What a show. You folks in Cologne should be proud of yourselves.
There's something about an audience recording done by a genuine fan of
the band that can propel it into a different class in terms of quality.
Gary has shown that multiple times already, and now we get to experience
it again courtesy of a returning friend of the Archive, Sven. He
recorded the band's show in Cologne on the 25th March 2018 and it's
ridiculous. Seriously. Listen to the intro and Hallelujah (So Low) and
rest easy that the standard remains that high for the rest of the gig.
The drums during the outro to Marching Orders actually sound like golf
balls falling on a tin roof, and you can hear the subtle bends in
Justin's guitar so clearly during the closing bars of ERM=BD. I don't know how Sven and
Gary do it without accessing the soundboard, but to get a recording this
good from a position in the audience is just astonishing. Thanks again,
Sven. We're lucky as fans to have folks like you in our ranks ;)
This won't really require a hard-sell on my part, as the crowd and the band working together make this concert one of those ones that you just have to hear. Like the song says:-
This old town still gets out of line...
Cologne did, and in a beautifully noisy way. Enjoy the music ;)
stream it here
FLAC Files
Intro - download here
Hallelujah (So Low) - download here
A Ton of Love - download here
Formaldehyde - download here
Darkness at the Door - download here
Violence - download here
No Harm - download here
Lights - download here
Blood - download here
Munich - download here
An End Has a Start - download here
In This Light and on This Evening - download here
Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool - download here
Nothingness - download here
Belong - download here
Sugar - download here
The Racing Rats - download here
Ocean of Night - download here
No Sound but the Wind (Tom solo) - download here
Cold - download here
Magazine - download here
Papillon - download here
Marching Orders - download here
brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love :) x
