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So I found these files on my hard drive. They date back to 2005 and look to be a rip of a CDR I got back when I was trading via snail mail, but from the lack of detail in the info file, I can't be for sure. I did download a lot of stuff off of Direct Connect back in those days as well. After checking the spectrum, I noticed the high end gets lopped off at around 16 KHz which is a pretty good indicator that this was either mp3'd or recorded at only 32 KHz. Either way, I decided it wasn't worth it to keep these as FLAC files (191 MB for the file set, check your source if you have this one), so I decoded back to WAV, loaded them into Audacity, applied a little EQ, and then saved them as mp3 for my music library. Note I also fixed the track split between 6, 7, and 8. Minus Blindfold was just all jacked up, with the beginning of the track at the end of Teething and the end stuck at the beginning of Engine No. 9.
Onward. This is a pretty good capture. There is some phasing at times as the taper moves, but it's not bad. It's really only a handful of spots. No idea where this guy was standing, but he must have had a good line to the speakers. There's virtually no crowd noise, so either the place was empty or he was able to avoid it somehow. Chino mentions early in the show how people look bored, so it could have just been a lame crowd.
I couldn't find any pictures or artwork for this, so I made something simple below.
Deftones
1995-12-08
Minneapolis, MN
The Mirage
OPENING FOR LIFE OF AGONY, ANTHRAX
Source: Sonic Studios > D100 > ??? > Flac > WAV > Audacity (boost right channel +2.5 dB, EQ) > MP3
Setlist:
1. Root
2. Nosebleed
3. Lifter
4. 7 Words
5. Chino Talking
6. Bored
7. Teething
8. Minus Blindfold
9. Engine No. 9
Stats:
Rating - 95/100
File - mp3 (67.2 MB)
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Some more Bullet, this show is the same status as the Graspop show. I was not able to locate any full quality video captures in order to rip some high quality audio, so I had to settle for random mp3's I found on the net. Definitely looking for an upgrade to this one. The original source for this audio isn't quite as balanced as the Graspop show, there's quite a bit of reverb and it is much heavier which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but you're trading out some of the clarity of the guitars and vocals. Still not bad quality at all, just need to find something that hasn't been as heavily impacted by mp3 encoding.
I like this setlist a little more than the Graspop performance, I'm happy to see Room 409 make an appearance as it's one of my favorite tracks. And you've gotta love the part where they demand a big circle pit.
Bullet for My Valentine
2006-06-03
Nürburgring
Nürburg, Germany
Source: unknown > mp3 (224 kbps)
Setlist:
1. Her Voice Resides
2. 4 Words To Choke Upon
3. Suffocating Under Words Of Sorrow
4. All These Things I Hate
5. Cries In Vain
6. Hand Of Blood
7. Spit You Out
8. Tears Don't Fall
9. Room 409
10. No Control
Find the show here:
http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/bullet-for-my-valentine-2006-06-03-rock-am-ring-211904.html
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Looking for Chevelle, Evanescence, Trivium, Bullet for My Valentine,
Avenged Sevenfold, and any recordings from the Louder than Life festival
in Louisville, KY from the last two years. Preferably lossless.
http://db.etree.org/the_negative_1
Cheers,
Comm4n3r
After searching and searching, I've yet to find a good quality video rip of this show for download. I did find an mp3 site that hosted this in decent quality, so I am adding it to my library until I can find an upgrade. I really love the early stuff from these guys, and look mostly for shows supporting the first two albums. I don't really have a problem with the newer stuff, it's just not as raw and powerful. It is interesting that the setlist includes two tracks off of their early EP's that weren't even included on The Poison.
This is clearly sounboard sourced as it is from a proshot video, and has good response across all frequencies. If I ever find this in lossless quality I might give a shot at EQ'ing it to bring out the guitars a little more.
Bullet for My Valentine
2006-06-24
Boeretang
Dessel, Belgium
Source: mp3 (224 kbps)
Setlist:
1. Her Voice Resides
2. 4 Words (To Choke Upon)
3. Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow (What Can I Do)
4. Cries in Vain
5. Hand of Blood
6. Spit You Out
7. Tears Don't Fall
8. No Control
Find the show here:
http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/bullet-for-my-valentine-2006-06-24-graspop-211905.html
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Looking for Chevelle, Evanescence, Trivium, Bullet for My Valentine,
Avenged Sevenfold, and any recordings from the Louder than Life festival
in Louisville, KY from the last two years. Preferably lossless.
http://db.etree.org/the_negative_1
Cheers,
Comm4nd3r
So as my search continues, this is an A7X boot I found on a foreign website. I don't know anything about the A7X.ru release group, nor the XAVEL label that apparently captured this. I also have no idea if this has circulated in the U.S... The quality on this is pretty damn good, and I believe it is a soundboard because of the good separation in the channels you can hear during the soundcheck in the first track, but I cannot verify that. I was only able to find this in mp3 encoding, but I am on the lookout for this in lossless if it exists.
Pretty standard setlist for a show supporting the latest album. I would love to see them play "Doing Time" a little more and I wish it was part of the setlist for this one, but no such luck.
The King in Tokyo
Title: The King in Tokyo
Type: Unofficial, Audio bootleg
Release date: Dec 31th, 2014 (2014-12-31)
Size: 1CD, 79 min. (FLAC files)
Recorded live at Summer Sonic on aug 16th, 2014.
Tokyo, Japan, Makuhari Messe
One of two last shows in 2014.
Setlist:
00. Back in Black (AC/DC) intro
01. Shepherd of Fire
02. Nightmare
03. Bat Country
04. Hail to the King
05. Almost Easy
06. Buried Alive
07. So Far Away
08. Afterlife
09. This Means War
10. A Little Piece of Heaven
11. Unholy Confessions
Cover Artwork: A7X.Ru Release Group.
Audio recorded: XAVEL Records Japan.
Stats:
Rating - 98/100
File - mp3 (193 MB)
Find the show here:
http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/avenged-sevenfold-2014-08-16-the-king-in-tokyo-211906.html
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http://www.avengedsevenfold.com/
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https://twitter.com/theofficiala7x
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Looking for Chevelle, Evanescence, Trivium, Bullet for My Valentine,
Avenged Sevenfold, and any recordings from the Louder than Life festival
in Louisville, KY from the last two years. Preferably lossless.
http://db.etree.org/the_negative_1
Cheers,
Comm4nd3r
So, I finally got around to giving A7X's latest album a listen and really enjoyed it, and eventually had a hankering to find some good quality live material from these guys. I had practically zilch in my collection of live stuff. I've been on Dime for quite a while and a quick search didn't reveal much had been posted on there. Thus, I started with my trusty friend Google just to see what was out there. After finding A LOT of crap quality mp3's on various foreign sites, I struck gold and found a torrent for a good, high quality HD video rip of Avenged Sevenfold's Rock in Rio performance from 2013.
Initially I thought this would be an easy rip of the audio, but I was having some trouble and couldn't figure out why after ripping it, the sound wasn't the same (lack of bass, all midrange and treble). After some research I realized the TS file I was working with had a 5.1 surround track and I was only extracting the L and R channels. Eventually I got up to speed and was able to set Audacity up to be able to import and export AC3 files and I was able to extract all six streams from the 5.1 audio and master/mix it down to two channels and cut it into tracks for play in my music library. It was a bit of a learning curve and a timely task (I also did some noise/click/pop reduction in audacity as well) but well worth it.
The sound on this is great, it is obviously a soundboard from the HD video feed, so it does have a little bit of a sterile feel to it and little crowd noise except what is inserted in between tracks. Also due to the 5.1 feed, some of the instruments get highlighted at certain times over others, depending on who was on screen at that point of in the video. I believe you can find this on youtube here.
Avenged Sevenfold
2013-09-22
Rio De Janiero, Brazil
Rock in Rio
Source: Unknown .ts file found in a foreign torrent:
Feed: HDTV 1080i
File Type: TS
Video: MPEG2
Audio: AC3
Video: AVC (H.264), 1920x1080, 29.97 fps, 10,0 Mbps
Audio: AC-3, 48.0 KHz, 384 Kbps (6 Ch.)
Transfer: Demux in ProjextX > AC3 > Audacity (downmix to stereo, adjust levels) > WAV > MP3 (256 kbps)
Setlist:
1. Shepherd of Fire
2. Critical Acclaim
3. Beast and the Harlot
4. Hail to the King
5. Buried Alive
6. Words about the Rev
7. Fiction
8. Nightmare
9. This Means War
10. Afterlife
11. Requiem
12. Bat Country
13. Unholy Confessions
Comments: I was just looking for some good quality boots of A7X to rip
the audio from when I came across a foreign torrent with this in it. I
wasn't really ready for putting in the time for a transfer of this
magnitude (took me about 6 hours total after researching the demuxing
and playing with audacity), but I think it turned out well and figured
I'd share it.
Find the show here:
http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/avenged-sevenfold-2013-09-22-rock-in-rio-211497.html
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