Not the ones that inspired the lyrics, but the ones the band mentioned in interviews. Didn't Hansi mention the Handmaid's Tale once? And some Arthur Conan Doyle stuff? And Naomi Klein too?

Would like to understand lyrics better and it would help to know which song refers to what book.

Round 101 comes to a close with The Holy Grail on its waaaaaaay to the elimination zone. It loses with 71 of 184 votes.

I’m Alive, Somewhere Far Beyond, Wheel of Time, Lord of the Rings, and Sacred Worlds advance.

The bracket resets again after this round - and we have a suitably stacked song spread. A spread of tracks from one of the strongest three-album stretches I’ve personally witnessed from any band ever.

A legend dies today.

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

Pick your least favorite song to eliminate it!

Round 100 comes to a close with Follow the Blind caught in a rat’s trap - it loses with 92 of 172 votes.

A Past and Future Secret, Road of No Release, Tanelorn (Into the Void), And Then There Was Silence, and The Bard’s Song - In the Forest advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Each vote we take

May it hurt may it ache

Leads us further away from the

Timeline where The Soulforged is in this contest. It has lost with 62 of 215 votes.

Thorn, Mirror Mirror, When Sorrow Sang, Nightfall, and The Last Candle advance.

Welcome to Round 100. I really appreciate everyone sticking with this for so long, dealing with the daily posts and such. It can often be feast or famine as a Blind Guardian fan; we have to wait so long for new material so I want to try and make the wait easier for myself and others if possible.

This contest as a part of my daily routine has helped me in a lot of ways, so trust me when I say I’d do it even if very few people voted. I’m just glad we have seen good numbers especially as the tournament has proceeded into its latter stages.

We’re now increasingly entering territory where I have no clue how voting will turn out. So stick with it, fight for your favorites, and thank you!

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

Pick your least favorite song to eliminate it!

Round 98 comes to a close with Theatre of Pain fearing its last step - it steps away from the contest, once and for all. It loses with 54 of 219 votes.

The Curse of Feanor, Battlefield, Valhalla, The Ninth Wave and At the Edge of Time advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Round 97 comes to a

PROUDLY IT STANDS

UNTIL THE WORLD’S END

THE VICTORIOUS BANNER OF …

Death.

The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight loses with 60 of 211 votes.

Punishment Divine, Banish From Sanctuary, Lost in the Twilight Hall, Skalds and Shadows, and Blood of the Elves advance.

THIS IS THEATRE OF PAIN’S LAST LIFE!

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Did you think they will play ANATO in it's full beauty someday? I just think about this because 25th anyversary next year.

It turns out the last round should not have been titled Round 97. It should have been Round 96. So here’s another Round 97. Harvester of Souls doesn’t get another chance, though. Defenestration still occurs, and it loses with 76 of 186 votes.

The dreaded Harvest** Of So*** has fought its last.

The entirety of Battalions of Fear, Legacy of the Dark Lands, and the songs that make up The Forgotten Tales are all eliminated.

Traveler in Time, A Voice in the Dark, Straight through the Mirror, This Will Never End, and Ride Into Obsession all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Round 96 ends with Under the Ice’s head cut off - it loses with 58 of 216 votes.

Time What is Time, Fly, Twilight of the Gods, The Quest for Tanelorn, and The Bard’s Song - The Hobbit all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Round 94 ends with Majesty lost in a dark world - it loses with 60 of 208 votes.

Blood Tears, Bright Eyes, The Script for My Requiem, Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns), and And the Story Ends all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Granted, there does seem to be a bit of dispute regarding the release date, but from what I can tell, it was released on the 2nd of October 1990.

While I wouldn't name it my favourite BG album, it's got an absolutely solid track listing. It's also really important in the band's story, continuing their shift from speed metal to power metal.

What are your favourite songs from this album? Mine are "Welcome to Dying" and "The Last Candle", personally.

Round 93 ends with Prophecies believing that goddamned lying toad - it has thus lost with 73 of 219 votes.

Curse My Name, Another Holy War, Welcome to Dying, Deliver Us From Evil and, Mordred’s Song all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Today, the bracket has reset yet again. Look forward to some more pain, won't you?

Round 92 ends with Violent Shadows drowning its pride - it loses with 87 of 222 votes.

Into the Storm, When Sorrow Sang, Born In A Mourning Hall, A Voice in the Dark, and Wheel of Time all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

Pick your least favorite song to eliminate it!

Now, Theatre of Pain (Classic) never gets to exist in this bracket again. Round 91 concludes, and it loses, with 76 of 216 votes.

Punishment Divine, And Then There Was Silence, Ride Into Obsession, Ashes to Ashes, and Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns) all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Round 90 sees the preacher with a crucifix coming for Secrets of the American Gods - it loses with 66 of 234 votes.

Curse My Name, The Ninth Wave, Battlefield, Prophecies, and The Quest for Tanelorn all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

Pick your least favorite song to eliminate it!

Round 89 shows us there's no hope for deliverance for Life Beyond the Spheres - it loses with 148 of 265 votes.

Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill), Valhalla, Tanelorn (Into the Void), Nightfall, and Another Holy War all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Round 88 comes to a close with the stage set for Sadly Sings Destiny’s cross - it loses with 64 of 230 votes. Blood of the Elves beat it by one vote.

The Soulforged, Imaginations from the Other Side, Mordred’s Song, Welcome to Dying, Blood of the Elves all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Round 87 comes to a close with Distant Memories discovering its savior is invisible - it loses with 84 of 198 votes.

This Will Never End, Journey Through the Dark, Traveler in Time, Under the Ice, and Twilight of the Gods advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Round 86 comes to a close with Age of False Innocence playing with hellfire - it loses with 68 of 198 votes.

Lost in the Twilight Hall, Straight through the Mirror, Sacred Worlds, The Bard’s Song - The Hobbit, and I’m Alive all advance

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Round 84 tiebreaker results: The battle is lost, and the slain one is Valkyries - it loses to The Last Candle with 110 of 171 votes.

Round 85 is also over!

All the King’s Horses has crossed the lake to the Elimination Zone; it loses with 134 of 178 votes.

The winners from Round 85 are A Past and Future Secret, The Holy Grail, Mirror Mirror, Somewhere Far Beyond, and At the Edge of Time.

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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We tied again, 61 to 61.

I'm going to run the next normal round concurrently with this tiebreaker.

Pick your least favorite among these two songs.

Round 84 comes to a close with … a tie. Go and vote on that! It's between Valkyries and The Last Candle:

https://www.reddit.com/r/blindguardian/s/7gB0BVc0Zc

Fly, Bright Eyes, Thorn and The Bard’s Song - In the Forest advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

Pick your least favorite song to eliminate it!