No big surprise, that the much hyped Rebirth Of Dissection is being exploited commercially as a DVD, a few months before the rebirth will be over and the band comes to their self-announced end. Only a few concerts are going to be played this summer, and after those, according to mastermind Jon, DISSECTION have completed their mission with the new album Reinkaos.
The concert which marked the point of the rebirth took place on October 30 2004; only one and a half month after Jon had been released from jail on probation.
Of course the band’s original line-up did no longer exist, only Jon was left. The band was completed by some well known names: Seth Teitan (Aborym) playing the bass, Thomas Asklund (Dark Funeral), working on the drums, and the former Nightrage-guitarist Brice Leclerq (who already parted ways again in 2005).

Due to the unbroken myth of DISSECTION there was a hell of a run on the tickets for the Rebirth show, the organizers even had to upgrade the location as they could sell almost twice as many tickets as calculated before. The big audience caused an enormous atmosphere, which has been captured quite impressive on the DVD.
The film starts around two minutes before DISSECTION entered the stage, providing a look at the stage with a grim reaper and two crossed scythes, and the fans chanting DISSECTION. Then, to the intro tunes of The Fathomless Depths, the new formed quartet comes upon the stage and starts off with Nights Blood as opener. In the following 90 minutes, almost all great songs from The Somberlain and Storm Of The Light’s Bane are being celebrated by both the band and the fans. Jon, who optically changed from a slender, long haired young guy to the complete opposite, played like in his best days and showed no sign of his long imprisonment. Also his comrades in arms made an excellent job, the songs were all played technically skilled and the sound was great, too. I guess no much rework needed…The show was pretty much a single highlight, except the strange Maha Kali with its weird female vocals off the tape, which was obviously not liked by the crowd. But with 14 outstanding songs versus one weak new track it’s still a more than nice ratio ;)

The bonus material is most likely something for hardcore-only fans, basically consisting of a 25 minutes long interview with Jon. Anyone who dares to listen to his kind of confusing and weird statements and explanations can learn of the history of the band, its role for the MLO (Misanthropic Luciferian Order) and so on.
The bonus material is completed by a DISSECTION picture gallery and the video clip of the new song Starless Aeon from Reinkaos, in my opinion completely unnecessary, but of course promo for the new album… At least I think this has not to be on a DVD which can impress with all the great old tracks.

Altogether, thanks to the really great concert, the Rebirth Of Dissection is recommended for any DISSECTION fan or those who want to check out why they are still that popular. The atmosphere in the audience and the band is well captured, and the songs themselves are of course beyond any doubt. My recommendation: grab this DVD, since this will be one of the last outputs ever by the band, besides the re-issues of the old albums!