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-░░+ Blind Guardian - Live +░░-
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▒░ Source.........: LP ░▒
▒*░ ░░ Label..........: Nuclear Blast ░░ ░*▒
░░▓_ █▒ Cat. No:.......: NB 4331-6 ▒█ _▓░░
|▒ ▓▓ N▒▒ Genre..........: Metal ▒▒N ▓▓ ▒|
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▒▓▒ ▓░+▒ Tracks.........: 22 ▒+░▓ ▒▓▒
░▒░ ▓▓#▓▒ Bitrate........: VBR / 44.1 ▒▓#▓▓ ░▒░
░ ▓▒▒▒░ Playtime.......: 02:14:02 (276.MB) ░▒▒▒▓ ░
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▓██░ ░ Release Date...: 2019-11-17 ░ ░██▓
█▓▒ ▒, Store date.....: 2019-10-04 ,▒ ▒▓█
█ ▒▒ Encoder........: LAME 3.100 -V0 ▒▒ █
▓ ░▓ ▒▒░ URL............: http://blind-guardian.com ░▒▒ ▓░ ▓
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░▒█ ▓▒u░ Track List: ░u▒▓ █▒░
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▒#▒ ░N░█ 1. War Of Wrath 1:54 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 2. Into The Storm 4:55 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 3. Welcome To Dying 5:32 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 4. Nightfall 6:00 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 5. The Script For My Requiem 6:57 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 6. Harvest Of Sorrow 3:58 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 7. The Soulforged 6:05 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 8. Valhalla 7:48 █░N░ ▒#▒
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▒#▒ ░N░█ 1. Majesty 8:38 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 2. Mordred's Song 6:49 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 3. Born In A Mourning Hall 5:56 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 4. Under The Ice 6:17 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 5. Bright Eyes 5:29 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 6. Punishment Divine 6:22 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 7. The Bard's Song (In The Forest) 7:25 █░N░ ▒#▒
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▒#▒ ░N░█ 1. Imaginations From The Other Side 9:49 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 2. Lost Inthe Twilight Hall 7:12 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 3. A Past And Future Secret 4:10 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 4. Time Stand Still (At The Iron Hill) 6:19 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 5. Journey Through The Dark 5:46 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 6. Lord Of The Rings 4:36 █░N░ ▒#▒
▒#▒ ░N░█ 7. Mirror Mirror 6:05 █░N░ ▒#▒
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* ░ ▒▓░█ At this point in their career, Blind Guardian followed █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ the 'more is more' mindset; their studiocraft was █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ increasingly lavish, and no potential layer in the █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ arrangement was left unrealized. It's unsurprising that █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ their approach to live albums would take a similar █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ form. Live came out on the heels of A Night at the █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Opera; above and away the most insane album they've █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ ever done, and still probably power metal's most █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ complex achievement. When Blind Guardian eschewed the █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ symphonic bombast for a more song-based focus on A █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Twist on the Myth, they did so with the expressed █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ intention that they wanted to write songs that would █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ better suit their live shows. What perverse pleasure is █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ it, then, to hear them perform songs live that █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ potentially took months a piece to record in the █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ studio? █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Blind Guardian came out with three more full-lengths in █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ the decade since Tokyo Tales. As if to match their █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ studio work in terms of sheer pomposity, Live is well █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ over two hours long, touching upon every album, and █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ virtually every classic a fan could hope to hear █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ performed. Again contrary to Tokyo Tales; Live was █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ recorded in spurts across a major world-spanning tour. █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ They've returned to Tokyo with this one, but they've █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ also rolled through Germany, Sweden, Spain, Italy and █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Russia. I foreshadowed in my review of Tokyo Tales that █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ live albums were usually released as a monument to a █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ band's career-spanning achievements. Hearing them █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ playing before they 'made it big' on Tokyo Tales was █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ part of that album's charm. Though Live is arguably the █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ more definitive live album, it proves my original █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ point. Every part of this release is as if to ride home █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ the fact that, yes, Blind Guardian are indeed █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ incredible. And successful too! █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ The setlist here is enough to make any power metal fan █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ wet at in the loins. There are choice selections from █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ every album; from the speed-fuelled Battalions of Fear █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ to the more recent-day symphonic prog metal of █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Nightfall in Middle-Earth and A Night at the Opera. I █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ have said before that a live albums success depends on █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ how well a band knows their audience, and in this █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ regard, Blind Guardian have the clear sense to pick █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ songs that fans will come frothing for. "Into the █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Storm" and "Nightfall" off Nightfall in Middle-Earth █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ are exciting to hear brought to life; most notably, a █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ lot of the songs from Imaginations from the Other Side █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ bear a live interpretation extremely well. "Mordred's █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Song" and "Bright Eyes" sound as wonderful live as they █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ did on the original album, and the crowd cheers █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ accordingly. █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ While songs from the first four albums are well-picked, █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ it's almost entirely material that was covered already █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ on Tokyo Tales-- and with greater grit and fire, in my █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ opinion! The only exception to this is the mandatory █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ live rendition of "The Bard's Song", a classic that was █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ conspicuously overlooked on their first live album, but █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ has since become both the most anticipated and █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ mind-numbingly overplayed song in their catalogue. As █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ any fan of the band might expect, the crowd goes █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ fucking wild when they tear out their fiddly acoustics █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ and turn the arena into a damp, plague-ridden tavern. █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ The crowd chants hazily along, and occasionally chants █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ on their own when Hansi takes a break. █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ I don't think any album Blind Guardian had made up to █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ this point other than Follow the Blind was excellent, █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ and even then, that album is represented favourably █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ here with one of its two highlights, "Valhalla". As it █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ happens, all of the songs here range from being great █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ to downright incredible. If there is any bone to pick █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ with the setlist, I might call to attention the way █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ they represent A Night at the Opera. I'll take the █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ unpopular view of saying it is Blind Guardian's █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ strongest album, but even then, of the tracks they █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ chose, only "The Soulforged" is perfectly chosen for a █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ live album. This isn't to say that "Under the Ice" and █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ "Punishment Divine" don't work here, nor that A night █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ at the Opera didn't have other potentially fantastic █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ live songs. I mean, instead of "Under the Ice", why not █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ "Battlefield", or even "Precious Jerusalem"? Even that █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ grimy few in BG's fanbase that can't see the album for █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ the masterpiece that it is shouldn't have found any █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ gripe in hearing those songs played live. I suppose █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ it's a minor gripe overall, but considering we already █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ had stronger live versions of many of the earlier songs █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ on a live album already, the more recent stuff feels █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ quite a bit more important to the album's success. █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ I'll go ahead and say it: the music here is fantastic. █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ I love Blind Guardian and think they're one of the few █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ metal bands to have genuinely altered the course of my █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ listening digest in a significant way. With that in █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ mind it's surprising I only checked out Live until █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ recently. Unlike Tokyo Tales however, I'm not sure █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ these performances enrich my appreciation of the music █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ all that much. It is wonderfully performed and █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ professionally mixed, but I don't get that feeling of █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ 'really being there', the way I felt on their first █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ live album. A large part of this, I think, is due to █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ the fact that the recordings are drawn from a wide █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ range of shows and crowds. There's never really a █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ chance to get into the pulse of an audience, to █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ experience the band with them. The album's engineer has █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ nonetheless made it feel like a technically seamless █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ product, but patchwork is evident in the lack of an █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ emotional flow. It's even more difficult to feel █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ properly immersed in their live magic when Hansi will █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ be greeting San Sebastien in Spanish, and later hailing █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ his compatriots in Stuttgart or Dusseldorf in his █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ native tongue. Their performances are as fantastic as I █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ would expect from one of metal's finest exports, but █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ Live strikes me a bit like a live rendition of a █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ greatest hits collection, rather than the virtual █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ reality, immersive experience I can find in the best █░▓▒ ░ *
* ░ ▒▓░█ live albums. █░▓▒ ░ *
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