Awaking the Gods: Live in Mexico

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Awaking the Gods: Live in Mexico
Awaking the Gods- Live In Mexico cover.jpg
Live album by
Released2001
Genre
Length60:11
Label Drakkar Entertainment
Producer
  • T. Süß
  • B. N. Würz
  • L. Damm
Haggard chronology
Awaking the Centuries
(2000)
Awaking the Gods: Live in Mexico
(2001)
Eppur Si Muove
(2004)

Awaking the Gods: Live in Mexico is the first live album by the German symphonic metal band Haggard. It was released on 24 September 2001 by Drakkar Entertainment. It was filmed at Teatro Ferrocarrilero in Mexico City during the tour for the Awaking the Centuries album. The DVD contains footage from Teotihuacan between the songs.

Contents

Due to technical issues the DVD audio is from the studio albums Awaking the Centuries and And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer .

Reception

The album received a positive review by the German Sonic Seducer magazine, calling it a unique fusion of Medieval, Baroque and Classical music with traditional metal. The musical skills of the band members were also stressed out in this review. [1] Rock Hard noted the balanced recording and wrote that the album had authentically caught the concert's atmosphere. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Intro / Rachmaninov Choir"2:14
2."Mediaeval Part"1:49
3."Lost"4:38
4."Prophecy Fulfilled / And the Dark Night Entered"7:02
5."Menuett"1:21
6."Origin of a Crystal Soul"7:14
7."Awaking the Centuries"10:10
8."Courante"1:29
9."In a Fullmoon Procession"6:09
10."Final Victory"7:03
11."In a Pale Moon's Shadow"11:02

The DVD Plus version contains three DVD tracks:

  1. "Final Victory"
  2. "In a Pale Moon's Shadow"
  3. "Awaking the Centuries"

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References

  1. Zöller, Michael (2001). "Haggard – Live in Mexico". Sonic Seducer (in German). No. 9. Thomas Vogel Media. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011.
  2. "Awaking The Gods – Live In Mexico". Rock Hard (in German). No. 173. 2001.


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