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Genres: | Power Metal |
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Last update/review: | October 1, 2022 |
Blind Guardian rank with Helloween and Stratovarius as the main innovators of the Germanic speed/power metal style that has been massively popular in Europe for the past several years. Originally known as Lucifer's Heritage, Blind Guardian themselves did derive from Helloween early in their career, but took that style to a new level, with advanced musicianship and folk/fantasy-based lyrical themes predominating much of their career, a career that is now approaching three decades in length.
Current Members
Hansi Kürsch
vocals(ex-)
Marcus Siepen
guitars(ex-Sinbreed)
Andre Olbrich
guitars
Frederik Ehmke
drums(Sinbreed)
Former Members/Guests
Oliver Holzwarth (guest)
bass(ex-Coldseed, ex-Paradox, ex-Rhapsody Of Fire, ex-Sieges Even)
Johan Van Stratum (guest)
bass
Berend Courbois (guest)
bass
Peter Schüren (guest)
keyboards
Thomas Stauch
drums(ex-Coldseed, ex-Iron Savior, ex-Savage Circus, ex-Serious Black)
Discography
Battalions Of Fear
1988No Remorse
| - Majesty
- Guardian of the Blind
- Trial by the Archon
- Wizard's Crown
- Run for the Night
- The Martyr
- Battalions of Fear
- By the Gates of Moria
- Gandalf's Rebirth
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Thomas Stauch
| |
Follow The Blind
1989No Remorse
| - Inquisition
- Banish from sanctuary
- Damned for all time
- Follow the blind
- Hall of the king
- Fast to madness
- Beyond the ice
- Valhalla
- Don't break the circle
- Barbara Ann
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Thomas Stauch
| |
Tales From The Twilight World
1990No Remorse
| - Traveler in Time
- Welcome To Dying
- Weird Dreams
- Lord of the Rings
- Goodbye My Friend
- Lost In the Twilight Hall
- Tommyknockers
- Altair 4
- The Last Candle
- Run For The Night (Live)
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Thomas Stauch
| 1990 Readers' Album #22 |
Somewhere Far Beyond
1992Virgin
| - Time What Is Time
- Journey Through The Dark
- Black Chamber
- Theatre of Pain
- The Quest For Tanelorn
- Ashes To Ashes
- The Bard's Song- In The Forest
- The Bard's Song- The Hobbit
- The Piper's Calling
- Somewhere Far Beyond
- Spread Your Wings
- Trial By Fire; Theatre of Pain
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Thomas Stauch
| 1992 Readers' Album #27 |
Tokyo TalesLIVE
1993Virgin
| | - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Thomas Stauch
| |
A Past And Future SecretEP
1995Virgin
| - A Past and Future Secret
- Imaginations from the Other Side
- The Wizard
- A Past and Future Secret (Orchestra Mix)
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Thomas Stauch
| |
Imaginations From The Other Side
1995Virgin
| - Imaginations From the Other Side
- I'm Alive
- A Past and Future Secret
- The Script For My Requiem
- Mordred's Song
- Born in a Mourning Hall
- Bright Eyes
- Another Holy War
- ....And the Story Ends
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Thomas Stauch
| |
Bright EyesEP
1995Virgin
| - Bright Eyes (edit)
- Mr. Sandman
- Hallelujah
- Imaginations from the Other Side (demo version)
- A Past and Future Secret (demo version)
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Thomas Stauch
| 1995 Readers' Album #4 |
The Forgotten Tales
1996Virgin
| - Mr. Sandman
- Surfin'USA
- Bright Eyes
- Lord of the Rings
- The Wizard
- Spread Your Wings
- Mordred's Song
- Black Chamber
- The Bard's song (live)
- Barbara Ann / Long Tall Sally
- A Past and Future Secret
- To France
- Theatre of Pain
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Thomas Stauch
| 1996 Readers' Album #36 |
Nightfall In Middle Earth
1998Virgin
| - War of wrath
- Into the storm
- Lammoth
- Nightfall
- The minstrel
- The curse of feanor
- Captured
- Blood tears
- Mirror mirror
- Face the truth
- Noldor (Dead winter reigns)
- Battle of sudden flame
- Time stands still (At the iron hill)
- The dark elf
- Thorn
- The eldar
- Nom the wise
- When sorrow sang
- Out on the water
- The steadfast
- A dark passage
- Final chapter (Thus ends...)
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Oliver Holzwarth
- Thomas Stauch
| 1998 Readers' Album #7 |
And There Was SilenceEP
2001Century Media
| - And then there was Silence
- Harvest of Sorrow
- (multimedia track)
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Oliver Holzwarth
- Thomas Stauch
| |
A Night At The Opera
2002Century Media
| - Precious Jerusalem
- Battlefield
- Under The Ice
- Sadly Sings Destiny
- The Maiden And The Minstrel Night
- Wait For An Answer
- The Soulforged
- Age Of False Innocence
- Punishment Divine
- And Then There Was Silence
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Oliver Holzwarth
- Thomas Stauch
| 2002 Readers' Album #2 |
LiveLIVE
2003Virgin
| - War Of Wrath
- Into The Storm
- Welcome To Dying
- Nightfall
- The Script For My Requiem
- Harvest Of Sorrow
- The Soulforged
- Valhalla
- Majesty
- Mordred.s Song
- Born In A Mourning Hall
- Under The Ice
- Bright Eyes
- Punishment Divine
- The Bard.s Song (In The Forest)
- Imaginations From The Other Side
- Lost In The Twilight Hall
- A Past And Future Secret
- Time Stands Still (At The Iron Hill)
- Journey Through The Dark
- Lord Of The Rings
- Mirror Mirror
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Oliver Holzwarth
- Thomas Stauch
| |
Imaginations Through The Looking GlassVIDEO
2004Virgin
A Twist In The Myth
2006Nuclear Blast
| - This Will Never End
- Otherland
- Turn the Page
- Fly
- Carry the Blessed Home
- Another Stranger Me
- Straight Through the Mirror
- Lionheart
- Skalds and Shadows
- The Edge
- The New Order
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Oliver Holzwarth
- Frederik Ehmke
| 2006 Readers' Album #7 |
The Sacred Worlds And Songs Divine Tour 2010LIVE
2010Metal Hammer
| - Sacred Worlds
- War Of Wrath
- Into the Storm
- Born In A Mourning Hall
- Nightfall
- Fly
- Valhalla
- The Bard's Song (In The Forest)
- Mirror Mirror
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Oliver Holzwarth
- Frederik Ehmke
| |
At The Edge Of Time
2010Nuclear Blast
| - Sacred Worlds
- Tanelorn (Into the Void)
- Road of No Release
- Ride into Obsession
- Curse My Name
- Valkyries
- Control the Divine
- War of the Thrones
- A Voice in the Dark
- Wheel of Time
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Oliver Holzwarth
- Frederik Ehmke
| 2010 Readers' Album #14 |
Memories Of A Time To ComeCOMPILATION
2012Virgin
| - Imaginations from the Other Side
- Nightfall
- Ride into Obsession
- Somewhere Far Beyond
- Majesty
- Traveler in Time
- Follow the Blind
- The Last Candle
- Sacred Worlds
- This Will Never End
- Valhalla
- Bright Eyes
- Mirror Mirror
- The Bards Song (In the Forest)
- The Bards Song (The Hobbit)
- And Then There Was Silence
- Brian
- Halloween (The Wizard's Crown)
- Lucifers Heritage
- Symphonies of Doom
- Dead of the Night
- Majesty
- Trial by the Archon
- Battalions of Fear
- Run for the Night
- Lost in the Twilight Hall
- Tommyknockers
- Ashes to Ashes
- Time What Is Time
- A Past and Future Secret
- The Script for My Requiem
| | |
Beyond The Red Mirror
2015Nuclear Blast
| - Ninth Wave
- Twilight Of The Gods
- Prophecies
- At The Edge Of Time
- Ashes Of Eternity
- Distant Memories
- Holy Grail
- The Throne
- Sacred Mind
- Miracle Machine
- Grand Parade
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Frederik Ehmke
| 2015 Readers' Album #8 |
Live Beyond The SpheresLIVE
2017Nuclear Blast
| - The Ninth Wave
- Banish From Sanctuary
- Nightfall
- Prophecies
- Tanelorn
- The Last Candle
- And Then There Was Silence
- The Lord Of The Rings
- Fly
- Bright Eyes
- Lost In The Twilight Hall
- Imaginations From The Other Side
- Into The Storm
- Twilight Of The Gods
- A Past And Future Secret
- And The Story Ends
- Sacred Worlds
- The Bard's Song (In The Forest)
- Valhalla
- Wheel Of Time
- Majesty
- Mirror Mirror
| | |
The Tides Of War - Live At Rock Hard Festival 2016LIVE EP
2018Rock Hard
| - The Tides of War
- Lord of the Rings (live)
- Journey Through the Dark (live)
- Majesty (live)
- The Bard's Song - In the Forest (live)
- Valhalla (live)
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Thomas Stauch
- Frederik Ehmke
| |
Twilight Orchestra: Legacy Of The Dark Lands
2019Nuclear Blast
| - 1618 Ouverture
- The Gathering
- War Feeds War
- Comets and Prophecies
- Dark Cloud's Rising
- The Ritual
- In the Underworld
- A Secret Society
- The Great Ordeal
- Bez
- In the Red Dwarf's Tower
- Into the Battle
- Treason
- Between the Realms
- Point of No Return
- The White Horseman
- Nephilim
- Trial and Coronation
- Harvester of Souls
- Conquest Is Over
- This Storm
- The Great Assault
- Beyond the Wall
- A New Beginning
- 1618 Ouverture
- War Feeds War
- Dark Cloud's Rising
- In the Underworld
- The Great Ordeal
- In the Red Dwarf's Tower
- Treason
- Point of No Return
- Nephilim
- Harvester of Souls
- Beyond the Wall
- This Storm
| | |
Imaginations From The Other Side LiveLIVE
2020Nuclear Blast
| - Imaginations from the Other Side
- Im Alive
- A Past and Future Secret
- The Script for My Requiem
- Mordreds Song
- Born in a Mourning Hall
- Bright Eyes
- Another Holy War
- And the Story Ends
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Berend Courbois
- Peter Schüren
- Frederik Ehmke
| |
The God Machine
2022Nuclear Blast
| - Deliver Us from Evil
- Damnation
- Secrets of the American Gods
- Violent Shadows
- Life Beyond the Spheres
- Architects of Doom
- Let It Be No More
- Blood of the Elves
- Destiny
| - Hansi Kürsch
- Marcus Siepen
- Andre Olbrich
- Johan Van Stratum
- Frederik Ehmke
| |
FAQs
Brilliant vocals, great choruses, distinct and unique sense of melody both on guitar and vocals. Something I really love about them is that vocals, guitars, and drums all have very prominent and distinct parts. In many bands I feel like one instrument will often dominate and the band becomes boring.
What type of metal is Blind Guardian? ›
Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in 1984 in Krefeld, West Germany. They are often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and speed metal subgenres.
How popular is Blind Guardian? ›
In short, Blind Guardian have a highly esteemed reputation. I imagine the majority of you are already familiar with this band. They're one of the most popular metal bands out right now, especially in power metal.
How many albums does Blind Guardian have? ›
Blind Guardian discography |
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Blind Guardian in 2006; L-R: Olbrich, Ehmke, Kürsch, Siepen, Schüren, Holzwarth |
Studio albums | 12 |
Live albums | 3 |
Compilation albums | 2 |
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Who plays bass for Blind Guardian? ›
When was the band Iced Earth formed? ›
Formation and early years (1984–1989)
The central figure of Iced Earth is, and has been, guitarist Jon Schaffer, who formed the band on January 20, 1985, in Tampa, Florida. Schaffer's original vision for the band started under the moniker "The Rose" in 1984.
What kind of metal is TesseracT? ›
TesseracT is a progressive metal band based in the U.K that toured the world extensively and released a number of acclaimed albums and EPs.
What kind of metal is Shadows Fall? ›
Shadows Fall has been mainly described as metalcore, death metal and thrash metal. Tom Murphy of Westword opines that "Shadows Fall began as a melodic death-metal band with some roots in hardcore".
Are blind guardians religious? ›
Many rock artists including Switchfoot, Blind Guardian and Collective Soul do not claim to be "Christian bands," but include members who openly profess to be Christians or at times may feature Christian thought, imagery, Scripture or other influences in their music.
Why did demons and wizards break up? ›
The personnel for the second album (Touched by the Crimson King), released in 2005, included Morris on lead guitar and Bobby Jarzombek on drums. The band released a third studio album, III, in 2020, and disbanded in early 2021 following Schaffer's involvement in the 2021 United States Capitol riot.
Stevie Wonder, who is blind from birth, has recorded more than thirty U.S. top ten hits and won twenty-two Grammy Awards (the most ever won by a solo artist in history).
How famous is third eye blind? ›
Third Eye Blind has sold around 12 million records worldwide.
How many users does blind have? ›
Blind says it currently has about 12 million active monthly users globally.
Who is the deceased blind singer? ›
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Who is the blind religious singer? ›
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Who is the blind classic singer? ›
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