Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side (1995)

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Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side (1995)

The Band

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Blind Guardian is a German heavy metal band which is often ed as one of the seminal and most influential bands in power metal and speed metal subgenres. It was formed in the mid-1980s in Krefeld, West Germany. Blind Guardian lyrics, written by vocalist Hansi Kürsch, are inspired by the fiction of authors such as . R. R. Tolkien, Stephen King, and Michael Moorcock, as well as traditional legends and epics. Over the years, a running theme has developed associating the band members with ing bards. Before calling themselves Blind Guardian, the band released two demos under the name Lucifer's Heritage in 1985 and 1986. In the first few years, the band underwent chaotic lineup changes: Markus Dörk (guitar) and Thomen Stauch (drums) were replaced by Christof Bilgeria and Hans-Peter Frey, respectively. Finally, in 1987 Marcus Siepen oined and Thomen came back to form the lineup which would stay consistent for the next 18 years.

After Lucifer's Heritage signed a contract with No Remorse Records, the band changed its name to Blind Guardian to avoid any speculations about satanism. They released their debut album Battalions of Fear in 1988, which was essentially a speed metal album heavily influenced by Helloween. These two German bands had close ties, and Helloween founder Kai Hansen made a guest appearance on Blind Guardian's second LP, Follow the Blind (1989), where the band began leaning towards power metal. Their third LP, Tales from the Twilight World (1990), had a much more melodic and "epic" feeling, with usage of choir and classical music influence.

Blind Guardian signed with Virgin Records in 1992 and released the album Somewhere Far Beyond (1992), and the album Tokyo Tales (1993). Flemming Rasmussen, former Metallica producer, began working with Blind Guardian, producing Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) and The Forgotten Tales (1996), an album that contained half covers and half original work.

In 1998 Blind Guardian released their epic album Nightfall in Middle-Earth. "Complete with anthemic choruses, spoken word story lines, and plenty of bombastic power metal punctuating every dramatic turn", says All Music Guide's Vincent effries, "Nightfall in Middle-Earth is perhaps Blind Guardian's most triumphant". A concept album based on ohn R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion, Blind Guardian's music demonstrated some folk rock influence, but also featured heavy use of Queen-style layered backing vocals. It was also the last Blind Guardian album produced by Rasmussen.

A Night at the Opera, named after the eponymous Queen album, was released four years after. On this album, the band's sound lacked almost all influence of their original speed metal. Power and progressive metal abound, with over the top orchestral backing and a consistent vocal and guitar layering throughout. Though not a true concept album, many of the lyrics dealt with the common themes of religion and relations between human and divine powers. It was followed by a album in 2003 and a DVD, Imaginations Through the Looking Glass (2004), which was the last recorded Blind Guardian material to feature Thomen Stauch on drums. He left the band due to musical differences and was replaced by Frederik Ehmke. The first album with Ehmke was A Twist in the Myth, which came out in 2006.

Blind Guardian recently participated in the soundtrack for the In the Name of the King: a Dungeon Siege Tale fantasy movie, which came out in 2008. Hansi Kursch also announced the band's intention to record a theme song for Sacred 2 RPG video game, the upcoming sequel to Sacred.

Genre: Speed Metal (early), Power/Progressive Metal (later)
Lyrical theme(s): Epic tales, legends/myths, Tolkien

The Album

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"Imaginations from the Other Side" is an album by Blind Guardian that was released in 1995. This album also marks the first since their debut that Kai Hansen (Gamma ) had not guested on vocals or guitar. It is also the first album to have extracted singles from, "A Past and Future Secret" and "Bright Eyes".

Track Listing & Info

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1. "Imaginations from the Other Side" – 7:18
2. "I'm A" – 5:29
3. "A Past and Future Secret" – 3:47
4. "The Script for My Requiem" – 6:08
5. "Mordred's Song" – 5:27
6. "Born in a Mourning Hall" – 5:12
7. "Bright Eyes" – 5:15
8. "Another Holy War" – 4:31
9. "And the Story Ends" – 5:59

Lenght: 49:06
Size: 33,8 MB
Quality: mp3/VBR kbps

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