Right on time with their show at 2024's edition of Wacken Open Air, Blind Guardian proudly present 'Somewhere Far Beyond (Revisited)' on August 2nd which includes a complete re-recording of this classic as well as a live celebration of 1992's '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 and opened doors to the Japanese market resulting in a wider availability and presence on the global metal scene. 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)', whereas other tracks like 'Ashes to Ashes', the rapid 'Journey Through the Dark' or 'The Quest for Tanelorn' connected well with previous mostly fast-paced albums yet offered an additional push in dynamics. Fast forward, 30 years! Prior to releasing the much lauded 'The God Machine' opus in September 2022, Blind Guardian had been performing 'Somewhere Far Beyond' in its entirety at Rock Hard Festival and Hellfest in Summer 2022 in front of ten thousands of fans singing along each track word by word, both shows were filmed and recorded professionally and aired via WDR and ARTE. For the limited triple-disc-edition of 'Somewhere Far Beyond Revisited' the Hellfest material was newly edited by the band's long-time videographer Dirk Behlau using additional multi-cam footage.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.Time What Is Time (Revisited)

Blind Guardian

2.Journey Through the Dark (Revisited)

Blind Guardian

3.Black Chamber (Revisited)

Blind Guardian

4.Theatre of Pain (Revisited)

Blind Guardian

5.The Quest for Tanelorn (Revisited)

Blind Guardian

6.Ashes to Ashes (Revisited)

Blind Guardian

7.The Bard's Song - In the Forest (Revisited)

Blind Guardian

8.The Bard's Song - The Hobbit (Revisited)

Blind Guardian

9.The Piper's Calling (Revisited)

Blind Guardian

10.Somewhere Far Beyond (Revisited)

Blind Guardian

Disc 2

Track name

Artist

1.Time What Is Time

Blind Guardian

2.Journey Through the Dark

Blind Guardian

3.Black Chamber

Blind Guardian

4.Theatre of Pain

Blind Guardian

5.The Quest for Tanelorn

Blind Guardian

6.Ashes to Ashes

Blind Guardian

7.The Bard's Song - In the Forest

Blind Guardian

8.In the Forest - The Hobbit

Blind Guardian

9.The Piper's Calling

Blind Guardian

10.Somewhere Far Beyond

Blind Guardian

Disc 3

Track name

Artist

1.Time What Is Time

Blind Guardian

2.Journey Through the Dark

Blind Guardian

3.Black Chamber

Blind Guardian

4.Theatre of Pain

Blind Guardian

5.The Quest for Tanelorn

Blind Guardian

6.Ashes to Ashes

Blind Guardian

7.The Bard's Song - In the Forest

Blind Guardian

8.In the Forest - The Hobbit

Blind Guardian

9.The Piper's Calling

Blind Guardian

10.Somewhere Far Beyond

Blind Guardian

11.Time What Is Time

Blind Guardian

12.Journey Through the Dark

Blind Guardian

13.Black Chamber

Blind Guardian

14.Theatre of Pain

Blind Guardian

15.The Quest for Tanelorn

Blind Guardian

16.Ashes to Ashes

Blind Guardian

17.The Bard's Song - In the Forest

Blind Guardian

18.In the Forest - The Hobbit

Blind Guardian

19.The Piper's Calling

Blind Guardian

20.Somewhere Far Beyond

Blind Guardian

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