1 LP – Import – limited blue vinyl

Right on time for their show at 2024’s edition of Wacken Open Air, Blind Guardian proudly present “Somewhere Far Beyond – Revisited”, a complete re-recording of their 1992 classic “Somewhere Far Beyond”, a landmark record for Germany’s heavy metal titans.

After three albums on No Remorse Records, it was the band’s major label debut coming out via Virgin Records. After finding the right balance of speed, heaviness, melodies, drama and irresistible choruses on 1990’s “Tales From The Twilight World”, “Somewhere Far Beyond” honed this approach to perfection, evolving further on a conceptual level and increasingly daring take on Blind Guardian’s sonic range.

“Somewhere Far Beyond” experimented with keyboards, orchestrations, and folk elements, the latter manifesting in the group’s best-known song and live staple, “The Bard Song (In The Forest)”.