{"id":22894,"date":"2015-01-30T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=22894"},"modified":"2017-05-08T15:13:24","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T15:13:24","slug":"news-blind-guardian-release-beyond-the-red-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-blind-guardian-release-beyond-the-red-mirror\/","title":{"rendered":"BLIND GUARDIAN Release Tenth Studio Album \u2018Beyond The Red Mirror\u2019 (January 30th, 2015) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

BLIND GUARDIAN Release Tenth Studio Album \u2018Beyond The Red Mirror\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nJanuary 30th, 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Krefeld, Germany-based power metal group Blind Guardian issued tenth full-length studio album Beyond The Red Mirror<\/em> on January 30th, 2015 in Europe (excluding the United Kingdom) through Nuclear Blast Records. The label scheduled United Kingdom release for February 2nd, and North American release for the 3rd of that month.<\/p>\n

The outing was cut at Twilight Hall Studio in Grefath, Germany, and produced by Charlie Bauerfeind. Blind Guardian collaborated with three different classical choirs for Beyond The Red Mirror<\/em>, the choirs hailing from the Czech Republic (Prague), Hungary (Budapest), and the United States (Boston). Two grand orchestras \u2013 each featuring 90 musicians \u2013 also lent their services to the effort.<\/p>\n

Beyond The Red Mirror<\/em>\u2019s storylines revolve around a young protagonist featured in the April 1995 compositions \u2018Bright Eyes\u2019 and \u2018And The Story Ends\u2019, included on fifth outing Imaginations From The Other Side. That album chronicled two worlds, worlds whose fortunes take a turn for the worse in Beyond The Red Mirror<\/em>. Storywise, there were formerly several passages between the two worlds, but only one gate subsequently existed: The Red Mirror.<\/p>\n

Cover artwork duties fell to longtime collaborator Felipe Machado Franco.<\/p>\n

Beyond The Red Mirror<\/em> was made available in the following formats; jewelcase (ten songs), limited edition digibook (11 songs), double LP gatefold vinyl (11 songs), earbook (12 songs plus illustrations, photos, and liner notes), and Nuclear Blast mailorder earbook (12 songs plus illustrations, photos, liner notes and bonus ten-inch).<\/p>\n

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The track listing was as follows;<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Ninth Wave\u2019
\n02. \u2018Twilight Of The Gods\u2019
\n03. \u2018Prophecies\u2019
\n04. \u2018At The Edge Of Time\u2019
\n05. \u2018Ashes Of Eternity\u2019
\n06. \u2018Distant Memories\u2019 (bonus track on limited editions and vinyl)
\n07. \u2018Holy Grail\u2019
\n08. \u2018The Throne\u2019
\n09. \u2018Sacred Mind\u2019
\n10. \u2018Miracle Machine\u2019
\n11. \u2018Grand Parade\u2019<\/p>\n

Blind Guardian\u2019s recording line-up was as follows;<\/p>\n

Hansi K\u00fcrsch (vocals)
\nAndr\u00e9 Olbrich (guitar)
\nMarcus Siepen (guitar)
\nFrederik Ehmke (drums)
\nBarend Courbois (session bass)<\/p>\n

An official lyric video was released for inaugural single \u2018Twilight Of The Gods\u2019, which can be viewed below. A mini-CD affair, the single includes two live tracks recorded at 2011’s Wacken Open Air festival in Germany and can be pre-ordered as a digipack or in blue or white vinyl.<\/p>\n

Ninth studio record At The Edge Of Time<\/em> was released in July 2010 via Nuclear Blast.<\/p>\n