A Night at the Opera (Blind-Guardian-Album)

Occupation

• Vocals: Hansi Kürsch
• Lead Guitar: André Olbrich
• Rhythm Guitar: Marcus Siepen
• Bass: Oliver Holzwarth (session)
• Drums: Thomen upsetting

Production

• Charlie Bauerfeind
• Blind Guardian

Studios

• October 2000 - December 2001
• Twilight Hall Studios ( Grefrath )
• Hammer Music Studios (Hamburg)

A Night at the Opera is the seventh studio album by the German metal band Blind Guardian. It was published on 1 March 2002 and taken from October 2000 to December 2001 in the Twilight Hall Studios ( Germany ) and mixed.

Background

The music was written by Olbrich and Kürsch at The Soul Forged Thomen Stauch was also involved and Harvest of Sorrow was composed by Siepen, Kürsch and upsetting. The choir took over for over 10 years for Blind Guardian assets Rolf Köhler, Thomas Hackmann, Olaf Senkbeil and Billy King, who received their backing vocals at Hammer Music Studios. As a bassist Oliver Holzwarth involved in the album, which is already to be heard on the previous album Nightfall in Middle-Earth. Matthias Wiesner also participated again as a keyboardist. The cover picture recorded this time Paul Raymond Gregory.

The song lyrics are on the album no longer so concerned about Tolkien's literature. Harvest of Sorrow Only takes up this issue. Rather, biblical texts, as in Precious Jerusalem and Sadly Sings Destiny and the Greek epic Iliad in And Then There Was Silence and Under the Ice be treated. Divine Punishment is about the life of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his madness.

The album title is a reference to Queens eponymous album A Night at the Opera from 1975. Queens music practiced according to Marcus Siepen a great influence on the band.

Criticism

• The cover artwork was perceived by many fans as an imposition, as this is the first album since Follow the Blind, in which Andreas Marschall has not assumed the title screen.

Achievements

The album reached number # 5 of the album charts in Germany.

Title list

The CD was released in seven different versions, six of which is a bonus track to find:

• For Argentina: La Cosecha del Dolor
• For Germany: Without Bonus Song
• For the UK: Harvest of Sorrow ( Original version of the single )
• For France: Moisson de Peine
• For Italy: Frutto del Buio
• For Japan: Harvest of Sorrow ( Acoustic Version)
• For Spain: Mies del dolor

Singles

The Single And Then There Was Silence was published in November 2001 and served as cheerleaders on the album. As a bonus track is with Harvest of Sorrow another single from the album on a maxi CD. A video about Born in a Mourning Hall is also located on the sound carrier. A picture disc was also created. The single was ranked # 41 in the German charts.