| The Year of the Voyager | 
 enlarge | Actor: Nevermore
Studio: Century Media
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 10225
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 244 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 18310
UPC: 727701831091
EAN: 0727701831091
ASIN: B001GJ4U9Q
Theatrical Release Date: November 11, 2008
Release Date: November 24, 2008
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DVD 1 Main Show - Live at the Zeche Bochum, Germany, October 11th, 2006 (21 songs captured live) DVD 2 Gigantour - Live at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada, September 2nd, 2005 (2 songs captured live) Metal Mania Festival - Live at the Spodek, Katowice, Poland, March 4th, 2006 (4 songs captured live) Wacken - Live at the Wacken Open Air, Germany, August 4th, 2006 (4 songs captured live) Century Media USA 10th Anniversary Party - Live at The Roxy, LA, September 28th, 2001 (2 songs captured live) Plus promotional videos for the songs: 13. What Tomorrow Knows 14. Next In Line 15. Believe In Nothing 16. I, Voyager 17. Enemies Of Reality 18. Final Product 19. Born 20. Narcosynthesis (live promo video) * Plus an interview with Warrel Dane!
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 Awesome production and content -- and there are some reasons for that video editing! January 3, 2009
Amazing content on these two DVD's! Yes, it's true the video editing is very changing on the main show, but I realized that, even if the editing is quite disturbing, at the same time the constant changes emphasize certain details of the songs you would have overlooked otherwise -- sometimes it's a drums break which you get aware of, and sometimes it's just a little "thrill" on the guitar that gets on screen for one second for you to notice it. Also, when the guitars are soloing they get a lot of screen time anyway, which is a very good thing to me. So, I think this kind of video editing serves to one purpose (even if yes, it is distressing): getting closer to each band member's contributions when they play their parts.
Besides that, I love the setlist. It covers every single album from Nevermore, and in addition the band's performance is spot-on -- and the sound is excellent (good for Andy Sneap!)
About the musicians now, I was impressed by the voice of Warrell Dane live. He rocks! Another special mention goes to the awesome Chris Broderick (ex-Jag Panzer, currently with Megadeth), as he is a monster player who shares like no other the lead guitar duties with Jeff Loomis -- actually, I spent some time comparing the live arrangements when they play with other guitarists (the bonus DVD has several shows with other axemen playing with Nevermore), and Chris Broderick does solo like nobody else. I guess that's why Warrell Dane says on the interview (included in the second DVD) that Chris is the number one in their list.
I'm also glad we got in the second disc two songs from the Gigantour DVD. They were filmed in Montreal and I was there in that show. By watching that footage I confirmed that Steve Smyth (ex-Dragonlord, ex-Testament) is a true stage demon. Warrell can say that Chris Broderick still is their first choice as a second guitar player (and I understand why), but Smyth and Loomis used to play really great together, didn't they? The show from Metalmania is also with Smyth and the man is just another monster player -- well, after all you have to be if you're going to play with Jeff Loomis... :-)
To conclude, I'll say that these two DVD's are of a great value and deserve five stars without hesitation. I like Nevermore a lot, and it is great getting all their promotional videos and a lot of quality live footage (excepting the 2001 gig, which is almost bootleg-quality, but still cool) for a fair price. Nevermore delivers as a live band and metal fans will be extremely pleased. The production is in addition excellent, as well as the content. So, go buy this release now, and thus support a band that shows a high level of respect to its followers. We deserved this, right? Ok, so they deserve now some money back for this superb job -- and that's why I purchased this release as soon as it came out, because it's my way of saying "Thank you, Nevermore!" ROCK ON!
The Pinnacle for Nevermore January 1, 2009
This is a fantastic DVD from a great heavy metal band. After 8 albums, Nevermore have made a DVD which does justice to the quality of the music that they make.
The main show on the first DVD is amazing. The set list is excellent. The musicianship superb! Many fans of the band I'm sure would agree that with the addition of the incredible Chris Broderick on guitar (now in Megadeth), this was one of the band's finest line ups. This show, captured in Bochum Germany, is something special. The first DVD is mixed by Andy Sneap, who creates one of the best sounding DVD's I have ever seen for a live concert. I disagree with other reviewers who didn't like the video editing, I thought it was fine - an intimate show brilliantly captured and edited was my first and final impressions.
The second DVD contains various footage from other shows and festivals, including an amazing set captured live at Wacken Open Air in 2006.
Nevermore fans, you should get this dvd now! It really is something special.
Great concerts - incredible value! December 26, 2008
1 star ratings?!?... I dunno... I don't get it. I guess it really bugs me for when people rate a DVD for what it COULD have been or what THEY WANTED it to be - but if you rate this DVD for what it IS, I don't see how you can possibly give it one star... or really any less than four stars. I could see maybe taking one star away for the quick edits, etc.
The sound is great (I'll take "sounds too much like the album" over the tin-can sound most concert DVD's have any day), the editing isn't THAT bad (I personally enjoyed it), and most-importantly, the video is clear enough to see the true energy Warrel puts into his vocal performances! And as a guitarist, of course I enjoy seeing the fretboard wizardry of Jeff and Chris.
The main concert would have made the DVD enough of a value, but then add the other concerts, the promo videos, and the Warrel interview (kind of surprising to see how shy he is in front of a camera after being a performer for so many years) all makes this an incredible value for even a casual Nevermore fan.
Highly recommended!
Wow. December 12, 2008
Holy crap, best dvd ever.
When I was watching the previews before this came out, I thought the editing was annoying, but now watching the whole thing on a big screen it seems to work. The actual performance is fantastic. If you haven't heard much of Nevermore's stuff, and are looking to get into them, start with this. Partly because there are songs from every album, and party because they are just so damn good live. Anyway, buy this. It's worth far more than the AU$50 I paid for it.
 Stupid edit and mixing December 5, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've waited for a year to get this dvd and I disapointed with how the camera angle's would change in every 2 secs and it also shows black and white colour every once in a while , this is really stupid. The mixing, you might say its good but to me Andy Sneap has fix too much thing to make it almost exactly sounds like the album. The guitar tone, i even think that it might be taken out from the album, on certain occasion you could hear that.
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