BLIND GUARDIAN — Imaginations From the Other Side (review)

BLIND GUARDIAN — Imaginations From the Other Side album cover Album · 1995 · Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4.5/5 ·
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Genre: prog-related speed/power metal

Blind Guardian had already been heading in a more progressive direction with every previous release, and this album is perfectly balanced in terms of the energy of the German speed-thrash metal and the melody and epicness of power metal, and acoustic and medieval and symphonic elements (the latter undoubtedly inspired by Queen).

As with "Somewhere Far Beyond", I do not really see any weaknesses on this album, and I think that the above-mentioned symphonic and medieval elements contribute perfectly to the musical direction that the band take on this album, because the energy is still there, and it works well with the dynamics of the relatively complex compositions.

Power metal fans and progressive metal would probably like this albu, and I can imagine that more open-minded fans of progressive music in general would appreciate it too.
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