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band WarCry, recorded in

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on November 5, 2005 in the

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"Divino Aqualung" to a crowd of over 2,500 people. In the concert WarCry played various songs from every album released to that point. It was released on February 27, 2006 (see

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) in

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format

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- CD. The CD format only contained a selection of the band's most successful songs played on the concert. Around those days, WarCry was the only one band to perform a sold-out concert, where even

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, who participated before couldn't make it. On February 25, 2006 just 2 days before its release, ''Directo A La Luz'' was awarded as the year's best national concert, on the ''AMAS'' awards first edition. The public and the sales have praised this work which, as said by the band itself, "tries to transmit every single thing who describes WarCry on stage". They were invited twice to the TV channel

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in less than 2 months, the first show was given on April 4, with the song "Nuevo Mundo" on the program Música Uno; and the other one on May 12, 2006. ''Directo A La Luz'' was also the # 1 on DVDs sales in

and stood in high positions for many weeks, among works like U2's '' Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago'',

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's '' Death on the Road'',

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's '' Live at Woodstock''.Directo A La Luz in the Music-Chart
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signing more than 1,500 people's discs, to receive the

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for ''Directo A La Luz'' and make the official presentation of the new album, La Quinta Esencia.

Track listing

DVD

# "Nuevo Mundo" ("New World") # "Luz Del Norte" ("Northern Light") # "El Regreso" ("The Return") # "Aire" ("Air") # "Perdido" ("Lost") # "Despertar" ("Awaken") # "Tu Ausencia" ("Your Absence") # "Hijo De La Ira" ("Son Of The Rage") # "Contra El Viento" ("Against The Wind") # "Señor" ("

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") # "El Amor De Una Madre" ("A Mother's Love") # "Alejandro" ("

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") # "En Un Lugar Sin Dios" ("In A Place Without God") # "Dispuesto A Combatir" ("Willing To Fight") # "El Anticristo" ("The Antichrist") # "Trono Del Metal" ("Throne Of The

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") # "Tú Mismo" ("Yourself") # "Espíritu De Amor" ("Spirit Of Love") # "El Guardián De Troya" ("The Guardian Of Troy") # "Nana" ("

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") # "Capitán Lawrence" (" Captain Lawrence") # "Hoy Gano Yo" ("Today I Win") * Extras #Making off: ''How was the day until the concert from WarCry's point of view.'' #Preparation #Images of the public waiting for the concert. #Before the concert scenes.

CD

# "Nuevo Mundo" ("New World") - 6:12 # "Luz Del Norte" ("Northern Light") - 5:23 # "Hijo De La Ira" ("Son Of The Rage") - 6:05 # "Contra El Viento" ("Against The Wind") - 5:00 # "El Amor De Una Madre" ("A Mother's Love") - 5:28 # "Trono Del Metal" ("Throne Of The

") - 6:06 # "Espíritu De Amor" ("Spirit Of Love") - 6:21 # "Tú Mismo" ("Yourself") - 4:57 # "En Un Lugar Sin Dios" ("In A Place Without God") - 5:56 # "Nana" ("

") - 4:59 # "Capitán Lawrence" (" Captain Lawrence") - 7:02 # "Hoy Gano Yo" ("Today I Win") - 6:49

Credits

* Víctor García -

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* Pablo García -

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* Roberto García -

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* Manuel Ramil - keyboards * Alberto Ardines -

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Production

* Francisco De Borja - Video Recording * Hand Made S.L. - Audio Recording * Pronorte - Illumination * Daniel Alonso - Design * Daniel Sanz - Edition * Sergio Blanco - Photos * Esteban Casasolas & Alberto Ardines - Mastering

References

External links

WarCry's Website
{{Authority control WarCry (band) albums 2006 live albums 2000s live video albums 2006 video albums