Review (short) of Deluxe NMoH

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Posted by: admin | 06/09/2008 at 18:56 | 1139 views

I've got my New Maps of Hell Deluxe CD/DVD today and I'm writing a short review while I'm watching the DVD.

The Deluxe kit comes with a DVD, a CD with 7 new recorded acoustic songs, 2 posters and the picture book City of Angels. The layout of the package is the best I've ever seen on a BR disc before!

The acoustics songs on the CD is really great and to hear Skyscraper and Dearly Belowed acoustic is great! The acoustic versions of God Song and Sorrow is not the same as on the Japan version of NMoH.

The first video on the DVD is a approx 10 minutes long video about "the making of the acoustic EP" with interview with Greg Graffin and Brett.

The second video is a few minutes of the making of the New Maps of Hell with a few interviews.

There is also a complete concert from a House of Blues concert in Las Vegas. The concert is professional but not as good as the Live at the Palladium DVD. The concert is OK (watching it now) and a great warm up for the upcoming concert with BR that I'll go to in Sweden. What I'm missing with the DVD is a set list for the concert (on paper). The idea to include a concert on the album is really great (probably the businessman Mr Bretts idea???) which probably would be my reason to by the album (If I'm not was running this site, and yes I've already got the acoustic songs from iTunes). I hope that BR will include a live DVD into every future album release!

Two videos for New Dark Ages Ages and Honest Goodbye is also on the DVD. It's really cool to see these in full screen for the first time and not on YouTube. Why can't Bad Religion release the videos on Internet in better quality than YouTube? Please BR send me the files and Thebrpage.net will host them!

So, is this album good or bad?
If you don't have the original NMoH, buy this instead! It might be expensive (228 SEK in Sweden which is really expensive for a CD) but you'll get so much more than a CD! The kit is very luxury and the DVD is great. If you only want to hear the acoustic songs, buy them for 1 USD on iTunes (I did that a week ago) when the kit wasn't available in Sweden yet.

/Kristoffer

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anechoic nebula Incomplete Status: Offline Posts: -1	Quote Mine arrived today. The concert footage is well shot but I would've liked to have heard more of the drums. 06/13/2008 at 22:32 Mine arrived today. The concert footage is well shot but I would've liked to have heard more of the drums.
calrockx Henchman Location: SF/LA Status: Offline Posts: 269	Quote After first-hand experience, I agree with this review. The acoustic songs are great. I'm a little disappointed in the sound quality of the Vegas show, esp compared to the Palladium set. The artwork is fantastic. You're gonna want this. 06/12/2008 at 07:25 After first-hand experience, I agree with this review. The acoustic songs are great. I'm a little disappointed in the sound quality of the Vegas show, esp compared to the Palladium set. The artwork is fantastic. You're gonna want this.
madreligion Guest Location: Global Citizen	Quote "So how is the Honest Goodbye video? Can someone describe it?" imagine any song from live at the palladium video (without two nights shots that dont really fit together) and you more or less got the video. 06/11/2008 at 23:33 "So how is the Honest Goodbye video? Can someone describe it?" imagine any song from live at the palladium video (without two nights shots that dont really fit together) and you more or less got the video.
Wurst Guest Location: Germany	Quote So how is the Honest Goodbye video? Can someone describe it? 06/11/2008 at 22:47 So how is the Honest Goodbye video? Can someone describe it?
hjolm Lost Pilgrim Location: Sweden Status: Offline Posts: 22	Quote I bought it for 149SEK! 06/11/2008 at 15:49 I bought it for 149SEK!
superfabietto Incomplete Location: Italy Status: Offline Posts: 9	Quote I was waiting for my copy...I would like to know the setlist of the dvd too :P - I love bootlegs soundboard sound way better than any original/official things...they are how Bad Religion actually plays/sounds live...not production tricks or re-edited back vocals... 06/10/2008 at 11:27 I was waiting for my copy...I would like to know the setlist of the dvd too :P - I love bootlegs soundboard sound way better than any original/official things...they are how Bad Religion actually plays/sounds live...not production tricks or re-edited back vocals...
zedisdeadpunkrock Guest Location: Germany	Quote the "along the way" dvd has the best sound. ? don?t like to listen to "live at the palladium" that much ,its pop-mixed,for people who only listen to the vocals...... 06/10/2008 at 01:39 the "along the way" dvd has the best sound. ? don?t like to listen to "live at the palladium" that much ,its pop-mixed,for people who only listen to the vocals......
holloway Guest Location: Global Citizen	Quote what is the setlist for the live DVD? 06/09/2008 at 21:53 what is the setlist for the live DVD?
madreligion Guest Location: Global Citizen	Quote that would be interesting to hear from jay or brett. but i guess the myspace list show had their own crew and they probably didnt put too much work into it. 06/09/2008 at 20:24 that would be interesting to hear from jay or brett. but i guess the myspace list show had their own crew and they probably didnt put too much work into it.
nr23se Admin Location: Sweden Status: Offline Posts: 35	Quote i know they had serios porblems with the sound guy who mixed the palladium dvd. he mixed it in stereo and they lost a few months because of him. maybe they got the same guy to mix this? 06/09/2008 at 20:16 i know they had serios porblems with the sound guy who mixed the palladium dvd. he mixed it in stereo and they lost a few months because of him. maybe they got the same guy to mix this?
madreligion Guest Location: Global Citizen	Quote oh another thing i find strange is that the dvd video isnt anamorphic but letterboxed, unlike the palladium dvd. especially strange cause almost everything is shot in widescreen, except the new dark ages video and the nmoh epk i think. 06/09/2008 at 20:16 oh another thing i find strange is that the dvd video isnt anamorphic but letterboxed, unlike the palladium dvd. especially strange cause almost everything is shot in widescreen, except the new dark ages video and the nmoh epk i think.
madreligion Guest Location: Global Citizen	Quote the soundmixing of the live show is not that good, to put it in a nice way. first of all, the overall volume of the concert is way too low compared to the rest of the dvd, i really dont know how you can miss that when authoring the dvd. also it seems the mixing guy tried too hard to let the vocals be heard clearly, but didnt pay much attention to the rest of the band, i totally miss the "edge" in the sound, the power. it sounds like all instruments are "normalized", if that makes sense. the palladium dvd already didnt have really loud guitars (except during the solos), but this here misses on all instruments. someone else mentioned this all in another news section already, and i totally agree with him here. of course its still better than any bootleg out there. 06/09/2008 at 20:11 the soundmixing of the live show is not that good, to put it in a nice way. first of all, the overall volume of the concert is way too low compared to the rest of the dvd, i really dont know how you can miss that when authoring the dvd. also it seems the mixing guy tried too hard to let the vocals be heard clearly, but didnt pay much attention to the rest of the band, i totally miss the "edge" in the sound, the power. it sounds like all instruments are "normalized", if that makes sense. the palladium dvd already didnt have really loud guitars (except during the solos), but this here misses on all instruments. someone else mentioned this all in another news section already, and i totally agree with him here. of course its still better than any bootleg out there.