Blind Guardian: At The Edge of Time

Genres: Power/Progressive/Speed Metal
Labels: No Remorse/Virgin/ Century Media/Nuclear Blast


I picked this album up a few days ago and I'm in love with it. I like it so much, that's my #3 on my top list of albums 2010, followed by Firewind's Days of Defiance and Golden Resurrection's Glory to My King, but that list will be posted at another day when I complete the list. In the mean time, you get to read my ramblings about Blind Guardian's newest, At The Edge of Time.

Now when I first heard these guys it was their song Valhalla from the album Follow The Blind, another personal favorite of mine. At first I didn't really know what to think about these guys. The sound didn't really work with me and it had to grow on me.

But now I am a Blind Guardian fan. And while prowling around in FYI, I found this album and decided to check it out. Thankfully FYI has a sampler device. I checked it out and fell in love with the sound. The artwork is what really caught my eye. I'm always looking for bands with artwork like this. And when I found out that they got their inspiration for all of their artwork comes from J.R.R Tolkien's The Lord of The Rings, it came as no surprise.

While listening to this in my car, I came across the second track on the record called "Tanelorn" which was an instant favorite for me. The sound that Blind Guardian gives off is certainly one of movie soundtrack quality.


I would have to give these guys a 9.5. I love the album as a whole, but a few songs are a little bit "meh" for me, which is the case for most, if not all, of the albums I listen to on a regular basis.


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