Search - Monsters of Metal: The Ultimate Metal Compilation, Vol. 2 on DVD

Not as good as Volume 1, but still quite strong.

Sam Allen | Newburyport Mass. | 01/02/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"In spite of a few minor production flaws, the second monsters of metal DVD is quite good, maybe not as good as the first, but excellent. Having received both for Christmas this year, I will have to say that in spite of some issues with the picture for certain videos and extra features, this contains all the positive aspects of volume 1: videos less likely to be played on Headbanger's Ball (which is still awesome anyway, and a few of the videos here have been shown on that show,) classics, and cool extras. There are a few repeats, but not enough to say that it's the same thing as volume 1 in a different package. The only videos from volume 1 that are on this set are:

Dimmu Borgir "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse"
Fireball Ministry "Flatline"
Destruction "Desecrators (Of The New Age)"
Hypocrisy "Roswell 47"

And the select few videos aired on the ball are (in addition to the ones from Dimmu and Fireball Ministry:)

Mnemic "Liquid"
In Flames "The Quiet Place"
Kataklysm "As I Slither"
Nevermore "Enemies of Reality"
Iced Earth "The Reckoning"
Arch Enemy "We Will Rise"

My top 4 favorite videos from disc 1 that are new are:
Edguy "King Of Fools"
Mnemic "Liquid"
Re:Aktor "Damage Zone"
Children of Bodom "Sixpounder"

My top 4 favorite videos from disc 2 that are new are:
Soilwork "Light The Torch"
Stratovarius "I Walk To My Own Song"
Arch Enemy "We Will Rise"
Dark Tranquillity "Monchromatic Stains" (which is only new to the series-it came out about two years before this did.)

"METAL IS FOREVER, IN EVERY SINGLE MATTER!"-Primal Fear"

Something for all Metalheads

Raynflower | New Zealand | 10/11/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I acquired this DVD on something of a whim and must say, I am rather impressed. The diversity of artists is superb - ranging from operatic death metal (Therion) to the rather rockier (Farmer Boys) there's something here for any metal fan. I personally am more a power metal/operatic fan, with a distaste of grindcore/death metal and with classic power metal acts like Helloween, Rage, Savatage, Edguy, Stratovarius etc, I was much pleased. Other bands that stood out to me were Soilwork for their twisted and bizarre video, "Light the Torch" and the rather weird In Extremo who combine a semi-industrial rock sound with bagpipes and a harp. There is also a pleasing mixture of well known acts and lesser known bands. All in all, a good collection of music videos I shall never see on tv! Although I will note that I have the European release, which appears to have some tracks not mentioned above."