Lamentations (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003)
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| Lamentations (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003) |
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| DVD by Opeth | ||
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| Released | February 24, 2004 | |
| Recorded | 2003 | |
| Genre | Progressive death metal Progressive rock |
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| Length | 188:00 | |
| Label | Music For Nations | |
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Lamentations is Opeth's first live DVD, released under the Music For Nations label in 2004. This live recording at Shepherd's Bush Empire on Thursday 25th September, 2003 features Opeth playing the album Damnation in its entirety, followed by some of the band's songs from Blackwater Park and Deliverance. The DVD also includes a documentary on both the making of Damnation and Deliverance, which has a running time of approximately 65 minutes. The documentary covers both albums because they were recorded at the same time.
The band did not play any songs from the band's albums prior to Blackwater Park, including the song which the band uses as an encore song at almost every concert, "Demon of the Fall." However, licensing issues with previous record labels prevented this from happening at the time of the disc's release. Given that the band now has the backing of a larger record label, Roadrunner Records, they may be given the ability to negotiate the inclusion of some of their older songs on a future DVD.
The recording is generally regarded has having exceptionally clear and beautiful sound and visual quality, although All Music Guide reviewer John Serba complained of the ubiquity of shots from what he termed the "Akerfeldt 'Orifice Cam'", showing close-ups of the singer's mouth and nose in excruciating detail[citation needed].
[edit] Contents
- Concert:
- "Introduction" – 1:25
- "Windowpane" – 9:15
- "In My Time of Need" – 6:37
- "Death Whispered a Lullaby" – 7:11
- "Closure" – 9:45
- "Hope Leaves" – 6:11
- "To Rid the Disease" – 7:11
- "Ending Credits" – 4:22
- "Harvest" – 6:15
- "Weakness" – 6:05
- "Master's Apprentices" – 10:34
- "The Drapery Falls" – 10:56
- "Deliverance" – 12:38
- "The Leper Affinity" – 11:01
- "A Fair Judgement" – 13:51
- "The Making of Deliverance and Damnation" documentary.
[edit] Credits
- Mikael Åkerfeldt – Vocals, Guitar
- Peter Lindgren – Guitar
- Per Wiberg – Keyboard, Backing Vocals (Spiritual Beggars), support musician
- Martin Mendez – Bass
- Martin Lopez – Drums
| Opeth |
| Mikael Åkerfeldt | Peter Lindgren | Martin Mendez | Martin Axenrot | Per Wiberg |
| David Isberg | Andreas Dimeo | Kim Pettersson | Johan DeFarfalla | Stefan Guteklint | Mattias Ander | Nick Döring | Anders Nordin | Martin Lopez |
| Discography |
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| Studio Albums: Orchid | Morningrise | My Arms, Your Hearse | Still Life | Blackwater Park | Deliverance | Damnation | Ghost Reveries |
| Singles: The Drapery Falls | Still Day Beneath the Sun | The Grand Conjuration |
| Live Albums: Lamentations |
