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12-14-2010, 11:23 PM
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I Posit That Blind Guardian Is The Best Fantasy Metal Band Ever
Seriously, The Bard's Song, Time What Is Time, and Thorn are totally rad.
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12-14-2010, 11:33 PM
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That's so PC of you
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Fantasy Metal Band? HA! Give me a Real Metal Band!
Also, you might want to check with Rhapsody and Emerald Sword before putting this one to rest. |
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12-15-2010, 12:18 AM
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While I do enjoy Rhapsody (Dawn of Victory being a favorite), Blind Guardian is better, in my opinion.
Nightfall on Middle-Earth is one my favorite albums ever. Nightfall, The Curse of Feanor, and Time Stands Still (at the Iron Hill) are all great songs.
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12-15-2010, 06:20 AM
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Oh man. I get to see them one week from today! The final stop of their North American tour. Anyone else catch them this year?
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12-15-2010, 06:23 AM
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12-15-2010, 09:58 AM
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Love Is Strength
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Rhapsody, elected for epic fantasy storytelling, some songs are 10 minute odes. Demons and Wizards, elected for it's ability to overlay it's metal ambiance OVER it's fantasy aspect, which makes it an inferior band based on fantasy genre, but it's got the benefit of having the "metal" feel regardless of what's actually being done.
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12-15-2010, 10:24 AM
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Please Be Well
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I don't really care for Rhapsody. I find their sound a little too... artificial, I guess? I think BG have superior melodies and whatever the band equivalent of "orchestration" is. (Not to mention their actual orchestration, which is tremendous.)
Demons and Wizards I'll accept, but then again, it's still Hansi, so it's not that big a stretch. :P
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12-15-2010, 11:33 AM
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formerly known as Prince.
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I never really liked Blind Guardian.
But I love Demons & Wizards. But since when has Fantasy Metal become a genre? Back when I was a wee lad our metals just had too speeds. Metal and Extreme. What's up with this new wave of ridiculous genres? Has anyone ever heard of Winter Metal? It exists. I mean, I don't even care for all these labels, I've seen quite a few in my time, but Fantasy Metal? come on! It's like fucking Black Metal all over again. Only with dragons instead of church burning. Yeah, I'm aware that Fantasy Metal would actually be "Power Metal" all over again. But you can't replace dragons with more dragons. Silly IG, genres are for kidz.
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12-15-2010, 11:38 AM
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Love Is Strength
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It was somebody on this site who first got me into BG a few months ago. It was great because I had just finished the Silmarillion too. I haven't had chance to listen to anything other than that one album though.
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