Blind Guardian

[Bahamut]

Nostetaanpa tämän härmässä lisää mainetta kaipaavan bändin ketjua parilla wanhalla videolla ajalta, kun Hansilta löytyi basso hyppysistä ja hiukset silmiltä:

Traveler In Time - live Frankfurt 1992 - Underground Live TV recording
-Uiddu mikä meno! Stage divingia ym. hauskaa, ei näy moista nykyään BG:n keikoilla. Vanhaa kunnon kellarithrashia, melkeinpä. Plus melodiat.

Time what is time - live Mannheim 1995 - Underground Live TV recording

[Jussi K]

Hansin viimekuisessa haastattelussa jotain mielenkiintoista, mm. uusi hollantilaisbasisti nimetään ja sinfoniaprojektista kerrotaan, jne.

[Bahamut]

Hansin viimekuisessa haastattelussa jotain mielenkiintoista, mm. uusi hollantilaisbasisti nimetään ja sinfoniaprojektista kerrotaan, jne.

Hieno haastis. Memories Of A Time To Come -kokoelmasta puhuttaessa pisti silmään erityisesti tämä:

There is a marked improvement in the re-mixed songs on here. So with that in mind does this mean you may consider re-mixing and improving the sound on all your older releases? Or is that something you'd rather wait to do much later on if at all?

-Actually this is exactly what we have done during the first half of 2012. There will be a collectors box release in Winter. This one will feature new remixed versions of all the 8 EMI/Virgin studio albums.

[Jussi K]

Aika kovan vahvistuksen sai Sinbreed! BG:han on liian pitkällä tauolla, joten hyvä vain jos Siepeni ei jaksa öllötellä kämpillä.

BLIND GUARDIAN Guitarist Joins SINBREED - Nov. 12, 2012

BLIND GUARDIAN guitarist Marcus Siepen has joined the German power metal band SINBREED as a full-time member. Siepen previously performed live with SINBREED at a couple of shows, including the ProgPower USA XIII festival in Atlanta, Georgia.

Commented SINBREED leader Flo Laurin: "To welcome Marcus as a constant member was a obvious step and it just feels right. I'm really looking forward working with him on new meterial for our second album, coming late 2013."

SINBREED has already confirmed several 2013 festival appearances, including those in Germany, Spain and Belgium.

Fan-filmed of SINBREED performing a brand new song, "Reborn", during their ProgPower USA XIII performance can be seen below.

SINBREED features in its ranks guitarist Flo Laurin, BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Frederik Ehmke and SEVENTH AVENUE vocalist Herbie Langhans. The band's debut album, "When Worlds Collide", which was released in March 2010 via Ulterium Records, was produced by Flo Laurin, mixed and mastered by Markus Teske (VANDEN PLAS, SYMPHONY X), and it includes guest appearances by Joost van den Broek (AFTER FOREVER) and Morten Sandager (MERCENARY) on keyboards, and Thomas Rettke (REDKEY, ex-HEAVEN'S GATE) on vocals. The artwork was created by Felipe Machado Franco (ICED EARTH, AYREON).

SINBREED's brand of power metal is described as a "blistering combination of speed, melodic and aggressive arrangements combined with high and soaring vocals."

SINBREED is:

Herbie Langhans (SEVENTH AVENUE) - Vocals
Frederik Ehmke (BLIND GUARDIAN) - Drums
Alexander Schulz - Bass
Flo Laurin - Guitar, Keyboards
Marcus Siepen (BLIND GUARDIAN) - Guitar

For more information, visit www.sinbreed.com.

[Hese]

Onhan tässä boxia kerrakseen, 115e äksässä

A Traveler’s Guide to Space and Time coming in February 2013


A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time contents

Save up your Christmas money for February when A Traveler’s Guide to Space and Time, a strictly limited edition Blind Guardian box set with 15 CDs in 13 high quality digipacks and only 8000 copies worldwide, is released.

Germany, Austria and Switzerland have a release date of February 1, 2013 and the rest of the world on February 4, 2013. The box set can now be pre-ordered from your favorite record shop!

Looking back over Blind Guardian’s career from the here and now in 2013, you see a success story gone global, the likes of which very few other German metal bands have ever experienced. This band from Krefeld has been just about everywhere, conquering the North American market in the same way as they stormed the charts in Asia or packed concert venues in South America and even South Africa. From their (at that point purely) German beginnings with debut album Battalions of Fear (1988), followed by their first international recognition with the second album Follow the Blind (1989) and the euphoria which went round the world when Tales from the Twilight World (1990) and Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) came out, right through to their masterpiece of composition in A Night at the Opera (2002), the name of the band developed to become an unmistakable world brand. There are lots of reasons for this, but no doubt much of it is down to the extraordinary skill of everyone involved, their virtuoso dexterity and that gift for bringing mystical themes in tune with unusually complex metal directives. Something else which really makes Blind Guardian stand out is the way they have always kept so close to their fans. Even more proof of their unconditional commitment to the huge fan-base is being released now; A Traveler’s Guide to Space and Time, a strictly limited edition deluxe box set with a total of 15 CDs in 13 high quality digipacks, which the musicians and the record company have been working on together for almost a year. A particularly long time to create a compilation you may think, but a glance at just how much this box set encompasses explains why their conscientious and time-consuming preparation took so long.

A Traveler’s Guide to Space and Time not only includes all the albums released during the so-called Virgin years (the record company brought out all the bands’ records between 1988 and 2004) but also all their previously unreleased demo recordings, rare bonus tracks and alternative versions of famous pieces from this era, and all of them have been remastered and some even remixed. To be precise; it includes the seven studio albums Battalions of Fear, Follow the Blind, Tales from the Twilight World, Somewhere Far Beyond, Imaginations from the Other Side, Nightfall in Middle-Earth and A Night at the Opera, and on top of all that you get the live albums Tokyo Tales and Live as well as The Forgotten Tales compilation, all of them now with 2012 mastering and some of them with new mixes. Above and beyond that, Blind Guardian have dug deep into their archives and come up with some real treats: in Imaginations Through the Looking Glass for the very first time the phenomenal concert they put on in Coburg, Germany in June 2003 appears in audio format on two CDs. And another first, in a special edition of Nightfall in Middle-Earth, the musicians also present the legendary 1998 studio album without any breaks (including a new mix of “Blood Tears”). This precious box is rounded off with An Extraordinary Tale, which includes so far unreleased demo versions of the pieces “Welcome to Dying”, “Lord of the Rings”, “The Bard’s Song (In the Forest)”, “The Bard’s Song (The Hobbit)”, “Theatre of Pain”, “Trial by Fire” and “I’m Alive” and the never before released, around 90 seconds longer version of the song “The Quest for Tanelorn” as well as the comparatively rare number “Harvest of Sorrow”.

So, there is so much to find, enjoy and rediscover in this outright opulent deluxe box which is accompanied by a 20 page glossy booklet (size: 27cm x 27cm) containing comments from the members of the band and more than 100 rare and mainly unpublished photos belonging to the musicians. A limited edition and numbered Blind Guardian art print on special paper (sized 27cm by 27cm) and a guitar plectrum engraved with the band’s logo have also been added to the box. Blind Guardian are rightly proud of this glorious package. “With A Traveler’s Guide to Space and Time we document how much has Blind Guardian developed between 1988 and 2004 in, as I see it, a particularly impressive and vivid way”, explains singer/bassist Hansi Kürsch who, together with original members André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen, still controls the destiny of this amazing group. Kürsch adds: “The brand new mastering also makes sure that all 15 CDs are on the same level as far as the dynamics are concerned so theoretically you can listen to the whole box at one go, without having to adjust the volume level at all.”

Of course this jam-packed compilation also includes all the compositional climaxes and milestones along Blind Guardian’s career path; “Majesty” from their debut album Battalions of Fear was the first time the band presented their unusual song writing combined with the boundless energy which still makes Blind Guardian stand out so much today. “Traveler in Time” from Tales from the Twilight World then puts the band’s epic approach into focus. “The Bard’s Song” has developed into a real classic, creating that perfect symbiosis between band and audience at concert after concert and reinforcing the folklore element within the typical Blind Guardian sound.

Of course, in this box, Blind Guardian also present the sublime title track from the album Imaginations from the Other Side with its capable mixture of anthemic power metal and progressive directives, as well as the downright cinematic number “Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill)” from the album Nightfall in Middle-Earth. The experts reckon the fantastic “And Then There Was Silence” from A Night at the Opera was the icing on the cake of those Virgin years and you can hear it in all its glory on A Traveler’s Guide to Space and Time.

With A Traveler’s Guide to Space and Time Blind Guardian stay true to their reputation of not doing anything only halfway. As always with this band you get the full-on thing, on both the composition and technical production sides. This box is also full of rare photos from the musicians’ private collections as well as previously unreleased demo recordings, once again documenting how far this group will go to give their fans the best possible product. And as Hansi Kürsch put it: “We poured our heart and soul into A Traveler’s Guide to Space and Time making it a well worthwhile box for our fans which fully meets the demands we make of ourselves as well as those of our fans. And that is exactly what we were aiming for.”

Tracklisting for A Traveler’s Guide to Space and Time (15 CD Set)

Disc 1- Battalions of Fear (Digitally Remastered 2012)
1. Majesty – 2. Guardian of the Blind – 3. Trial by the Archon – 4. Wizard’s Crown – 5. Run for the Night – 6. The Martyr – 7. Battalions of Fear – 8. By the Gates of Moria – 9. Gandalf’s Rebirth (New 2013 Mix)

Disc 2 – Follow the Blind (Digitally Remastered 2012)
1. Inquisition – 2. Banish from Sanctuary – 3. Damned for All Time – 4. Follow the Blind – 5. Hall of the King – 6. Fast to Madness – 7. Beyond the Ice – 8. Valhalla – 9. Don’t Break the Circle – 10. Barbara Ann

Disc 3 – Tales from the Twilight World (Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012)
1. Traveler in Time – 2. Welcome to Dying – 3. Weird Dreams – 4. Lord of the Rings – 5. Goodbye My Friend – 6. Lost in the Twilight Hall – 7. Tommyknockers – 8. Altair 4 – 9. The Last Candle – 10. Run for the Night (Live)

Disc 4 – Somewhere Far Beyond (Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012)
1. Time What Is Time – 2. Journey Through the Dark – 3. Black Chamber – 4. Theatre of Pain – 5. The Quest for Tanelorn – 6. Ashes to Ashes – 7. The Bard’s Song (In the Forest) – 8. The Bard’s Song (The Hobbit) – 9. The Piper’s Calling – 10. Somewhere Far Beyond – 11. Spread Your Wings – 12. Trial by Fire – 13. Theatre of Pain

Disc 5 – Tokyo Tales (Original 1993 Mix, Digitally Remastered 2012)
1. Inquisition – 2. Banish from Sanctuary – 3. Journey Through the Dark – 4. Traveler in Time – 5. The Quest for Tanelorn – 6. Goodbye My Friend – 7. Time What Is Time – 8. Majesty – 9. Valhalla – 10. Welcome to Dying – 11. Lost in the Twilight Hall – 12. Barbara Ann

Disc 6 – Imaginations from the Other Side (Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012)
1. Imaginations from the Other Side – 2. I’m Alive – 3. A Past and Future Secret – 4. The Script for My Requiem – 5. Mordred’s Song – 6. Born in a Mourning Hall – 7. Bright Eyes – 8. Another Holy War – 9. And the Story Ends

Disc 7 – The Forgotten Tales (Original Mixes Digitally Remastered 2012)
1. Mr. Sandman – 2. Surfin’ USA – 3. Bright Eyes – 4. Lord of the Rings – 5. The Wizard – 6. Spread Your Wings – 7. Mordred’s Song – 8. Black Chamber – 9. The Bard’s Song (In the Forest) – 10. Barbara Ann – 11. A Past and Future Secret – 12. To France – 13. Theatre of Pain

Disc 8 – Nightfall in Middle-Earth (Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012)
1. War of Wrath – 2. Into the Storm – 3. Lammoth – 4. Nightfall – 5. The Minstrel – 6. The Curse of Feanor – 7. Captured – 8. Blood Tears – 9. Mirror Mirror – 10. Face the Truth – 11. Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns) – 12. Battle of Sudden Flames – 13. Time Stands Still(At the Iron Hill) – 14. The Dark Elf – 15. Thorn – 16. The Eldar – 17. Nom the Wise – 18. When Sorrow Sang – 19. Out on the Water – 20. The Steadfast – 21. Dark Passage – 22. Final Chapter (Thus Ends)

Disc 9 – A Night at the Opera (Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012)
1. Precious Jerusalem – 2. Battlefield – 3. Under the Ice – 4. Sadly Sings Destiny – 5. The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight – 6. Wait for an Answer – 7. The Soulforged – 8. Age of False Innocence – 9. Punishment Divine – 10. And Then There Was Silence

Live (Digitally Remastered 2012)
Disc 10
1. War of Wrath – 2. Into the Storm – 3. Welcome to Dying – 4. Nightfall – 5. The Script for My Requiem – 6. Harvest of Sorrow – 7. The Soulforged – 8. Valhalla – 9. Majesty – 10. Mordred’s Song - 11. Born in a Mourning Hall

Disc 11
1. Under the Ice – 2. Bright Eyes – 3. Punishment Divine – 4. The Bard’s Song (In the Forest) – 5. Imaginations from the Other Side – 6. Lost in the Twilight Hall – 7. A Past and Future Secret – 8. Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill) – 9. Journey Through the Dark – 10. Lord of the Rings – 11. Mirror Mirror

Imaginations Through the Looking Glass – Live in Coburg, 2003 (for first time on CD – digitally remastered 2012)
Disc 12

1. War of Wrath – 2. Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill) – 3. Banish from Sanctuary – 4. Nightfall - 5. The Script for My Requiem – 6. Valhalla – 7. A Past and Future Secret – 8. Punishment Divine – 9. Mordred’s Song – 10. The Last Candle

Disc 13
1. Bright Eyes – 2. Lord of the Rings – 3. I’m Alive – 4. Another Holy War – 5. And Then There Was Silence – 6. Somewhere Far Beyond – 7. The Bard’s Song (In the Forest) – 8. Imaginations from the Other Side – 9. And the Story Ends – 10. Mirror Mirror

Disc 14 – Nightfall in Middle-Earth – Special Edition (Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012)
1. Into the Storm – 2. Nightfall – 3. The Curse of Feanor – 4. Blood Tears (new vocal mix 2012) – 5. Mirror Mirror – 6. Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns) – 7. Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill) – 8. Thorn – 9. The Eldar – 10. When Sorrow Sang – 11. A Dark Passage

Disc 15 – An Extraordinary Tale (Live Rarities & Demos – Digitally Remastered 2012)
1. Welcome to Dying (Demo) – 2. Lord of the Rings (Demo) – 3. The Bard’s Song (In the Forest) (Demo) – 4. The Bard’s Song (The Hobbit) (Demo) – 5. Theatre of Pain (Demo) – 6. Trial by Fire (Demo) - 7. The Quest for Tanelorn (unreleased extended version) – 8. Harvest of Sorrow (rare version) – 9. I’m Alive (Demo)

[Jussi K]

Kaikki albumit omistava tekee sillä = ...kun wareztan tuon bonuslevyn

Ja ei kai vanhoissa miksauksissa ollut myöskään mitään vikaa (paitsi a Night At The Operan tuotannossa)

[Hese]

Kaikki albumit omistava tekee sillä = ...kun wareztan tuon bonuslevyn

Ja ei kai vanhoissa miksauksissa ollut myöskään mitään vikaa (paitsi a Night At The Operan tuotannossa)

Juu, löytyyhän nuo kaikki toki (osa myös vinyylinä) ja en sanonut että tuota olisin ostamassa. Olisihan tuo hyllyssä ihan hieno paketti mutta taitaa jäädä ostamatta.

[Jussi K]

Vocalist Hansi Kürsch of German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN has issued the following update:

"Surprise, surprise,

"I am sure no one expected me to be back with news about a band called BLIND GUARDIAN so quickly. The reason is quite simple: I'm a workaholic and I have no idea what to do with all my remaining energy at the moment. Therefore I have decided to spend some time with thoughts about BLIND GUARDIAN's future plans.

"Here is my remarkable output…

"Like the majority of you, I was also very surprised when our show in Geiselwind was announced for May 2014. I suppose that I, or one of the other guys, have agreed to this show. I'll probably never figure out who did it, but that's not important now, the show itself is of importance.

"To be honest, all of us cannot wait to get back on stage. Our stage abstinence seems much longer to us than 'just' 2 years.

"Since we were asked to do a 'best-of' show we do not even have to rehearse, this is more or less the type of show we have done in the past anyway. I still hope we can put in some surprises since no one really knows what we consider our 'best-of' songs at the moment. It
might differ from 'Memories Of A Time To Come' though. Right now I'm working on a possible set list and I'll cross my fingers that this will be approved when the others have a look at it.

"By announcing this live appearance, we also secretly announced the intended termination of our album production for the end of May. We obviously have progressed quickly, in BLIND GUARDIAN terms, that is. Indeed, everything looks very promising with regards to our songwriting and our production. We have good reasons to believe that the album is going to be completely finished at that point. Let's hope I will not be proven to be the reincarnation of good old Münchhausen again. Anyway, even the worst-case scenario would have us not being too far away from completion at that point.

"Since we have already completed several production steps on the new album, the picture gets clearer and clearer. Although not necessarily clear enough to decide whether I'll go lyrically for individual topics on each separate song or instead for a conceptual album. On one hand, the concept would have a strong fantasy link and on the other hand it would contain some typical Dystopian elements, because this is also what I musically find in most of the songs. They will all feature an almost magical grandeur but will present some very harsh disturbing elements as well. Therefore such a concept might be very suitable. I will have to sleep on it for a while until I'm able to make a decision.

"Whenever we start songwriting, I try to create a plan in my mind detailing which qualities I would love to feature on the next BLIND GUARDIAN album and what general impression I would like to create. Very often at the end, things come out quite different and I'm surprised which qualities or preferences have shown up then. This time there seems to be a collective urge (without even having talked about it) among all members to feature the more aggressive side of BLIND GUARDIAN this time.

"Right now, we are working on 5 faster songs. As far as I remember, last time I have mentioned 'Encrypted Time' and 'Holy Grail' (which are both proceeding well in the album production), so I am going tell you a little bit about 'Winter's Coming', 'Outcast' and 'Song 9'. The first one is based on Marcus' [Siepen, guitar] idea of a '90s-orientated speed/thrash song. We have finished a good two thirds of this one. It's fast and heavy, or was it heavy and fast? I have no idea how he came up with the title 'Winter's Coming' — how true, how true. 'Song 9' is a fresh one which used to be a collection of parts at first, but then developed into something very special. I would describe it as a refreshing combat between 'Guardian Of The Blind', 'The Script For My Requiem' and 'Ride Into Obsession', only disturbed by a fairly straightforward chorus. If you ask me, this one is born to become a 'classic, but first underrated by the band' song. My favorite among the fast ones certainly would be 'Outcast'. A song full of surprises. The old-school die hard fan will probably complain later that this one has a soft intro (epic and sad), but even this person would have to agree that afterwards we keep up the speed on this one to the very end. The song is a roller coaster ride through the last three decades of metal. I love it!

"As for the epic tracks, I love 'Irish Hills' the most. I have decided to entitle this 'Grand Parade' as 'Irish Hills' never really fit the song. Imagine a mixture of 'Wheel Of Time' and 'Nightfall' and you might be there. We have a beautiful orchestration for this. This one certainly demands a lot of time during production simply because there really is a massive amount of elements in it. Not as much as in 'And Then There Was Silence', but a lot…

"'Midtempo Song' is the most 'commercial' song on the album so far. 'Commercial' in a positive way, of course. It would deserve a title like 'Irish Hills' more than 'Grand Parade' did when it was called 'Irish Hills', but who said that life is always fair… To give justice to the song, I also have to say that it is very progressive but also very catchy. 'The Throne' is another epic piece we are working on. I have just started working on vocals for this one last Friday. It is too early for me to describe this one more precisely. What I can say is that this one is the perfect link between 'Grand Parade' and 'The Ocean'. This last one is already completely recorded except for the vocals. 'Prophecies' and 'Encrypted Time' are completely recorded and the same can be said about some older B-songs, which we have decided to finalize with this session as well. The BLIND GUARDIAN pundit knows about which songs I am talking.

"The songwriting period is almost finished by now and the final production session is going to start next week and will keep us busy until Geiselwind. As I think about that, I better stop thinking and start songwriting instead."

Mie ehin jo innostua, että tuo Geiselwind = Keep It True, mutta on kai noilla jokin kymmenen kilometriä eroa Münchenin pohjoispuolella ja kuukausikin ehtii ensi keväänä muuttua

[Bahamut]

June 2, 2015: Nosturi, Finland

Tekeepä gutaa

[pale83]

^Tuonnehan pitää suunnata. Edellinen Nosturin klubikeikka 2002 syyskuussa jäi inttihommien takia välistä. Tupakaverilla oli jopa lippu tonne keikalle mutta ei lomia herunut.

[Hese]

June 2, 2015: Nosturi, Finland

Tekeepä gutaa

No jopas! Ei voi tietää mitä tekee vuoden päästä mutta jos maisemissa niin ehdottomasti paikalla.

[Bahamut]

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have set "Beyond The Red Mirror" as the title of their tenth studio album, due in Europe on January 30, 2015 and February 3, 2015 in North America via Nuclear Blast.

Four and a half years in the making, the follow-up to 2010's "At The Edge Of Time" was recorded at Twilight Hall Studio in Grefrath, Germany and produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (SAXON, HAMMERFALL, HELLOWEEN). The CD showcases BLIND GUARDIAN's collaborative work with three different classical choirs: one from the Czech Republic (Prague), one from Hungary (Budapest), and one from the United States (Boston). Two grand orchestras — each featuring 90 musicians — also lend their brilliant talents to the new recordings with absolutely spellbinding results.

Transporting listeners via a mysteriously powerful red mirror into an otherworldly dimension that includes tyrants, gods, and the Holy Grail, the ten songs comprising "Beyond The Red Mirror"'s story lines revolve around the young protagonist we first met twenty years ago in the 1995 tracks "Bright Eyes" and "And The Story Ends".

"A story between science fiction and fantasy," explains BLIND GUARDIAN vocalist and lyricist Hansi Kürsch. "The story begins with our 1995 album, 'Imaginations From The Other Side'. The two worlds described therein have changed dramatically for the worse since then. While there used to be several passages between the worlds, there is only one gate left now: The Red Mirror. It has to be found at any cost."

Asked to describe the band's guiding principles for the creation of this new release, BLIND GUARDIAN guitarist André Olbrich shares: “We want to surprise and impress with our music. Nowadays, music tends to be arbitrary and predictable. But we want to keep developing our music.”

Opening with a tidal wave of surging emotion courtesy of a spine-tingling choir "Beyond The Red Mirror" unleashes its first gem, "Ninth Wave", a consciousness-expanding palette of landscapes and moods bearing the message of an urgent mission still seeking resolution. Closing with an explosion of heroic harmonies and choral glories with a nine-and-a-half minute, self-contained saga, "Grand Parade" (called "the best song we have ever written" by Olbrich), the grandiose, uplifting, and ingenious storytelling in "Beyond The Red Mirror" is guaranteed to leave you breathless.

Come 2015, you will soon experience why BLIND GUARDIAN are so influential in their genre and without equal in the pantheon of heavy metal music. Featuring artwork by longtime collaborator Felipe Machado, "Beyond The Red Mirror" will be available in the following formats:

* Jewel Case (10 songs)
* Limited Edition Digibook (11 songs)
* Double LP gatefold vinyl (11 songs)
* Earbook (12 songs plus illustrations, photos, and liner notes)
* NB-Mailorder-Earbook (12 songs plus illustrations, photos, liner notes + bonus 10")

"Beyond The Red Mirror" is as follows:

01. Ninth Wave
02. Twilight Of The Gods
03. Prophecies
04. At The Edge Of Time
05. Ashes Of Eternity
06. Distant Memories (bonus track on limited editions + vinyl)
07. Holy Grail
08. The Throne
09. Sacred Mind
10. Miracle Machine
11. Grand Parade

Hansi calls the album's first single, "Twilight Of The Gods", "a neck breaker… the pure definition of all that the band stands for: it is innovative, melodic and brutal." The mini-CD single includes two live tracks recorded at 2011's Wacken Open Air festival in Germany and can be pre-ordered as a digi-pak or in blue or white vinyl.

Standard Artwork



Earbook/Digibook Artwork

Alkaapi sormet pikkuhiljaa syyhytä, pitäis varmaan ostaa ne Nosturin liputkin tässä kohtapuoliin.

[Bahamut]

Hansi vetämässä Immigrant Songia 70000:lla! Oi jospa oisin saanut olla muukaanaa...

Itse uudelta levyltä tosiaan parhaiten iskevät atm The Ninth Wave, Prophecies, The Holy Grail ja The Throne, muut lämpenee varmaan lähiaikoina perässä. Messulaudalla taidettiin maalailla kauhukuvia huonosta tuotannosta, mutta ei tämä nyt mikään Timpan Avalon II ole, kyllä biiseistä selvän saa ehdottomasti. Himpun muovinen ja tukkoinen mutta kuuntelee tätä ennemmin kuin turpaansa ottaa.

[Jussi K]

Itse uudelta levyltä tosiaan parhaiten iskevät atm The Ninth Wave, Prophecies, The Holy Grail ja The Throne, muut lämpenee varmaan lähiaikoina perässä. Messulaudalla taidettiin maalailla kauhukuvia huonosta tuotannosta, mutta ei tämä nyt mikään Timpan Avalon II ole, kyllä biiseistä selvän saa ehdottomasti. Himpun muovinen ja tukkoinen mutta kuuntelee tätä ennemmin kuin turpaansa ottaa.

Tutulta kuulostaa, kun neljä hyvää olen tähän mennessä <5 kuuntelulla löytänyt BTRM:ilta: The Throne, The Holy Grail, Distant Memories ja tuo Prophecies. Tuotanto ei nyt ollut niin kaamea kuin Twilight Of The Gods -sinkuntylsäke antoi digitaalisena odottaa, mutta muutoin tuo kyllä liikaa a Night At The Operaa mieleen tämä uutuus niin progressiivisuuden kuin tuon tukkoisen tuotannonkin puolesta. Ei paljoa rummut jytisö.

[IndianaJones]

Messulaudalla taidettiin maalailla kauhukuvia huonosta tuotannosta, mutta ei tämä nyt mikään Timpan Avalon II ole, kyllä biiseistä selvän saa ehdottomasti. Himpun muovinen ja tukkoinen mutta kuuntelee tätä ennemmin kuin turpaansa ottaa.

Ei paljoa rummut jytisö.

Näihin voi kyllä jo muutaman kuuntelun perusteella yhtyä, on kyllä kohtuuttoman munattomat saundit levylle saatu. Ihan kuin ylä- ja alapäätä olisi leikattu kovasti ja tuloksena on pannukakkusaundia, tasaisen tylsää muovimattoa joka ikävästi vie tehoja biiseistä. Ihan hyviä juttuja kyllä löytyy jo toisella kuuntelukerralla, mutta kyllä tämä vaikuttaa vievän muutamat kuuntelukerrat ennenkuin levystä saa selvän. Ja mulle, toisin kuin Jussille, melkein kaikki Blind Guardianit ovat ottaneet aikansa, ehkä Talesia lukuunottamatta, mutta sieltä olikin jo niin moni biisi entuudestaan tuttu, niin vaikea sanoa totuudenmukaisesti.

Jotain kertoo se, että ennakkoon ei-niin-taivaallisen kuuloinen Twilight of the Gods on iskenyt ehkä koviten, varmaan tismalleen sen takia, että on jo vähän enemmän tuttu muuten niin tuntemattomassa möhkäleessä. Toki on jo jokunen iso kertosäe, jotka jäivät kummittelemaan, esimerkiksi At the Edge of Timessä (kuinka moneen paikkaan tuokin hokema pitää tunkea?).

Mainitsinko jo että saundit ei nappaa?

[Jyyd]

Lainaan itseäni imperiumilta:

Se täytyy kyllä todeta että ei paljoa enää uusilla BG-levyillä rummut jytise, toista se oli esimerkiksi Imaginationsilla. Ehkä tuohon voisi sitten auttaa tuottajan vaihdos, sillä kaipa nykytekniikalla pitäisi saada parempaakin soundia irti.

Sen sijaan Hansilla kulkee laulu edelleen yllättävänkin hyvin. Voisi kuvitella että jo reippaasti yli 20 vuotta kestänyt ura ja melko raskas laulutyyli olisi vaatinut veronsa, mutta mitä vielä!

Ja tosiaan, vielä en ole uudelle levylle lämmennyt kunnolla, jotenkin tuntuu että BG:lta on nyt kunnon koukut kateissa mutta jatketaan kuunteluja..

[IndianaJones]

Aika ronskilla kädellä ovat duurikertsejä väsänneet kyllä, oisko noin puolissa biiseistä? Eikait se aiemmin niin yleistä ollut...

Noh, ihan ok levy vaikuttaisi olevan, melkeinpä loppupuolella enemmän nuita mistä en niin välitä, Grand Parade vähän liian duurikamaa, vaikka muuten sisältääkin hyviä juttuja, noin esimerkkinä. Ensimmäiset neljä biisiä hyviä, pianoballadi vähän niin ja näin. The Throne esimerkiksi ei niinkään ole kolahtanut, vaikka tänne muille ilmeisesti on pudonnut.

Pakko se on kuitenkin todeta, että pieneltä tason laskulta vaikuttaa edelliseen tällä hetkellä, mutta ei tämä mitenkään heikolta vaikuta. Harmi ettei saundeista saatu fiksumpia, tässähän olisi ollut mahdollisuudet aika massiiviseen menoon, sillä orkesteri kuulostaa välillä aikas hienolta.

[Wasted]

http://www.setlist.fm/search?query=blind+guardian

Tuli vasta nyt katsottua Blind Guardianin uusimpia settilistoja, vaikka bändi on ehtinyt jo keikkailla aika paljon tänä keväänä. Mielenkiintoisesti ovat vaihdelleet biisejä. Saas nähdä, mitä Helsingissä tulee. Kyllä itseäni vähän harmittaisi, jos Imaginations from the Other Side ei sieltä kajahtaisi tälläkään kertaa. Into the Storm tosin paikkaisi kyllä jonkin verran. Olisihan sekin mahtavaa kuulla.

[IndianaJones]

Hiton hyvä keikka, vaikka itse olisin kyllä sen Majestyn halunnut kuulla. Noh, pääasia että debyytiltä jotain, ja onhan tuo tautisen kova tuo Guardian of the Blindikin. Hansi lauloihyvin, muut ukot soitti hyvin, vaikuttivat iloisilta, ja, ennenkaikkea, soittivat täyslaidallisen Blind Guardiania. Olisko tullut kaikilta muilta levyiltä joku, paitsi A Night at the Operalta? Aloitusbiisi ei ihan täysiä lähtenyt, muut toimi mulle pirun hyvin, parhaina ehkä Guardian, Imaginationsin biisit, Twilight of the Gods ja Banished. Nyt kun noita edellisiä settilistoja katselee jälkeenpäin, niin aika paljon ovat tosiaan vaihdelleet biisejä, mikä tietenkin kova juttu. Imaginationsin nimibiisin olisin mielellään kuullut, mutta mitäpä sitä valittamaan, kun oli kertakaikkisen upea keikka muuten.

Harvoin on tuollaista tykitystä livenä, meni aika kuin siivillä. Kertonee bändin tuotannon tasosta, kun kaikki toimi. Marcus Siepen on kyllä äijä. Oli myös eka kerta, kun näen missään seiskakielisen Gibson Les Paulin.

[Bahamut]

Blind Guardian Live Rock Hard Festival 2016:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa1MOsXqKjU

Kokonainen uusi liveveto yhteen pötköön. Settilista ehkä turhankin perus, mutta kelvannee immeisille.

[Jussi K]

^ äläs sano, tai siis epäile perusmenoksi kun festarikeikaksi mukana on mm. Tuskan 2 keikalta uupuneet The Last Candle, The Script For My Requiem(!) & Journey Through The Dark

Toki niissä tuli noiden helmien tilalla sitten yhtälailla silloin parhautta edustaneet Traveler In Time, Welcome To Dying & Born In a Mourning Hall!

Molemmat viimeksimainitut 1991-valinnat sain onneksi myös Wackenissa '11 sekä tuossa tuoreellakin vedolla olevan Lord Of The Ringsin, mutta kuten sanottua, festivaaliksi tuo on oikein hyvä setti heiltä tänä päivänä.