Blind Guardian's Reviews
A Night at the Opera (Average Rating: 8.46 out of 10)
Different and innovating... but it gives me a headache! (Rated this album with 6 out of 10)
Reviewed by
electricphase
from Mexico City
I love thrash and power metal. A Night at the Opera (why did they choose such an un-original title?) falls within a different music category. It's somewhat unique, which is the reason I give it 3 stars. It's fast, aggressive, sometimes melodic and well played throughout. The singer's voice is very particular, and the album is filled with many sounds different from the conventional power metal category. HOWEVER, I think Blind Guardian tried so hard to make a different album that it came out totally over played and very noisy. After the third song the screaming vocals start getting pretty annoying. There is so much going on at the same time that it doesn't let the music breath properly. It ends up being a very overwhelmingly noisy album threading in the edge of cacophony. I will continue giving A Night At The Opera a chance, but I cannot make it after the fourth song without changing the CD and reaching for an aspirin.
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