Skillet - Comatose Comes Alive WDvd (40 tracks) +Album Reviews

Nearly Perfect Live CD/DVD

Kevin R. Davis | Perkasie, PA | 12/02/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Skillet is one of the best Christian rock band success stories of the past decade in my opinion. From the self-titled debut album in 1996 until now, the band has continued to redefine itself into the superstar rock band that released one of this decade's best-selling Christian rock albums, Comatose. For me, the combination of strings, keyboard, guitar, drums and John Cooper's emotional vocals with his wife Korey's background vocals was meant to be heard and experienced live. Since I haven't actually had that privilege, this nearly perfect live CD/DVD combo is the next best thing.

Comatose Comes Alive was filmed and recorded in Tennessee and it is easily the most impressive Christian rock live recording I've heard and seen since Live In Portland by Kutless. The songs just erupt with what live rock concerts are all about. The energy, emotion, and musicianship are completely engaging and I haven't stopped listening to this album over the last couple of weeks. The instrumental intro builds perfectly to the standout song Comatose and then settle in for over 1 hour of great live music. If you like Skillet, you'll LOVE this album and for me the highlights were my two favorite songs The Older I Get and The Last Night, back to back. John Cooper explained the meaning behind the songs and I got goosebumps listening to both of them. There are no filler songs and the album ends with standout songs Rebirthing, Savior and one of my all-time favorites Best Kept Secret. As John says during the concert, expect to lose your voice after singing and screaming along with this nearly perfect live CD/DVD. Great gift idea for any hard rock music fans.

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Great band, epic tour, awesome DVD!

T. Nield | 10/22/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Skillet is probably one of the most influential Christian bands in the market, especially since they top charts in both the secular and Christian hard rock genres. If you are not familiar with Skillet, they sound like a blend of Evanescence, Linkin Park, and classical symphony all mashed up in a sonic, adrenaline-filled soundscape seldom heard in the music world.

I never got to see the Comatose tour, but I imagine this DVD captured every good thing about it. The intro/prelude is really catchy. The concert starts with the stage pitch black, and two blue beacons of light hit a cellist and a violinist playing a beautiful minor-key score, and then transitions into the song "Comatose" once the band comes on stage. The cellist and violinist played on stage with every song, and they did an amazing job.

Every song number was 5 stars, but to me the most memorable parts would be the prelude, "Comatose", "Whispers in the Dark", "Collide", and "Rebirthing". "Angels Fall Down" was a great slow worship song especially aside from the hard rock that dominated most of the concert. There's a few acoustic sets with "The Older I Get" and some others, they weren't exactly my taste, but it added some style variety to the concert.

Skillet has announced a couple of times that they are making a new CD set to be released before summer next year, and I look forward to seeing what else they come up with."

Comatose, alive and loud

Jimmie R. Brodersen | Southern California | 12/15/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"For many of us, this CD/DVD combo is the 1st time we get to hear the newest line-up of Skillet. At the begining of 2008 Lori Peters left Skillet, and handed her sticks over to Jen Ledger who had recently turned 18 when she took over. In my opions Jen had a difficult task to accomplish in being Lori's replacement. I must tell you, Jen has done a wonderful job, she is up to the task, very impressive!

Ben added a solo to 'My Obession', this version is great. John's growl in the begining of 'Whisper's in the dark' was a great new touch. All of the songs have slight diferences that I think adds to the enjoyability. I am pleased they did 'Angels Fall Down', which is one of my favorite worship songs. The Encore is 'Best Kept Secret', good to do an older song, I liked how Ben played guitar on it, this version is a little edgier than on 'Invincible'.

The sound is studio quality, for both the audio CD and the DVD, and there was a lot of production work involved in the making of the DD.

I highly suggest this CD/DVD

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Skillet..

Traci | IA | 10/24/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"It's hard to describe seeing Skillet live but this DVD comes close. I've seen them four times, 3 times on the Comatose tour and performance wise this show is comparable to everything I've seen. I haven't had a chance to listen to the cd yet so this is just about the DVD. Skillet definetely gives it their all every show, every night and that is why I don't understand why so many effects were used on the dvd. The weird slow motion used briefly at different times.. different color effects (black and white for brief moments) and there are so many switches from camera to camera that it feels kind of disjointed. It looked like whoever produced this dvd had a lot of fun trying everything! I was impressed with the quality but just felt distracted at times.

A very high energy and high quality performance and I would recommend this to any fan of Skillet (theres a little of everything here from old to new). Now I actually have something to show friends when they wonder why I keep going to their shows :)."

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