U.D.O – Steelhammer – Live from Moscow

My first reaction to hearing that U.D.O had a new live release coming out was one of surprise – after all they released “Live in Sofia” just two years ago, and since then they’ve only released one album.  OK the 2012 release was a live CD whereas this is a DVD/Blu-Ray as well as CD release, and there has been a lineup change since 2012, but even so it seemed a bit soon.
My main doubt was over the track listing – with only one new album released since “Live in Sofia” would this album be suffiently different to appeal to fans?  Well after comparing the two I’m impressed – there is almost no overlap – in fact I think there’s only one song that appears on both live releases.  That’s pretty impressive, and the reason is that the Moscow concert is based heavily on the latest album, Steelhammer, with six tracks from that album included in the live show.  U.D.O has then departed from the usual setlists and played a very different set including plenty of songs that don’t get played very often.

The sound quality is excellent, so the CD’s make a great live album.  If the video is as good quality, which I’m sure it will be, then this is a Blu-Ray/DVD I look forward to seeing.

It’s a great live album that U.D.O fans will love, and I’m sure plenty of Accept fans will enjoy it too since Udo Dirkschenider’s voice is so indelibly linked with Accept

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Intro
2. Steelhammer
3. King of Mean
4. Future Land
5. A cry of a Nation
6. Trip to Nowhere
7. They Want War
8. Never Cross My Way
9. Stranger
10. Stay True
11. In the Darkness
12. Azrael

Disc: 2
1. No Limits
2. Mean Machine
3. Burning Heat
4. Metal Machine
5. Devil s Bite
6. Go Back to Hell
7. Timebomb
8. Holy
9. Metal Heart

Disc: 3
1. Full concert (Tracklist identical to CD1+CD2) – BluRay
2. Behind the Scenes – BluRay
3. Documentary- BluRay