Successful recording of live shows is one of the hardest forms of recording to master. There are so many different things that may fail. Nevertheless, Armageddon Over Wacken releases are quite well-recorded. The recordings strive to reproduce every nuance of the original performances, thus making distinction between the artists.

The variety of artists and bands on Wacken 2004 is laudable... Everything from Death, Black and Thrash Metal to Power and Traditional Metal is covered on this 3 CD-collection. The last CD is dedicated to Underground acts, but it was excluded from this promotional copy.

The main goal of Armageddon Over Wacken releases is to reflect the festival atmosphere in an authentic way. Thus producer Lars Ratz only used the real audience recordings containing the noise of 40 000 metalheads on 'Armageddon Over Wacken Live 2004'. Mostly the sounds are quite good, but few artists don't sound too good live (not to mention that some artists don't belong to my personal favourites).

Basically Armageddon Over Wacken Live 2004 is quite moderate live release. It can be either used for discovering new artists and bands or enjoying the Wacken 2004 festival whenever you want...
 

Promo CD 1
01. Dio: Holy Diver
02. Dio: Don't Talk to Strangers
03. Motörhead: We Are Motörhead
04. Motörhead: Life Is a Bitch
05. Nevermore: Enemies of Reality
06. Bal Sagoth: The Emperial Lexicon
07. Orphanage: Five Crystals
08. Weinhold: Strike
09. Death Angel: Thicker Than Blood
10. Brainstorm: Hollow Hideaway
11. Mayhem: Pagans Fears
12. Children of Bodom: Six Bounder
13. Cathedral: Stained Glass Horizon
14. Cannibal Corpse: Dormant Bodies Burning
15. Doro: Für Immer
16. Eläkeläiset: Humppa (Jump)

Length: 73:59

Promo CD 2
01. Anthrax: Indians
02. Anthrax: Only
03. Destruction: Nailed to the Cross
04. Kotipelto: Reasons
05. Mystic Prophecy: In the Land of the Dead
06. Feinstein: Rebelution
07. Vanguard: Forgive
08. Gutbucket: 82 Hours Bus Hellride
09. Mnemic: Ghost
10. Ektomorf: Destroy
11. Reckless Tide: Death Train
12. Zodiac Mindwarp: Like a Hurricane
13. Unleashed: To Asgaard We Fly
14. Blaze Bayley: Fear of the Dark
15. JBO: Arschloch Und Spass Dabei

Length: 71:04