Live Intrusion Explained

Live Intrusion
Type:video
Artist:Slayer
Cover:Slayer-LiveIntrusion.jpg
Released:October 31, 1995 (VHS)
August 17, 2010 (DVD)
Recorded:March 12, 1995
Venue:Mesa Amphitheatre (Mesa, AZ)
Genre:Thrash metal
Length:58:35
Label:American
Director:Phil Tuckett
Next Title:War at the Warfield
Next Year:2003

Live Intrusion is a home video by Slayer which was released in 1995 through American Recordings and filmed at the Mesa Amphitheatre in Mesa, Arizona, on March 12, 1995.[1] The video features a cover of the Venom song "Witching Hour" performed by Slayer with assistance from Chris Kontos and Robb Flynn of Machine Head.[2] [3] [4] It was reissued on DVD on August 17, 2010.[5] Live Intrusion received positive reception from the few critics that reviewed the video.

Conception

Live Intrusion was filmed at the Mesa Amphitheatre in Mesa, Arizona, on March 12, 1995, while promoting Divine Intervention on tour. The Machine Head members Chris Kontos and Robb Flynn gave assistance to the band while performing "Witching Hour", originally recorded by Venom in 1981.[6] [7] The video was released as a VHS (Video High Standard) through American Recordings on October 31, 1995. The video features live footage of Slayer and exclusive unseen footage of Slayer on and off the road. The beginning of the video features a portrait of some of Slayer fans, including a picture from the mid-1990s, about a fan, who had "Slayer" carved onto their forearm. It was directed and produced by Phil Tuckett, with the audio recorded by Sylvia Massy.[8] On August 17, 2010, Live Intrusion was remastered and released as a DVD (Digital Video Disc). It was created using the original VHS master and edited the footage with newer technology.[9] The DVD was sold at retail and online for (USD) $13.98. The DVD was also released in the Slayer Live DVD 3-Pak, also released on August 17, 2010. It was sold for (USD) $29.98.[10]

Critical reception

Chris Beaumont of Blogcritics recommended the DVD to consumers, giving it three and a half out of five stars. He noted that the audio quality was "pretty strong," and allows listeners to clearly hear every chord, note, and word that the band outputs, while the crowd noise proves that it is a live video, but is not so loud that it distracts viewers. Beamount also said that the video's quality "lacks a lot of the polish that more recent recordings have," but he later said that he would rather see it in low quality rather than high quality.[11] Chad Bowar of About.com also gave the DVD three and a half out of five stars. He noted that the video is in decent quality, but, due to poor lighting and shaky camera work, he considered the DVD to be "marginal."[12]

Track listing

  1. "Raining Blood" (Hanneman, King) — 4:23
  2. "Killing Fields" (Araya, King) — 3:56
  3. "War Ensemble" (Araya, Hanneman) — 4:51
  4. "At Dawn They Sleep" (Araya, Hanneman, King) — 5:03
  5. "Divine Intervention" (Araya, Bostaph, Hanneman, King) — 5:33
  6. "Dittohead" (King) — 2:50
  7. "Captor of Sin" (Hanneman, King) — 3:21
  8. "213" (Araya, Hanneman) — 4:51
  9. "South of Heaven" (Araya, Hanneman) — 4:58
  10. "Sex. Murder. Art." (Araya, King) — 1:50
  11. "Mandatory Suicide" (Araya, Hanneman, King) — 4:03
  12. "Angel of Death" (Hanneman) — 4:50
  13. "Hell Awaits" (Hanneman, King) — 4:53
  14. "Witching Hour" (Venom cover) — 2:54
  15. "Chemical Warfare" (Hanneman, King) — 5:17

Personnel

Slayer
Additional musicians
Production

Source: both Allmusic and the video's notes.[14] [15] [16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Preview: Live Intrusion / War at the Warfield / Still Reigning / Slayer Live DVD 3-Pak – Slayer . Mog.com . 2010-10-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120305162623/http://mog.com/blog_post/content/723/2195036 . 2012-03-05 .
  2. http://www.discogs.com/Slayer-Live-Intrusion/release/620915 "Slayer – Live Intrusion (CD, Single, Promo) at Discogs"
  3. "Live Intrusion (Video)"
  4. Live Intrusion . Slayer . 1995 . Compact Disc . .
  5. Web site: Three Classic Slayer In-Concert Titles To Be Released On Dvd | The Official Slayer Site . Slayer.net . 2010-10-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100802040208/http://www.slayer.net/us/news/three-classic-slayer-concert-titles-be-released-dvd . 2010-08-02 .
  6. Web site: Slayer's 'Live Intrusion' To Be Released On DVD. Roadrunner Records. Blabbermouth.net. 2010-07-11. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100815080449/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=142825. 2010-08-15.
  7. Web site: Welcome to Hell [Expanded] – CD – Venom |publisher=Bestbuy.com |access-date=2011-03-28].
  8. Web site: Slayer – Live Intrusion Movie Reviews, Pictures . Rotten Tomatoes . 2011-03-28.
  9. Web site: Wiederhorn. Jon. Slayer, 'Live DVD 3-Pak' – New DVD. AOL. Noisecreep. 2010-09-04.
  10. Web site: Three Classic Slayer In-Concert Titles to be Released on DVD. PR Newswire. SYS-CON Publications. 2010-07-30.
  11. Beaumont, Chris (2010-09-31). "DVD Review: Slayer – Live Intrusion" (page 2). Blogcritics. Archived from the original on 2010-09-31.
  12. Bowar, Chad. "Slayer – 'Live Intrusion'" . About.com. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  13. Web site: Slayer Concert at Mesa Amphitheatre, Mesa, AZ, USA Setlist on March 12, 1995. setlist.fm. 2011-08-11.
  14. Web site: Live Intrusion [Video] – Slayer |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2011-03-28].
  15. Live Intrusion . . 1995 . VHS . .
  16. Live Intrusion . . 2010 . DVD . .

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