They have more than once been praised as Germanys best Metal Band.
Melody is the keyword here - they have like hundreds of great melodies in every single song. Sometimes even a bit overexaggerated. Their last album was recorded on 128 tracks (!)
Songs like the Bards song are:
Past and Future secret (Blind guardian)
The lord of the rings (Blind Guardian)
Tears of the Dragon (Bruce dickinson)
Jerusalem (Bruce Dickinson)
Lots of songs by Haggard (no - not Merle haggard *LOL*)
some stuff by Rhapsody and Luca Turilli
etc etc etc
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