Lamentations (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003)

Lamentations (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003)
Video album by Opeth
Released	November 24, 2003 February 24, 2004
Recorded	Live recording at Shepherd's Bush Empire on Thursday September 25, 2003
Genre	Progressive death metal, progressive rock
Length	188:00
Label	Music for Nations
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link

Lamentations is Opeth's first live DVD, released under the Music For Nations label in 2004. This live recording at Shepherd's Bush Empire on Thursday 25th September, 2003 features Opeth playing the album Damnation in its entirety, followed by some of the band's songs from Blackwater Park and Deliverance. The DVD also includes a documentary on both the making of Damnation and Deliverance, which has a running time of approximately 65 minutes. The documentary covers both albums because they were recorded at the same time. A CD version of the live recording was released in 2006 in a collector's edition slipcase. The only song that was played from albums prior to Blackwater Park was "Demon of the Fall" (from the album My Arms, Your Hearse) as an encore song. This song was not filmed for the DVD.^[1] Licensing issues with previous record labels prevented this from happening at the time of the disc's release. Given that the band now has the backing of a larger record label, Roadrunner Records, they have the ability to negotiate the inclusion of some of their older songs on future DVD releases (such as The Roundhouse Tapes). The recording is generally regarded as having exceptionally clear and beautiful sound and visual quality, although All Music Guide reviewer John Serba complained of the ubiquity of shots from what he termed the "Akerfeldt 'Orifice Cam'", showing close-ups of the singer's mouth and nose in excruciating detail.^[2]

Contents

• Concert:

1. "Introduction" – 1:25
2. "Windowpane" – 9:15
3. "In My Time of Need" – 6:37
4. "Death Whispered a Lullaby" – 7:11
5. "Closure" – 9:45
6. "Hope Leaves" – 6:11
7. "To Rid the Disease" – 7:11
8. "Ending Credits" – 4:22
9. "Harvest" – 6:15
10. "Weakness" – 6:05
11. "Master's Apprentices" – 10:34
12. "The Drapery Falls" – 10:56
13. "Deliverance" – 12:38
14. "The Leper Affinity" – 11:01
15. "A Fair Judgement" – 13:51

• "The Making of Deliverance and Damnation" documentary.

Credits

• Mikael Åkerfeldt – Vocals, Guitar
• Peter Lindgren – Guitar
• Per Wiberg – Keyboard, Backing Vocals (Spiritual Beggars), support musician
• Martin Mendez – Bass
• Martin Lopez – Drums

References

1. ^ DPRP Concert Reviews Archive
2. ^ Opeth AllMusic.com Review