A Twist in the Myth

[Alec Walter Conway]

The new Blind Guardian album.

Has anyone heard it? I bought my copy last saturday, the 26th. I think it's a HUGE improvement from A Night at the Opera. The 3 first songs I think are total killers. The rest of the album is also amazing at first listening, and gets better as you listen to it a few more times.

Anyone else has comments?

 

[Orcus]

year its a great album but some of the song are to wierd for me

 

[Gaunerin]

Oh, the album is out already? I pretty much lost interest in the band but that the new album is an improvement compared to the last one sounds promising.

 

[Alteredmindeath]

I have all the old BG cd's, and the outstanding dvd... I don't know how this change will impact me, but I hope its for the better.

 

[Alec Walter Conway]

Well its not "out already" I got one of the UK copies that leaked to the market before the set date.

It was set for release on september 5th, but the distributor somehow sent copies of the UK version a bit everywhere before time was due.

And yes, the album is a BIG improvement from A Night at the Opera. ANATO was good, but not great.

And the balad song, Skalds and Shadows, is *really* nice. Never as awesome as The Bard's Song - In the Forest, but still awesome! It's sort of halfway between The Bard's Song and A Past and Future Secret.

 

[Naglfar]

lol

Mr. Bootleg, you made everyone go WTF!

The live DVD is probably going to be their apex. That DVD rocks so fucking hard, I didn't even know about the band before I heard it, and I bought it out of curiosity. I've got a lot of their older stuff now, but I think they peaked on Imaginations.

But let's see how the new one sounds!

 

[Alec Walter Conway]

It's not a bootleg hehe...

It's a real version of the album that simply found its way to the shelves of some stores a bit too early.

As for the DVD, it fricking rules, indeed.

And for their peak, I would tend to agree that album-wise, Imaginations was their best. But for a real headbanging session, Tokyo Tales is the way to go. I'm a huge fan of their early speedmetal period (Welcome to Dying, Journey Through the Dark, Valhalla, Lost in the Twilight Hall, The Last Candle, etc)

In some ways, the new album comes a bit closer to that old speed metal song. It's sort of like the "logical evolution" that should've been after Imaginations, the way I see this. Never as complex as Nightfall in Middle-Earth is (and this album kicks major asses), but you know, sort of "getting there". Its like they skipped a part of their natural progression from speed to a more symphonic style while going from Imaginations to Nightfall, and now this new album is the missing part of the puzzle.

 

[Lord Vengeance]

WOOOHOO!!! new blind guardian!!...right on.cant wait.also the new persuader is out!!

 

[Alec Walter Conway]

WOOOHOO!!! new blind guardian!!...right on.cant wait.also the new persuader is out!!

THATS THE FRICKIN SPIRIT! YEA!!!