Mirror Mirror (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Mirror Mirror
Artist = Blind Guardian
from Album = Nightfall in Middle-Earth


Released = February 7th, 1998
Recorded =
Genre = Power metal
Length = 27:19
Label = Virgin
Producer = Blind Guardian
Reviews =
* [http://soundofmetal.se/ Sound Of Metal] Rating-10|8.5 [http://soundofmetal.se/index.php?page=blindguardianmirrormirror link]
Last single = "Mr. Sandman" (1996)
This single = "Mirror Mirror" (1998)
Next single = "And Then There Was Silence" (2001)

"Mirror Mirror" is a single by the German power metal band Blind Guardian, released in 1998. Cover art was painted by Andreas Marshall. The song Mirror Mirror was composed for the 1998 album Nightfall in Middle-Earth. Lyrics of "Mirror Mirror", based on J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Silmarillion", recount how Turgon, in view of inevitable defeat, builds the city of Gondolin, aided by Ulmo ("The Lord of Water").

The single also includes two songs from Imaginations from the Other Side album of 1995 and a cover version of Judas Priest song "Beyond the Realms of Death" that was also released on split tribute album.

Track listing

# "Mirror Mirror" – 5:07
# "And the Story Ends" (Live) – 6:47
# "Imaginations from the Other Side" (Live) – 8:23
# "Beyond the Realms of Death" (Judas Priest cover) – 7:02

Lineup

* Hansi Kürsch – vocals
* André Olbrich – lead guitar
* Marcus Siepen – rhythm guitar
* Thomen Stauch – drums

External links

* [http://www.blind-guardian.com/new_version/discography.php3?cat=2&album_id=11 "Mirror Mirror" at the Blind Guardian official website.]
* [http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/blindguardian/mirrormirror.html#1 Lyrics]