ANGRA: HOLY LIVE (1997)
1) Crossing; 2) Nothing To Say; 3) Z.I.T.O.; 4)
Live, recorded at some
Other than that, Holy Live is an excellent snap of Angra at their peak, and a very fortunate one considering just how short that peak turned out to be. The songs are not at all different from their studio incarnations, but the band members still manage to insert just a wee touch of extra live power that makes the experience individually worthwhile. Thus, they have no way of replicating all the complex percussion parts of the «tribal» part of 'Carolina IV', but they compensate for it by making the underlying guitar riffage more loud and crunchy (and hats off to Matos for carrying over the chill-sending effect of "So, won't you come with me my friend..." to perfection).
We can only regret that the album is so shamefully short — it is, in fact, in EP format, barely running over 35 minutes, and, in all honesty, containing only four actual songs ('Crossing' and 'Unfinished Allegro' are intros rather than full-bodied independent entities). Apparently, there were certain technical difficulties in recording more material, and these precious shards are all we're left with (at least the sound quality is untouchable). The band would remedy this five years later, with Rebirth World Tour, but, alas, by that time its creative engine would already be spent.
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