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Sono lontani in qui i quattro bardi proponeva uno speed metal molto influenzato dagli Helloween ora i ragazzi teutonici sono al quarto disco e mostrano una maturità compositiva non indifferente e un sound personale.
Il cd apre con due speed song davvero ottime,veloci e accattivanti ma anche melodiche: “Time What Is Time” e “Journey Through The Dark”, anche se la seconda è più oscura rispetto alla prima. “Black Chamber” è un bel brano solo di voce e piano anche se dura circa un minuto. “Theatre Of Pain” è uno dei pezzi migliori del lotto,elegante e sinfonica. “The Quest For Talelorn” è un brano molto melodico mentre “Ashes To Ashes” è una classica canzone dei Blind Guardian, dove si sentono potenti le chitarre . “The Bard’s Song-In The Forest” è una splendida ballad che viene suonata di consuetudine ai concerti del gruppo. Anche "The Bard’s Song-The Hobbit” è un ottimo pezzo corredato da un bel testo. “The Piper’s Calling” è solo un intermezzo che introduce al miglior pezzo del cd, ovvero la title track: un brano che ha un ritornello assolutamente fantastico,assoli emozionanti e una buona doppia cassa.
La mia edizione dell’album contiene anche 3 bonus track. La prima, “Spread your Wings” è una cover dei Queen davvero riuscita, grazie anche all’entusiasmante voce di Hansi, “Trial By Fire” è un buon brano speed mentre la versione Orchestrale di "Teatre of Pain" fa concorrenza all’originale.
Quindi un ottimo cd, consigliato in primis a tutti gli amanti del power,ma anche a tutti i metallari del pianeta.
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02 Journey Through the Dark (04:48)
Many songs I've written
About the things I saw
My inner soul's a wasteland
I can't run away from here
Try to find them
All the lost thoughts in my mind
I woke up on a hill
So many times before
Yesterday seems like a dream no more
Frozen memories laughing
They don't let me find the truth
Am I born to be a king
Or a jester of the fools
Ref.:
You're the mystical old bard
on your journey through the dark
Mystical old bard
Your journey through the dark
I can't remember my name
I never knew how to find my home
I can't remember my name
come tell me where will it end
I'm the chosen one
To perform all these things
But not for me
In illusions and reality
I'm on my journey through the dark
I'm on my journey through the dark
Ref.
(Solo)
I can't remember
Will I ever find myself
The distance is growing
My hope has gone away
A flash of light but nothing changes
When will it end
Which part of me remains
Soon I'll be back
On my ferryboat of tales
Where oblivion reigns
It will take all of me
Ref.
03 Black Chamber (00:58)
I am lost in the black chamber
There's no way to turn back
It takes me down forevermore
And death would be so sweet
I'm possessed by the old creature
Who had planned all
To take my soul
Too late for me
In my hands
It liest I thought
But I failed
Now he's in me
My soul is lost
In his black chamber
I'm gone
04 Theatre of Pain (04:16)
The giant's lost
And all round him
Destructed for what
They all knew what it meant
But they couldn't change it
Lord they had gone too far
Leave them alone
It's all gone
What is left behind
On a desert we called earth
When the last whale went away
Did they ever see the tears
Don't fear Your last step
From the theatre of pain
And the children will love Your singing
From the sea
The sea is calling
Now we've to leave it
The sea was clear
On the day I was stranded
Answers I'd known
To keep this all alive
But I can't change it
Forever
(Solo)
Now I'm gone
And it seems that life had never existed
So we left the dark and cold
All I left behind are my tears
Don't fear Your last step
From the theatre of pain
And the children will love Your singing
From the sea
The sea is calling
I hear them calling
05 The Quest for Tanelorn (05:55)
By the ruins he stands
And he's waiting for me
To enter Tanelorn
His paths seems strange
But they're always planned
Seldom he succeeds
About his own fate
He tries to conquer it
Again and again
But at last he's almost
A ruined man
Not a king or God
Who's searching for
A place called Tanelorn
Far beyond your dreams
Ref.:
On our quest for Tanelorn
We lose our way
On our quest for Tanelorn
He's waiting
He's waiting for me
He's waiting
He's waiting for me
[Spiritus sanctus - vita aeterna]
Darkness falling down on me
Darkness - The eternal battle rises
I know the answers
Although they don't exist
I'm just a mortal illusion
Ref.
(Solo)
So I'm his companion
Through space and through time
His eternal servant
He's calling me
So I must leave
To any life
To another world
Far beyond Your dreams
To know the truth
Just for a while
He's longing for a place
Where he can find himself
Deliverance
It could be everywhere
How can he find
He's waiting for me
And for Your Tanelorn
Ref.:
On our quest for Tanelorn
We lose our way
On our quest for Tanelorn
We lose our way
On our quest for Tanelorn
We lose our way
On our quest for Tanelorn
We're left alone
06 Ashes to Ashes (06:00)
Taste the poison
Feel that this is life
Hallowed be the game
Of life and innocence
God's waiting for him
Join us at the road to fate
There are no two paths
Feel the pain
Which steps into his life
Agony
He'll be crucified
Death awaits
Knocking at his door
Agony
Leave him
The clock will strike the end
Hell or heaven
Reflect and fade away
Ref.:
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
The life clock strikes and You obey
Like a candle light that fades
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
When the life clock strikes You will obey
Time isn't here to stay
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
the life clock strikes and You obey
A light shows the right way
Morning is whispering in my head
Too late to say goodbye
Too late
The last breath's done
Deliverance at all
he's born to find this end
I am the one
The one who's calling
Obey my call to the cemetary
And don't be afraid
To step into the dark
Be sure that my voice
will take You home
Ref.:
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
The life clock strikes and You obey
Like a candle light that fades
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
When the life clock strikes You will obey
Time isn't here to stay
(Solo)
No hope he'd waited so long
This can't be God's will
He surrendered long ago
There was no real chance
Ashes to ashes and dust will be dust
Ashes to ashes, you all will be dust again
The clock had struck the end
Up to heaven
Reflexions fade away
Ref. (1st)
Taste the poison
Feel that this is life
Hallowed be the game
10 Somewhere Far Beyond (07:30)
I came from far
Beyond your reality
The ocean of time
It's the odysee of mine
I am the narrator
And now I'll tell you
Where I've been
And what I saw
And how it ends
Welcome to the wasteland
In a world which is turning faster
Where I'm alone for a while
It's turning faster
Away from light straight to the dark
The march of time it has begun
I'm caught in an ancient dream so bright
And then the march of time begins
The man in black he waits
Behind this last task
It's full of pain
To sacrifice the only son
The legions of the lost
Wait in the old mine
They try to stop me
The battle it has begun
So I'm not afraid
To walk down to the wasteland
I'm so alone on my way
And I don't fear
That dusty godforsaken path
Somewhere far beyond
Ref.:
Somewhere far beyond
The march of time it has begun
Somewhere far beyond your reality
And then the march of time begins
Look at my soul
And behind
There are some things
I've to hide from you
I'm following the black man
I'm losing control
And I don't care
What's happening to the boy
Welcome to the new world
One more step to the dark tower
And my whole body's in flames
I'm looking for
Those healing things to be prepared
The march of time it has begun
I'm caught in a prisoner's dirty life
And then the march of time begins
The prisoner did bring the healing spell
The queen of shadows found herself in pain
And death brings answers to us all
What will I find
When the dark tower appears
Will it be the end
Or just a new quest after all
I am the narrator
And now I'll tell you
Where I'd been
And what I saw
And how it ends
(Solo)
Ref. (2x)
Look around and see
The world is turning fast
Faster day by day
Somewhere far beyond
I'll try to change it if I can
Somewhere far beyond
There's only one chance and it lies
Somewhere far beyond
Somewhere far beyond
The march of time it has begun
The march of time it has begun
11 Spread Your Wings (04:16)
Sammy was low,
just watching the show,
over and over again.
He knew it was time,
he'd made up his mind,
to leave his dead life behind.
His boss said to him
boy, you'd better begin
to get those crazy notions
right out of your head
Sammy who do you think that you are?
You should have been sweeping,
at the emerald bar.
Spread your wings and fly away,
fly away, far away.
Spread your little wings and fly away
fly away, far away.
Pull yourself together,
'cause you know you should do better,
that's because you're a free man.
He spends his evenings alone,
in his hotelroom.
Keeping his thoughts to himself,
he'd be leaving soon.
Wishing he was miles and miles away,
nothing in this world, nothing,
would make him stay.
Since he was small,
had no luck at all,
nothing came easy to him.
Now it was time,
he'd made up his mind,
this could be my last chance
His boss said to him
now listen boy, you're always dreaming,
you got no real ambition,
you won't get worried for.
Sammy, boy don't you know who you are?
why can't you be happy,
at the emerald bar?
(So honey) spread you wings and fly away,
fly away, far away.
spread your little wings and fly away,
fly away, far away.
pull yourself together,
'cause you know you should do better,
that's because your a free man.
come on honey (fly with me)...
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Vero metallo epico, ricco di potenza e melodia, che ti fa venir voglia di scendere giù in strada e far scoppiare una rissa con la prima battagliera vecchietta con l’ombrello.
