Control The Divine 8. War Of The Thrones 9. A Voice In The Dark Sacred Worlds Pre-production Version 2. Wheel Of Time Orchestral Version 3. Curse My Name Demo Version 6. In other words all the best from the Blind Guardian songwriting formula.
The musicianship are impeccable as usual and the songwriting clever and intriguing. Regardless of the places they've ventured since, I believe Blind Guardian 's career-defining arc ended with A Twist in the Myth. The disappointing Follow the Blind notwithstanding, each subsequent album sought to outdo the previous installment in progressive ambitions.
This arc, as steady as it was, culminated in near-overwhelming proportions with their seventh LP A Night at the Opera , an over-the- top musical feast with every element in their sound amplified to its conceivable limit.
Although fans were even further polarized by Blind Guardian 's decision to break the arc for a relatively accessible, song-based collection with A Twist in the Myth , I think it stood as a natural part of that evolution. They had a proper rising action with their first five albums, a climax with Nightfall in Middle-Earth and A Night at the Opera , and with A Twist in the Myth , they had their natural denouement.
But where does that leave Blind Guardian 's more recent output; specifically their eighth album At the Edge of Time? There's some optimistic part of me that would like to see this as a brand new chapter in the band's development; they're arguably more confident in themselves in this decade than they ever have before.
As I continue to listen to the album however, I get the impression that At the Edge of Time ushered in the truly post-classic era in their career. It is not as ambitious nor as challenging as A Night at the Opera , nor is it as stylistically risky as A Twist in the Myth. Rather, this is Blind Guardian taking a long look at their past achievements, and distilling their most characteristic elements to make a veritable fan-pleaser of an album. All the things you know and love or hate about the band are on At the Edge of Time ; and though it doesn't sound like they pushed themselves here the way they have on albums past, I'd be lying if I denied the fact these ingredients have resulted in an immensely solid album nonetheless.
Everything-- the larger-than-life choruses, the fantasy-themed lyrics, the bombastic orchestrations, the mandatory minstrel ballads, the Queen -tinged guitar leads, the symphonic epics and the speed-fueled power metal assaults-- have been heard on albums past.
Year of release: Number of songs: 22 Total running time: 2 hour 38 minutes 57 seconds. Year of release: Number of songs: 12 Total running time: 76 minutes 42 seconds Earbook version. Year of release: Number of songs: 24 Total running time: more info. Year of release: Number of songs: 22 Total running time: 2 hour 38 minutes 57 seconds more info.
Year of release: Number of songs: 12 Total running time: 76 minutes 42 seconds Earbook version more info. Year of release: Number of songs: 11 Total running time: 51 minutes 31 seconds more info. Tanelorn Into the Void. Road of No Release. Ride into Obsession. Curse My Name. Control the Divine. War of the Thrones. A Voice in the Dark. Wheel of Time. Release Date August 24, Recording Date November, - April, Blind Guardian.
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