Known for their tendency to brood over their refined concept albums like a dragon over its treasure, they manage to surpass themselves in terms of bombast, depth and grandeur every single time. BLIND GUARDIAN are very well aware of this fact. Blind Guardian - Twilight Orchestra: Legacy of the Dark Lands (Mailorder Edition, 4CD) (2019) author: getmetal | 19-11-2019, 11:47. Hansi Kürsch and André Olbrich first conceived the idea for an orchestral album in 1996, when Blind Guardian started to use orchestrations as part of their music. [2], The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra performed the instruments on the album. Finally, »Legacy Of The Dark Lands« has arrived, and is rendering the world utterly speechless. Finally, »Legacy Of The Dark Lands« has arrived, and is rendering the world utterly speechless. Genre: Speed Metal (early), Power Metal … Rome, for example, wasn’t built in a day. A song like "And Then There Was Silence", for example, would never have been possible without this project. [1][2] Kürsch stated: "When we started working on it we never would have guessed that we would be working on it for such a long time. [2][1] Although the printed version was only made available in German, an e-book version in English was made available the following October. 2019 studio album by Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra, "BLIND GUARDIAN TWILIGHT ORCHESTRA - start presale for "Legacy Of The Dark Lands" + reveal new trailer, tracklist and formats! Country: Germany. The novel, set in 1629 during the Thirty Years' War, follows a character named Aenlin Kane, who travels to Hamburg with her Persian friend Tahmina in search of the heritage of her father, Solomon Kane. Thus, if such a fantasy metal icon is announcing a gargantuan project of unseen proportions, we had better be ready for a storm. 92%. All tracks are written by André Olbrich and Hansi Kürsch. Recorded with the unleashed omnipotence of the soundtrack-experienced Prague Filmharmonic in Prague’s Rudolfinum, BLIND GUARDIAN are raising a hurricane that does not need to shy away from fantasy’s biggest soundtracks. ", "Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra: Legacy of the Dark Lands (Album Review)", "EastEnders and Z Cars star Douglas Fielding dies at 73", "BLIND GUARDIAN TWILIGHT ORCHESTRA - "The Dark Lands" by Markus Heitz now available as E-Book! The two are hired by the Danish West India Company, and their group, led by a man named Nicolas, must face demons trying to use the conflict for their advantage.[5]. Legacy of the Dark Lands is the eleventh studio album by German power metal band Blind Guardian, released on 8 November 2019 through Nuclear Blast. [3], German author Markus Heitz, who helped develop the story for the album, also wrote a tie-in prequel dark fantasy novel titled ''The Dark Lands (Die Dunklen Lande), released on 1 March 2019. Year of release: 2019 Number of songs: 24 Total running time: more info Recorded with the unleashed omnipotence of the soundtrack-experienced Prague Filmharmonic in Prague’s Rudolfinum, BLIND GUARDIAN are raising a hurricane that does not need to shy away from fantasy’s biggest soundtracks. [3][4] Actors Norman Eshley and Douglas Fielding provided narration on the album, the second time they did so on a Blind Guardian album after 1998's Nightfall in Middle-Earth; Legacy of the Dark Lands was a posthumous release for Fielding, who died on June 29, 2019. Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra - Legacy Of The Dark Lands - Promising to be one of the most ambitious projects in metal history, BLIND GUARDIAN's upcoming release will be well worth the wait. Album: Twilight Orchestra: Legacy of the Dark Lands. Created and conceptualized with German fantasy overlord Markus Heitz, this album is the direct sequel to his bestselling novel »Die dunklen Lande« (“The Dark Lands”), telling the story of an apocalyptic secret in the dark times of the Thirty Years’ War. A project worked on by Kürsch and André Olbrich since 1996, it is a concept album set in the 17th century during the Thirty Years' War, and based on the character of Solomon Kane created by Robert E. Howard in 1928; in Legacy of the Dark Lands, Kane's daughter, Aenlin, is looking for her father's legacy in the Habsburg Empire. Also a certain professor Tolkien didn’t write »The Lord Of The Rings« over a weekend in Oxford. It marks a departure from all previous works, as the only instruments performed are those of the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, with singer Hansi Kürsch being the only member of the band to perform on the album; due to this, the album is credited to the "Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra" instead of Blind Guardian. We started out rather innocently and very unaware of what to expect - and suddenly, the project turned into this huge monster. "[2], Due to the challenge of singing with an orchestra instead of with the band's line-up, Kürsch recorded three versions of each song on the album, going from his traditional singing in Blind Guardian to a more classical approach; he also tried different lyrics each time, to find "which words would sound best" with which version. "[2] Olbrich stated: "When I got stuck during writing a Blind Guardian record, I would simply work on the orchestra project, and it cleared my mind fairly quickly. Monumental, saturnine, touching, full of anthems and unforgettable choruses: this is purely BLIND GUARDIAN, without any electric guitars. It marks a departure from all previous works, as the only instruments performed are those of the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, with singer Hansi Kürsch being the only member of the band to perform on the album; due to this, the album is credited to the "Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra" instead of Blind Guardian. 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A tie-in prequel novel, titled The Dark Lands and written by Markus Heitz, was published on 1 March 2019. Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site. Some things just need time. A lot of things we learned for this album were used on the last Blind Guardian records. Legacy of the Dark Lands is the eleventh studio album by German power metal band Blind Guardian, released on 8 November 2019 through Nuclear Blast. Nuclear Blast. [1] Due to the limited performing line-up, this is Blind Guardian's first album without guitarist Marcus Siepen, and the first album without drummer Frederik Ehmke since 2002's A Night at the Opera; it is also the first album on which Olbrich doesn't perform guitars, although he was still involved as songwriter and producer.