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I'll admit my cheese detector started twitching just a bit when I began with this DVD but the show is so enjoyable it's hard to care. They pack immediacy, catchiness, an almost unbelievably vivid sound. The pop element is certainly undeniable wrapped in a nimble, tight metal band with talents that astound, vocally and otherwise. Not complex or difficult in any way, the tracks have a similar feel throughout but remain focused on entertainment and energy. This being a rental disc I have spent too little time to comment much on the material, this is but a flash impression. Sharp chugging metal chords, monster drumming, vibrant and colorful keyboard passages, angelic vocals. If you enjoy things like Nightwish, All About Eve, Evanescence, After Forever.you will no doubt appreciate Stream. There is even a bit of a side one Hounds of Love feel in certain tracks, heavier of course, but present. It's shot on a very lowly lit stage, one of the darkest you'll ever see with sharp accent lighting just where necessary. As mentioned the sound is fantastic and the presentation as good as it gets.