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Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth Audio CD

A fair review of the Blind Guardian "Nightfall in Middle-Earth" 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: Nightfall in Middle-Earth
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Release Date: 2009-05-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: War of Wrath 2: Into the Storm 3: Lammoth 4: Nightfall 5: Minstrel 6: Curse of Feanor 7: Captured 8: Blood Tears 9: Mirror Mirror 10: Face the Truth 11: Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns) 12: Battle of Sudden Flame 13: Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill) 14: Dark Elf 15: Thorn 16: Eldar 17: Nom the Wise 18: When Sorrow Sang 19: Out on the Water 20: Steadfast 21: Dark Passage 22: Final Chapter (Thus Ends...)

The ultimate power metal concept album - remastered


When I think about epic metal, this is the album that immediately comes to mind (the 23-minute title track from Symphony X's Odyssey is a close second). Just when I've convinced myself that Blind Guardian's 1995 album Imaginations From the Other Side is not only their best album, but the best power metal album ever, I listen to the band's 1998 epic Nightfall in Middle Earth and have to rethink my decision. Nightfall in Middle Earth is not just epic, it's EPIC. This is what Blind Guardian had been building towards for 10 years. The album, in case you hadn't guessed, is based entirely on the works of legendary fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien, specifically The Silmarillion saga. Fortunately Blind Guardian's talent was a match for their ambition. Not only did the band faithfully adapt the source material, they included brief interlude tracks with sound effects and voice actors to help set the mood and ensure the story's progress. They did it well too, in case you were thinking of the uber-cheesy narration that Rhapsody kept inflicting on their listeners. All of the interludes on Nightfall in Middle Earth sounded as if they came straight from a major motion picture. And the actual songs are simply incredible. They're all extremely well written and well orchestrated power metal songs that are every bit as good as the stellar array of material on Imaginations From the Other Side.

Nightfall in Middle Earth is arguably power metal's finest hour, and nothing short of a must-have power metal album. Once you experience it, it will no doubt become the standard by which you judge all other power metal albums.

NOTE: The 2007 reissue of Nightfall in Middle Earth features digitally remastered sound (though to be fair the original version was a high quality recording to begin with) as well as a bonus track called Harvest of Sorrow, which was originally included as the b-side to their And Then There Was Silence single. It's also the English language version of the song Mies del Dolor (from A Night at the Opera). The song is also based on the Silmarillion, so it's inclusion on this reissue is quite fitting.


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