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The Victory Show - Episode: 6
Review By : BoEk
Views : 1991
Score
  60 %
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Label : Victory Records
Genre : Various (mainly emo/poprock)
Don't ask me where to get this DVD because I simply don't know. It's a bonus DVD from Victory Records and below you can find my opinion on it. I'll keep it short! 

Action Action – Druglike
Nice pop/rock band I’d say. The video itself is a great production. Definitely something to be proud of! Music wise I don’t get the point of this band being signed to Victory Records. Action Action is a band I’d rather listen to on the regular radio stations. Nope, not my thing!
 
Aiden – Knife Blood Nightmare
Well, what should I say? EMO! Yeah, I think I made my point clear here. A low budget video with a bunch of emo guys having a serious image problem. I’m still waiting for the first emo band that doesn’t try to look as emo as possible…that band would definitely get my credits!
Music wise I’m glad to hear there are actually screaming backing vocals. Unfortunately that’s the only catchy thing of this whole track.
 
The Audition – You’ve Made Us Conscious
Hell yeah! This band listened to what I just said. A song about ‘fabricated self portraits’. With as the stereo type portrait: stiff, boring, black clothes wearing, emo (sorry!) looking persons. Nice concept for a video guys!
Music wise this is the best band on this DVD so far. Catchy song, nice drum work. Vocals are a bit too poppy but what the heck…I’m not expecting any real metal on this DVD anyway. All in all a nice band. Expect a review for the album online soon!
 
Hawthorne Heights – Ohio Is For Lovers
½ Action Action + ½ Aidan = Hawthorne Heights.
Fortunately the backing vocals are making up a lot for this track again. Finally some more metal on the DVD! Yeah, I’m still having faith in the actual purpose of this DVD.
 
The Hurt Process – My Scandinavian Ride
Finally! Someone who’s willing to open his throat and scream his lungs out. Good to listen to! Definitely the best song on the DVD so far. The Hurt Process plays a very nice mixture of metalcore and emo. Actually they even made me curious to pay ‘em a visit live. Keep up the good work guys!
 
June – Patrick
Di-rect fans beware! This might be your next favorite boyband…
 
The Junior Varsity – Get Comfortable
Pfff…now it’s getting a bit annoying. Di-rect and June fans beware! This might be your NEXT favorite boyband…bit more rock-oriented than June. Just so you know!
 
Silverstein – Smile In Your Sleep
Ahh…my good friends from Silverstein. The only song I already knew before I watched this DVD. Fortunately Victory Records put one of the best bands of their roster on this DVD. This is a band we’re going to hear more from in the future. High quality!
 
Spitalfield – Gold Dust vs. State Of Illinois
“Am I listening to the radio again?” Should I say more? It’s better not to do so I guess.
 
Straylight Run – Existentialism On Prom Night
Hmm…guess it wasn’t really smart of me to expect a spectacular end of this DVD. Too bad! Again a pop band…nice ballad song though. I could listen to this while making love with my girlfriend.
14-10-2005 17:26 - Carn
 Straylight Run are good ;D But yeah..Victory seems to have two big types of music..either indie-poprock or metalcore-like things..I think they should have made a 2dvd with each disc focussing on one style.
01-11-2005 10:55 - COZ
 Why didn't you just reviewed this along with the 'The Audition' album? It's one package..
01-11-2005 11:10 - Buzzin Hornet
We also got the audition but it was one big package with everal cds and this dvd, not combined together with the cd. But this is good to ;)
02-11-2005 00:12 - COZ
I noticed the 'The Audition' review :) That explains my question.
You're bying the CD and DVD as a package. Not as two single pieces :)
I don't wanna Bitch.. But it doesn't make sense :) The DVD's a nice extra and goes perfect along with the The Audition album :)
19-03-2006 07:35 - woollan
Why is it that people always go on about a band's image?  All those comments regarding Aiden and The Audtition...  What is the problem with a certain style of music having its own identity?  The only problem is where people refuse to accept a band because of their image... some people may not like the audtion because they don't look emo, and some people won't like Aiden cos they wear black and have tattoos and yes, look (and sound) VERY emo...  The whole thing is irrelevant... maybe you should review DVDs with your eyes closed...  What's important is the music, and frankly I don't have much time for bands whose lyrical inspiration comes in the form of image and scene politics... it makes me feel like the audition's anti-emo image is a contrived attempt to be cool and that they want you to notice them for that.  Frankly the Audition song is the weakest on this disc (which came with my copy of Bayside's self-titled album, by the way).  Spitalfield do the pop thing so much better than that.
19-03-2006 09:47 - Buzzin Hornet
dude, if it is all about the music.. why do you want to have that identity? For the rest, it just sucks man, not the identity but everything around those bands, it cannot be called music and on top of that the people all share the same identity in stead of having your own. That is the main problem!
24-03-2006 05:34 - woollan
  You misunderstood me, I don't care about image either way... I just don't think that an objective review should mention anything about image as it is completely irrelevant - be that an image all their own or one shared with others.  Everyone subscribes to an image of some sort that others share anyway, whether they realise it or not!

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