DEMONS & WIZARDS — Demons & Wizards

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3.69 | 21 ratings | 2 reviews
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Album · 2000

Tracklist

1. Rites of Passage (0:53)
2. Heaven Denies (5:20)
3. Poor Man's Crusade (4:01)
4. Fiddler on the Green (5:56)
5. Blood on My Hands (4:44)
6. Path of Glory (4:58)
7. Winter of Souls (5:47)
8. The Whistler (5:15)
9. Tear Down the Wall (4:48)
10. Gallows Pole (5:22)
11. My Last Sunrise (4:43)
12. Chant (0:48)

Total Time: 52:40

Line-up/Musicians

- Hansi Kürsch / Vocals
- Jon Schaffer / Guitars, Bass

with

- Jim Morris / Lead Guitar
- Mark Prator / Drums

About this release

Release date: February 8, 2000
Label: Steamhammer Records.

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martindavey87
Released in 1999, ‘Demons & Wizards’ is a power metal collaboration between Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth, and Hansi Kürsch of Blind Guardian. Any band featuring two such prominent names within the power metal community could be amazing, and this SHOULD be amazing, but sadly, it fails to live up to its full potential, leaving us with something that sounds exactly as you’d expect; Iced Earth music with Blind Guardian vocals.

And that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but the problem is that this is just so damn average. There’s plenty of high-energy metal thrashing, galloping guitar riffs, epic orchestrations and Gregorian chants (like, who asked for these?), but amongst all of that, there’s only a number of truly memorable songs.

There’s no doubting that tracks like ‘Heaven Denies’, ‘Poor Man’s Crusade’, ‘My Last Sunrise’, and ‘Fiddler On the Green’ have all the makings of power metal classics. But the rest, well, they’re all pretty forgettable. And it’s a huge shame, because this had the potential to be an absolutely classic album, but sadly, for whatever reason, it’s not.

Members reviews

Andy
I do not look for excuses. When "Demons & Wizards" was published it did not like it as I would have had to pleasure. Basically this mix between Iced Earth and Blind Guardian it was successful only in two songs, on first hearing: "Heaven Denies", a great mix of Iced Earth and Blind Guardian, Powerful, technical and emotional and in "Poor Man's Crusade", an almost Hard Rock mix between Blind Guardian and Iced Earth. And Today? I remain of the same idea. Beautiful music. Do not just take the granitic riffs of Iced Earth and add them to the rhythm of Blind Guardian (or vice versa)to really make this a winning musical proposal. Hansi Kürsch and Jon Schaffer are two genes but underestimated the fact that the two former band are not complementary between them. To the public he was looking for Power Metal at all costs the proposal was Ok. For those looking for beautiful music, able to make their mark for the eternity, Demons & Wizards was just another band that rode the current fashion. As a side project deserved to be more personal, and musical level. Unfortunately it was only a good mix of Iced Earth and Blind Guardian.

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