The first ever DVD release from Swedish black metal legends Dark Funeral is about as pummeling as you are going to get. Two discs covering over 3 hours of material, Attera Orbis Terrarum-Part 1 offers up one show from Poland's Metalmania Festival in 2005, and two concerts from 2006, one filmed in The Netherlands, the other in France. While all the footage is visually quite good, and the sound quality superb, seeing as all three shows were recorded fairly close together, there's not much variety as far as the set lists go here, and both of the 2006 shows are identical in that aspect. Despite that, this is prime Dark Funeral here, in all their raging glory, Emperor Magus Caligula's vocals angry and spewing plenty of Satanic blesphemy, while Lord Ahriman & Chag Mal litter the landscape with speedy, almost symphonic torrents of tremelo picked guitar riffs.
As I mentioned previously, the overall quality here is very good, with the Poland set from 2005 being the most impressive visually, shot with a multi-camera crew that almost makes things look a little too slick (if it's possible that a brutal black metal show can look 'slick') but offers up the best presentation here for those who command top notch audio & visual quality. You also get classic tracks in this set like "Armageddon Finally Comes", "Secrets of the Black Arts", "Goddess of Sodomy", and "Thus I Have Spoken", which are not included in the 2006 footage. The Netherlands set has a more intimate feel, as the band was performing in a smaller venue, which results in many more close-up shots and quick cuts, which do get sort of annoying after a while. Performance wise, the band was in fine form on this night as well, serving up plenty of classics as well as material from their most recent release at the time, Attera Totus Sanctus. The France show differs little from this one, except that the overall presentation is much more raw, which will probably appeal more to black metal purists who feel that the genre needs to be presented from a more underground perspective.
Rounding out the DVD is a video clip of "Atrum Regina" and nearly 40 minutes of amateur footage shot throughout the years, much of which is a real blast despite the rather shoddy quality. If you are in the mood to spend a few hours with the Lords of corpsepaint, leather, spikes, and studs, you've come to the right place. Dark Funeral are ready to take you on a DVD journey into the darkest depths of hell.
Track Listing
DVD1
3/12/2005-Katowice-Metalmania (Poland)
1) Blood For Satan (Intro)
2) The Arrival of Satan's Empire
3) Ravenna Strogoi Mortii
4) The Secrets of the Black Arts
5) Hail Murder
6) Open the Gates
7) Thus I Have Spoken
8) An Apprentice of Satan
9) Goddess of Sodomy
10) When Angels Forever Die
11) Armageddon Finally Comes
3/5/2006-Tilburg-013 (The Netherlands)
1) Into
2) King Antichrist
3) Diabolis Interium
4) Ravenna Strigoi Mortii
5) The Arrival of Satan's Empire
6) Open the Gates
7) Vobiscum Satanas
8) 666 Voices Inside
9) Attera Totus Sanctus
10) Bloodfrosen
11) Hail Murder
12) Atrum Regina
13) My Dark Desires
14) An Apprentice of Satan
DVD 2
3/17/2006-Paris-La Locomotive (France)
same set list as Tilburg show
Bonus Material
Video Clip-Atrum Regina
Amateur Footage from Throughout Dark Funeral's career
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