Hatebreed Album: “Live Dominance”

This dvd was everything I thought it would be. At Harpo's in Detroit, Hatebreed played more than 20 of their favorites live including tracks off of "Satisfaction". There were brutal pits and blood everywhere. The bonus section had great interviews and more live favorites from all over the country. Overall, it's definitely worth the price of a few bucks.

Good dvd for Hatebreed fans. The live concert was shot great, gives you a feel of how intense the Hatebreed shows are. Documentary of the band is good, not the best but informative. This dvd is a must for Hatebreed fans. 8/10

After dropping from Roadrunner due to lack of promotion for Supremacy, Hatebreed signed a small deal with Koch Records for this dvd release, a covers album called To The Lions (out in October), and a live cd coming soon that was recorded and produced in Texas by Hellyeah/Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul. Live Dominance is the culmination of nearly 14 years of blood, sweat, and extremely hard touring. 22 songs from the band's catalog are presented, and they have to be because most of the band's songs are short and to the point (some running between around 2 and 3 minutes long, and some as short as just under 2 minutes). Setlist includes some favorites from Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire (Empty Promises, Before Dishonor, Last Breath, etc.), while it mostly focuses on some of the best material from Perseverance, The Rise of Brutality, and Supremacy. The atmosphere is very violent as is to be expected at a Hatebreed show. Despite it being indoors, it reminds me of when I saw them at Ozzfest last summer. Blood, bruises, circle pits everywhere. Not that I'm complaining. If a pit broke out near where I was standing, I just moved away from it. Extras include additional live footage, interviews, photos, tributes, and all of the band's music videos (their first video for Before Dishonor is noticeably absent). If you're a Hatebreed fan, and you're reading this, don't pass this up.

These guys can put out a hell of a show. Main feature is almost 80'of brain-damaging metallic hardcore, the picture is incredible despite the 1000mph. multi-camera MTVesque editing !!! But the sound has some problems; it's tonally correct -esp the bottom end which is awesome- but the singer is too loud in the mix and guitars should sound brighter like on their videos. Instead they sound lower and crunchier, and the ¨lead¨ guitarrist sounds a lot louder on the right channel than the other guy who sounds on the left one, which causes a volume imbalance that forced me to switch it to mono to avoid getting deaf on one ear.

There are tons of extras like 8 songs live at Harpo's, all of their videos and a lot more. Recommended but it would be a 5 stars were it not for the sound issues.