BLIND GUARDIAN — A Twist in the Myth (review)

BLIND GUARDIAN — A Twist in the Myth album cover Album · 2006 · Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
Time Signature
This will never end...

Genre: power metal

This is certainly a fine album with symphonic tendencies and lots of melody, and interesting "Queen-like vocal arrangements" (to quote Mike from ProgFreak). There are also a lot of interesting compositional turns, which is pretty much a Blind Guardian guardian speciality. Another Blind guardian speciality is a folksy medieval feel, and there is also plenty of that on this album, as in "Turn the Page". Hansi Kursch's vocal performance is also quite amazing on this album. And, of course, there are plenty of twin lead guitars, which is something that I totally love.

So, there are a lot of good things on this album. I do miss, however, the speed metal tendencies of their older albums, because they added a certain unique energy, and it was also the contrast between these speed metal tendencies and the symphonic elements that make Blind Guardian unique (but, amazingly, even with the speed metal elements missing, the level of cheesiness is appropriately low). I also think that the sound is a bit, too, polished - and my guess is that it's been processed a lot digitally.

So, a nice album, but certainly not the best Blind Guardian album out there.
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