Reviewed: October, 2021 Released: 2006, Rhino Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP The cleverly titled SCORE (with double meaning fully intended) is the bands 20th anniversary DVD. As I mentioned in a previous review, the home video 5 YEARS IN A LIVETIME sort of masqueraded as a fifth anniversary compilation despite it…
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Dream Theater-5 Years In A Livetime (DVD Review)
Reviewed: October, 2021 Released: 1998 EastWest / Reissue 2007, Rhino Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP As of time of writing, on October 22, 2022 Dream Theater are poised to release their 15th studio album entitled A VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD. Any time the band releases a new album it’s…
Dream Theater-Images And Words-Live In Tokyo (DVD Review)
Reviewed: October, 2021 Released: 1993 EastWest / Reissue 2007, Rhino Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP As of time of writing, on October 22, 2022 Dream Theater are poised to release their 15th studio album entitled A VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD. Any time the band releases a new album it’s a…
Joe Satriani-Live In Paris-I Just Wanna Rock (DVD)
Reviewed: September, 2021 Released: 2009, Sony/Epic Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP Since I read and reviewed the new Joe Satriani comic this month, I thought I’d go back and review Joe’s live concert DVD from 2009 to keep picking away at the backlog of DVD’s we have to review. Enjoy! This…
Kiss- X-Treme Close Up (DVD)
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2004 , Polygram Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP Inspired by the recent Kiss documentary called Kisstory, (aired on A&E’s Biography series) I decided to go back and review a couple of old Kiss home videos; KONFIDENTIAL and X-TREME CLOSE-UP. This ties in nicely with the re-launch of…
Kiss-Konfidential (DVD Review)
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2004 , Polygram Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer :JP Inspired by the recent Kiss documentary called Kisstory, (aired on A&E’s Biography series) I decided to go back and review a couple of old Kiss home videos; KONFIDENTIAL and X-TREME CLOSE-UP. This ties in nicely with the re-launch…
Kix-Can’t Stop The Show:The Return Of Kix-A documentary (DVD Review)
Reviewed: June 2021 Released: 2016, Loud & Proud Rating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: JP This is one of those annoying releases that suffers from an identity crisis. Is it a documentary DVD with a bonus live album? Or is it a Live album with a bonus documentary DVD? It is packaged as a…
Varas-Diaz, Nelson-Acts Of Resistance (DVD Review)
Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, Black Chango Films Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Dr. Nelson Varas-Diaz is widely recognized as the world’s foremost expert on Latin American Metal and he has been busy since we last checked in. This month I’m reviewing two things that have his fingerprints all over them…
Dubin, Adam-Murder In The Front Row (DVD Review)
Reviewed: August, 2020 Published: 2019, MVD Visual Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Back in 2011 a pair of gentlemen by the names of Brian Lew and Harold Oimen released a book called MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW. These guys were fans and members of the bay area thrash scene in the…
Y&T-On With The Show (DVD Review)
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2019, Meanstreak Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP Y&T is still in decent rotation in my listening so I was very glad to the get Y&T documentary on DVD for my birthday. The package itself is a little disappointing, it is not housed in a DVD case, it…
LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA- LMO-The Covideo Chronicles-Day Eleven (April 11, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2013, Nuclear Blast Rating: 3/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three seemingly…
U.D.O.-Steelhammer Live From Moscow-The Covideo Chronicles-Day 24 (April 24, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2014, AFM Records Rating: 4/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three seemingly…
RECKLESS TIDE-Repent Or Seal Your Fate-The Covideo Chronicles-Day Ten (April 10, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2004 Rating: 3/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three seemingly dissimilar and…
ELDRITCH-Livequake-The Covideo Chronicles-Day Sixteen (April 16th, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2008, Limb Rcords Rating: 4/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three seemingly…
STRYPER-No More Hell to Pay-The Covideo Chronicles-Day Two (April 2, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2013, Frontiers Rating: 2.5/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three seemingly dissimilar…