thoughts on the new Blind Guardian CD???

[Diabolik]

mine should be here monday...i have heard good things about it so far. Anyone else get it yet asides Pat.

 

[nomisofsiman]

I have it. Haven't listened to it yet.

 

[Diabolik]

i have it on download from amazon...will just wait for the CD monday...i have plenty to listen to.

 

[SteelFireRecs]

My deluxe earbook arrived yesterday, but 3 of the pages in it are torn. Emailed NM immediately asking for a replacement. Listening to the cd now and its awesome 3 tracks in so far!

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]

It's very good.

 

[Keir]

I think it is good but nothing sticks.

 

[modernwizardry]

It's never going to compare to their earlier stuff but I really do enjoy the album. I thought the first 2 tracks were the weakest (not bad, just not memorable to me). The Holy Grail and Sacred Minds are my current favorite songs.

 

[DMR]

I got it yesterday. It's not bad, way better than the last two. There are things I don't like about it, primarily the mastering. The opening track is awful, it's a bunch of different parts thrown together with no rhyme or reason, and it's 9:28 long. They should have just used the first minute or so (the choir) as an intro and deleted the rest. "At the Edge of Time" is lame too, they should have thrown that out. The rest of the songs are pretty good, though. I'll probably get into it more by listening to it more, but that fucking mastering job is going to make it difficult. I agree with Pat on what the best songs are.

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]

I got it yesterday. It's not bad, way better than the last two. There are things I don't like about it, primarily the mastering. The opening track is awful, it's a bunch of different parts thrown together with no rhyme or reason, and it's 9:28 long. They should have just used the first minute or so (the choir) as an intro and deleted the rest. "At the Edge of Time" is lame too, they should have thrown that out. The rest of the songs are pretty good, though. I'll probably get into it more by listening to it more, but that fucking mastering job is going to make it difficult. I agree with Pat on what the best songs are.

I'm just glad you didn't write a book about it.

 

[Diabolik]

I'm just glad you didn't write a book about it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

 

[nomisofsiman]

Overall I'm pretty disappointed by it. A few great songs, but overall I found it to pretty much be a bore. Hopefully it grows on me with a few more listens, but right now I'm not a fan of it.

 

[DMR]

I'm just glad you didn't write a book about it.

If I had, there wouldn't have been anything about you or the ProgPower Forum in it, so you definitely wouldn't have liked it.

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]

It's a snowy Sunday morning. Having just competing an artery clogging breakfast of fried bacon, sausage, hash browns and bread, I put on BTRM. The shovel awaits but now I'm enjoying their best album since Opera. Pompier than most of Magnum's releases.

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]

If I had, there wouldn't have been anything about you or the ProgPower Forum in it, so you definitely wouldn't have liked it.

If it was about me, you might sell more than 9 copies.