Seven long years after the last Blind Guardian record, "The God Machine" is the eagerly awaited shoulder-to-shoulder connection between the early nineties and the savvy sophistication of the present. An impressive album that by no means ignores the last works, but consciously puts complexity and orchestral force in the background. "The God Machine" is the "Imaginations From The Other Side" of 2022, composed, arranged and, above all, unleashed by a band that has had 27 years to perfect its style. This balancing act can definitely be understood as a marching direction. "We didn't want to simply highlight our 1995 qualities, but we definitely didn't want to continue down this complex path forever. 'The God Machine' is a new beginning for us. We've set a new course and gone back to certain things that we've neglected a little bit on the last few albums."