#somewhere far beyond

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Have you read Somewhere Far Beyond by Bart Tveskov (bugbart)?

Yes, completely!

Yes, partially

No

I've never heard of it

Voting ended onFeb 13

"Somewhere Far Beyond follows Runar Blackclaw, a mysterious monster hunter with a dark secret, as he follows his fate through mysterious bleeding doors..."

Read it here!

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Bard's Song Revisited. that's it. that's the entire post

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blind guardian wallpapers that go hard

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Blind Guardian - ‘The Bard's Song – In the Forest‘

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Have I said that I love @bugbart 's oc Runar?

Here he is with my boy Voyn Bellum whom I ought to update here on tumblr (the last update was 3 years ago lol)

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Monday, October 31: Blind Guardian, “Theatre of Pain”

Somewhere Far Beyond was a bridge album for Blind Guardian, making significant strides towards the band they would soon become while at least nodding to their thrash roots. Nonetheless, “Theatre of Pain” was arguably their most decisive break from the relentless slamming of old, leaning heavily on symphonic elements and emphasizing drama over riffs and aggression. Hansi Kürsch’s vocals breathed much more in between the spaces, which certainly must’ve been much easier on his throat, but he also sounded more in control and able to home in on his favorite fantasy literature.  At the same time, “Theatre of Pain” was still a bit amateurish, especially compared to subsequent albums, and the track perhaps veered too far towards symphonic metal. But it found Blind Guardian planting a stake in the ground, and was ultimately a preview of what was soon to come.

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Wednesday, April 18: Blind Guardian, “Time What is Time”

Somewhere Far Beyond was the major-label breakthrough that introduced Blind Guardian to larger European and Japanese audience, crystallized the band’s musical and lyrical concerns, and bridged the gap between the straight-line thrash of their first three records and the near-symphonic bombast that would soon follow.  “Time What is Time” opened the album in suitably dramatic fashion, placing Thomas Stauch’s percussive throttle high in the mix and stacking enough Hansi Kürsch vocal tracks to fill an entire studio.  Andre Olbrich and Marcus Siepen actually had to fight to be heard over all the grandiloquence, as Kalle Trapp’s production wasn’t quite equipped to handle all of the vocal and percussive layers, but for the most part everything cohered well enough to render “Time What is Time” an excellent pre-Imaginations from the Other Side anthem.  If anything, although Blind Guardian would remain a power metal band through and through, they would never again sound this frenzied, even though the song was arguably less intense than what that came before.