Artist:  Various
   Title:  Rock S'Kool
   Label: SPV Records

Germany's SPV/Steamhammer records have for many years been one of the premier rock music labels with some of the biggest names in rock on their roster and with this new DVD release, some of those now household names have had their videos showcased.

Unlike some video compilations SPV haven’t gone for some of the obvious choices for videos and have put together a package of tunes that you the viewer actually wants see on DVD, as well as some classics and some brand new stuff too.

The entire package not only contains 31 videos with a total running time of 2 hours, but also 1,000 song samples, a DVD Rom section for iPods, but also artist discographies, and if you like something physical to look at there’s also 16 page booklet that lets you know what album each track is taken from!  Quite an impressive bundle all told.

The video package itself has something for every taste, such is the varied band roster they have on their books, from glam to thrash, from power metal to hard rock, SPV cover all genres.

Some highlights for me have to be the classic Motorhead cover of the Sex Pistols ‘God Save The Queen’ including a Queen look-a-like, and even Lemmy sings the blues on ‘Whorehouse Blues’, a video that truly has to be seen to believed as he and the rest of Motorhead tone things down a touch.

Skid Rows ‘Ghost’ is one of my favourites off the Thickskin album and this is my first viewing of the video for ‘Ghost’ so that’s a big plus for me.

Saxons haunting ‘Beyond The Grave’ and Helloween’s ‘Mrs God’ are another couple of favourites of mine that I was really pleased to see were included on this compilation.

Kamelot’s masterpiece ‘March Of Mephisto and Iced Earths ‘The Reckoning’ are another two massive videos, but the DVD has such a selection of bands that there is something for everyone and if you can't find something on this DVD that floats your boat, then you want to get out more because there is so much metal around these days its hard not to ignore the fact. 

This DVD is exactly what it says on the label "A Spanking Good Clip Collection" so go out and get yourself a good thrashing.

Tracklisting:

1. Motorhead - God Save The Queen
2. Saxon - Beyond The Grave
3. Sepultura - Mindwar
4. Helloween - Mrs God
5. Kreator - Impossible Brutality
6. Demons & Wizards - Terror Train
7. Kamelot - March Of Mephisto
8. Judas Priest - Burn In Hell
9. Motorhead - Whorehouse Blues
10. Tommy Lee - Good Times
11. Skid Row - Ghost
12. Amplifier - The Consultancy
13. Tristania - Libre
14. Iced Earth - The Reckoning
15. Rage - Down
16. Doro - Always Live To Win
17. Raging Speedhorn - How Much Can A Man Take?
18. Gluecifer - Call From The Other Side
19. Saga - Money Talks
20. Fozzy - Enemy
21. Skinny Puppy - Pro Test
22. Kamelot - The Haunting
23. Mob Rules - Black Rain
24. Biohazard - Sellout
25. Grip Inc - Ostracized
26. Angra - Wishing Well
27. Kreator - Violent Revolution
28. Motorhead - Brave New World
29. Sepultura - Bullet The Blue Sky
30. The Quill - Broken Man
31. Tristania - Equilibrium 		         

 

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