Blind Guardian - Eight New Songs Completed
Vocalist Hansi Kürsch announces:
"We have already accomplished eight new songs. What can I say about these songs? They rule, of course. You want a more precise description? Impossible. All I can say is that each and every song is 100% Blind Guardian, which naturally means there is a wild bunch of different things going on from time to time (always?).
According to atmospheres: we have everything from the more Nightfallish "Curse My Name," to the Scriptish "Wheel Of Time." In comparison to A Twist In The Myth the lyrical direction will be more on the fantasy side as you most probably can figure out by these titles. The song "Sacred" will give you an idea about the quality and the direction of the songs.
We have mixed modern elements with traditional ones throughout the whole songs. We may need two or three more tracks before we can call it a complete album, but being that far in the songwriting process we nevertheless have made first plans for a production start in September or October 2009.
Apart from songwriting we will be heavily engaged in preproduction activities and in playing festivals during the next months. As a majority of the new songs seem to demand a sort of "live" atmosphere, we consider it to be good idea breathing in some real "live" air before we will finally get lost in the "Twilight Hall studios" again.
In accordance to these events I can promise you some surprising songs (though most probably no new ones) and a nice stage set up. In total we are not going to play more than ten shows, I would think. I am sure they all will turn out to be a great blast and a unique experience for everyone joining us."
"We have already accomplished eight new songs. What can I say about these songs? They rule, of course. You want a more precise description? Impossible. All I can say is that each and every song is 100% Blind Guardian, which naturally means there is a wild bunch of different things going on from time to time (always?).
According to atmospheres: we have everything from the more Nightfallish "Curse My Name," to the Scriptish "Wheel Of Time." In comparison to A Twist In The Myth the lyrical direction will be more on the fantasy side as you most probably can figure out by these titles. The song "Sacred" will give you an idea about the quality and the direction of the songs.
We have mixed modern elements with traditional ones throughout the whole songs. We may need two or three more tracks before we can call it a complete album, but being that far in the songwriting process we nevertheless have made first plans for a production start in September or October 2009.
Apart from songwriting we will be heavily engaged in preproduction activities and in playing festivals during the next months. As a majority of the new songs seem to demand a sort of "live" atmosphere, we consider it to be good idea breathing in some real "live" air before we will finally get lost in the "Twilight Hall studios" again.
In accordance to these events I can promise you some surprising songs (though most probably no new ones) and a nice stage set up. In total we are not going to play more than ten shows, I would think. I am sure they all will turn out to be a great blast and a unique experience for everyone joining us."
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| White Winter Sun Laboratory's Rat Elite Posts: 2198  |
Always pleasant to hear news from this band, more particularly when there's talk of a new album.
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| GT Coffee!! Staff Posts: 5101  |
Only bad thing is that if productions is planned for September or October the album won't be out until december the earliest
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| Baz Anderson Staff Posts: 13254  |
As long as this stuff is better than their last album. That was first time Blind Guardian disappointed me.
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| White Winter Sun Laboratory's Rat Elite Posts: 2198 |
Written by GT on 12.03.2009 at 15:23 Yes, agree. A release before 2010 seems to be unthinkable. On the other hand, it's a new Blind Guardian album. And only for this reason, I can make some efforts.
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| WorpeX Made of Metal Posts: 1352  |
I <3 blind guardian. Can't wait to hear the new songs, the sacred song is amazing!
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| Judas The Amputator Posts: 2043  |
BG are renowned for taking their jolly sweet time when releasing albums, but holy shit I am looking forward to this so much. The song they had in Sacred II was brilliant, and if this is along those lines... 
---- "Once the game is over, the king and the pawn both go back into the same box."
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3542  |
Written by WorpeX on 12.03.2009 at 16:15 I disagree. If Sacred is the quality indicator for the new album they might be better off, just leaving it. That song is worse that Edguy's whole Tinnitus Sanctus. Let's see how this album compares to the new Savage Circus.
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| Judas The Amputator Posts: 2043 |
Written by corrupt on 12.03.2009 at 16:51 It will shit all over it, because Savage Circus fail at originality. Don't get me wrong, I like Savage Circus too, but I'd rather listen to old BG albums than listen to other people trying to play songs that sound like old BG songs.
---- "Once the game is over, the king and the pawn both go back into the same box."
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| thesabbathfan Posts: 410  |
"Wheel of Time"? THEY'RE FINALLY MAKING SONGS BASED ON THE WHEEL OF TIME BOOKS??!! fuck yes.
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3542 |
Written by Judas on 12.03.2009 at 16:54 Might be. But I'm so far in a state where I was very surprised about Savage Circus because I never expected such quality and have grown more and more disappointed of Blind Guardian for adopting this radio sound they have today and relying on Hansi's voice more than actual musical quality. So I'm not prejudging anything, I'm just curious how bands will develop. In or out of comparison.
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| Abattoir Staff Posts: 3695  |
Nice news. I'm glad that new album is on the way...of course there is a several months to the final release but still.
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| Galar Wicked Mung Posts: 598  |
Great news! I will await this album.
---- YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID, SUCK A DICK
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| nb Posts: 248  |
I actually found a twist in the myth a quite nice album. But nothing beats Nightfall or Imaginations. Always looking forward to new music from BG!!!!
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| giok99 Posts: 85  |
AS ANATO is my favorite BG album, and love the "sacred" song, i can't wait for the new material. ATITM was a very nice album. BG rules. Wish i can see them this summer
---- Nothing is real
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| Hrothdane Posts: 489  |
Wonderful news! I love that song, Sacred, and A Twist in the Myth is one of the albums that got me into metal, so I have good hopes.
---- Despair is death, and I'm not interested in dying. Member of the True Crusade against True Crusades
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| tulkas el parcero Posts: 4742  |
I just hope that they are better than "A twist in the mth", they better be!
---- love is like a jar of shit with a strawberry on top
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| bard Posts: 171  |
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| giok99 Posts: 85 |
Written by bard on 12.03.2009 at 22:16 I heared about one in Poland, Plock Festival 2009, the 12th september. A free festival as far as i know
---- Nothing is real
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| Arcik arcikbtw@gmail.com Posts: 32  |
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| Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk To Mega Therion Posts: 330  |
Huh, my news submit about this was rejected two or three days ago, and now it's posted by someone else? Lame.
----  Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one, and they all stink.
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| BattleHamster Posts: 48  |
YES!!! I have yet to be disappointed by Blind Guardian. "What can I say about these songs? They rule, of course." Does anyone else find his lack of modesty there kind of endearing? 
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| juanopereira Posts: 268  |
I liked a lot the song "sacred" If the new album is going to take that direction, it's very good for me.
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| Dark Cornatus Powerslave Elite Posts: 4330  |
Written by Baz Anderson on 12.03.2009 at 15:27 Amen to that. The only thing that bothered me is the use of the word 'modern' in his statement. The modern elements were on TITM and i did not like them at all. I can only hope they are different in a good way.
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| worm_is_gloaming Posts: 150  |
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| StratoDan1990 Posts: 24 |
Look forward to it, if they release something like Nightfall In Middle Earth then can't go too wrong! Though I prefer the very old BG 
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| Arian Totalis The Philosopher Posts: 3351  |
They're writing a song about the wheel of time?
---- "For the Coward there is no Life For the hero there is No Death" -Kakita Toshimoko "The Philosopher, you know so much about nothing at all." _Chuck Schuldiner.
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| Piro Posts: 301  |
FINALLY!! I've been waiting for Blind Guardian to churn some stuff out forever now!
---- <Philosophy>Insert Intelligent Sounding yet meaningless Philosophical Quote Here</Philosophy>
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