Night at the Opera

Contains an untitled hidden track following " And Then There Was Silence."
Blind Guardian includes: Hansi Kursch (vocals); Andre Olbrich (acoustic & electric guitars); Marcus Siepen (guitar); Thomas Stauch (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel includes: Oliver Holzwarth (bass).
Engineers include: Charlie Bauerfeind, Clemens Von Witte, Detlef.
Recorded at Twilight Hall, Grefath, Germany and Hammer Music Studios, Hamburg, Germany between October 2000 and December 2001.
Probably the most adventurous disc of Blind Guardian's career (and that's saying something with this troupe), A Night at the Opera lives up to its name by channeling Queen's most symphonic arias through a dynamic prog metal background that makes Fate's Warning's most complex licks seem positively pedestrian in comparison, with a glorious production that allows every nuance to explode from the loudspeakers. ~ Brian O'Neill