GUARDIAN OF THE BLIND
Blind Guardian y su "Battalions of fear",
su primera obra, de 1988, y menudo debut, pues se trata de un discazo.
Ya hemos dicho que Blind
Guardian se formó en 1984 en Alemania,
bajo el nombre de Lucifer's Heritage, con el que funcionaron hasta
1986, en que cambian a Blind Guardian. Los miembros fundadores fueron
Hansi Kursch y Andre Olbrich, incorporándose al poco tiempo Thomen
Stauch y Marcus Siepen. De ellos solo Thomen Stauch ha dejado la banda
en 2005. Algunos otros músicos han pasado por el grupo y grandes
colaboraciones como la de Kai Hansen, pero en general Blind Guardian han
tenido mucha estabilidad en su formación. Influenciados por la
literatura, (sobre todo Tolkien y Stephen King) y el cine, sus letras
hacen referencia a esos temas y en ocasiones ayudan a la linea
argumental de canciones de la banda o incluso de discos enteros. Tienen
ya 10
discos de estudio, a cual mejor, lo que les ha creado un nombre entre
los grupos internacionales más respetados dentro de nuestro mundillo.
Volviendo al disco que nos ocupa, se trata de los inicios de la banda en
que su influencia más speed metal era evidente aunque con una
influencia grande de la banda Helloween ya que ambas estaban en contacto
y crecían casi al mismo tiempo, de hecho, Kai Hansen de Helloween
colaboraría en la siguiente obra de Blind Guardian "Follow the blind" de
1989 tras salir de la banda y antes de crear Gamma Ray. Este "Battalions of fear" tiene temas memorables, algunos de los que ya he hablado en el blog como "Majesty" o "Run for the night", o el temazo del que hoy dejo un enlace a youtube, "guardian
of the blind". En definitiva, se trata de otra de las obras a destacar en ese magnífico año de 1988, otro de esos discos que merece la pena comprarse, por calidad musical y por historia del heavy metal.
Extermination thunder the strange one is back again
Lost by our only power it's aura will grind us out forever
Fall into a dark dream that we got once
The part it's real you won't believe
Lead: Andre
We're watching our own agony many years ago
Seven little children stand against the ghost
Believing is the answer but you've lost before
Find back to your infancy it's time to die
Lead: Andre/Thomas
I've been the herdsman you've been my sheep
I find taste on lampskin everything's allright
Killing for the thirst for small children sweat
I give them illusions to raise their fear
Hear the crying dying child it's music to my ears
Feel the sweetness of it's death everything's allright
But there's a new feeling I've never known
There must be a third one a mighty guardian
Refrain:
Guardian, Guardian, Guardian of the Blind
Now it feel the curse of heaven
Guardian, Guardian, Guardian of the Blind
Now it feel the curse of the child
Solo: Andre
Dark is it's world and lonely we're reaching it again
Fear our returning visions to madness we will fall
If we can't kill the beast forever we must die now
One has blown his life away
Lead: Andre
Once we were a circle fighting hand in hand
Our weapons were illusions to let it feel the pain
By the sweet taste of our live it call us back again
We will find the answer it's time to die
Solo: Marcus
By a ritual we have hurt it but we have not kill
Little Billy you must find your way, no
Believe in you we ask for but where we can never find
There must be a sign for the Guardian of the Blind
Refrain:
Guardian, Guardian, Guardian of the Blind
Now it feel the curse of heaven
Guardian, Guardian, Guardian of the Blind
Now it feel the curse
Lead Licks: Andre
Come to it's world following the sign
Guardian, Guardian, Guardian of the Blind
Give us the help we're waiting for your sign
Guardian, Guardian, Guardian of the Blind
Lost by our only power it's aura will grind us out forever
Fall into a dark dream that we got once
The part it's real you won't believe
Lead: Andre
We're watching our own agony many years ago
Seven little children stand against the ghost
Believing is the answer but you've lost before
Find back to your infancy it's time to die
Lead: Andre/Thomas
I've been the herdsman you've been my sheep
I find taste on lampskin everything's allright
Killing for the thirst for small children sweat
I give them illusions to raise their fear
Hear the crying dying child it's music to my ears
Feel the sweetness of it's death everything's allright
But there's a new feeling I've never known
There must be a third one a mighty guardian
Refrain:
Guardian, Guardian, Guardian of the Blind
Now it feel the curse of heaven
Guardian, Guardian, Guardian of the Blind
Now it feel the curse of the child
Solo: Andre
Dark is it's world and lonely we're reaching it again
Fear our returning visions to madness we will fall
If we can't kill the beast forever we must die now
One has blown his life away
Lead: Andre
Once we were a circle fighting hand in hand
Our weapons were illusions to let it feel the pain
By the sweet taste of our live it call us back again
We will find the answer it's time to die
Solo: Marcus
By a ritual we have hurt it but we have not kill
Little Billy you must find your way, no
Believe in you we ask for but where we can never find
There must be a sign for the Guardian of the Blind
Refrain:
Guardian, Guardian, Guardian of the Blind
Now it feel the curse of heaven
Guardian, Guardian, Guardian of the Blind
Now it feel the curse
Lead Licks: Andre
Come to it's world following the sign
Guardian, Guardian, Guardian of the Blind
Give us the help we're waiting for your sign
Guardian, Guardian, Guardian of the Blind
By Nash
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