As a huge fan of Blind Guardian this is definitely one of those albums that gives you an idea of the kind of band that they are and the music they perform, their love of fantasy literature (specifically Tolkien) fuels a great deal of the music they make and how they incorporate that really makes a lot of the music shine.
Nightfall in Middle Earth & how each track is performed and how each track sounds it's really nothing wasted because the quality of how the album sounds goes perfectly along with The Silmarillion that it might as well be the book's soundtrack.
Great review! I remember listening to this album back in 2008. A longtime childhood friend of mine who also lived in Boston at the time and I took a road trip during my spring break from law school. Before driving down to Savannah, GA we made a stop in upstate New York to visit some of his college friends. There were these two brothers who had a condo and one of their ears perked up when he learned I was a musician. He asked me if I liked metal. I said sure I do. He also asked me if I liked Tolkien. “Who doesn’t?” I said. “You have to hear this,” he told me, and we rocked out to this album. I haven’t listened to it since. Maybe I should change that, because I remember digging it.
I absolutely adore this album.
As a huge fan of Blind Guardian this is definitely one of those albums that gives you an idea of the kind of band that they are and the music they perform, their love of fantasy literature (specifically Tolkien) fuels a great deal of the music they make and how they incorporate that really makes a lot of the music shine.
Nightfall in Middle Earth & how each track is performed and how each track sounds it's really nothing wasted because the quality of how the album sounds goes perfectly along with The Silmarillion that it might as well be the book's soundtrack.
Great review! I remember listening to this album back in 2008. A longtime childhood friend of mine who also lived in Boston at the time and I took a road trip during my spring break from law school. Before driving down to Savannah, GA we made a stop in upstate New York to visit some of his college friends. There were these two brothers who had a condo and one of their ears perked up when he learned I was a musician. He asked me if I liked metal. I said sure I do. He also asked me if I liked Tolkien. “Who doesn’t?” I said. “You have to hear this,” he told me, and we rocked out to this album. I haven’t listened to it since. Maybe I should change that, because I remember digging it.
Declan- I’m not familiar with this soundtrack so this is a great find. I appreciate you introducing me to it!