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Artist: Sylvan
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Type: Audio CD [ View other products of this type ]
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After the incredible success of their concept album “Posthumous Silence”, Sylvan staged a huge live show on September 1, 2007 to record this stunning double CD as well as a DVD. With a string section and backup singers and a powerful light show, this sold out show brings all of Posthumous Silence to life as well as other Sylvan favorites.
SYLVAN are:
Marco Glühmann – vocals
Matthias Harder – drums
Sebastian Harnack – bass
Jan Petersen – guitars
Volker Söhl - keyboards
Guest musicians:
Guido Bungenstock - guitars
Stephanie Hundertmark - cello
Petra Schechter - choir
Miriam Schell - choir
Stefanie Richter - choir
Produced by SYLVAN
Recorded live at Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany - September 1st 2007
CD1 Track List:
1. Eternity Ends
2. Bequest Of Tears
3. In Chains
4. Bitter Symphony
5. Pane Of Truth
6. No Earthly Reason
7. Forgotten Virtue
8. The Colors Changed
9. A Sad Sympathy
10. Questions
11. Answer To Life
12. Message From The Past
13. The Last Embrace
14. A Kind Of Eden
15. Posthumous Silence
CD2 Track List:
1. Lost
2. That’s Why It Hurts
3. So Easy
4. Encounters
5. One Step Beyond
6. This World Is Not For Me
7. Deep Inside
8. When The Leaves Fall Down
9. Artificial Paradise
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Audio samples:
 CD1 - 01. Eternity Ends
CD1 - 02. Bequest Of Tears
CD1 - 03. In Chains
CD1 - 04. Bitter Symphony
CD1 - 05. Pane Of Truth
CD1 - 06. No Earthly Reason
CD1 - 07. Forgotten Virtue
CD1 - 08. The Colors Changed
CD1 - 09. A Sad Sympathy
CD1 - 10. Questions
CD1 - 11. Answer To Life
CD1 - 12. Message From The Past
CD1 - 13. The Last Embrace
CD1 - 14. A Kind Of Eden
CD1 - 15. Posthumous Silence
CD2 - 01. Lost
CD2 - 02. That’s Why It Hurts
CD2 - 03. So Easy
CD2 - 04. Encounters
CD2 - 05. One Step Beyond
CD2 - 06. This World Is Not For Me
CD2 - 07. Deep Inside
CD2 - 08. When The Leaves Fall Down
CD2 - 09. Artificial Paradise
Album reviews:
...Although this 2 disc set isn't perfect, it still comes across as a release that can be recommended to many listeners. Fans of Sylvan will of course already have noted down the existence of this release, and fans of symphonic rock should take the time to check out this album too, in particular the live edition of "Posthumous Silence" covered on Disc I of this set. For people not aware of Sylvan, this release is a pretty good introduction to the band as well, as tunes from most of their studio albums are present.
Read full story at http://www.progressor.net/review/sylvan_2008.html
...While I think they can do better in the studio, they’re smoking live. Performing Posthumous Silence and other selections on the proscenium, they proved to be technical and didn’t slip once. Choral arrangements, for instance, seemed to be seamlessly intertwined with pensive lyrics, keyboards and guitars. If Leaving Backstage doesn’t reflect what happened on this eve, their engineers and editors deserve a raise.
Songs such as “Bequest of Tears”, “Bitter Symphony”, and “The Colors Changed” show how they can easily tenderize the music when they’re passionately playing with the raw material. Between the production and the delivery, what Sylvan serves here is filet mignon all the way...
Read full story at http://usaprogmusic.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_simple_review&Itemid=28&review=196-Sylvan-Leaving-Backstage
...Listening to Leaving Backstage , I told myself that I sure would have liked to have been at that show, because it is excellent indeed. All the tracks are as good as can be expected from such a talented band. Marco Gluhmann 's singing is very close to the studio versions as possible, the musicianship is excellent and the recording lets you hear every note played. All the songs on the album are good, and even if I can think of a few songs I would have liked to hear, this would be nitpicking from myself. One only slight reservation I have with the CD, is that the band stayed pretty close to the original versions. In a concert setting, the power of the music and the atmosphere will easily compensate for this, but when listening to music in my living room, I like to hear some different twists and turns from a live album. A band like Genesis, on albums like Second's Out and Three Sides Live have really mastered this...
Read full story at http://www.proggnosis.com/PGRelease.asp?RID=25163
Italian review
Read full story at http://www.shapelesszine.com/recealbum/sylvan-posthumoussilencetheshowleavingbackstage.htm
...Having said all of this, there are some groups of people to whom I would highly recommend this double live album. First of all, anybody that's curious about Sylvan and would like to sample their back catalogue. This collection features most of their best material and is therefore an excellent start! Even for people who already own Posthumous Silence but are not aware of the band's other stuff: go out and get this collection! You will not be disappointed by the songs on the second disc, which will be well worth the investment. For long time Sylvan fans: better spend your money on the DVD and keep your fingers crossed that the band will eventually release the second disc on DVD as well.
Read full story at http://www.dprp.net/reviews/200840.php#sylvan
German review
Read full story at http://www.metal-inside.de/frame.php?url=http://www.metal-inside.de/review.php?id=10024
Italian review
Read full story at http://www.hardsounds.it/PUBLIC/recensione.php?id=4468
German review
Read full story at http://www.obliveon.de/pn-om/modules.php?op=modload&name=cdreviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=11933
French review
Read full story at http://www.metalchroniques.fr/guppy/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=1754
German review
Read full story at http://www.progressia.net/index.php4?rub=chroniques&idchronik=1582
...The first CD spans the 15 track "Posthumous Silence" concept record, an
engaging story of a father reading his apparently dead daughter's diary,
where she shares her desperate journey through life. This also serves as the
focal point of the DVD concert presentation - so I thoroughly investigated
both the aural and visual components from work to home and back. The album
flows from Pink Floyd-like keyboard and guitar layers of serenity in certain
tracks like "Eternity Ends" or "Bequest Of Tears" through to heavier, much
more vocal driven emotional terrain such as "In Chains" or "The Colors
Chained" where you feel an appreciation for acts like Genesis and Marillion
just as much as newer artists like Coldplay or Porcupine Tree. ..
Read full story at http://www.imhotep.no/?did=9082046
...The first disc of the Leaving Backstage double CD includes the same, excellent live construction of Sylvan's Poshumous Silence album as the DVD, and it sure sounds good. The second disc has some of the group's best tracks from along the years, like ”Lost” with its heavy guitar and great chorus, the groovy and mid-tempo ”One Step Beyond” that brings to mind Porcupine Tree at times, the pretty exciting ”Deep Inside” that sounds a bit like Peter Gabriel's later output, the slow and sad ”When the Leaves Fall Down” that has programmed drums as well as some ballads. The album is finished with the massive and rather progressive ”Artificial Paradise” that has many different parts...
Read full story at http://www.unimeri.com/PsychotropicZone/reviews.en.php?subaction=showfull&id=1215501247&archive=&start_from=&ucat=3&
German review
Read full story at http://www.babyblaue-seiten.de/album_9174.html#oben
Italian review
Read full story at http://www.metalloitaliano.it/Recensioni/dettaglio.php?id=628
Italian review
Read full story at http://www.kronic.it/artGet.aspx?aID=2&sID=16830
French review
Read full story at http://www.amarokprog.net/critiques_20827_200900.html
German super proggers Sylvan, has released a (first ever)
live double cd. Which holds cd # 1: a performance of the
entire “Posthumous Silence” album. Cd #2 : a kind of “best of” from the past 10 years of Sylvans great catalogue.
I always thought, that a live performance, showed what a band/artist are made of. Can they pull it off ? Are they that good ? One thing is studio, another live!! Let me tell you right now, these guys are amazing!! I honestly think that their live rendition of “Posthumous Silence” are a notch better than the quite excellent studio album, which actually says it all!! In front of a lively crowd, these fine musicians live and breed every tune in this perfect live performance!!..
Read full story at http://www.progplanet.com/index.php?categoryid=45&p2_articleid=702
Italian review
Read full story at http://www.rock-impressions.com/sylvan2.htm
German review
Read full story at http://www.proggies.ch/magazine/index.php?name=Reviews&req=showcontent&id=356
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