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And Then There Was Silence
Blind Guardian
And Then There Was Silence
Genres: Pop, Rock, Metal
 
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All Artists: Blind Guardian
Title: And Then There Was Silence
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Century Media
Original Release Date: 1/1/2001
Re-Release Date: 12/11/2001
Album Type: Single, Limited Edition
Genres: Pop, Rock, Metal
Styles: Progressive, Progressive Metal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 727701783628, 766488236026

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Epic and HUGE.
Lord Chimp | Monkey World | 02/03/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I wouldn't really consider myself a Blind Guardian fan. Still, I really admire what they do. Definitely a unique band, they combine speedy power metal, symphonic keyboards, medieval melodies, and the folk-influenced vocals of Hansi Kursch.This disc is something else, though. The 14-minute title track is amazing! It's not really very heavy or fast, but it's so HUGE! And the overall sound is even more epic than Nightfall in Middle-Earth. The heavy use of choirs puts even Rhapsody to shame. Truly, the real star is Kursch's multitracked voice. It's SO powerful...it sends chills up and down my spine. The song is apparently about the Trojan War, but I haven't even checked the lyrics. The music is so epic (there's that word again!) and dramatic that it's impossible not to get swept along, whatever it's about. It goes through reams of melody shifts, some melodic metal guitar driven passages to quieter folk-ish movements. And all throughout are Kursch's massive vocals. I read that 50 vocal tracks were used when recording this, and I definitely believe it. Also, rather than an obnoxious abuse of double bass drum that one might expect from a power metal group, the drums here are very symphonic, including cool and very fitting "marching snare" during the chorus. To say this song is intense is an gross understatement.And the chorus...I didn't recognize it the first few times the song played, because it's done with the omnipresent Kursch Power Choir?, but when you become familiar with it, you'll be slaughtered by its energy. I hope you have a good sound system...there's nothing like being inundated in those HUGE, pervasive harmonies and having the room around you quiver with its majesty.Whether you're a fan or Blind Guardian or not...heck, whether you're a fan of power metal or not...you _have_ to hear this song!"
Best song ever written !
Randolph R. Mckinney | Mooresville, NC United States | 01/14/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is TRUE METAL my friend ... See, this would never play on TRL because it is TRUE METAL of the highest quality and not the MTV bred teeny rock corporate America sells our kids! The radio rap-rock he clearly listens to. This band plays on a musical level the bands he mentioned (Linkin Park,Limp Bizkit,Drowning Pool, Kid Rock, Korn and Papa Roach"
One of the Best Fantasy Interpreter
ecthelion_of_the_fountain | Goleta, CA United States | 03/31/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"There's already been so much to say about the first song, And Then There Was Silence. I love it, too. However, the second song is more touching for me, Harvest of Sorrow, a song for Tolkien's The Silmarillion, for Turin and his sister Nienor. This is the English version of Mies Del Dolor in Night At the Opera. I cannot express my feeling in a precise way, but when I heard "She closed her eyes / And she called out my name / She was never ever seen again", it seemed that there was a flick of blade on my heart. I've never imagined the sorrow of Turin and Nienor could be illustrated so well. With my favorite BG album Nightfall in Middle-earth, I really want to say they are one of the best Tolkien interpreter in music."