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================ SYSTEM OF A DOWN ================
CLOSE YOUR HANDS AND MAKE A FIST [LIVE]
Compilation, remastering and artwork by ridleybradout November 2021
FAN-MADE PROJECT - NOT FOR SALE
*Share freely but do not distribute as mp3*
I've always thought it was a shame that SOAD never put out a live album, so I sought to rectify that by bringing together the best of the officially released live tracks made available over the years via CD singles, bonus tracks and compilations. Presented in rough chronological order (adjusted to ensure a more pleasing sequence), it draws mainly from the Toxicity era given that's what I had to work with (though sadly no live version of 'Aerials' was ever released).
The sound quality between tracks varied wildly, with most songs too loud with low dynamic range. So I decided to try out the tool 'Perfect Declipper' to increase dynamic range and do some light limiting and level adjustments to try to get them sounding more consistent. I also 're-connected' the transitions between 'X' and 'Suggestions', and 'B.Y.O.B.' and 'Science', and edited the length of the crowd noise before and after tracks to improve flow. I'm pretty happy with the results and hope you are too. Enjoy!
TRACKLIST =========
01. Suite-Pee 02. Know 03. War? 04. X 05. Suggestions 06. Chop Suey! 07. Bounce 08. Toxicity 09. Sugar 10. P.L.U.C.K. 11. Needles 12. Forest 13. Prison Song 14. B.Y.O.B. 15. Science 16. Psycho 17. Mr. Jack
SOURCES =======
01. SUITE-PEE 03. WAR? Live at the Filmore Theater in Denver, CO on January 29, 2000. Taken from 'Limited Edition Tour CD' Promo CD.
02. KNOW Live at Irving Plaza in New York, NY on January 19, 1999. Taken from 'System Of A Down' US Bonus CD.
04. X 05. SUGGESTIONS Live at KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas, Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA on December 8, 2001. Taken from 'Toxicity' CD Single.
06. CHOP SUEY! 07. BOUNCE 08. TOXICITY Live on the Pledge Of Allegiance Tour, at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL on October 9, 2001. Taken from 'The Pledge of Allegiance Tour - Live Concert Recording' Compilation CD.
09. SUGAR 10. P.L.U.C.K. Live at Cepsum in Montreal, QC, Canada on March 2, 2002. Taken from 'Aerials' CD Single.
11. NEEDLES Live at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA on July 16, 2002. Taken from 'Ozzfest Live 2002' Compilation CD.
12. FOREST 13. PRISON SONG Live at Big Day Out Festival in Sydney, Australia on January 26, 2005. Taken from 'B.Y.O.B.' CD Single.
14. B.Y.O.B. 15. SCIENCE 16. PSYCHO Live at The Astoria Theatre in London, England on April 4, 2005. Track 14 taken from 'Question!' DVD Single. Tracks 15-16 taken from 'Hypnotize' iTunes Digital Single (256k M4A).
17. MR. JACK Live at Hurricane Festival in Scheesel, Germany on June 11, 2005. Taken from 'Hypnotize' CD Single.
Post subject: Re: System Of A Down - Close Your Hands And Make A Fist [Liv
Posted: Wed December 01, 2021 1:37 am
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Yeah I also saw them again shortly after that festival show. Warning was the new one at that point, and imo the last good one before they completely changed.
Post subject: Re: System Of A Down - Close Your Hands And Make A Fist [Liv
Posted: Wed February 23, 2022 9:53 am
likes rhythmic things that butt up against each other
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I'm listening to this now and its pretty great so far! TBH the idea of a live SOAD album from random sources sounds kinda terrible, Since Hypnotize/Memorize came out, i haven't really recovered from burnout on SOAD and i never even listened to those albums much! same with RATM for some reason.
i'm most of the way through and really enjoying all the tracks. I didn't expect to play the whole album actually I wish it has aerials or spiders.. (but i don't know if they even play them live) I can hear the bass guitar rumble underneath and the vocals aren't overbearing, they play tight and have little additional surprises compared to the studio
I legitimately enjoyed listening to a whole album of SOAD for the first time since 2002 lol. really cool project!
_________________ this song is called cropduster..
I'm surprised myself how good it came out considering the random sources and less than ideal song selection
I'm completely burnt out on SOAD now (as I usually am with a band after undertaking a project like this), but it seems there may be hope for an official SOAD live project yet - the band played two nights in LA a few weeks ago (their last gigs for the foreseeable future) and brought along a camera crew and cinematographer:
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