Hardcore, Punk & Heavy Metal > 5 GBP to 10 GBP Hardcore, Punk & Heavy Metal > Blind Guardian

A good album, but not groundbreaking (edited)

Advantages: Valhalla and the covers that might interest collectors
Disadvantages: Not such amazing tracks

This is the second album of one of the best known power metal bands, Blind Guardian. This album is of pure powermetal and will sound strange to newer fans of the band that are used to the more symphonic inclinated nightfall on middle earth and a night at the opera (among others), but you will not find it strange since this album is from 1989. The first track is an interesting monk choir that might sound familiar to ppl that saw monty pytons quest ...
...for all time stand out of the other has great power metal songs with very catchy choirs (valhalla mostly). Don't break the cricle is a wanderfull metal song, extremely catchy with beautifull guitar sounds. Fast to madness is another song with great choir (ride...fast..to madness) and very interesting lyrics. Has a long time fan of the Beach Boys I loved the metal cover of barbara anne, very funny and interesting. Recomended to die hard fans of ...

shadow_pay 15.05.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Follow The Blind - Blind Guardian

I waited for 3 years - was it really worth it

Advantages: Most aggressive album of the band, just great songs on it
Disadvantages: perhaps too heavy for some...

Well, as surely expected I'm going to continue my review-series on Blind Guardian's albums... After the "Somewhere far beyond" album (released in 1992) the band went on an excessive tour which lead them also to Japan where they recorded their first live album, Tokyo Tales. After the major success of the tour Blind Guardian took a short break and after that started writing new material for the upcoming album. Virgin, their label, saw that the band ...
...another masterpiece of Metal. "Imaginations from the other side" was the title of the album and it was recorded, mixed and mastered with Flemming Rasmussen at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark where also Metallica recorded some of their groundbreaking albums in the late eighties. Unfortunately the band had to take a break for some months during the recordings as guitarplayer Andre had a serious injury in his arm and has to stop playing guitar ...

Folkemon 06.04.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Imaginations From The Other Side - Blind Guardian

This album shows the band from an unknown side...

Advantages: Blind Guardian from a totally different side - but still great!
Disadvantages: -

...what we got here: The Forgotten Tales... This album can not be considered as a regular Blind Guardian album indeed. It was born out of the idea to try something different and make some coverversions. And as the band has done some coverversions before they decided to rearrange some older songs and put them alltogether on an album. So the idea for "The Forgotten Tales" was born somewhere in 1996. The album starts with "Mr. Sandman", a song you should ...
...in a typical version of Blind Guardian: At first you won't notice a difference to the original, slowly the guitars come in and finally you bang your head to a perfect speedmetal-song. There was also a video done for that song that showed the band playing in a children's room, first dressed as nurses... Great!!! The second one is another classic: "Surfin' USA". We all know this one but the version Blind Guardian made is something you surely haven't ...

Folkemon 19.04.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Forgotten Tales - Blind Guardian

blind guardian

Advantages: choruses
Disadvantages: none

Nightfall in Middle Earth is a very ambitious album that is based on JR Tolkien's The Simarillion.Many reviewers have compared this album to Queen but I think this lies in the song structures and vocals. This is also one of the best metal power/speed metal CDs ever to be released.It is fast and Heavy but it has a unique atmosphere that has been double tracked in the production department. Blind Guardian have produced some of the best choruses ever ...
...,Noldor, The Curse of Feanor and Mirror Mirror. I would definitely recommend this album to anyone remotely interested in powermetal. I can easily say that if I were stuck on a desert island with one cd, this would probably be it. It is one of the only cd's I can listen to straight through till the end. ...

guitarman23 21.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Nightfall In Middle Earth - Blind Guardian

Rage Against The Machine Album Review

Advantages: Hard, unconventional rock
Disadvantages: An acquired taste

Rap-Metal group Rage Against the Machine released their self-titled debut album in 1992, but the music is just as relevant today as it was back then. Songs like 'Take the Power Back' and 'Freedom' are about individual exploitation by the cultural, social, and political systems in society, and how the people must be willing to rise up and overcome such oppression. You may have also recently heard about the small matter of 'Killing in the Name' beating ...
...when you first listen to Rage is that they mean business. The whole album is intended to provide voice to the silent minority: Those individuals that feel neglected and abused are given hope through the band's resonant, unashamed, confrontational expression. Guitarist Tom Morello's anomalous riffs, rhythmic special effects and extended tapping techniques were some of the most powerful sounds to come from a guitar in that era, and remain unchallenged ...

andycarrington 22.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine