FATES WARNING is one of those bands I used to worship but over the past 15 years they grew softer and softer and thus consequently had to leave their place on my personal altar of Metal. I still listen to their first three albums frequently and so I was quite curious about this live CD. Well, to put it shortly, I'm fucking disappointed... There's only one song from the old times, and even though it's badly executed, it still stands out as the best track... They went their way and now play the kind of music you can hear in shopping malls... it's soooo fucking sad... Listening to releases like this makes me feel my age and all of a sudden suicide seems like a rather nice option...

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