The Official Book of Souls Tour 2016 Thread (Warning: Spoilers within!)

Niall Kielt said:
What fresh fuckery is this regarding Killers? It is an absolute tune, makes my top 10 easy and its a complete fucking travesty that they didnt do it on Early Days or ME tours. Is this the 'what annoys me' thread, cos that fuckin annoyed me.
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I don't get it either. It's OK not to like the album that much but there's some great songs on there, namely (IMO) Murders, Genghis Khan, Purgatory and the title track!

 
Mosh said:
Killers is an awesome album. The backlash that has started to pop up against it is bizarre.
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We have a backlash like that for anything every once in a while. Remember how two years ago it was cool to hate Paschendale?
 
So does anyone know how likely it is that Wacken gets a DVD release? I know Sabbath and Priest both released their Wacken performances on DVD before.
 
Mosh said:
So does anyone know how likely it is that Wacken gets a DVD release? I know Sabbath and Priest both released their Wacken performances on DVD before.
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Eh. This is Maiden's third Wacken gig, so either they will release it or they won't. Nothing to go on.
 
Nicko's bass drum sound was recorded too crappy for an official release. I don't think they can repair that so easily. I wouldn't count on it.
 
Forostar said:
Nicko's bass drum sound was recorded too crappy for an official release. I don't think they can repair that so easily. I wouldn't count on it.
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I'm sure the sound will be completely re-mixed by Caveman if they do an official release. He usually sample replaces a lot of the kick and snare anyways.
 
i didn't hear anything wrong with Nicko's drumming at wacken only it could have been louder! hope they make a dvd, that would be great cause Nicko played great the whole show!
 
Perun said:
Easy to simply overdub, too.
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That's essentially what sample replacing is, he'll find a handful of really good, punchy, powerful bass drum hits and then replace the weaker ones with the good ones. It still sounds completely natural, just more consistent.

It's also worth noting that the sound for an official DVD would be EQ'd and processed through hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of outboard gear and plugins- though I'm sure the stream audio was processed and certainly mixed in real time, the final product would have a TON more work put into it.
 
Louder? For God's sake, the crap I heard was way too loud. You didn't hear these cracky voluminous noises in several songs? I don't even think the exact places of many bass drums can be found. It was a mess.

Listen to e.g. Tears of a Clown, TRATB or BOS.
Can't believe some of you've missed it.
 
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SixesAlltheway said:
A "Death On The Road" kinda DVD would be nice.I'm a bit tired of all of the festival DVDs. Perhaps a home turf recording next year, from an indoors gig?
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I couldn't agree more. Festival gigs are too soulless for DVD releases, especially because a certain number of people are not here for that band in particular. This is what prevents Europe's latest DVD (Wacken again) from being really great for example.
 
Whooten said:
The reason for the backlash is simple: neither Paschendale or Empire of the Clouds are very good songs!
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