BLIND GUARDIAN new single

BLIND GUARDIAN's “Fly” single was just released in North America on April 18th. The last time they released a single, they charted on the Billboard Chart!

In a recent interview with MetalAsylum.net, BLIND GUARDIAN vocalist Hansi Kürsch responds to a question regarding the direction of the band's new studio album, due out in the latter part of 2006:

“The working title of the album is Twist In The Mist. We have about five weeks of mixing coming up, so during that time is when we will decide on the album's title. Would I confuse you if I said we are consequently going in the direction of Opera but with less orchestration? [Laughs] You can definitely hear the roots of the band on it, especially if you have the single for 'Fly' and on the song 'Skalds and Shadows,' but there is a new direction as well. I think we have included the qualities of every album so far. Of course, our target lies in the future, so it's not exactly to be compared with any of the albums we have done before. A ll the 12 songs differ drastically and go in different directions. There is a traditional section, a more modern section, and a more orchestrated section. I am very convinced that this was the right step to do because every song contains great melodies. The album has a focus on melodies but not so as many layers like we did with A Night at the Opera. There are tons of guitar melodies and we tried to focus on the lead vocals more this time than on Opera and we removed a lot of those backing vocal layers. Opera was a very busy album; this time the attitude is still the same but based on a very strong melody line either played by Andre's guitar leads or my vocals. I think you can feel that in 'Fly' already and that is a great example of the new album.”