Blind Guardian - 'This Storm' (official lyric video)

Beware
Beware
Death is drawing near

You better run
You better hide
But even then
It’s just a matter of time

I was not afraid
When it all began
I was picking up the pieces
When a voice in sorrow sang
Thought I heard a madman crying

Oh no, there she comes
Vows to the darkened sun
Armed with weapons and magic spells
Men you better run
Men you better run

There at the gates I wonder
The final hope in these barren lands
Too late I fear
Is it long gone by?

The lord, he will come for your souls
For the harvest is rich
Seed has grown
The reaper’s surrounded by ghosts
Surrender and die
You’ll die

This storm will change it all
A twisted constellation
Behold the queen and the prince of the north
Transcending conspiration
When Death and Mars align
Their union seals the fate of man
There at the edge
I stand alone


But now
Since there is everything revealed
I know
Yes there is no one else like me
And I will break free
When everything’s lost there’s nothing to fear

They’re invincible creatures
No longer will hunger
Immortalized shadows
Their kingdom will come
Warrior
Warrior

Gather up
I’m the storm
I’ll bind you
You’ll be the flame
I’m the spark
My wayward friends
You must come and find me
In the dark

I have seen everything
Behind my closed doors
Truth, gloom, and doom
Fools and stars

Enslaved but still alive
The righteous, the pure
He must wait until his time is at hand
Return to the land of the elder
Escape

This storm will change it all
A twisted constellation
Behold the queen and the prince of the north
Transcending conspiration
When Death and Mars align
Their union seals the fate of man
There at the edge
I stand alone

You’re roaming through darkness
Protector of man
Warrior
You better beware

Προ εξαετίας, τον Νοέμβριο του 2019, κυκλοφορούσε ο δίσκος "Legacy of the Dark Lands". Τυπικά υπό το όνομα Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra, αλλά ουσιαστικά προσμετρά στην δισκογραφία των Blind Guardian (παρότι στο ηχητικό αποτέλεσμα συνέβαλε μονάχα ο Hansi Kürsch, ενώ ευρύτερη συνεισφορά -σε στίχους, μουσική σύνθεση και παραγωγή- είχε και ο André Olbrich).

Πρόκειται για μία ιδέα που είχαν ο Hansi και ο André από τα μέσα της δεκαετίας του ενενήντα. Τα τραγούδια του δίσκου ηχογραφήθηκαν από το 2009 και το 2019 και τον ρόλο του... συγκροτήματος ανέλαβε η φιλαρμονική ορχήστρα της Πράγας (Prague Philharmonic Orchestra).

Δελτίο τύπου: «"Legacy of the Dark Lands": an album like no other before! Both Hansi and André first developed the idea in the late 90’s - it became reality 20 years later.

In case you have not encountered it before: Hansi is the only band member actually performing on the album, with André being involved as songwriter and producer.

Guitars and drums were replaced with The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and the actors Norman Ashley and Douglas Fielding provided their skills for the narration.

The story for the album was developed in cooperation with the german author Markus Heitz.»