Blind Guardian – ‘The God Machine’ CD

Seven years after ‘Beyond The Red Mirror’ and almost three after the orchestral opus ‘Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra: Legacy of the Dark Lands,’ Blind Guardian invites you to their personal twilight of the gods.

“After Beyond The Red Mirror and Legacy Of The Dark Lands, we knew we could not push the orchestral side of Blind Guardian any further,” vocalist Hansi Kürsch says. The new directive while creating ‘The God Machine’ was fairly straightforward but ever so welcome: “Less orchestration, more punch.”

In 2022, the opulent arrangements and mighty choirs still exist; yet they are used in a much more selective, focused and resonant manner. ‘The God Machine’ marks another pinnacle in Blind Guardian’s impressive discography by not attempting to pretend it is still the nineties yet instead successfully relying on the muscle memory of this period.

‘The God Machine’ represents the heart and soul of Blind Guardian’s timeless metal in the here and now, unifying the bards’ past, present and future secrets in one consistent, well-thought-out masterpiece.