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Mainstrike – Impression

Mainstrike – Impression

Too bad this didn’t come out BEFORE the reunion show at Light The Fuse fest since it’s the perfect way to get into Mainstrike again for that show. I wasn’t around when Mainstrike was big but “Impression” does a great job at taking you back to those days.

It’s packed with lots of stuff: from a song of the first show (in the extras, together with other songs from seperate shows) to the final show, in between you’ll get the ’99 Ieper show, a great US tourreport, a flyer/photo gallery and an interview with Bigma. It’s all there. The sound’s good, especially for an audience recording. I really like how you can hear the crowd singing along, something a recording straight from the mixing desk would lack. The video (multi-angle edited) is also good, don’t expect crystal clear images though, but what can you expect, those shows weren’t recorded with professional cameras. The layout is simple but good too. I just can’t find anything negative. Oh wait, they listed “Jef Smits” twice in the credits on the layout. I’m glad I found something!

While watching this DVD I tried to compare Mainstrike to a band that’s around now but I realised we really miss a band like Mainstrike in the scene nowadays: good solid hardcore with a message, with a frontman that says powerful and meaningful things on stage… Most bands have the first but lack the latter. Hope we’ll see some change in that in the (near) future.

Well, I can keep talking about this DVD but just trust me on this one, “We Were History Productions” did it again, I think this one is even better than the Reaching Forward DVD. I’ll rate this 4,5 stars because it isn’t perfect (what is?) but it comes damn, damn close. MUST HAVE.

Published earlier on Asice.net

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