>>>a few of my friends have been quite happy with it, say it more towards the older stuff but with no solo's.

nah, it has nothing to do with the older stuff... the structure of the songs is weird (they've done a mess just cutting different pieces and pasting altogether in order to create one song...). And the sound (production wise) is one of the worst I've ever heard. It's amazing how they can spend such a lot of money with equipment, studio, producer, and then come up with such a bad sound.

>>they are playing here soon and most are looking forward to it as they have been getting some good reviews at the concerts as regards the new and old stuff.

They've played here two weeks ago. I didn't move one finger to go see them. <s> I've seen them 11 years ago in Brazil, when they were doing the tour for the Black Album. That was good enough for me. :)