Live Till You Die

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Album of live tracks mixed with unreleased studio recordings from the band who've been compared to both Slayer and Pink Floyd. 15 tracks including covers of Bad Company-'Feel Like Making Love', Chris Isaak-'Wicked Game' and the Beatles-'Why Don't We Do It In The Road'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Tracks:

Maggots and Riots
Criminal
Distortion of Nature
Crooked
Butterflies
Unearthed
Descent
Death Requiem
Christianized Magick
Voice of Reason: Vicious Barker
Face After the Shot
Ivory of Self Hate
Nailing
Mistake
Invincible
Aurora
Sadness Will Prevail

Tracks:

Myriad
Spaceship
Flowers Made of Flesh
Your Life Is Over
Control the Media
Vivicide
Miasma
Times of Pain
Breadwinner
Friend
Never Answer the Phone
I Live to See You Smile
Sadness Will Prevail Theme

Tracks:

Color of Psychic Power [Live]
Pinnacle [Live]
Feel Like Makin' Love
Temple of the Morning Star [Live]
Wicked Game
Crutch [Live]
Ripped Off [Acoustic]
High as the Sky [Live]
In the Eyes of God [Live]
Users
TDA
Blindspot [Live]
Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
Afterlife [Live]
Man Who Loves to Hurt Himself [From "Temple of the Morning Sun"][Live]

Customer Reviews:

Triple Shot of Anguish.......2006-08-12

This three-cd set gets you a decent B-sides collection (_Live Till You Die_), which is mainly noteworthy for several tracks featuring Mastodon impresarios Bill Kelliher (bass) and Brann Dailor (drums). What you are really paying for here is their cultic masterpiece _Sadness Will Prevail_. _Live Till You Die_ is fine, but it's not of a piece, good for a few chuckles and head-bangs. You won't be chuckling much listening to _Sadness_, so here goes:

4.5 stars

I love everything about this _Sadness Will Prevail_, EXCEPT for the lo-fi production values. I wonder if Steve Austin keeps things lo-fi to keep some of their original indie cred to them, keeping them from being orthodox members of the extreme metal crowd.

Really, he wouldn't have to worry. I remember seeing Austin as a wee lad opening for I don't remember who at the Uptown Bar in Minneapolis. It wasn't near as Metal, but it was all the excruciating anguish and dissonance that you hear on _Sadness Will Prevail_. Fast forward fifteen years and I am a full-blown Mastodon fanatic and I find out that drummer extraordinaire Brann Dailor honed his chops with Austin. And then I work my way to this album--HOLY OF UNHOLIES!!! These guys are all over the place. Crimsonesque violins, a song that features endless bell tree and a harp being BEATEN underneath Austin's visceral imprecations ("Butterflies"--nothing like it), acoustic laments on acid, oh yeah and some of the extremest metal/hardcore you'll ever hear. These guys are everywhere. I'm shocked that Austin has managed to manifest such a formidable output when he nurses such a damaged psyche.

And I'm only on disc X of this tour de force. Nothing can prepare you for what occurs on the second disc, disc Y. The experimental tag gets put on way too many things in the rock world (Radiohead rarely experiments--they compose; ditto Sepultura, Deerhoof, and so forth). Disc Y, on the other hand, is like listening to a chemist let loose in a laboratory with every substance known too humankind. And the results are just as scary with Austin seeing what he comes up with. The interminable "Never Answer the Phone" is especially freaky, disconcerting, and fascinating. Just buy this CD, set aside three hours (two-and-a-half to listen and a half hour to recover), and tell me what album you have ever heard of quite this scope and reach.

While this won't be making Rolling Stone's Top 100 Albums of All Time any time soon, it certainly stands on its own in the history of rock. Austin makes gold out of s**t over and over here and he has a formidable cast to back him up, especially Marshall Killpatric on drums (best drumming on "Butterflies"). The only reason a person wouldn't like this is because they want their music comfortable and safe. Otherwise, if one pays attention and gets over the lo-fi production values, there is no experience like this out there.

Average customer rating:

holy sh_t
Crushing
The live TITD experience and then some!
Excellent!

Live Till You Die
Today Is the Day
Manufacturer: Relapse
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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In the Eyes of God

ASIN: B00004VWBX
Release Date: 2000-08-29

Tracks:

The Color Of Psychic Power
Pinnacle
Feel Like Makin' Love
Temple Of The Morning Star
Wicked Game
Crutch
Ripped Off (Acoustic)
High As The Sky
In The Eyes Of God
Users
TDA
Blindspot
Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
Afterlife
The Man Who Loves To Hurt Himself

Album Description

Album of live tracks mixed with unreleased studio recordings from the band who've been compared to both Slayer and Pink Floyd. 15 tracks including covers of Bad Company-'Feel Like Making Love', Chris Isaak-'Wicked Game' and the Beatles-'Why Don't We Do It In The Road'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

holy sh_t.......2003-09-02

Well, I can say I have spent some time already in this whole "metal" thing searching for something that would make me say "Oh mercy please!"... Now I can rest for a while as THIS seems to be just what I have been looking for. This is my bad dream come true - a sick man doing sick stuff that rocks like nothing. The way he mixes the live cuts with all the odd side material makes for a hauntingly depressive concept album that is best appreciated on a straight no-pause listen. My personal point is - I enjoy Slayer, but this is what I would expect them to do on an acid trip that would actually TAKE them to hell... Hey, check out the photos in the booklet - man, now I come to grasp the title of his last work, because Steve Austin has really got some serious SADNESS in his eyes... HMMMMM he sure gives me THE CREEPS!

Crushing.......2003-02-03

This is possibly my favorite album by Today is the Day. Their live sound is much nosier and significantly heavier than that of their studio efforts, and this album represents a rather comprehensive look at several sides of the band. I marvel at the devastating force of "Colour of Pyschic Power", the uncompromising emotion of "Temple of the Morning Star", and the ambient breakdowns throughout the album.

Needless to say, this music is not for everyone. It's extremely harsh, both musically and lyrically, but it's still excellent music and far superior to anything being played on modern radio these days.

The live TITD experience and then some!.......2000-08-30

First off, let me state this bluntly: Today Is The Day are one of the most innovative metal bands in existence! On LIVE TILL YOU DIE, their abilities are fully demonstrated. The live tracks, ranging from the unplugged acoustic versions of "Temple Of The Morning Star" and "Blindspot" (which both previewed live on the air) to the ferocious versions of "Pinnacle" and "In the Eyes of God", the live TITD experience is fully represented. However, the album doesn't stop there! In addition to the live tracks, there are three covers, two of classic rock songs and one of a cheesy 80's love song; a tape loop created during the I THE EYES OF GOD sessions; and a solo tribute by Steve Austin to his deceased father. The quality is far above most live albums, and if you're a true fan of TITD, you absolutely need this. So what if you'll never look at "Feel like Makin' Love" and "Wicked Game" the same way again?

Excellent!.......2000-08-29

The 15 tracks walk you through the ferocious nature of the band's live shows. The sound is mixed, sometimes so intense and evil and other times morbid and depressive - a great mixture! :) The legendary "Temple of the Morning Star" is filled with a distorted sound and somehow faster riffs in the beginning. The vocals are even more "evil" and I just love them that way. Chris Issac's "Wicked Game" is a true gem, great work done on that song. "Crutch" is... I don't know... That show must have been maaaaaad."Blindspot" is probably the best display of vicious vocals."Why Don't We Do It In The Road" by the Beatles is just amazing, I bet the Beatles wouldn't agree :)

I highly recommend this live CD to all the true fans, it just makes you listen it on and on.

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Brahms: Sonata in F minor, Op. 5; Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79

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Dave Pearce: 40 Classic Dance Anthems, Vol. 1 [Import]

Asuntos De Mujer

Cote Couer

Colossal Head

God Doesn't Care [Clean] [Enhanced]

Bruckner: Mass no. 3 in f / Celibidache, Munich PO, et al

Brubeck Desmond [Import]

Complete Blue Note and Savoy Masters 1944 [Import]

Cinco Latinos

When All Will Believe

The Sea and the Bells