Right on time for their show at 2024’s edition of Wacken Open Air, BLIND GUARDIAN present “Somewhere Far Beyond Revisited” which includes a complete re-recording of this classic of 1992’s “Somewhere Far Beyond”, a landmark record for Germany’s heavy metal titans.
After three albums on No Remorse Records, it was the band’s major label debut coming out via Virgin Records and opened doors to the Japanese market resulting in a wider availability and presence on the global metal scene. After finding the right balance of speed, heaviness, melodies, drama and irresistible choruses on 1990’s “Tales From The Twilight World”, “Somewhere Far Beyond” honed this approach to perfection, evolving further on a conceptual level and increasingly daring take on Blind Guardian’s sonic range.
“Somewhere Far Beyond” experimented with keyboards, orchestrations, and acoustic elements, the latter manifesting in the group’s best-known song and live staple, ‘The Bard Song (In The Forest)’, whereas other tracks like ‘Ashes to Ashes’, the rapid ‘Journey Through the Dark’ or ‘The Quest For Tanelorn’ connected well with previous mostly fast-paced albums yet offered an additional push in dynamics.
Tracklist:
01. Time What is Time (Live at Rock Hard Festival 2022)
02. Journey Through the Dark (Live at Rock Hard Festival 2022)
03. Black Chamber (Live at Hellfest 2022)
04. Theatre of Pain (Live at Rock Hard Festival 2022)
05. The Quest for Tanelorn (Live at Rock Hard Festival 2022)
06. Ashes to Ashes (Live at Rock Hard Festival 2022)
07. The Bard's Song - In the Forest (Live at Rock Hard Festival 2022)
08. The Bard's Song - The Hobbit (Live at Rock Hard Festival 2022)
09. The Piper's Calling (Live at Rock Hard Festival 2022)
10. Somewhere Far Beyond (Live at Rock Hard Festival 2022)
Blind Guardian – Somewhere Far Beyond (Live) 2024+FLAC
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