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| A Night at the Opera | |
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| Album info | |
| Release | March 4, 2002 |
| Recorded | October 2000-December 2001 at Twilight Hall Studios, Grefrath and Hammer Music Studios, Hamburg, Germany |
| Genre | Power metal, progressive metal |
| Length | 65:29 |
| Label | Virgin/Century Media |
| Producer | Charlie Bauerfeind |
A Night at the Opera is a 2002 album by the German power metal band Blind Guardian. It is named for the 1975 Queen album of the same name
This album continues a stylistic change from power metal into a more progressive sound, with multiple overlayed vocals, choirs, orchestral keys and guitar leads and less emphasis on powerful guitar riffs and heavy rhythms. As a result, drummer Thomas Stauch would leave the group, citing dissatisfaction with the direction the group was going in.
Track listing[]
All music written by Olbrich and Kürsch except where noted. All bonus tracks written by Marcus Siepen, Kürsch and Thomas "Thomen" Stauch. All lyrics written by Kürsch.
- "Precious Jerusalem" - 6:22
- "Battlefield" (Olbrich, Kürsch and Thomas "Thomen" Stauch) - 5:37
- "Under the Ice" - 5:45
- "Sadly Sings Destiny" - 6:05
- "The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight" - 5:30
- "Wait for an Answer" - 6:30
- "The Soulforged" (Olbrich, Kürsch and Stauch) - 5:18
- "Age of False Innocence" - 6:06
- "Punishment Divine" - 5:46
- "And Then There Was Silence" - 14:06
Personnel[]
- Volbeat
- Hansi Kürsch – lead and backing vocals
- André Olbrich – lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
- Marcus Siepen – rhythm guitar
- Thomas "Thomen" Stauch – drums & percussion
- Guest musicians
- Oliver Holzwarth – bass guitar
- Matthias Wiesner – keyboards & orchestral arrangements
- Michael Schüren – piano on "Age of False Innocence"
- Pad Bender, Boris Schmidt & Sascha Pierro – keyboards and sound effects
- Rolf Köhler, Thomas Hackmann, Olaf Senkbeil & Billy King – The Choir Company
- Personnel
- Charlie Bauerfeind – production, mixing, recording
- Nordin Hammadi Amrani – assistant engineer, additional recordings
- Clemens von Witte – recordings (backing vocals)
- Detlef – recordings (backing vocals)
- Paul Raymond Gregory – cover painting
- André Olbrich – front cover concept
- Dennis "Sir" Kostroman – booklet design
- Axel Jusseit – photos