Metallica - Cunning Stunts (DVD)

Having seen Metallica live at Donington Monsters of Rock in 1995, I expected to have a good idea of the quality of this DVD before I bought it. How wrong I was.....it turned out to be a great number of times better than I could have ever expected! 'Cunning Stunts' is a 2 DVD set, recorded live at a concert in Fort Worth, Texas back in May 1997. The concert itself spans both discs, and on each disk there are also additional bonus features, including ...
...cleverly now fades into a Metallica classic, 'Nothing Else Matters', which is best described as a rock ballad. Their ability to perform all kinds of musci is now highlighted, showing their broad range of talents, not often seen in today's metal bands! The heavy, fast pace of the concert continues throughout, and the work load needed to keep this up is clearly evident on the faces of all the band, none more than the drummer Lars, who is forwever ...

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'Tis true, theediscerning is not really a major fan of Metallica, or indeed any rawk music, as they used to call it. However, when given the chance to see this double DVD (does that make it a DVDDVD or and DDVVDD?) he leapt in the air, banged his head until his neck was in twain, and perpetuated a pseudo-Nazi hand salute with the first and little fingers held aloft. Or not, as the case may be. Theediscerning does own a few of their songs on CD - ...
...their music for a while there, alongside many others. What they've done to make themselves much less popular these days, is no-one's business but their own. Instead, in a Stop Making Sense way, we have a record of the live experience of a band at the peak of their powers. And like that Talking Heads film, if you aren't keen on the music it will seem to go on for far too long, but if you are, then you're in heaven. This was a tour supporting the ...

theediscerning 28.03.2003 (29.03.2003) · Read full review
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Metallica normally need very little introduction. Most people will have at least heard of them, if not having actually listened to their music. One of the heaviest, biggest and most successful heavy metal bands of all time, Metallica have been playing for well over two decades now. They've done everything from recording classic metal albums, (e.g. 'Master Of Puppets', 'The Black Album'), to releasing their own Rockumentry movie, ('Some Kind Of Monster'). ...
...night and shows exactly why Metallica are one of the best live bands to have ever existed. The performances are outstanding. From a musical perspective the group are tight, with Lars and Jason providing a stable frame which James' rhythm playing enforces and allows Kirk to launch into his solos. I wouldn't say the performances are flawless, (Kirk fluffs a few notes during some solos, James struggles with the vocal ranges on some earlier songs, etc.) ...

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this 2 disc set is possibly one of their best yet with an awesome mix of their old songs and their new stuff at that time. james and the boys rock fort worth texas and totally kick ass in this close set on a small stage. the power failure stunt a great twist and gave that more raw sound and as for the meledy of their classic album tracks from killem all and ride the lightening albums this set just rocked its just a shame that they started to go ...
...king nothing etc. but the classics still rocked a must for the deserving rocker. go and buy it and see for yourself. ...

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