Overview: The Greatest Band in the World, Tenacious D, proudly announces the release of the latest installment of their Complete Masterworks series, aptly named The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3.

This chapter showcases the band’s O2 Arena concert in London from their 2023 Spicy Meatball Tour. This epic collector’s edition features a live set of their classic hits from the O2 Arena show, plus their animated film Post Apocalypto, music videos, a mini-poster, and more.

Blu-ray Verdict: Tenacious D’s The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3 captures the band at the height of their powers during their sold-out, headline show at London’s O2 Arena on June 16th, 2023. Their set, a raucous romp of rock and comedy, features their classic hits, including Tribute, The Metal, Master Exploder, Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown), Kickapoo and more.

In addition, Complete Masterworks Vol. 3 includes the band’s animated film, Post Apocalypto, with music from The D and illustrations by Jack Black. The package features music videos, including the smash hit cover from Kung Fu Panda 4, ...Baby One More Time and Chris Isaak’s Wicked Game, The D’s Oneyplays Studios animated hit Video Games, their Fiber d’Lish commercial, and their charity covers series including Tenacious D’s The Who Medley, The Beatles’ You Never Give Me Your Money / The End, and Time Warp, from the cult classic The Rocky Horror Show.

Previous editions of The Complete Masterworks include their 2-DVD set from 2003, The Complete Masterworks, featuring their performance at the Brixton Academy and lots more, and the 2008 DVD release, The Complete Masterworks 2, which captures their heavy rock mayhem filmed by Wayne Isham at their 2007 Paramount Theater/Seattle shows, D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary directed by Jeremy Konner plus additional material from the POD era.

What we have here is kind of a half-skip of Rize of the Phoenix - maybe my favorite album besides the debut. Volume 3 is a collection of the Post-Apocalypto years, which is what I expected. This is surely the optimal place to release the animated movie, and I assumed a set from that era would also be added to the release. It seems their third album is but its own entity, brushed past in their run of Masterwork DVD’s.

What baffles me is that the actual live show has no songs from Post-Apocalypto, despite that year featuring several in their cycle. This is fine, because I look at the album as easily their weakest even if I do love a few tracks here and there. Strange, but acceptable.

In closing, the music and visuals within the “Post-Apocalypto” musical animated series go hand in hand here in this political sci-fi story about JB and KG surviving a hydrogen bomb drop. The two explore the new post-apocalyptic world, meet a two-headed dog, cave women, and a robot, travel to space and Egypt, and seek the Crystal of Gilgamesh.

Track Listing:
1. Overture (Live at the O2 Arena, June 16th, 2023) 2. Kickapoo (Live at the O2 Arena, June 16th, 2023) 3. Low Hangin’ Fruit (Live at the O2 Arena, June 16th, 2023) 4. Rize of the Fenix (Live at the O2 Arena, June 16th, 2023) 5. Wonderboy (Live at the O2 Arena, June 16th, 2023) 6. Tribute (Live at the O2 Arena, June 16th, 2023) 7. Video Games (Live at the O2 Arena, June 16th, 2023) 8. The Metal (Live at the O2 Arena, June 16th, 2023) 9. Sax-a-Boom / Max-a-boom (Live at the O2 Arena, June 16th, 2023) 10. Roadie (Live at the O2 Arena, June 16th, 2023) 11. Dude (I Totally Miss You) (Live at the O2 Arena, June 16th, 2023) 12. Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown) (Live at the O2 Arena, June 16th, 2023) 13. Double Team (Live at the O2 Arena, June 16th, 2023) 14. Master Exploder (Live at the O2 Arena, June 16th, 2023) 15. The Spicy Meatball Theme Song (Live at the O2 Arena, June 16th, 2023) 16. Fuck Her Gently (Live at the O2 Arena, June 16th, 2023) 17. Post-Apocalypto - Chapter 1: Hope 18. Post-Apocalypto - Chapter 2: Cave 19. Post-Apocalypto - Chapter 3: Space 20. Post-Apocalypto - Chapter 4: Robot 21. Post-Apocalypto - Chapter 5: Donald 22. Post-Apocalypto - Chapter 6: Home 23. ...Baby One More Time (Music Video) 24. Wicked Game (Music Video) 25. Video Games (Music Video) 26. Fiber d’Lish (Music Video) 27. Tenacious D’s The Who Medley (Music Video) 28. You Never Give Me Your Money / The End (Music Video) 29. Time Warp (Music Video)