the lows are booming. Epic.

All the performances are entertaining. You get about 2 songs per band, except for Testament, which has almost their whole set, with great reason. Testament’s performance may be one of the best of their careers.

This DVD is exactly what every concert DVD should be. On top of that, I saw enough hair windmills to power a religion killing factory for 100 years.

Written by: Justin Proper
DVD Grade: 8/10
CD Grade: 7/10