The Festival 2010

On 25 July 2010, Emerson, Lake and Palmer played a one-off 40th anniversary concert, headlining the High Voltage Festival event in Victoria Park, London. The entire concert was later released as the double-CD live album "High Voltage".

Limited edition five CD Fan Box from the American Metal band. Features the original digipak CDs Framing Armageddon and The Crucible Of Man as well as the original digipak EPs Overture Of The Wicked and I Walk Among You. In addition, the boxset includes a bonus cardboard CD with one song from Framing Armageddon now sung by Matt Barlow and three previously unreleased live tracks from the Belgian Graspop Metal Meeting festival in 2008, also featuring Barlow on vocals…

Festival’ has become a very dark record, probably due to the fact that the inspiration for this album came from a nightmare that mister Oliva once had. The first five tracks of the album are very heavy and with opening track ‘Lies’, ‘Death Rides A Black Horse’, ‘Living On The Edge’ and ‘Afterglow’ you’ve got some real good stuff in your hands. The first quieter moment on the records is to be found in the sixth track ‘Looking For Nothing’, which despite of its simplicity is also a very strong song. The second part of ‘Festival’ is anyway somewhat softer and more varied, because also closing track ‘Now’ is a rather simple, but very effective piano ballad. The best song on the records is for me ‘Winter Haven’, that starts as a melodic ballad type of song, but halfway turns into a really great headbanger.

The December issue of Germany's Rock Hard magazine will feature an exclusive KREATOR live CD which will not be available in stores. "Terror Prevails - Live At Rock Hard Festival" is an outstanding recording of an awesome, smashing live performance the thrash quartet delivered this past May at the Gelsenkirchen Amphitheater in Germany.