Blind Guardian – Andrew Olbrich Speaks Out to Metal Temple
German Power Metal giants BLIND GUARDIAN’s Andre Olbrich (guitars) revealed in an interview with Metal Temple magazine’s Michael Dalakos that the band has been working on a strictly orchestral album, due for release in 2008. Here’s an excerpt from the interview:
- Metal Temple: Virgin never really took care of releasing your albums with bonus material and cool editions. Will this ever change?
- Andre: “Yes! There will be a limited edition pack with one bonus track from our upcoming orchestral album. I don’t know what else Nuclear Blast Records is planning but they are more active than Virgin…”
- Metal Temple: Orchestral album?
- Andre: “Yes, this is material we are writing the last eight years and we have never found the time to release the album. But now we have almost finished the songwriting and we’ve started the production with our producer Charlie Bauerfeind and Viktor Smolski [Rage] who is involved in the orchestral recordings. The album will be released in 2008.”
- Metal Temple: We are talking about strictly new material…
- Andre: “Yes, new material, just orchestra and Hansi [Kursh] singing. Its is without the Heavy Metal parts! There are really good things there and I really hope we will tease you with the song we will put on the album.”
- Metal Temple: I am pretty sure that you will! If you had the ability to change one thing in the music industry, what would that be?
- Andre: “Oh, so hard [Laughs]… There are so many things I’d like to change [Laughs]. it is pretty unfair for musicians that work for years on the music they create and get in the end very little money in exchange. They get the smallest piece of the pie. It is unfair.”
- Read the entire interview by clicking here.
BLIND GUARDIAN released their EP “Fly” in March through Nuclear Blast Records. The full length album, “A Twist In The Myth” (working title), is scheduled for release in September 2006 and will be the band’s debut album with Nuclear Blast Records.
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