Blind Guardian - Launch 'Another Holy War' Live Video
Blind Guardian have just released the special 25th anniversary edition of Imaginations From The Other Side containing live recordings and other special versions of the classics featured on the album. The band also revealed a new live clip for their song "Another Holy War" that you can watch below.
Hansi Kürsch comments: "There are songs that carry albums and others that are seen more as a filler. At least that's the case for most bands, so they say. But there are always exceptions to the rule; one of which is Blind Guardian and Imaginations From The Other Side is the ultimate exception. It is all killer, no filler. The thing I can say about 'Another Holy War' can be said for all of the songs on the album, which is that the song is awesome. Period.
"It's funny how during the recording of Imaginations?, every band member underestimated the song in terms of its complexity - severely underestimated! We thought of 'Another Holy War' as a rather simple song, which was a typical error of judgement. At the same time, we thought of ourselves as flawless. That too was an error of judgement, at least in some parts. The price we had to pay for our juvenile arrogance was blisters on our hands, strained fingers and worn-out vocal cords. Still, we pulled it together in the end, and its thanks to Flemming Rasmussen you can't hear our issues in the final result. I'm repeating myself here, but 'Another Holy War' is awesome. Seriously. The song isn't only challenging because of its speed, and 25 years later not much has changed about that. But you grow with your challenges. Give us another 25 years and we'll master it just perfectly. I promise."
Hansi Kürsch comments: "There are songs that carry albums and others that are seen more as a filler. At least that's the case for most bands, so they say. But there are always exceptions to the rule; one of which is Blind Guardian and Imaginations From The Other Side is the ultimate exception. It is all killer, no filler. The thing I can say about 'Another Holy War' can be said for all of the songs on the album, which is that the song is awesome. Period.
"It's funny how during the recording of Imaginations?, every band member underestimated the song in terms of its complexity - severely underestimated! We thought of 'Another Holy War' as a rather simple song, which was a typical error of judgement. At the same time, we thought of ourselves as flawless. That too was an error of judgement, at least in some parts. The price we had to pay for our juvenile arrogance was blisters on our hands, strained fingers and worn-out vocal cords. Still, we pulled it together in the end, and its thanks to Flemming Rasmussen you can't hear our issues in the final result. I'm repeating myself here, but 'Another Holy War' is awesome. Seriously. The song isn't only challenging because of its speed, and 25 years later not much has changed about that. But you grow with your challenges. Give us another 25 years and we'll master it just perfectly. I promise."
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62018  |
Seems band can not write good songs nowadays and they focus on old in different ways
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"  I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| phanto Posts: 163 |
Written by Bad English on 14.12.2020 at 10:11 check this http://www.metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=39186 very good (new) song: violent shadows so maybe the reason for re-releases and live stuff is because they love money  and they have always done such things
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62018 |
Written by phanto on 14.12.2020 at 15:44 I know, I sumited news and it was killer, maybe dug out in a studio?
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| WorpeX Made of Metal Posts: 1352  |
Written by phanto on 14.12.2020 at 15:44 I usually agree with you, re-releases are generally just money grabs. However, BG usually makes a point to add new content thats different from the original in some meaningful way. The Nightfall re-release from last year included 3 additional songs which were cut from the original album! I had to buy that one.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62018 |
Written by WorpeX on 14.12.2020 at 19:05 Best what they could do id re record first 2 albums, they are killers but bad quality studio work
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| mikeprado30 Posts: 1284  |
I'd support a re-recording of Batallions of Fear. Not enough love for this Speed Metal true gem. Anyway, those live videos from the 25th Anniversary Collection of my favorite album ever are FANTASTIC!
---- BARDS WE ARE, BARDS WE WILL BE!
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| Karlabos Posts: 5736  |
Written by Bad English on 14.12.2020 at 10:11 Don't all old bands that became big do that?
---- "Aah! The cat turned into a cat!" - Reimu Hakurei
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