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Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time Blind Guardian

At The Edge of Time

01. Sacred Worlds
02. Tanelorn
03. Road Of No Release
04. Ride Into Obsession
05. Curse My Name
06. Valkyries
07. Control The Divine
08. War Of The Thrones
09. A Voice In The Dark
10. Wheel Of Time

[Nuclear Blast | 08/24/10]

After fours years since A Twist In The Myth was released, Blind Guardian have returned with their highly anticipated 9th full-length album At The Edge of Time. These guys certainly know how to build up hype with each new release, as they provide samples, single(s) and up to date news while they finish recording and adding finishing touches to their album, which just gives the fans more to salivate over. Originally a speed metal band on their earlier albums, they eventually gravitated towards writing more epic, progressive (at times) orchestral styled metal, but never straying away from the sound fans are familiar with.

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Get Ready For Some LULZ

What happens when the incredibly average pop stylings of Katy Perry meets incredibly average power metal? You get this gem which is waaaaaaaaaaaaay better than the original:

She fits right in, no?

The song was put together by a heavy metal fan by the name of Andy Xiong, putting the original vocal track by Katy and his own original instrumentation together, complete with guitar and keyboard solos. Apparently the internet metal community is loving this up right now, with the video getting over 6,500 21,000 hits in just a couple of days.

Hopefully he’ll do more power-pop mashups like this. Whatever he can come up with would surely beat the hell out of Dragonforce.

UPDATE: FIXED LINK. Download the mp3 here.

- JR

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