Blind Guardian: The Tides of War

[@sanin3213]

Aaaa

[@sanin3213]

Thx for pinning my insightful comment

[@sortagoodish8491]

@@sanin3213 well, it could hardly be left to be overlooked, now could it?

[@sanin3213]

@@sortagoodish8491 I put my mind and soul into it.

[@sortagoodish8491]

@@sanin3213 is this your silmaril? The work of your heart, which you shall only make once?

[@sanin3213]

@@sortagoodish8491 It is more. It will be remembered as the greatest work of art in our galaxy, something for future generations to look up to, to inspire them to become better men. A divine work, perhaps? Truly, I have ascended.

[@Phoenix0F8]

The haunting chorus of Elves cursing Feanor with their dying breath is just the most epic thing. FEANOR!

[@Esmaeili-FreePalestine]

I'm in love with this song! everything about it is perfect! "The grief is real, the pain I feel It's not what I've been longing for They shall be free, they'll be released They can't get over the sea" The fact that they've even added Maedhros' POV about the burning of the ships makes it all the more amazing.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

Man ... traditional Blind Guardian production. Hearing this rare track more than 20 years later for the first time. Good production makes such a difference.

[@thamus510]

Feanor: Burn the ships!! The forces of Morgoth:Dafuq dey doin over der?!

[@bastiancarrasco8237]

FIRE IN MY MIND!!!! I'm totally addicted to this song

[@MrEgofreak]

I totally forgot about this gem! Bless the recommendations, man! 🙏

[@yunusemresahin6430]

FIRE IN MY MIIIINDDD FIREEEEEEE IN MY MIIIIIND!

[@padroelhijodemorzat112]

Imagine this: Fëanor and Fingolfin singing this at a stage (If you look at the lyrics it's almost as if they were talking to each other), Maedhros and Fingon at the guitars and Maglor at the drums

[@MrEgofreak]

A concert to rock all of Arda!

[@nojentinhodosingleplayer3170]

A Silmarillion stage musical would be metal af.

[@Gyrosmeister]

one small part is from Maedhros' POV

[@padroelhijodemorzat112]

@@Gyrosmeister I agree

[@hazbojangles2681]

Daeron maybe too. He never got lost. Tolkien forgot to write about the concert.

[@hazbojangles2681]

Fëanor. The Greatest of the Noldoli!

[@thenomad4123]

Oh man I love this song. Nostalgic and new at the same time.

[@sortagoodish8491]

Blind Guardian in a nutshell

[@nojentinhodosingleplayer3170]

I've known this album for a decade, but I've just discovered this bonus track. '-'

[@Gibbs6415]

To be fair, not your fault. It was never included until 2018.

[@GeorgeMarts34]

What a chorus!!!!!

[@ivelinapancheva3681]

Killer vocals

[@Skullpainting]

I'm waiting for a nightfall in middle eart extended edition with this, doom and maybe some other goodies ;)

[@lordandsaviour5666]

The 2018 re-issue did come with this, doom and harvest of sorrow, with the CD release containing both the original mix and the 2018 re-mix. Not quite an extended edition but still.

[@mr.silver7651]

Pretty nice💪👌Hansi is an amazing singer.... 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@ashmedai7429]

Me, obsessed with Nightfall in Middle Earth: THERE'S MORE??!

[@MrEgofreak]

I getcha man. My favourite Guardian album.

[@Nightcrawl7]

wait until you find out there's "doom" as well

[@BlindBosnian]

@@Nightcrawl7 And Harvest of Sorrow

[@princekalender2154]

WHY I FOUND IT ONLY NOW?

[@MorifinweCarnistir]

The best arch nemesis relationship in literature Feanor and Melkor. To both of them...F

[@TheImperiusv]

LOAF at this song [laughing as one fey]

[@lindrossfelagun]

Call the wind, I hail thee But sail on through the storm There's fire in my mind, fire in my mind Fire in my mind, fire in my mind There's no escape And there's no return The blood and smoke behind us It's now out of sight Tears you might be crying But it's over now For a higher cause we've come So just keep your hate alive The tides of war (the tides of war) We've come to face it in these lands We've come to face it in these lands The Curse of Fëanor No sorrow, no loss I count the ones behind Come follow, don't turn your back and let 'em whine The grief is real, the pain I feel It's not what I've been longing for They shall be free, they'll be released They can't get over the sea They were following in vain Burning vessels, burning hope Needless baggage on the road Let 'em curse me, let 'em blame They may have faced their journey's end Boats at distant shore they burn The wind still carries smoke In Araman we've seen Teleri's work on fire Across the ice, aflamed To take revenge, ashamed Betrayed by the insane Fëanor You've gone too far, you've come to fail Fëanor All done in vain, by the oath You delivered our doom The tides of war (the tides of war) We've come to face it in these lands We've come to face it in these lands The Curse of Fëanor Boats at distant shore they burn The wind still carries smoke In Araman we've seen Teleri's work on fire Across the ice, aflamed To take revenge, ashamed Betrayed by the insane Fëanor We've gone too far, we've come to fail Fëanor Yet we have reached the promised land Oh, Fëanor The tides of war (the tides of war) We've come to face it in these lands We've come to face it in these lands The Curse of Fëanor

[@marcnoize9138]

Sounds like the view of Fingolfin

[@ЛеняРузаков]

Blind Guardians Angels!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@juane2730]

Wonderful song, it is a pity that it is at the end of the album and not where it should according to the book

[@rivlesbeware]

Well it's a new track. That doesn't mean its supposed to be the last. Im sure if they ever re-re-re release Nightfall itll apear in the right place for the story

[@MrEgofreak]

@@rivlesbeware Re-re-re-release. LOL!

[@alvedonaren]

@@rivlesbeware I'm not sure it's new? I remember an interview several years ago where Hansi mentioned that there were tracks made for Nightfall n Middle-Earth that had never been released. I assume that Doom and Tides of War was what he was referring to.

[@ryancasey3801]

@@alvedonaren new to us

[@JJJJJJJJJAAAAAA]

Just got recommended this. WHY NOW? Why not 2 years ago?

[@MrEgofreak]

Better late than never!

[@tylercherneski1805]

If you were True you would have already known

[@JJJJJJJJJAAAAAA]

@@tylercherneski1805 I try to not be the kind of fan you are. You should to.

[@tylercherneski1805]

@@JJJJJJJJJAAAAAA im just busting your balls. And i cant, i love blind guardian so much its ridiculous.

[@Adahleni]

Why this song wasn’t even including in Nightfall of Middle Earth album ? Although it’s clearly saying that Atar was insane (Well Moringotto drove him so), this is so good ! Makes me miss my roleplay about the flight of the Ñoldor…

[@lordandsaviour5666]

The song was not finished by the time the album was to be released, and they already had enough songs. It does now appear on the most recent reissue however

[@rameshthapa5202]

@@lordandsaviour5666 Is this Thomen the omen's work?

[@lordandsaviour5666]

@@rameshthapa5202 I believe so, but there is another version with Frederik's drumming on it

[@Sari36YT]

Why wasn't this initially released with Nightfall?

[@lordandsaviour5666]

It wasn't finished when the album was to be released, and I guess they already had enough tracks so they didn't bother waiting to finish this one. It (possibly) was going to appear on a planned EP follow up to the album (along with Doom and Harvest of Sorrow) but this never happened.

[@brunolins1330]

I guess it's because the curse of feanor (the original of the album) fits better to describe this part of the story

[@alvalvhjarta5466]

Can you please make a song of Beleriand and Morgoth?

[@morgant.dulaman8733]

Something about this makes me wish Blind Guardian and Sabaton did a concept album of Cortez's invasion of the Aztec Empire, starting with the moment he burned his ships.

[@juane2730]

Actually Cortés did not burn the ships, he simply sank them

[@morgant.dulaman8733]

@@juane2730 Hmm...Less Dramatic, but it could still work.

[@sortagoodish8491]

@@morgant.dulaman8733 ye. I still want this album too.

[@BTCforlife]

A bit late but it looks like (and is credited as) "the burning of the ships", an event from from the Silmarillion. They did it for the same reason as Cortes sinking his fleet, more or less.

[@morgant.dulaman8733]

@@BTCforlife That and to trap Fingolfin and his host (who just so happened to be the majority of the Noldor) from making it to Middle Earth, forcing them to travel the Grinding Ice, a region about as hospitable as it sounds. Yea...Feanor was a bit of a jackass even before he went insane

[@heliveltonfonseca858]

Poetry

[@LarsAndres-s9v]

Von welchem Album ist der song

[@lordandsaviour5666]

It's a bonus track from the 2018 reissue of Nightfall in Middle Earth

[@LarsAndres-s9v]

Vielen Dank ist mir jetzt auch wieder eingefallen lange nicht mehr gehört 😅

[@alvalvhjarta5466]

Maybe Nasau Can join :)

[@ЛеняРузаков]

Demons and Wizards Рулит!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SkinnerDamon]

Which album is this from?

[@lordandsaviour5666]

It was a bonus track on the 2018 reissue of nightfall in middle-earth, earlier a different mix/version (which I also uploaded) was released on an EP with a German music magazine (I forget what it's called)

[@Ravencof]

1.25 speed

[@rubendarksun6691]

Ruined