Blind Guardian - Battalions of Fear (#2909)

Anonymous · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:56 am

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Blind Guardian - Battalions of Fear
Power / Speed Metal
Quoted: 84 / 100

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Fingon · **Joined:** Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:11 pm **Posts:** 3207

Brilliant album!

nice review too!

Anonymous · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:38 pm

So there's not as many elves, choirs and stuff on this album? Then maybe I should check it out, their newer stuff hasn't really appealed to me.

Caligula_K · **Joined:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:56 pm **Posts:** 3561

I love this album. Awesome speed metal.

Very nice review.

xyxyxma · **Joined:** Thu Dec 09, 2004 10:48 am **Posts:** 26

Speed metal? I've only heard A Night At The Opera and that just sounded like pomp and cheese to me. I might have to listen to this and see if it's much different.

Fingon · **Joined:** Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:11 pm **Posts:** 3207

xyxyxma wrote:

Speed metal? I've only heard A Night At The Opera and that just sounded like pomp and cheese to me. I might have to listen to this and see if it's much different.

This album is soooooooo different to a night at the opera.

Holy_Terror · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:54 pm

I like Follow the Blind better, but this is still a damned good album.

Anonymous · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:25 pm

xyxyxma wrote:

Speed metal? I've only heard A Night At The Opera and that just sounded like pomp and cheese to me. I might have to listen to this and see if it's much different.

To say that the 2 albums are different is an understatement. You won't even think they're from the same band once you hear this one.

Natas · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:05 pm

I like this album. My favorites on this album are Majesty and Run for the Night, but I like to listen to almost all the tracks (as compared to Follow the Blind, only two tracks I reallly listen to on that one are Banished From Sanctuary and Valhalla).

ANATO is pomp and cheese? Yea right. Listen to Rhapsody's Symphony Enchanted Lands II (or basically any of their albums for that matter :roll: ), then we'll talk about pomp and cheese.

Excellent review btw.

Anonymous · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:51 pm

Yea, I agree with the scores. It was great for its time, and they've really expanded. Hail Blind Guardian.

Ness · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:01 pm

I just ordered this and Follow the Blind.

The_Voice · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:28 am

Good album,Blind Guardian always delivers.

Cain · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:40 am

Best album opener ever >> "Majesty"

Now the time has come
for to leave this land
take my charge with pride
SACRIFICE

When I heard this for the first time I couldn't believe that it was about LOTR and some other things...

Guardian guardian guardian of the blind!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LONG LIVE BLIND GUARDIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Neonblack · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:15 am

Holy shit this is the first album i ever heard from guardian (It must be more that 10 years now) and i never expected to see a review!!!I still love this album brilliant songs...Give me the thing that i need or i'll kill

Holy_Terror · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:20 pm

Well I think Banished from Sanctuary is the best opening track BG has ever written, that and Traveller in Time.

AcousticMarco · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:46 pm

Mike @ MetalReviews wrote:

To say that the 2 albums are different is an understatement. You won't even think they're from the same band once you hear this one.

Yeah,

Majesty was the first song i heard, but it took me a while to find out it was Blind Guardian. I heard it several times before listening to Precious Jerusalem, which i knew was BG. Only when i found out that Majesty was by Blind Guardian as well, i was instantly hooked to the band.

ciao

Cain · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:36 pm

As for me first album from BG was Imaginations ... and when I heard that I had to collect all of their albums. Imagiantions still remains my favourite but Battalions has something special >>>> MAJESTY <<<<<

Who could think that 20years old boys could write songs like those from BOF.

8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

Natas · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:25 pm

I believe my first BG album was Somewhere Far Beyond, and though it was an excellent album IMO, it was the second BG album that I purchased, Tales from the Twilight World, that trully made me the BG fan I am today.

Anonymous · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:26 pm

Holy_Terror wrote:

Well I think Banished from Sanctuary is the best opening track BG has ever written, that and Traveller in Time.

Traveller in Time is fuckin' awesome! Banished from Sanctuary is good, but it never really grew on me as much as many other BG songs.

SnakeShan · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:59 am

A great album.. Definatly one of their best.. And a good review too.. Cheers..

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