The gaps between albums for Blind Guardian feel like an eternity. Every year we seem to ask ourselves ‘when is Blind Guardian releasing new music?’ and continue to get frustrated that we can’t really see anything happening. Yet when that album emerges, through the years we have constantly told ourselves that is was damn well worth the wait. This has been a very unique consistency about Blind Guardian throughout their 30 year plus career, as it is hard to pick out an album that isn’t fantastic in their back catalogue. Finally it’s a year for new Blind Guardian, and whilst we know legs can get tired, can the band still bring us another masterpiece as they have done so time and time again with ‘Beyond The Red Mirror‘?