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Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side Audio CD

A fair review of the Blind Guardian "Imaginations from the Other Side" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Blind Guardian reviews here, or go back to the Blind Guardian tabs.

Blind Guardian Band: Blind Guardian
Title: Imaginations from the Other Side
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Release Date: 2001-11-26
Media: Audio CD

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great cd from one of the better progressive metal bands
Lauderdale called The Culture Room they played for close to an hour and a half lot of old stuff Valhalle The Lord Of THe Rings just agreat show anyway pick this album up and anything really amazon sells them pretty cheap and all their albums now have been digitally remastered . Imaginations is a great album it's fast melodic and I think better than Nightfall in middle earth I don't have any blind guardians before this one just all the ones after this one but am getting them all eventually hansi kursche has agreat voice highly suggest his side project band with iced earths founding member guitar player Jon Schaffer they did two albums under the name demons and wizards great stuff if you like those two bands meshed together I saw them in concert in 2003 on their only stop in florida at a small club in ft.


Amazing power metal - remastered!
I know that's a bold statement, but I did say "arguably". Just when we thought Blind Guardian couldn't possibly get any better, they hit us with 1995's Imaginations From the Other Side, which is arguably the best power metal album ever released. I know there are more important power metal albums out there, and that Nightfall in Middle Earth is widely considered the best Blind Guardian album, but Imaginations is just so. . . powerful. No other power metal album has hit me quite like it, and I doubt any ever will.

Coming on the heels of the excellent Somewhere Far Beyond, Imaginations From the Other Side shows Blind Guardian perfecting their power metal style. All of the elements are in place - the fantasy-themed lyrics, epic song arrangements, blistering guitar riffs, and of course Hansi's unique and intensely powerful vocal delivery. Songs like I'm Alive, the Script for My Requiem, Born in a Mourning Hall, Bright Eyes, and the epic title track hit you like a heart attack, while ballad A Past and Future Secret leaves you amazed at the band's talent and versatility. There is not a weak moment on the entire album. Every song, and indeed the entire album, is power metal perfection.

Imaginations From the Other Side is nothing short of a must-have power metal album. Once you hear it, it will no doubt become the standard by which you judge all other power metal albums.

NOTE: This is the first Blind Guardian album since their debut not to feature a Kai Hansen guest appearance, but Pretty Maids vocalist Ronnie Atkins was on board providing background vocals.

NOTE 2: The 2007 reissue of Imaginations From the Other Side features digitally remastered sound (not that it really needed it), a trio of bonus demo tracks, and videos for Bright Eyes and Born in a Mourning Hall. I'm not usually a big fan of demo tracks, but these are fairly interesting. The videos are the best bonus feature, though the Flash format prevents you from storing them on an iPod or similar device.
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One of my favorites
Blind Guardian mixes traditional speed metal sounds with melodic guitar riffs and leads that blend together with the dynamic vocals of Mr. Blind Guardian's "Imaginations From The Other Side" is my favorite Blind Guardian CD as well as one of my favorites in general not just in power metal. Hansi Kursch. To me they are one of the most unique of all power metal bands - they don't sound like typical power metal bands like HammerFall or Gamma Ray with high clean register vocals. Hansi has a strong melodic throaty vocal style that still sounds melodic. Blind Guardian also mixes medieval style music as heard in the melody of the vocals and acoustic guitar in "A Past And Future Secret. " You also get some dark sounding tunes like "Imaginations From The Other Side" and speed metal as well with "I'm Alive. " Blind Guardian is a power metal band who's music does not sound samey throughout - they have a good mixture of fast and slow songs to midtempo as well as a variant structure in songs and melody. "Imaginations. . . " was their album that continued to define their distinctive style following "Somewhere Far Beyond. " This album is fairly more melodic than "Somewhere Far Beyond" which was more melodic and variant compared to the works that came before that. 5 stars for the album content.

The 2007 remaster gives the entire album a boost in volume although I admit the album did not need remastering as the sound quality was already great - this just turns the volume up to make it a bit louder, and you get 3 demo songs. Still overall great album! Highly recommended for all Blind Guardian fans and metal fans especially those of power metal.


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