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Primal Fear - 16.6 All Over The World

Label: Frontiers
Format: DVD
Released: 2010
Reviewed By: Mark Gromen
Rating: 8/ 10


Unlike the audio disc, which was recorded entirely at ProgPower, in Atlanta, the 15 song DVD (there's also a five minute, dueling solo section, between Henny Wolter and Alex Beyrodt, entitled "Guitars From Hell") is a carefully edited compilation of dates from the European tour and the aforementioned North American date (the Ralf Scheepers/Pamela Moore duet on ‘Fighting The Darkness’). Hint: watch the discontinuity in Wolter and bassist Mat Sinner's wardrobe, between continents, or the kick drum skins.

 

Anyone who hasn't seen the band with Wolter and Beyrodt should get a gander at the DVD, as they level of action (motion, headbanging, showmanship) is at an all-time high with this duo (back) on-board. In addition to the main concert, there’s 38 minutes of bootleg festival footage and fooling around on tour & in studio on four continents, dating back to Tom Naumann's days in the band. Also snippets of live footage (averaging less than one full song per locale), which serves as a photo gallery: a montage of stills displayed between the tracks. Highlights include Scheepers singing in Japanese, onstage in Tokyo (much to the natives' delight), the professional, multi-camera, letterboxed ‘Fighting The Darkness’ from Summer Breeze (Germany) official festival video (one of the few appearances of guitarist Magnus Karlsson).

The now requisite "Making Of" segment, for 16.6, offers behind the scenes, in-studio interviews, split into five sections (Henny Wolter's spot is in German, with English subtitles), varying in length between 2 and 5 minutes each, from initial creation to an industry listening session in Cologne (Koln). Five promotional videos are also included, although much of the ‘Killbound’ clip is reprised in the Bootleg section.

The DVD can be purchased separately, or as part of a special digi-pak, augmented with the audio CD (minus ‘Seven Seals.’)

 
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