Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

Blind Guardian has a lot of really good albums, they are probably my favorite power metal band. If you don't know anything about power metal, these guys are probably the band to check out first. I don't know the history of power metal, but I wonder if it was Blind Guardian that really started power metal down its dragons and maidens themes that dominates the genre. Their album Nightfall In Middle Earth, based on Tolkien's Silmarillion is a classic.

Hansi Kürsch has an amazing voice who, for a power metal singer, still sounds masculine. Imaginations From The Other Side is an older release from 1995 and one of their better ones. I've heard most of the hits from this album, but haven't actually gotten a chance to listen to the entire album from start to finish. I'm not sure that there is a weak track on this album. The songs are similar to each other in structure, but it's a good formula and the band is good enough to make it work for an entire album. You'll have many of the songs sticking in your head by the time the disc finish. The songs feature fast riffs during the verses, then slow down for the chorus where Hansi layers his voice to great effect in almost every song.

9/10 Essential Blind Guardian album.