In August of 2000, cEvin and Ogre reunited for an extremely rare one-off reunion show at the Doomsday Festival in Dresden, Germany. This live show is now available on cd and will surely please all of Skinny Puppy's long... more » standing fanbase. 14 tracks in all featuring 'Love In Vein', 'Dig It', 'Convulsion' & Worlock'.« less
In August of 2000, cEvin and Ogre reunited for an extremely rare one-off reunion show at the Doomsday Festival in Dresden, Germany. This live show is now available on cd and will surely please all of Skinny Puppy's long standing fanbase. 14 tracks in all featuring 'Love In Vein', 'Dig It', 'Convulsion' & Worlock'.
CD Reviews
Pretty good, but a little disappointing
James | Ottawa, Canada | 01/04/2002
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This CD is the thing every SP fan has been waiting for--finally Skinny Puppy have reunited temporarily and made a CD of their one-off live show in Dresden, Germany. This CD is pretty cool, it has a great selection of choice Skinny Puppy hits and is very intense and in-your-face but on the other hand is a little weak. The first thing about it that could use some improvement is the vocals. Although lots of people liked the fact that Orge didn't use that much voice distortion on this album, I think that he *should* have used the same voice distortion he used on the CD versions of these songs. "Testure" and "Dig it" are 2 of my fave SP songs but because they don't have the trademark scary vampire-like vocal distortion on the CD versions and are sung with Ogre's normal voice, they don't sound half as good. The same goes for many other tracks except for "Killing Game" and "Harsh Stone White" which are performed pretty much exactly the same as their CD versions.
Another thing that could use improvement is the albums' artwork. The booklet is only 2 pages long (not counting the back+front covers) and comprises of a mishmash of blurred and altered live photos from the concert. Its kinda cool and artistic, but in my opinion I think the booklet should have had more pages in it and more normal, clear photos and putting in the songs lyrics wouldn't have hurt either. Still, I am not completely disappointed with this CD because of its merits-good track selection, excellent instrumental playing, and the 6 or so tracks that are sung the same as on the CD. In conclusion, I'd say this is a nice treat for any Skinny Puppy fan, new or old, but I'd suggest you take a listen at your local CD store first."
Amazing live cd!
William G. Piper | English, IN United States | 09/11/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"this cd is of the Dresden Germany aug 2000 reunion show. However, there are a few songs missing (Choralone, Hardset Head, Nature's revenge and Smothered Hope). 3 due to timing issues, while HsH due to legal issues. Hardset head was intended to be on the cd, but nettwerk did not get the rights until it was too late. However, they have since gotten the rights and released the song as a 320bitrate mp3. This cd sounds great. The versions of the songs never sounded better!! My only gripe would be there is a lack of improv, but that could be explained as they were trying to get as many songs on this release as possible. AIDY? is still my fav live SP, but this cd still f-ing rulz!! I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone who likes/loves SP."
AT LONG LAST!
Philippe Landry | Louisiana | 09/08/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Brap 5 is EXCELLENT! i repeat: EXCELLENT! the wait was totally worth it! all the tracks are perfectly done. lots of new sounds and dynamics were added to the songs. it's such a powerful performance. it's non-stop. not a dull moment. i guess if you are looking for Brap 5 and reading this, you already know everything that has led up to this event and record. cEv and Ogre have done a wonderful job, as well as all who were involved in this effort.
SP never gives you a dull moment.
GET THIS ALBUM!"
Best mixed live album since RAMMS+EIN's Live Aus Berlin!
circledrag | ONTARIO, CANADA | 09/06/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"as I am new to Skinny Puppy... all I can say is that it sounds like the actual CD versions, except Ogre has a different style and there are a few changes/improvisations in the lyrics, music and layers of instruments. if I had listened to every single album by Puppy I could go in to greater detail. anyways, it's not at all sloppy. I haven't heard a live CD this good since Ramms+ein's Live Aus Berlin disc or Ministry's In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up. but it's obviously live... Ogre comes in a bit late on tin omen, but comes across as an excellent sounding reversion.
unfortunately, like Ramms+ein's disc... a few things were cut... it this case... Hardset Head. but! it's got Dig It and The Choke... so I'm happy. my guess is that something was supposed to be after Dig It... as you will notice a fade out. there are miscillaneous improvisations that were also cut out of the CD and also 3 or 4 songs, but are available as MP3 bootlegs. this CD probably won't be in your CD player all the time unless you're hardcore... but, it's just another excellent job by Skinny Puppy. a funny thing is that the linear notes in the booklet contain credits for the actual tour. maybe it's not so unusual as the people should be credited for what they did, but I think... this may be their compensation for not being seen on video ... other things about this CD... it's 67:48 (m:s) long, it was edited/produced by Greg Reely and the artwork is by Dave McKean (no s#!t... it's obvious). McKean's art really isn't that great on the front. even though he did it personally.
I hope you could understand my rambling... I guess that's all I can say right now. I would buy those two DVDs that came out, but from what I hear... the VHS is just as good, if not better! "what a head trip!":over&out:"
Track Listings (14) - Disc #1