Tokyo Tales - Blind Guardian

'Tokyo Tales' is Blind Guardian's first live album, recorded during the tour for 'Somewhere Far Beyond' and featuring songs from the first four albums, making it vastly different to later live releases that focus more extensively on the late nineties material. Presumably without knowing it, the band released this album at just the right time, before their sound changed dramatically to incorporate more orchestral influence and eventually to follow lofty conceptual themes, so fans of Blind Guardian's early years as a Helloween-like speed metal band with fantasy leanings will find most of their needs catered for here. Most, but not all. The only real problem with ...  Read the complete review