A Twist in the Myth

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A Twist in the Myth
Studio album by Blind Guardian
Released	September 1, 2006
Recorded	September 2005–April 2006, Twilight Hall Studios
Genre	Power metal Progressive metal
Length	51:31
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Charlie Bauerfeind
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Blind Guardian chronology
A Night at the Opera (2002) A Twist in the Myth (2006)

A Twist in the Myth is the eighth studio album by the German power metal band Blind Guardian. It was originally set to be released on September 5, 2006 in Europe (which became the North American release date), but Nuclear Blast changed the release date to September 1, 2006.

The album was released in several different formats: a normal version, a digipak version with a bonus track and bonus CD, and a limited edition book-version. The book contains the digipak, along with a guitar pick, booklet and certificate of authenticity and autographs, as well as a dragon-shaped seal and a bar of red sealing wax.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Lyrical references 3 Personnel 4 Chart positions

[edit] Track listing

All music written by Olbrich and Kürsch. All lyrics written by Kürsch.

1. "This Will Never End" – 5:07
2. "Otherland" – 5:14
3. "Turn the Page" – 4:16
4. "Fly" – 5:43
5. "Carry the Blessed Home" – 4:03
6. "Another Stranger Me" – 4:36
7. "Straight Through the Mirror" – 5:48
8. "Lionheart" – 4:15
9. "Skalds and Shadows" – 3:13
10. "The Edge" – 4:27
11. "The New Order" – 4:49
12. "All the King's Horses" – 4:13 (Japanese Bonus Track)
13. "Dead Sound of Misery" – 5:18 (Digipak Bonus Track)

• Digipack Bonus CD

1. Interview (Deutsch)
2. Interview (English)
3. Blind Guardian Media Player

• Double LP Bonus Tracks

1. "Market Square" (Demo) – 5:51

• "Dead Sound of Misery" is an alternative, darker version of "Fly".
• "All the King's Horses" is also available on the single "Another Stranger Me".
• "Market Square" is the demo version of "Straight Through the Mirror" and is only available on the Double LP version of the album.

[edit] Lyrical references

• "This Will Never End" is inspired by Walter Moers' A Wild Ride Through the Night.
• "Otherland" is based on Tad Williams' Otherland series of novels.
• "Turn the Page" contains references to Wicca, as well as renewal and the change of seasons.
• "Fly" contains references to Peter Pan and was inspired by the film Finding Neverland.
• "Carry the Blessed Home" is about Roland the Gunslinger and Jake Chambers at the end of Stephen King's Dark Tower series.
• "Another Stranger Me" portrays the mind of a person with multiple personalities who becomes aware of his other self. It draws inspiration from The Drawing of the Three, book two of Stephen King's Dark Tower series.
• "Straight through the Mirror" tells how dreams can change very quickly - it's about the importance of dreams in general too. Some claim it's about a person describing the experience and process of dying while in reality this person is just dreaming it all.
• "Lionheart" is about Ulysses and his travels to Hades.
• "Skalds and Shadows" is about the tales of Old Norse Skalds.
• "The Edge" is about St. Paul and his version of Christ.
• "The New Order" deals with the necessity of changes.
• "All the King's Horses" is based on Welsh folklore and feature references to Taliesin and the Holy Grail.
• "Dead Sound of Misery" is a remix of "Fly" about the Whore of Babylon.

[edit] Personnel

• Hansi Kürsch – vocals
• André Olbrich – lead guitar
• Marcus Siepen – rhythm guitar
• Frederik Ehmke – drums, percussion, flute and bagpipes

Guest Musicians

• Oliver Holzwarth – bass guitar
• The Choir Company - Olaf Senkbeil, Rolf Köhler, Thomas Hackmann
• Martin G. Meyer and Pat Benzner – keyboards

Crew

• Charlie Bauerfeind – producing, mastering, mixing and engineering
• Blind Guardian – producing
• Jan Rubach – engineering
• Marc Schettler – assistant engineering
• Anthony Clarkson – artwork
• Axel Jusseit – photos
• Nikolay S. Simkin – booklet design

[edit] Chart positions

• Germany: #4
• Sweden: #10
• Austria: #19
• Japan: #21
• USA: #288
• USA Billboard Top Independent Albums: #21
• USA Billboard Top Heatseekers: #13
• Switzerland: #27
• Finland: #30
• Norway: #38
• Spain: #15
• UK: #33 (independent chart)

v • d • e Blind Guardian Hansi Kürsch · André Olbrich  · Marcus Siepen · Frederik Ehmke Thomen Stauch · Oliver Holzwarth · Markus Dörk · Christof Theißen · Hans-Peter Frey Studio albums Battalions of Fear · Follow the Blind · Tales from the Twilight World · Somewhere Far Beyond · Imaginations from the Other Side · Nightfall in Middle-Earth · A Night at the Opera · A Twist in the Myth Compilations The Forgotten Tales Singles "A Past and Future Secret" · "Bright Eyes" · "Mr. Sandman" · "Mirror Mirror" · "And Then There Was Silence" · "The Bard's Song (In the Forest)" · "Fly" · "Another Stranger Me" DVDs Imaginations Through the Looking Glass Other Discography · Demons & Wizards