post by Pires at Sep 8,2010 9:56am edited Sep 8,2010 10:02am
Triumphantly returning to North American shores in support of the Billboard-charting new album At The Edge Of Time, we are pleased to announce the western hemisphere’s portion of the Sacred Worlds And Songs Divine 2010 World Tour, commencing on November 19th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and concluding on December 22nd in West Springfield, Virginia. Support acts are California’s Holy Grail and Florida’s Seven Kingdoms.
Hansi checks in from the secret Blind Guardian bunker about the upcoming trek:
“Christmas will be a little earlier this year, ‘cause The Guardian is coming to town in November and December! The band is really excited to announce this upcoming tour. Finally, we will get the chance to preach our Sacred Words and play our Songs Divine somewhere near your neighborhood. We have prepared a nice package of music and bands for our Northern American followers. Our friends from Holy Grail and Seven Kingdoms will join us on this glorious mission and will have their part in these magical nights to come. Both bands are underground now, but I can feel that the future is theirs. They really carry the spirit of a new American Power Metal generation. Touring the U.S. and Canada does always means a tremendous amount of fun, so we are really anxious to see if the people in Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, and Albuquerque – where we have not played before – can scream as loud as their brothers and sisters in New York, Quebec, Toronto, or Hollywood. We’ll soon find out when we meet you at the edge of time.
“Of course, we have to arrange some time in between playing and traveling for some Christmas gift shopping. I am sure I will find plenty of cool Star Wars action figures and I am already aware of some great Christmas shops near Washington where I will be able to get some great atypical Christmas tree ornaments. Strange worlds we are living in: The funniest ones sometimes have been produced in Germany, where you can’t get them in stores, so the U.S./Canada trip definitely pays off.
“As for books: Last time we ended up in Portland for a day, and whether I’ll make it to Powell’s (City of) Books, you never know. :-) All in all, I have far too many books which I have not yet read, but I am constantly working on it. Since I am getting older and the saying is: “The older you get, the less sleep you need,” I am very optimistic I will manage to read them all when the nights are getting shorter.”
Sacred Worlds
Welcome to Dying
Born in a Mourning Hall
Nightfall
Fly
Time Stands Still (at the Iron Hill)
Traveler In Time
This Will Never End
A Voice in the Dark
Lord of the Rings
Imaginations From the Other Side
Encore:
Wheel of Time
The Bard's Song - In the Forest
Valhalla
Majesty
Mirror Mirror
So Excited. This will be my first time seeing Blind Guardian.
Pires, luckily they keep switching up the set, because I will be very disappointed if that's tonight's set. They've also been playing 'and the story ends'. and 'another holy war' which are two of my favorites.
So Excited. This will be my first time seeing Blind Guardian.
Pires, luckily they keep switching up the set, because I will be very disappointed if that's tonight's set. They've also been playing 'and the story ends'. and 'another holy war' which are two of my favorites.
Set list looks identical going back to Oct. according to setlist.fm. With no mention of either of those two songs. Hopefully, they play them, because I would like to see them too. But it doesn't look like it'll happen. Who knows though? Either way....fucking stoked for this show.
TO ANYONE GOING TO THIS SHOW: I should *probably* have an extra free ticket or two for this, but I would have to hand it to you at the door when I get it from the will-call window. I'm heading out there in a few minutes, should be at the Palladium around 8:30 or so. If you want to try and get my free tix, post here SOON so we can make a plan to meet up.
Seventh kingdom are OK. The girl Singer with some spunk to ghllher performance on stage is better than a stiff/operatic Singer in some ridiculous dress that doesn't allow her to her around the stage at all. I can see why they were matched to this tour. The music has some vaguely blind guardian type themes/music. It sounds a lot like what napalm records has been putting a lot of lately.
post by late_rising at Nov 21,2010 8:39pm edited Nov 21,2010 8:39pm
wow, there's a first time for everything - I am going to miss this show because, just as my friend and I were about to get in the car and drive to Worcester, some asshole shot 3 people in the pizza place across the street from where I was parked. Within minutes cops were everywhere and had police tape blocking everything, including the driveway we were sitting in our car in. They told us they would let us leave in "a few minutes" but after an hour (and being interviewed twice by cops) they told us it would be another 45 minutes - now there's no way we can get there in time for BG and have to scrap our plans. Sure glad we didn't pay for the tix!
I chanted that for so long. Glad they played it too and it wasn't on the set list. It made it that much better. Rev, the finger bang offer is still on the table.
DFTG was there. I told him to find you and call you the N-word
post by BSV at Nov 22,2010 1:28am
seventh kingdom - the songs weren't terrible but the band overall is so boring and uninspiring to watch live. the singer has solid Doro pitch with a Lita frame but her band is such a dismal after thought, it's humilating.
holy grail - they were alright. it was a welcome sight to see some energy on the stage but overall the songs lacked any memorable quality worth remebering. it was pretty snotty that they faced their amps the way they did. west coast bands always have a tendency to be pompous and akward, so i guess it works. but yeah, guess i should listen to the album cause the entire set is a wash.
blind guardian - pretty solid setlist. really great sound hence it sounded just like the goddamn album. very cool being admist a crowd with that much energy, a definative experience nonetheless. most righteous and worth 26 dollars. overall probably the most WHOLESOME audience I've ever been apart of.
but yeah. wholesome. fucking christ. i went to a power metal concert. so many social atrocities there. not enough drunks, stoners, or even people who induldge in tobacco. how could this happen? an entire genre of degenerates singing songs about war but are too chichkenshit to get an FID. Too green to pregame and too shallow to know what jack daniels tastes like. A remarkable experience that everyone should partake in.
it was pretty snotty that they faced their amps the way they did. west coast bands always have a tendency to be pompous and akward, so i guess it works.
You don't know much about live sound, do you? For a good mix, especially in a large room like that, it helps to not have the amps pointed toward the audience. Your typical guitar speaker cabinet is extremely directional, so the people in its line of fire will be blasted by it, and the people off to the side will barely hear it. Having the amps on the sides of the stage, faced across the stage helps solve this problem (allowing the sound guy to make a mix that's more consistent throughout the room), and at the same time, makes it easier for the band members to hear each other.
Interesting how you didn't comment on the fact that Blind Guardian had their amps not just off to the sides, but actually in the wings and facing completely away from the audience.
This was definitely one of the two best-sounding shows I've ever seen at the Palladium (the other being Iced Earth in October '08), and Holy Grail easily had the best sound I've ever heard for an opening band there...and I wouldn't doubt for a second that the amp placement was at least partially responsible for that.
