KARMAKANIC & THE AGENTS OF MERCY - THE POWER OF TWO

This is a pretty accurate document of the Agents of Mercy/Karmakanic "Power Of Two" tour from the fall of 2009. This band was amazing. The Agents Of Mercy material seems to have much more impact here in the live setting compared to the album proper. So if you felt The Fading Ghosts Of Twilight was a little too lightweight, you might find yourself seeing those songs in a new light upon hearing this.

Karmakanic sounds like....Karmakanic. Complex, melodic, symphonic music played with great skill. The musicians for both bands are the same. Nad Sylvan performed lead vocals for Agents Of Mercy and Göran Edman sang on the Karmakanic material...each singer also did backup vocals for the other as needed.

The presence of Nick D'Virgilio on drums really brings another aspect of interest as he doesn't play on the albums and pulled this off with just a few hours of full band rehearsal just prior to the tour. With that in mind, his performance is really mind-boggling.

The one slight letdown here is that Agent's Of Mercy's "A Different Sun" was not included. The solo by Lalle Larsson was intense and the interplay between Lalle and NDV (not to mention the rest of the band) was truly stunning (at least at the Boston show).

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