A lot of people prefer "Imaginations From The Other Side"
than "Nightfall In Middle Earth". But for me, this opus is
the most complete and mature Blind Guardian album. The mix, the precision involved
so everything would feel right, from guitars to the diversity of arrangements
make this album the ultimate product of one of the biggest, if not the biggest
melodic heavy metal band.
The concept talks about a part of Tolkien's Middle Earth (not the Lord Of
The Rings, but a part of Silmarillion) and it almost feels like you can feel
Tolkien's mythical writing style embedded in the music (unlike the Bob Catley
horrible disc also called "Middle Earth" which doesn't reflects the
spirit of master Tolkien). But lets talk about music shall we ? ... The album
is separated between songs and little intros which project the listener into
the Silmarils realm. The first song Into The Storm opens this opus with its
unforgettable chorus and its prodigal power. Follows what could be the best
track on the album, I named Nightfall, which starts very calmly to finally
arrive to a chorus that no one will ever forget. Actually its difficult to take
out songs of the album as all songs are almost of the same level. Hansi Kursch's voice
is unique, and its enough to listen to Eldar to realize it. I also love
Thorns which resemble Nightfall in the way its been structured but with even
more power and majesty. Its true that the songs are a bit slower than in Imaginations,
but that's exactly in that area that Nightfall In Middle Earth complete
perfectly its predecessor by proposing a completely different album. Need I
continue to convince you ? This masterpiece is amongst the mythical albums that
marks the metal universe with a unique print, and which will still be alive
and fresh for the next 100 years. If you don't own this jewel, you know what
you need to do, and if you have it, you can like me listen to it over and over again
till the end of times.
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