A Twist in the Myth is the eighth studio album by the German power metal band Blind Guardian. It was originally set to be released on September 5, 2006, but Nuclear Blast changed the release date to September 1, 2006 (Except in North-America where it was released September 5).

The album was released in several different formats: a normal version, a digipack version with bonus track and bonus CD, and a limited edition book-version. The book contains the digipack, along with a guitar pick, booklet and certificate of authenticity and autographs.

Track listing

1. "This Will Never End" – 5:07
2. "Otherland" – 5:14
3. "Turn the Page" – 4:16
4. "Fly" – 5:43
5. "Carry the Blessed Home" – 4:03
6. "Another Stranger Me" – 4:36
7. "Straight Through the Mirror" – 5:48
8. "Lionheart" – 4:15
9. "Skalds and Shadows" – 3:13
10. "The Edge" – 4:27
11. "The New Order" – 4:49
12. "All the King's Horses" – 4:13 (Japanese Bonus Track)
13. "Dead Sound of Misery" – 5:18 (Digipak Bonus Track)
14. Digipack Bonus CD
15. Interview (Deutsch)
16. Interview (English)
17. Blind Guardian Media Player
18. Double LP Bonus Tracks
19. "Market Square" (Demo) – 5:51
20. "Dead Sound of Misery" is an alternative, darker version of "Fly"
21. "All the King's Horses" is also available on the single Another Stranger Me.
22. "Market Square" is the demo version of "Straight Through the Mirror" and is only available on the Double LP version of the album.

Lyrical references

• "This Will Never End" is inspired by Walter Moers' A Wild Ride Through the Night.
• "Otherland" is based on Tad Williams' Otherland series of novels.
• "Turn the Page" contains references to Wicca, as well as renewal and the change of seasons.
• "Fly" contains references to Peter Pan and was inspired by the film Finding Neverland.
• "Carry the Blessed Home" is about Roland the Gunslinger and Jake Chambers at the end of Stephen King's Dark Tower series.
• "Another Stranger Me" portrays the mind of a person with multiple personalities who becomes aware of his other self. It draws inspiration from The Drawing of the Three, book two of Stephen King's Dark Tower series.
• "Straight through the Mirror" tells how dreams can change very quickly - it's about the importance of dreams in general too. Some claim it's about a person describing the experience and process of dying while in reality this person is just dreaming it all.
• "Lionheart" is about Ulysses and his travels to Hades.
• "Skalds and Shadows" is about the tales of Old Norse Skalds
• "The Edge" is about St. Paul and his version of Christ.
• "The New Order" deals with the necessity of changes.
• "All the King's Horses" is based on Welsh folklore and feature references to Taliesin and Holy Grail
• "Dead Sound of Misery" is a remix of "Fly" about the Whore of Babylon

Personnel

• Hansi Kürsch (Vocals)
• André Olbrich (Lead Guitar)
• Marcus Siepen (Rhythm Guitar)
• Frederik Ehmke (Drums, percussion, flute and bagpipes)

Guest Musicians

• Oliver Holzwarth (Bass)
• The Choir Company - Olaf Senkbeil, Rolf Köhler, Thomas Hackmann
• Keyboards - Martin G. Meyer and Pat Benzner

Crew

• Charlie Bauerfeind - producing, mastering, mixing and engineering
• Blind Guardian - producing
• Jan Rubach - engineering
• Marc Schettler - assistant engineering
• Anthony Clarkson - artwork
• Axel Jusseit - photos
• Nikolay S. Simkin - booklet design

Chart positions

• Germany: #4
• Sweden: #10
• Austria: #19
• Japan: #21
• USA: #288
• USA Billboard Top Independent Albums: #21
• USA Billboard Top Heatseekers: #13
• Switzerland: #27
• Finland: #30
• Norway: #38
• Spain: #15
• UK: #33 (independent chart)