Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side (1995)

After Stratovarius, comes my favourite power metal band (so far), Blind Guardian. After two super albums, this one, to me, falls just a tad short, probably because there's not as much variety as was found in, say, SOMEWHERE FAR BEYOND.  And yet there's still some great stuff here.
The opening two tracks, "Imaginations From The Other Side" and "I'm Alive", give us a full throttle start, and what follows is more speed metal with fantasy topics (quite dark much of the time) and, by now, the expected roaring choruses, of which "The Script For My Requeim" is the best.
Hansi Kürsch's vocals are the same as ever, showing such variety that it's sometimes easy to think it's someone else joining him every now and again.
Overall, I don't think this is the band's best work, but it still remains a top listen, and Blind Guardian still head my list of power metal bands.
But there are are a lot more still to come.

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