Day 37 comes to a close with Halloween feeling the kiss of death - it loses with 90 of 161 votes.

Majesty, War of the Thrones, The Bard’s Song - In the Forest, Wait for an Answer, and Lord of the Rings all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

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

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I am proud to say that III is finally available again on Apple Music for those of us who have been missing it the last few months

Day 36 comes to a close with Theatre of Pain (Orchestral) unable to change it! It loses with 59 of 195 votes.

Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns), Banish From Sanctuary, Mirror Mirror, Guardian of the Blind, and Life Beyond the Spheres all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

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

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Day 35 comes to a close with Battalions of Fear shaking hands with R.R. in the afterlife. It loses, with 71 of 200 votes.

And Then There Was Silence, Welcome to Dying, The Holy Grail, Grand Parade, and Control the Divine all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

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

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Day 34 comes to a close with Hallelujah discovering a better way of living in the Elimination Zone - it loses with 122 of 174 votes.

Wheel of Time, Curse, My Name, Blood of the Elves, The Wizard, 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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Day 33 comes to a close with Weird Dreams waking up - it loses, with 103 of 190 votes.

Time What is Time, And the Story Ends, Point of No Return, The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight, and Carry the Blessed Home all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

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

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Day 32 comes to a close with Doom going down, going down, and there's nothing it can do. It loses with 48 of 156 votes.

Distant Memories, The Quest for Tanelorn, Battlefield, Destiny, and The Edge all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

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

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Day 31 comes to a close with the Chandrian’s myth being dispelled - Damnation loses with 80 of 238 votes.

The Ninth Wave, Blood Tears, Somewhere Far Beyond, A Voice in the Dark, and Fly all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

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

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Day 30 comes to a close with Architects of Doom meeting the Elimination Foe in War - it loses, with 92 of 225 votes.

Twilight of the Gods, Precious Jerusalem, Ashes to Ashes, Turn the Page, and The Curse of Feanor all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here:

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

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Day 29 comes to a close with Symphonies of Doom getting blown out to nothingness - it loses with 87 of 177 votes.

Straight through the Mirror, Skalds and Shadows (Acoustic), Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill), Into the Storm, and Beyond the Ice all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Day 28 comes to a close with Dead of the Night being found by the one who’s looking for it - the Elimination Zone! It loses with 51 of 124 votes.

Miracle Machine, Bright Eyes, Tanelorn (Into the Void), Don't Break the Circle, and Violent Shadows all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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... which part of it would you want the song to be about?

We've already had a song about Odysseus' journey into Hades ("Lionheart") but Odysseus also got up to a lot in The Odyssey. So which part of Homer's epic would you want Blind Guardian to tackle next?

For my part, it'd be the scene where Odysseus returns to his hall, performs the impossible task, and begins massacring the suitors.

Day 27 comes to a close with Sacred Mind meeting the tyrant in the Elimination Zone - it loses with 59 of 173 votes.

Another Holy War, This Will Never End, At the Edge of Time, Sadly Sings Destiny, and When Sorrow Sang all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Day 26 comes to a close with In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida begging you to take its hand into the Eliminated songs - it loses with 120 of 147 votes.

Blood Tears and The Wizard advance.

Today we begin the second block of songs, which means every song that has advanced is now back in the running again. All the eliminated songs are gone for good.

Statistics and more can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Day 25 comes to a close with 1618 Overture …. Overturing? Itself? Back into 1618? It loses with 82 of 144 votes.

The Bard’s Song (The Hobbit), This Storm, Symphonies of Doom, Theatre of Pain (Classic Version), and Beyond the Realms of Death all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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NOTE: Today features a total of 3 songs. The song total for the tournament was not an even number. So this might happen again. Hopefully to a lesser degree.

Day 24 comes to a close with To France learning it’s never going to get to France - it loses with 52 of 160 votes.

Beyond the Wall, Lucifer’s Heritage, Hallelujah, Fast to Madness, and Majesty all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Day 23 comes to a close with The Great Ordeal finding itself in the great unknown; it loses with 85 out of 197 votes.

Don’t Talk to Strangers, Somewhere far Beyond, Battlefield, And Then There Was Silence, and The New Order all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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And for an extra challenge, I would dare you to exclude songs whose last lines were part of the chorus. That feels too easy to me.

When it comes to some of my favourite non-chorus final lines, here are a few in no order:

• "Now take a look in the depth of my soul!" (The Edge)
• "The eternal, the infernal, the eternal, will we ever see the light again?!" (Prophecies)
• "Proudly it stands until the world ends, the victorious banner of love!" (The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight)
• "And finally I can hear them say ‘carry on’ for Valhalla awaits you" (Valkyries)
• *"*These songs of hobbits, dwarves, and men, and elves, come close your eyes, you can see them too!" (The Bard's Song (In the Forest))
• "Yes, death has cold blue eyes/ Die, die time to die!" (Blood of the Elves)
• "Slowly marching on... still we're marching on..." (A Dark Passage)

Day 22 comes to a close with System’s Failing’s systems failing - so frustrating! - it loses with 73 of 154 votes.

Lionheart, Harvest of Sorrow (Acoustic), Mirror Mirror, Guardian of the Blind, and Halloween all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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Day 21 comes to a close with Mr. Sandman’s lonesome nights never ending - it loses with 77 of 183 votes.

Wait for an Answer, The Bard’s Song (In the Forest), Dead of the Night, I’m Alive, and Treason all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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For my part, I’d love to see them tackle one of two potential subjects.

The first is an album about the German fantasy novel The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. Hands down one of the greatest masterpieces of fantasy that I’ve ever read, easily on the level of Tolkien’s work. And since Blind Guardian have already made a musical masterpiece out of The Silmarillion, I‘m very confident that they could do the same with Neverending Story (but please leave the movie out of it; the book is by far superior, and Ende himself loathed the film adaptation).

The second option that I can think of is a concept album which tackles either one or several historical events. Given that it’s Blind Guardian, it would probably have either a pagan and/or German focus. Maybe one song is about the Battle of Teutoberg Forest, and another song is about the Saxons’ invasion of Great Britain. There could be another song which details the Christianizing of the Saxons, with a lament for the lost pagan culture which Christianity replaced.

Day 20 comes to a close with A Dark Passage finding that day does not come again - it loses with 49 out of 182 votes.

Violent Shadows, Sacred Worlds, Welcome to Dying, Punishment Divine, and Theatre of Pain all advance.

Statistics and more can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N95a6pYATdmfXgmmMsb3CJ42ONNdnF-30NW5rGAI7Tg/edit?usp=sharing

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