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Lamb of God - Killadelphia

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i suggest if you have ever seen or heard ANY lamb of god song and thought 'hrm, that sounds cool', then youg et this DVD.

the production is absolutely awesome, beautiful sound, awesome video, the extras are sweet as with backstage footage, behind the scenes filming footage, and lessons from each instrument playing member.

the musicianship of chris adler on drums, willie adler on guitar, mark morton on guitar, and john campbell on bass is truly amazing, the riffing rivals anything i've ever heard. this is RIFFING, not SOLOING, but it's so intense and they are so tight it's unreal.

GET THIS DVD, IF YOU HAVE ANY SLICE OF METAL BLOOD IN YOUR BODY.

The title of my review says it all. The live concert is simply amazing. Mark Morton and Willie Adler relentlessly shread and riff, but the true star of the show is Chris Adler on Drums. Simply put, he is a metal drum machine. Amazing stuff. While the sound and the musicianship of the concert is amazing, the real treat of this DVD is the behind the scenes stuff. It was great to watch Mark Morton knock Randy Blyth out cold on the streets of England. Randy deserved it. You get to know each of these guys intimately. They are an interesting group of guys. Even the LOG road crew are profiled on this DVD, which shows real class. The DVD has no weaknesses. There is nothing hear you would not want to see. looking forward to seeing them on the Sounds of The Underground tour. I Can't believe we are getting to see bands like LOG, Opeth, Chimaira, Unearth and Strapping Young Lad in one show.

Holy godmamnit! I already had the biggest respect for their musical abilities after hearing Ashes of the Wake, the best metal release from last year. Well I just had to see how they pulled off the songs live cause this aint no easy thrash metal, this is blazing fast heavy sh*t! Let me tell you these guys can play live as good as they do on the album. The DVD was entertaining as hell; I know cause I have a sore neck after headbanging through the whole damn thing.

Do not hesitate to pick this gem up if you are into Lamb Of God. You will be pleased..........great footage, great sound. There are so many extras...musician profiles,sound checks,videos.....how can you go wrong? The boys really sound solid and tight through out the show. If you own terror and hubris you will find that this DVD blows it away....period.

One of the better bands to emerge from the "metalcore" scene, Lamb of God's Killadelphia DVD finds the band performing in Philly, and the DVD includes behind the scenes footage showing the band on the road, and everything else in between. The concert segments themselves are nicely filmed, with a solid track list that fans of the band will no doubt enjoy. The main highlight of Killadelphia is however, the backstage footage which shows the band dealing with everything bands usually do, even if that includes two band members duking it out. Some hidden easter eggs are included as well, along with some music videos, which nicely round out the package. All in all, for fans of Lamb of God, Killadelphia is an absolute must own.

The details that Amazon.com has on display for this DVD has several mistakes in it. Their list of the running time being "120 minutes" with "30 minutes of exclusive behind-the-scenes on the road footage," is completely incorrect. The DVD package clearly lists the running time for this documentary at 180 minutes, or 3 hours. Yes, this DVD does contain "Bonus Features", but Amazon.com didn't correctly list them in their description of this DVD. The bonus features are hidden easter eggs that lead to additional out-takes and deleted scenes, band and director commentary, "Soundcheck" segments, out-takes, and 3 music videos. This DVD does NOT include the CD with all of the songs that Lamb of God was filmed performing for this DVD. That is available for purchase separately, but I don't recommend buying it because the CD only contains live versions of songs from "Ashes of The Wake" and several of Lamb of God's previous CDs. So, you really can skip the live CD altogether. This DVD is all you need.


"Killadelphia" was produced by High Roller Studios, NOT Sony. However, it is manufactured by and distributed by Epic Music Video (A division of Sony/BMG Music Entertainment). "killadelphia" was directed by Doug Spangenberg, who is under contract with High Roller Studios. He also directed the documentary "The Making of Sacrament", which is the bonus disc included in the "Deluxe Edition" of Lamb of God's current CD, "Sacrament". Another very good documentary that you should check out.


"Killadelphia" can be viewed two (2) different ways. You can choose to watch ONLY the concert footage by itself or you can watch the feature documentary movie "Killadelphia", which is a combination of behind the scenes footage of the band while their out on tour promoting the CD "Ashes of The Wake" and doing a lot of other stuff during the tour and between gigs. There are numerous informal and semi-formal interviews with band members, the tour manager, and members of the road crew. There are also some very good examples of "Direct Cinema" style documentary filmmaking in several scenes. However, this documentary would was actually mostly filmed in a "Cinéma Verité" style.


(Filmmakers, film students, and film nerds will know what the terms "Direct Cinema" and "Cinéma Verité" mean. If you don't know what they mean, but you want to, please look them up.)


I highly recommend this DVD to all Lamb of God fans, heavy metal lovers everywhere, and aspiring documentary filmmakers too. The director, Doug Spangenberg, is a good director and he did very good job with this documentary. This is one of my favorite DVDs in my ever-growing DVD collection.

Of all the american bands that have emerged from the past 6 years, Lamb of God still rules supreme. Their latest DVD is a masterpiece in the making. This brings the best of how LOG can play live and it also shows the human side of the up's and downs of life on the road for a band that knows how to deliver their own style of thrash metal. A style of music that unfortunately still scares people because of its lyrical content but also shows that metal does not need mainstream to survive. The bands themselves show us,the fans, that this style of music will live on forever and nothing will get in their in their way of their deliverance. Horns Up!!!

I just saw this dvd and let me tell you, is AWESOME. LOG is at this moment the finest pure metal band out there. The dvd sound is amazing, the drummer is a machine. So, if you enjoy metal music, this is the deal.

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW!!!!! i've seen tons of concert dvds in the past few years and this is by far the best one i have EVER seen. there is tons and tons of material and the concert footage and audio is just AWESOME!! it's such a crime that the dvd is so cheap. VERY WELL WORTH YOUR BUCK. go out and buy it and when u do, just like the other dude said...CRANK IT UP, FULL BLAST!!!

I'm usually pretty wary of buying metal bands' DVDs because I'm afraid that they'll just sound horrible live. With each metal DVD I've bought though, the sound of each band's sound just got better and better. That's when I came across Lamb Of God's Killadelphia. For the price I paid (a whopping 8.99), I couldn't have been more pleased. The sound quality is remarkable, sounding exactly like their CDs. Randy's voice is perfect in every aspect and the band follows suitingly. What I didn't expect when I purchased this was the fact that it would include some of LoG's trials and tribulations throughout their touring, much like Mudvayne's All Access To All Things DVD or even Chimaira's The Dehumanizing Process. Both are extremely good in their own rights and this kind of follows in their tracks while being completely different. At times Randy is very obnoxious and even a bit annoying but that just makes this movie seem that much more real, they don't put on an act when the cameras are running, they're just themselves. As far as the actual concert goes, though I would've loved to see a couple more songs from New American Gospel, it was really good. I really appreciated the fact that they played Bloodletting from their debut as Burn The Priest. That song is also a shining moment in the concert. Every song is filled with hatred and energy, just like the CD, and it reflects in how good LoG's performance was. The crowd was as good a crowd as I've seen in a DVD for a long time, so that only added to the already stellar footage.

If you're a fan of Lamb Of God, casual or hardcore, you should get this. I mentioned Chimaira's The Dehumanizing Process DVD earlier, and while I loved every second of it and thought the concert footage was amazing, LoG destroys their release with Killadelphia. This might actually end up being 2005's best music DVD release so that's really saying something. This is the best testament to 'American' metal I've come across in a while. In a time where foreign metal acts are ruling the genre, LoG proves that Americans still do it best.