Blind Guardian

[Lodge]

I've been reading around on here for awhile as shit can get pretty interesting. I just wanted to see what everyone here thought about Blind Guardian and the way their albums sound. I know alot of people dislike ANATO with it's 255+ tracks per song but I've been a fan of this band for awhile now and even though I have outgrown them a little (thanks Nevermore and Opeth) I still like that they retained a really unique style especially given how cookie-cutter power metal has become over the years. What do you guys think?

 

[whitedamp]

Hansi´s badass voice and that lead guitar that never stops soloing or doing melodies makes an unique style. Imaginations From The Other Side is the best power metal album IMO.

 

[JonWormwood]

Hansi is my favorite vocalist ever.

 

[Unavailable]

255+ tracks per song

Is that true?

 

[Fredrik-Ablaze]

the Nightfall in middle earth album was 48 tracks guitars and 48 tracks vocals + drums, strings, bass etc so i guess 255 tracks is feasable.

We had Mr Bodo who edited and submixed the vocals and guitars for NFIME to do our drumediting a couple of albums ago so I had the chance to ask him lots about this

 

[Lodge]

That's awesome that you had the chance to ask somone involved. As for the 255+ track statement I made, I know at least And Then There Was Silence from ANATO has that many tracks. So if NIME has so many tracks there is not telling how many a night at the opera has. For any of you curious I suggest you check out the songs and then there was silence, battlefield, and precious jerusalem as those are the songs where the layering/stacking always manage to amaze me even years after first hearing them. It's no wonder it takes them four years to record all that lol.

 

[Metaltastic]

I love "A Night..." and especially "Twist in the Myth," though I honestly could never get into Nightfall, and the only other I've heard is "Tales from the Twilight World," which with a few exceptions is way too boringly speed-metally for me

 

[Kazrog]

Nowhere near as good as ANAL GUARDIAN.

 

[Djabthrash]

Nowhere near as good as ANAL GUARDIAN.

 

[SocialNumb]

Nowhere near as good as ANAL GUARDIAN.

Thats pretty bad uke:

 

[Skinny Viking]

On behalf of the rest of the Philadelphia music scene ...

I'm SO FUCKING SORRY that anyone ever had to hear this

 

[Djabthrash]

On behalf of the rest of the Philadelphia music scene ...

I'm SO FUCKING SORRY that anyone ever had to hear this

I think it sounds hilarious.

I prefer this than Blind Guardian actually

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

I like Blind Guardian.

 

[Mortal_Dezire]

Hansi fucking owns.
Him and Matt Barlow are 2 of my absolute favorite vocalists.