Lamb of God - Killadelphia

Starring:Lamb of God
Studio: Sony
Product Type: DVD

Amazon.com

They may sound like the angel of death breaking down one's front door, but behind the scenes thrash-metal band Lamb of God turn out to be a wine-drinking, practical joke-playing, wife-loving bunch with a penchant for worldly debates and such healthy thrills as sky diving. Part concert footage, part fly-on-the-wall video documentary of the ups and downs of a road tour, Lamb of God: Killadelphia could easily entertain the most stubborn of metal haters with its lively peek at the band at work and play between shows. Whether dealing with rental truck breakdowns, show delays, radio interviews, in-store appearances, late arrivals of equipment, or dazzled fans, the members of Lamb of God and their handful of assistants keep their cool with fluent wit, easygoing camaraderie, and unabashed romanticism (meeting up with band members' spouses is one of the highlights of Killadelphia). Meanwhile, Lamb of God's grinding, apocalyptic wall of sound, especially singer Randy Blythe's croaking, monster vocals, whip a Philadelphia crowd into a hellbound fury. Special features include three music videos, including an uncensored "Now You've Got Something to Die For." --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

Powerful Metal.......2007-04-04

Lamb of God is one of the best metal/hardcore bands around. Not only do they play heavy music, but they put on killer live shows. I've been lucky enough to attend a concert of theirs, and it was unbelieveable. Of course, Killadelphia is not comparable attending a LOG concert, but this DVD captures the heaviness that is LOG. The concert footage is great, and definitely shows viewers how powerful this band is. I've always had nothing but the utmost respect for Mark Morton and Willie Adler, but watching this made me appreciate Chris Adler and John Campbell as well for they are incredible musicians. This DVD is highly recommended, if you are a LOG fan.

A spectacular documentary........2007-03-25

The details that Amazon.com has on display for this DVD has several mistakes in it. Their list of the running time being "120 minutes" with "30 minutes of exclusive behind-the-scenes on the road footage," is completely incorrect. The DVD package clearly lists the running time for this documentary at 180 minutes, or 3 hours. Yes, this DVD does contain "Bonus Features", but Amazon.com didn't correctly list them in their description of this DVD. The bonus features are hidden easter eggs that lead to additional out-takes and deleted scenes, band and director commentary, "Soundcheck" segments, out-takes, and 3 music videos. This DVD does NOT include the CD with all of the songs that Lamb of God was filmed performing for this DVD. That is available for purchase separately, but I don't recommend buying it because the CD only contains live versions of songs from "Ashes of The Wake" and several of Lamb of God's previous CDs. So, you really can skip the live CD altogether. This DVD is all you need.

"Killadelphia" was produced by High Roller Studios, NOT Sony. However, it is manufactured by and distributed by Epic Music Video (A division of Sony/BMG Music Entertainment). "killadelphia" was directed by Doug Spangenberg, who is under contract with High Roller Studios. He also directed the documentary "The Making of Sacrament", which is the bonus disc included in the "Deluxe Edition" of Lamb of God's current CD, "Sacrament". Another very good documentary that you should check out.

"Killadelphia" can be viewed two (2) different ways. You can choose to watch ONLY the concert footage by itself or you can watch the feature documentary movie "Killadelphia", which is a combination of behind the scenes footage of the band while their out on tour promoting the CD "Ashes of The Wake" and doing a lot of other stuff during the tour and between gigs. There are numerous informal and semi-formal interviews with band members, the tour manager, and members of the road crew. There are also some very good examples of "Direct Cinema" style documentary filmmaking in several scenes. However, this documentary would was actually mostly filmed in a "Cinéma Verité" style.

(Filmmakers, film students, and film nerds will know what the terms "Direct Cinema" and "Cinéma Verité" mean. If you don't know what they mean, but you want to, please look them up.)

I highly recommend this DVD to all Lamb of God fans, heavy metal lovers everywhere, and aspiring documentary filmmakers too. The director, Doug Spangenberg, is a good director and he did very good job with this documentary. This is one of my favorite DVDs in my ever-growing DVD collection.

AWSOME.......2007-03-16

ANother great release by lamb of god any fan will want to snatch this up with their collection i did and glad. lots of out takes and behind the scenes.

LOG Rules.......2006-12-13

When I first see this DVD, I already know that LOG is not just a heavy metal band but a metal band that will stay a very long time. With songs like Vigil, Hourglass, Something to Die For and Ruin...this DVD along with Machine Heads 'Elegies' and Arch Enemy's 'Live Apocalypse' is a must to have if you want to see bands perform at thier best....

Go and Buy this or miss something.......LOG rule

perfect.......2006-09-22

From it's many behind the scenes features to the flawless live set spanning hits from all of their albums (except Sacrament) including Burn the Priest this DVD has it all. It's the perfect DVD if you are a lamb of god fan or just a modern metalhead. The part were they are stopped on the one way street in europe is unforgettable.