blind guardian a night at the opera remastered

Like the idea of completely dismissing a genre, but also, Blind Guardian absolutely rules. Over time I've come to realise why I haven't completely dropped this pursuit, and the answer is pretty simple, I don't Where I've decided to give it another shot only to be met with the same reality every time, I'm just not a huge fan of it. Power metal is a genre that I've had a lot of back and forth interactions with.

When discussing their prog status it's important to know that they had a prog phase which mainly consists of the albums Imaginations from the Other Side, Nightfall in Middle-Earth and A Night at the Opera. The band was cleared for addition by the prog metal team. this may make them a little bit difficult to accept by prog 'hardliners', but it also makes them a very refreshing diversion for the more adventurous prog fans out there. Maybe it's because the usual obvious 'prog traits' like frequent time signature changes or exceedingly complex structure are rarely used by BLIND GUARDIAN. Having said all this it has to be noted that their style is not really similar to that of the genre's 'top dogs' - DREAM THEATER, PAIN OF SALVATION or TOOL for example sound nothing like BLIND GUARDIAN. 'Imaginations from the Other Side' for example is - among other things - picking up elements from the King Arthur myth (Merlin, Mordred etc), and their 1998 grand opus 'Nightfall in Middle-Earth' is even a concept album based on J.R.R.

Lyrically the band - or rather singer Hansi Kürsch who writes most songs and lyrics - always had a faible for fantasy stories. Beginning with their third album, 'Tales from the Twilight World', they expanded their musical vocabulary and would eventually create their very own style which is still rooted in speed/power metal, but is also very orchestral and epic, with rich arrangements of guitar lines and vocals and an ever-present medieval/folky presence.

BLIND GUARDIAN were founded in the mid 1980s in Krefeld, Germany as an 'ordinary' speed/power metal band.

Blind guardian a night at the opera remastered