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-░░+ Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera +░░-
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▒░ Source.........: LP ░▒
▒*░ ░░ Label..........: Nuclear Blast ░░ ░*▒
░░▓_ █▒ Cat. No:.......: NB 4328-6 ▒█ _▓░░
|▒ ▓▓ N▒▒ Genre..........: Metal ▒▒N ▓▓ ▒|
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▒▓▒ ▓░+▒ Tracks.........: 12 ▒+░▓ ▒▓▒
░▒░ ▓▓#▓▒ Bitrate........: VBR / 44.1 ▒▓#▓▓ ░▒░
░ ▓▒▒▒░ Playtime.......: 01:18:17 (165.MB) ░▒▒▒▓ ░
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▓██░ ░ Release Date...: 2019-10-26 ░ ░██▓
█▓▒ ▒, Store date.....: 2019-10-04 ,▒ ▒▓█
█ ▒▒ Encoder........: LAME 3.100 -V0 ▒▒ █
▓ ░▓ ▒▒░ URL............: http://www.blind-guardian.com ░▒▒ ▓░ ▓
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░▒█ ▓▒u░ Track List: ░u▒▓ █▒░
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▒#▒ ░N░█ 1. Precious Jerusalem 6:22 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 2. Battlefield 5:39 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 3. Under The Ice 5:44 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 4. Sadly Sings Destiny 6:05 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 5. The Maiden And The Minstrel Knight 5:30 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 6. Wait For An Answer 6:30 █░N░ ▒#▒
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▒#▒ ░N░█ Disc 2/2 █░N░ ▒#▒
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▒#▒ ░N░█ 1. The Soulforged 5:18 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 2. Age Of False Innocence 6:05 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 3. Punishment Divine 5:40 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 4. And Then There Was Silence 14:06 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ -Bonus Tracks- █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 5. Age Of False Innocence (Preproduction Mix 5:41 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 2018) █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 6. Under The Ice (Preproduction Mix 2018) 5:37 █░N░ ▒#▒
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* ░ ▒▓░█ In some ways A Night At The Opera is the definitive █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Blind Guardian album. When most people think of Blind █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Guardian, they think layers upon layers of overdubs and █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ multi-tracks of vocals and guitar lines, to the point █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ where some begin to wonder if there is actual meat on █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ the steak under all of the fat. █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Hansi's vocal cadences are more rhythmic and bouncy █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ here than on any other Blind Guardian album, perhaps █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ more than any other metal album. I've always sneered at █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ the idea that metal can be "too catchy" but A Night At █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ The Opera is where I begin to see the problem. The █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ vocals, they're just too....gay. That's the only way I █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ can describe it. When the vocal rhythms inspire too █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ much groove or simply don't leave enough empty spaces, █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ you can just feel your inner frog starting to turn gay. █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Most masculine minds eschew showtunes and pop music as █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ too feminine because it seems like the kind of crap █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ girls mindlessly sing along without realizing what it █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ is they're doing. Considering heavy metal is supposed █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ to be an eternal stronghold for masculinity (it is █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ music for Hell's Angels to roam the lands and spread █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ chaos to after all), this might be considered █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ sacrilegious. Even contrarian twits who would seek █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ divisive albums like this out to give it positive █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ reviews simply to irk the punters would probably be █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ turned off by what's going on here. The point being, I █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ can understand how this album might have been the straw █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ that broke the camel's back for one Thomas Staunch. I █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ can also see how maybe cursory glances of this album █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ from friends gave me a false impression and led me to █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ keep this band at arm's length. █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Adjacent to that is fact that this album just suffers █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ from one too many instrumental tracks (as in tracks on █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ a recording board, not songs on the album). At times █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ it's virtually impossible to tell what the actual riff █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ is of the song. I suppose you could call this the other █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ end of the Nightwish extreme, where instead of one █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ generic rhythm guitar track, there's a cacophony (and █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ not the good kind) of licks taking up space and █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ distracting from each other. It's a shame because Andre █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Olbach is a genius with coming up with unconventional █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ lower three string licks, but they practically cancel █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ each other out here. █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Highlights: Precious Jerusalem rips off Roots Bloody █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Roots and rules while doing it. What do I mean by that █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ exactly? Well, just imagine someone was showing Blind █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Guardian the Sepultura AIDS-sandwich-with-mustard of a █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ track in question, and the band thought they could fix █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ it by applying Freddy Mercury's kind of ghey instead of █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Robb Flynn's type of ghey. Hell if RBR sounded like █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ this in 96, Sepultura would managed to have some damn █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ dignity from going from thrash to tribal power metal. █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ The Soulforged is a decent Hole In The Sky meets Roll █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Over Lay Down type of swing that will have you belting █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ it's majestic chorus. And Then There Was Silence is the █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ band's longest and most ambitious track, sweeping █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ through several different movements and then fading █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ out. The "na-na-na" piece would exploited and broken █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ down for a brilliant live singalong (see Live Beyond █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ The Spheres), and serves as a fitting climax to the █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ number as well as the album. The song would prove to be █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ a hidden live gem for this and other reasons. But when █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ you would compare it to future epics such as Grand █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Parade and Wheel of Time, it comes up short. █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Battlefield is also on here, which somehow became Blind █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Guardian's most popular song, at least according to █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ internet searches. It does have a great chorus, but █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ that's like saying a Black Sabbath song has a great █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ riff. It's also one of the songs that suffers from many █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ of this album's trappings. █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ A Night At The Opera is solid, but it is NOT the first █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ album from them I would purchase. Matter of fact, I █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ would save it as one of the very last Blind Guardian █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ albums to pick up. I mean if this was some theater █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ major's gateway album to the land of Judas Priest, Iron █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Maiden and Motorhead, I can think of much worse █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ introductions to metal. █░▓▒ ░ *
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