For some reason, Wessels’ shouts in her speeches always send chills down my spine – something in her voice reminds me of some sort of fierce warrior queen and leaves me in awe. The noise from the audience with “The Monarch” intro sets the atmosphere perfectly, and the dark stage lights up as the band kicks things off full force with “Hands of Gold.” Every time I’ve watched this, I’ve had goosebumps by when Alissa White-Gluz comes on stage at the latest, delivering both her harsh parts and gorgeous cleans with Charlotte Wessels in chorus those goosebumps return numerous times throughout the rest of the recording. In general, it sounds well balanced and it’s easy to recognize all of the instruments clearly, as well as the orchestrations and other backing tracks I admit I hadn’t even noticed or had a good grasp of some of the orchestrations in certain songs with their studio versions, so those of you with home theaters and good set of speakers are in for quite a treat. On first watch, I felt that the audience could have sounded a teeny bit louder – really, the crowd was one of the craziest and loudest I’ve ever witnessed – but a good pair of headphones proved that notion unnecessary on later viewings. If we start with the “yes” part, the audio is excellent, which is no surprise – the live tracks DELAIN has released on their EPs and special editions have always been of great quality. Now that I’ve actually watched the film a few times, did it really deliver the atmosphere and what I’ve called the “goddamn confetti bomb of awesome”? Well… yes and no. So, I was naturally more than psyched to experience it again on DVD, and my expectations were mile-high, since it was not reasonably possible to get a mediocre final product out of that. Numerous feats from visitors like Alissa White-Gluz, Marko Hietala, some of the former members (and more), one of best audiences I’ve ever seen, a gorgeous venue, and almost 2 hours of the best of DELAIN – I could go on for a good while, but you get the point. I was lucky enough to go and see the whole spectacular show at Paradiso, and it was easily in my top three gigs I saw last year.
The DVD/BluRay package also contains a documentary called “We are the Others – A Decade of Delain,” as well as “We are the Others” live recording at Masters of Rock 2015, and the official music video for “Suckerpunch,” but since we have to wait for the official release to see the extras as well, we’ll only review the live show in here. Now, after many long months of anxious waiting, the anniversary show is neatly packed into a DVD and double album that carries the name “A Decade of Delain – Live at Paradiso,” so attendees can relive the evening and those who couldn’t attend can join the party. We don't have any crew added to this movie.Dutch melodic metallers DELAIN celebrated the first full decade from releasing their debut album, “Lucidity,” with a sold-out Paradiso concert hall in Amsterdam last December. “We Are the Others” – live at Masters of Rock 2015 3. We Are the Others – A Decade of Delain documentary 2. We Are the Others DVD/Blu-Ray Bonus Content: 1. Sing to Me (featuring Marco Hietala – video) 22. See Me In Shadow (featuring Liv Kristine and Elianne Anemaat) 18. Your Body is a Battleground (featuring Marco Hietala – video) 16. Sleepwalkers Dream (featuring Rob van der Loo, Sander Zoer, and Guus Eikens) 15. The Tragedy of the Commons (featuring Alissa White-Gluz) 13.
Hands of Gold (featuring Alissa White-Gluz) 3.
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