Nightfall in Middle-Earth

by Blind Guardian

Nightfall in Middle-Earth cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 April 1998
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 1:09:18
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Max Zelzner, Mathias Wiesner, Thomas Hackmann, Oliver Holzwarth, Hansi K眉rsch, Andr茅 Olbrich, Marcus Siepen, Billy King, Thomas Stauch, The Choir Company, Michael Sch眉ren, Norman Eshley, Rolf K枚hler, Douglas Fielding, Olaf Senkbeil

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Nightfall in Middle-Earth' is a sprawling, epic power metal concept album based on J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Silmarillion'. The record is incredibly anthemic and energetic, utilizing progressive metal arrangements and spoken-word interludes to deliver a passionate and melodic narrative of fantasy war.

Genres

Descriptors: fantasy, melodic, conceptual, war, symphonic

Tracklist

  1. War of Wrath (1:50)
  2. Into the Storm (4:24)
  3. Lammoth (0:28)
  4. Nightfall (5:34)
  5. The Minstrel (0:32)
  6. The Curse of Feanor (5:41)
  7. Captured (0:26)
  8. Blood Tears (5:23)
  9. Mirror Mirror (5:06)
  10. Face the Truth (0:24)
  11. Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns) (6:52)
  12. Battle of Sudden Flames (0:43)
  13. Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill) (4:54)
  14. The Dark Elf (0:23)
  15. Thorn (6:18)
  16. The Eldar (3:38)
  17. Nom the Wise (0:34)
  18. When Sorrow Sang (4:25)
  19. Out on the Water (0:43)
  20. The Steadfast (0:21)
  21. A Dark Passage (6:00)
  22. Final Chapter: Thus Ends... (0:51)
  23. Harvest of Sorrow (3:39)

Credits

More from Blind Guardian: full discography