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Rating: The album of change, of artistic maturity, the beginning of that evolution which will culminate in 1995 with "Immaginations From The Other Side".
After the first two albums, excellent examples of 80s speed/epic, albums otherwise very tied to the power metal of Rage or Helloween, the bards led by Hansi Kürsch take the leap in quality, improving production, songwriting, arrangements, and refinement. The album was the first to have great success in different parts of the world, firmly placing the band in the Power Metal hall of fame.
The opening of the dance is entrusted to "Traveler In Time", a very fast-paced epic track where we can grasp all the characteristic elements of the album and the differences with the previous works. Epicness, speed, melody (nice use of acoustic interludes and synthesizers), fused in the lyrics inspired by the "Dune" cycle. "Welcome To Dying" is one of the best tracks of the entire work, as well as one of the best of the entire discography, great for opening concerts, also re-proposed in more modern times (it will also be used for the opening of the live "Immaginations Through The Looking Glass"). The first two tracks show 100% of the group's improvements, starting from Hansi's voice and the skill of the guitars (the final solo of "Welcome To Dying" is majestic). The instrumental "Weird Dreams" reinforces this latter factor, excellent work by Stauch in supporting the guitars with a drum always solid and incisive. The poignant "Lord Of The Rings" is another historic track, perhaps the best ballad of the entire discography, omnipresent in concerts, with a magical atmosphere that catapults us immediately into middle-earth, thanks to a simple yet effective arpeggio and delicate synth lines. Speed returns in "Goodbye My Friend", a very heavy track, perhaps a bit weaker than the previous ones, characterized by a beautiful chorus at the tail of the refrain. Here too we find a beautiful solo by Olbrich, both in the middle and at the end.
The undisputed masterpiece of the album is represented by the monolithic "Lost In The Twilight Hall", with a slightly progressive flavor. As it was for "Valhalla" in the previous album, here too we find the unmistakable voice of Kai Hansen who duets with Hansi. The track is a synthesis of all the elements of the album: majestic choirs, acoustic arpeggios, solid riffs, and very delicate synthesizer lines, which strengthen the epic component. Probably the track alone is worth 50% of the entire work. Tribute to Stephen King, "Tommyknockers" is a bit of a return to the sounds of "Battalions Of Fear" and "Follow The Blind", with guitars that prevail over everything else. Nothing new in short, an enjoyable track. "Altair 4" is inspired by a 50s TV series. A slow track and perhaps not very representative, where the excellent keyboard work stands out. "The Last Candle" opens with the chorus of "Guardian Of The Blind", contained in the first album. A return to fantasy/medieval themes, which does not present additional elements to those mentioned above. The album closes with a live version of "Run For The Night", a gem from the band's first album, highlighting the skill outside the studios of Hansi and company. It's a pity for the not-so-clean sound, which penalizes the piece a lot.
Perhaps the best album of the early Blind Guardian, which presents many innovations compared to the past, distancing them from the classic power and directing them towards a much more complex genre. The subsequent works "Somewhere Far Beyond" and the masterpiece "Immaginations From The Other Side" will double and greatly exceed the success of this album, whose beauty may tend to fade over the years. Although it's still a slightly raw work and linked to traditional power, its greatness cannot be denied. Its epicness, precisely.
Tracklist and Lyrics
01 Traveler in Time (05:59)
The Morning Sun of Dune
The Morning Sun of Dune
The holy war's
waiting for
the morning sun
the morning sun
the morning sun
The morning sun of Dune
there's no tomorrow
the apparation of this land and it's dream
makes me feel I've seen it before
I can taste there's life
everywhere you can find
in the desert of my life
I see it again and again
And again, again, again, again
dark tales has brought the Dijahd
like whispering echos in the wind
and I'm a million miles from home
Traveler in Time
knowing that there's no rhyme
The morning sun is near
first light of dawn is here
the morning sun is near again
The Fremen sing that
their kingdom will come
and I'm the leading one
battlefields on our crusade
filled with Sardokaurs
killing machines crying
in raising fear they're hiding
Where do we go now?
So where is the way?
When I'm a million miles from home
Traveler in Time
knowing that there's no rhyme
The morning sun I feel
all pain and sorrow
the apparation of my words in these days
makes me feel I've told them before
all my plans will come true
I'll controll destiny
in the desert of my life
I've seen it again and again
By my dreams I must find a way
to stop the raging war
I've to choose now
I will leave
my body and seek
and time will stand still
when I've to leave
my body and find
a way back to the world I love
when I'm a million miles from home
Traveler in Time
knowing that there's no rhyme
02 Welcome to Dying (04:47)
Close to insanity
beyond the realms I've been
at darkest places
I'm crying
"The dragon flies"
Something savage
is yearning for me
I'm waiting afraid for the night
what will be
I've lost myself
a few days ago
it's touching my soul
and a vision of past dreams comes true
Welcome to dying
I don't let it out
Welcome to dying
Look to the mirror it shows what I am
Welcome to dying
This town must burn now
Welcome to dying
Can't You see the dragon's seed bears in me
the one who's been before
many times I terrorized this town
many times and here I start again
now I'm stronger and so cold
cold as ice
returning is my destiny
now I feel it's growing up in me
now I feel it's burning deep in me
I'm not what I was before
could I stop this dream
I'm a stranger to myself
and I cannot control
Welcome to dying
I don't let it out
Welcome to dying
Look to the mirror it shows what I am
Welcome to dying
Can't you see the dragon's seed bears in me
Welcome to dying
The dragon's breath I don't let it out
I'm a savage
it's too late for me
the other side's taking controll and I know
there's one way I can walk alone
or the dragon will fly
and a growing fear's all that I feel
Welcome to dying
I don't let it out
Welcome to dying
Look to the mirror it shows what I am
Welcome to dying
This town must burn now
Welcome to dying
Can't You see the dragon's seed bears in me
Welcome to dying
Welcome to dying
Welcome to dying
Welcome to dying
Welcome to dying
Welcome to dying
Can't you see the dragon's seed bears in me
Spread my wings and fly away
I spread my wings and fly away
I spread my wings and fly away
05 Goodbye My Friend (05:33)
Who can tell me who I am
who I am my friend
I'm an Alien so they say
a risk to everyone
NO - Tell me what do they see
NO - Tell me what do they feel
NO - Tell me what do they fear
NO - Tell me what do they see
I'm a dwarf but I know more than You
and I'm the key to a better life
from terror I could escape
but I need your helping hand
so far from home where I'm left alone
Did you hear my crying?
Did you hear my crying?
Goodbye my friend
I found you at the end
I say Goodbye to all
Goodbye my friend
thanks for your helping hand
I say Goodbye to all my cries
just say Goodbye
No returning nevermore
No returning nevermore
And I'll remember
Communication to you is so strange
you I trust to noone no warmths reach your heart
to you I'm the stranger but you're strange to me
You destruct all what is unknown to you
We are together now
and don't you know I'll come back again
I must go now
Goodbye my friend
I found you at the end
I say Goodbye to all
Goodbye my friend
thanks for your helping hand
I say Goodbye to all my cries
just say Goodbye
I will go home now
I will go home now
much too long I'm forced to stay
in visions I see
so dark and so deep
mankind will destruct all life
See you again I hope I will
see you again at the end?
My tortured soul cannot forget the pain
now I find my way back
I WILL GO HOME NOW
I WILL GO HOME NOW
Goodbye my friend
I found you at the end
I say Goodbye to all
Goodbye my friend
thanks for your helping hand
I say Goodbye to all my cries
just say Goodbye
07 Tommyknockers (05:09)
She's opening her eyes
to find the thing
by a touch she's lost
it's waiting for her a long time
the kingdom's lost
cause there's one nail missing
playing with fire
turn of the light
and she will fall down
playing with her life
but she can't leave it
there's one rhyme in her brain
Oh, last night and the night before
Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers
knocked at your back door
Tommyknockers
The pain in my head
the cycle awakes
I'm on my way to Oz
I want to drink and she wants to dig
she's in trouble oh I know
there's something going wrong
Tommyknockers on their way
What's up in "Leighton Street"?
Oh, last night and the night before
Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers
knocked at your back door
I'm the hero, I'm back
with weapons and with magic spells
I'll seddle every task
an old, ill and drunken guy
The moon is full of blood
I've found her not, not far from home
I should better get away from here
she's on her way to be another one
playing with fire
she can read my thoughts
it's too late
playing with her life
Tommyknockers brought her trouble now
The ship in the earth I touch
a vibration is filling me
and music in my head
nose is bleeding
and my fall down
filled me up with pain
What's that cry?
you'll be like a Tommyknocker
I will be like you
but there's something going wrong
I read it in your face
Oh, last night and the night before
Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers
knocked at your back door
Tommyknockers knocked at your back door
Tommyknockers knocked at your back door
08 Altair 4 (02:26)
At Hilly's show
they didn't know
that the Ending of "Being" is near
I can feel their voices
the old man cries
"Please save the boy
he's caught in a world far behind
from home"
Monster Anne is crying out
"Feel my pain I can't escape"
Bad chances for me
Ref.: Altair 4 (3x)
chosen by their whispering words
What is left behind?
When purple colours turn to black
Can you feel it?
Is there time?
Can you see it?
Is there life?
"Fly away and dream"
09 The Last Candle (05:59)
Guardian, Guardian, Guardian of the Blind
Guardian, Guardian, Guardian of the Blind
Guardian, Guardian, Guardian of the Blind
Guardian, Guardian, Guardian of the Blind
Have you forgotten him
Far from the land
Where the sun is born
down in the wood "Caladon"
Do you know the place
where the light is never seen
and all the hopes are turned
by the final cry
Turned to Stone
Turned to Stone
Turned to Stone
Turned to Stone
Whispering tunes in the wind
all hopes are gone with the night
when the old man will never come back
remember his words and his songs
And we see the raven's flying in the distance
but no wizard's singing his song
Somebodies out in the night
I fly in time
The last candle will burn
there's hope for everyone
when the last candle burns high
oh it's time for life
The elves and gnoms have to hide
when the moon is showing it's face
and raging orcs will set their traps
and the forest will burn
they hate green trees
and love the dark
they don't understand
that they're caught and left alone
they feel the magic in the wind
they're just fear the old man's song
(solo: Kai)
Somebodies out in the night
I fly in time
The last candle will burn
there's hope for everyone
when the last candle burns high
oh it's time for life
Corrupted old gnom
betrayer of all
you know so much about all
what is your price?
GNOM:
"Too much, too much
you cannot pay with your silver and your gold
there's just a little chance to save the wizard's life
there's just a little chance for all you fools
now pay"
And so I walk across the land
and hope to hear the wizard's song
Somebodies out in the night
I fly in time
The last candle will burn
there's hope for everyone
when the last candle burns high
oh it's time for life
Somebodies out in the night
I fly in time
The last candle will burn
there's hope for everyone
when the last candle burns high
oh it's time for life
Somebodies out there
I feel there's somebody
Somebodies out there
I feel there's somebody
12 To France (04:40)
Taking on water,
Sailing a restless sea
From a memory,
A fantasy.
The wind carries
Into white water,
Far from the islands.
Don't you know you're
Never going to get to France
Mary, Queen of Chance, will they find you?
Never going to get to France
Could a new romance ever bind you?
Walking on foreign ground,
Like a shadow,
Roaming in far off
Territory.
Over your shoulder,
Stories unfold, you're
Searching for sanctuary.
You know you're
Never going to get to France
Mary, Queen of Chance, will they find you?
Never going to get to France
Could a new romance ever bind you?
I see your picture
By the lamp's flicker.
Isn't it strange how
Dreams fade and shimmer?
Never going to get to France
Mary, Queen of Chance, will they find you?
Never going to get to France
Could a new romance ever bind you?
I see your picture
By the lamp's flicker.
Isn't it strange how
Dreams fade and shimmer?
Never going to get to France
Mary, Queen of Chance, will they find you?
Never going to get to France
Could a new romance ever bind you?
Never going to get to France.
Never going to...
Never going to get to France.
Never going to...
Never going to get to France.
Never going to...
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