The Tokyo Showdown (Live In Japan 2001)

After five long years of services and four monster albums, the best Melodic Death Metal band finally decided to deliver us a live album. And like Children Of Bodom, it's in Tokyo that the five Jesters have decided to light up the fire of the Japanese public. The sound is very good, although we might have like a bit more clarity during some moments (like the beginning of Clayman). But the choice and furthermore the number of titles (15) contained on the CD will let us forget about that pretty quickly. From Lunar Strain to Clayman, throughout an avalanche of hits. Bullet Ride opens the Napalm flood with its melodic chorus and heavy riffs, where Embody The Invisible will be recognized easily by it's intro (who said Dragon Ball ?) and then comes Jotun and Food For The Gods, powerful hit from the "green one" (how they name the album Whoracle). I can't quote all of them (although that's exactly what I'm doing ;)) but we will also remember Moonshield (from Jester Race), Gyroscope (Worhacle), Ordinary School (Colony) and of course the other classics that are Colony and Episode 666. Wow... I haven't yet recover... anyway I can only advise you to buy this live album but more important to go see this band live at least once. One last word : can't wait the next album.