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sindar-princeling · 2 months

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Change.org petition to have the metal band Blind Guardian reconsider playing in Tel Aviv, Israel this June

As you probably already know if you follow me, I really fucking love Blind Guardian - and they're currently doing a world tour. Later this year, they want to play in Tel Aviv - something they originally wanted to do on October 11th, but rescheduled after October 7th.

I have just made a petition that I hope to e-mail to them if it gets some signatures, to ask them to reconsider performing in Israel in light of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people done by Israeli forces. Cultural boycotts are an effective thing, and multiple artists have already backed out of playing in Israel under pressure from their fans.

Sign and share! Every signature matters!

#it's mine my own my precious #blind guardian #free palestine #not lotr

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ayaosguqin · 1 year

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“Condemned and betrayed

Now everything's said

See my eyes (are) full of tears

And a cruel price we've paid

But still I can't claim

That I'm innocent”

-Noldor-Song by Blind Guardian

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silvergifting · 2 years

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kind of wild how the album, Nightfall in Middle Earth (1998) by the power metal band Blind Guardian, remains a far better depiction of the silmarillion & tolkien’s work in general than a show that am*zon spent well over a billion dollars on!!!

#they WISH they could be mirror mirror #anti rings of power #the silmarillion #silmarillion #silm #tolkien #lord of the rings #lotr #blind guardian #nightfall in middle earth

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koyunsoncizeri · 9 months

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Quietly it crept in new horror

Insanity reigned

And spilled the first blood

When the old king was slain

#silmarillion #the silmarillion #jrr tolkien #tolkien #art #finwe #finwean #finweans #finwë #house of finwe #valinor #nightfall #blind guardian

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burythecarnival · 2 months

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"In my thoughts and in my dreams

They're always in my mind

These songs of hobbits, dwarves and men

And elves

Come close your eyes

You can see them, too"

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@godshideouscreation • @kissesfromkenz • @weedstop • @mrsbigbootyminx • @blueberryheartache • @jaspervoorhees3 • @frankieglam • @thelusciouslibra • @burythecarnival

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#my tumblr family #fairytale day ✨#lgbtqia #collab #my favorites 💜#ridiculously attractive people #support content creators #support sex workers #queer #nonbinary #gay #the bard's song #blind guardian

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clouds-of-wings · 1 year

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Power Metal reddit currently has a discussion about Nuclear Blast, about what has changed with them and why, and man I have learned a lot of disturbing facts about what has happened there in the past 5 years. Someone posted an in-depth investigative article about it (from November 2021), which you should read if you speak German and are interested, otherwise or if it's too long here are the main points...

If you're into Nightwish, Sabaton, Blind Guardian etc., this is relevant information.

In 2018, the French Believe Music, which is a large corporation that mainly specializes in digital distribution, became majority owner of NB

Believe is not really interested in physical media like CDs and vinyls even though the people who worked at NB told their new corporate overlords that metal fans like physical media, both because many fans of especially the oldest and most successful bands are 50+ and because it's more ingrained in the subculture. Believe doesn't care and doesn't listen. They have their experiences from pop and hip-hop, where phone-based streaming subscriptions are the norm, and that's all they want to know. They are also ignoring printed magazines and don't advertise there much anymore.

Less focus on physical media means that bands now earn less, that they rank less highly in album charts, which in turn means that they lose negotiation power when they try to plan tours and negotiate with venues etc., because they "look" less successful

Believe has been dealing with this by signing mainly bands that are easy to market digitally and ending co-operations with bands that aren't, even ones that had been with NB for decades (like Rage and Nile, who went to Napalm)

The personal cooperation between bands and NB has really suffered, everything is more profit-oriented and impersonal, a lot of budgets have been decreased and the real decisions are made by Believe in Paris, not by any specific NB team

Believe has been stock market traded since 2021. Their stock value went down at first, was at about the price it had started out at when the article was written - I looked it up and in March 23 it's down 40% from its original value. Ouch.

The original founder of NB started a new label, Atomic Fire, and took "Amorphis, Helloween, Opeth, Sonata Arctica, Meshuggah, Primal Fear, Agnostic Front, Rise Of The Northstar, Silver Lake, White Stones and Michael Schenker Group" with him, also because Believe didn't really do much to keep many of these bands

It's certainly interesting to learn about, also because I had already wondered if NB, and some of their bands, had intentionally taken a more "commercial" approach in recent years, but I didn't know about the Believe thing. I thought it maybe had something to do with losses from the pandemic or something. Turns out they have a new owner.

#nuclear blast #metal news #nightwish #sabaton #blind guardian #behemoth #hammerfall #therion #sonata arctica #in flames #type 0 negative #metal #power metal #music stuff #cApiTAliSm bReEds iNnoVAtiOn

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serregon · 8 months

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#silmarillion #silm polls #nightfall in middle earth #blind guardian

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haveyouheardmetal · 2 months

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Pictured: Nightfall in Middle-Earth, released in 1998

#blind guardian #speed metal #power metal #germany #polls

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svogliata-mente · 6 months

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early blind guardian songs are like *incomprehensible heavily german accented lyrics* *the sickest guitar solo ever concieved* *lotr reference*

#10/10 no notes #blind guardian #me medesima

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sindar-princeling · 1 year

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#alas you can only add 10 choices so i put nightfall and the curse of feanor together #purely because the events they describe are the closest compared to the other ones #blind guardian #nightfall in middle-earth #it's mine my own my precious #silmarillion

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a-christmas-fruitcake · 2 months

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Always remember:

In a world of love songs and pop music, power metal will always be there for you, with a mythical sword and a flaming steed

#christmas chats #I've been getting into powermetal and goddamn I wish I had done it sooner #listen..... it fucks #blind guardian #powerwolf #hibria #warrior path #these are just a few that I've been dipping my toes into #and of course Dragonforce my beloved

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ayaosguqin · 9 months

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“Noldor

Blood is on your hands

Your bane's

A tearful destiny”

-blind guardian

After the second kin slaying and the search for the twin sons of Dior ,the next day the sun rises the same as all days .

#maedhros #maglor #tolkien #silmarillion #lotr #lord of the rings #j r r tolkien #maitomo #makalaurë #feanorians #digital art #artist on tumblr #blind guardian

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middle-earth-mythopoeia · 6 days

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Today I listened to Nightfall in Middle-earth for the first time in a long time, and it was AMAZING. HOW DID THEY DO IT? WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT THIS ALBUM?

#Blind Guardian #*screams*

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the-elusive-soleil · 7 months

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Listening to Nightfall in Middle-Earth like