Live in Amerika [Blu-ray]

This is now my favorite Blu-ray!!! I may be a bit biased though. I first saw R+ in 1998 in Seattle, after that show I purchased my first concert DVD, Live Aus Berlin. I had it sitting in my collection and tried to get my wife to watch it, she wouldn't. Then while I was away for a weekend she happened to watch it TWICE in one night! She was not a fan until then. So for the next few years (Approx. 10) when we'd talk about concerts we'd been to, I would hold the fact that I had seen R+ live, and she hadn't. Well that all changed with the LIFAD tour as R+ once again came around on May 14, 2012 to Tacoma. We bought tickets as soon as they were on sale. We left the concert euphoric. I kept hoping for a decent concert DVD to come out. Völkerball and Live Aus Berlin were good in their own respects, but I felt the sound wasn't what it could be and the images not as sharp as they could be. After once again being treated for a third show, again in Tacoma May 15, 2013, I could only hope for a great DVD of a Rammstein concert. Well here we are in 2015, and now we have the definitive concert BLU-RAY! The sound is off the charts, and the images are crisp (especially when it comes to the sparks)! Till's vocals are all there, the guitars are more 'crunchy' than a studio album, and the stage antics are a sight! This perfectly captures what it is like to experience R+ in the flesh, save for two things, the heat, and the sweat.Even if you are not a fan of R+ I cannot recommend this purchase enough, at least find someone who has it to see for yourself! I have been to plenty of concerts in my life and none of them top R+. If you are a fan of music and performance....watch this NOW! Do not get hung up on "Oh it's in German, what's the point?" If you do you are selling yourself, and this band, considerably short, music and performance don't always have to be understood to get a feeling across.

This is the most amazing live performance you will ever see. All other concerts will seem tame once you view this show. And hyperbole aside, this Blu-ray really feels like the next best thing to actually being there in Madison Square Garden. Seriously, no other concert in my Blu-ray/DVD collection even comes close to drawing me into the performance like this one does. While Rammstein was awesome on stage, with all members performing at 100%, I wish to address the heroes behind the scene who made this Blu-ray amazing. Number one on the list are the mega-talented audio engineers. The recording and final mix are fantastic. These guys should be contracted by every other band on Earth who wish to release a concert video. The concert photography is exactly that, concert photography. Most concert videos feature the same boring shot structure; wide shot of stage, static close-ups and a dolly that can follow the band members as they move around. This show was shot with a ton of cameras all around the arena; cameras on the ground both facing the stage and the audience, mobile cameras on the stage, cameras on dollies and on three separate cranes. The result is dynamic and complex shot structure. Finally, the editing is subtle when it needs to be and bonkers the rest of the time. I found my adrenal glads kicking in several times during this show. If you love watching live music buy this Blu-ray right now. If you don't gravitate toward concert videos but wish to witness a spectacle, buy this Blu-ray right now.

Perfect American tour release. This package has it all. After reading other reviews I had to come back and add more: Disc 1 (concert) is a collection of songs that allowed Rammstein to revisit some of their best concert moments and expand on them for America. I was fascinated like a mouse in front of deadly snake. Did I say that Rammstein is deadly? Absolutely. If you don't come away from this concert feeling like you'd just been hit by a cobra, then you weren't watching and lost your hearing; otherwise, you would have been paralyzed to near speechlessness by the experience. Well, of course you could say, "Yeah! Awesome!" Or something else equally simplistic. No way you could expand on anything beyond unsophisticated viscera. Disc 2 (documentaries) was two of the most enlightening films I’ve seen pertaining to the sociopolitical influence this band had on Earth. Our planet’s human landscape changed forever because of Rammstein. I don’t care if you like them, or not, they had an impact on you even if you were unaware of it. How can I say this? Watch the two films to unlock that mystery. Out…

So many of us became fans of this band because of their incredible concerts and massive stage production. The MSG concert DVD is a video concert that is as good as it gets. The sound is incredible (I dont see how you can do any better for concert sound), many cameras, great set list executed with the professional tightness we expect from these concert masters. If you are a fan, you probably have this already; it is a must have. If you are not yet a fan, I can tell you I found this band years ago hunting on Amazon for great concert DVD's. Its not long before you hear the name Rammstein in connection with great concerts. If you are a fan of superb massive over the top rock stage shows, you wont go wrong with this DVD. Give it a try.

I watched this concert in "hi def" with a 4k TV over the internet and it can't really hold a candle to watching it on the same set up through the Blu-ray. A lot more punch and dimension to the sound quality. The pixelation you get over the net is gone too. Definitely worth buying this Blu-ray if you are a fan, or even if you aren't. I wasn't a big Rammstein fan until I saw this concert. Amazing.