Blind Guardian
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Blind Guardian – Ride Into Obsession
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Krefeld, Germany (1984 – present)
Look for further news at www.blind-guardian.com
or go to their label’s Blind Guardian profile at www.nuclearblast.de/de/label/music/band/about/71036.blind-guardian.html
Blind Guardian was founded in 1984 by André Olbrich (guitar), Hansi Kürsch (vocals, bass), Marcus Siepen (guitar) and Thomen Stauch (drums), (left the band in 2005, replaced by Frederik Ehmke). Before calling themselves Blind Guardian, the band released two demos under the name Lucifer’s Heritage in 1985 and 1986.
Blind Guardian has always been inspired by the fictional worlds of fantasy writers such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Michael Moorcock, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman as well as traditional legends and epics. Stephen King’s Dark Tower series has also been an influence on the band, evident in “Somewhere Far Beyond” as well as numerous Demons & Wizards songs. Over the years, a running theme has developed associating the band members with traveling bards.
The line-up has been the same since 1988, but in 2005 the drummer, Thomas Stauch, left the band due to the direction the band was taking in their last studio albums, “Nightfall In Middle-Earth” and “A Night at the Opera”. He was replaced by Frederik Ehmke.
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Somewhere Far Beyond
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A Night at the Opera
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Nightfall in Middle-Earth
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At the Edge of Time
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Lost_Souls_UK
Anyone else loving Heaven Shall Burn's cover of 'Valhalla' feat. Hansi? http://youtu.be/iQL8QbPWArY
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H-Grunge
Nightfall <3
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Copkiller
Best band ever. Fuck the RIAA.
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BeIieve
He's Ilúvatar.
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livesuffer-die
He's Odin.
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selkir93
No, he isn't. He's a fucking god!
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Elmira_N
Hansi, He is an angel
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meioo_psicopata
Impossible to say all that I feel when I listen to BG
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Neue_regel_
The Vocal Range of Hansi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXu79ysIXTM Amazing new compilation video.
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LuxusPL
We should have at least one album from them this year.
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sasankhamisi
Drinking and listening to his voice...all of life and the smell of heaven is in Hansi's voice, absolutely he is not an angel or a wizard, He is a God, exactly he is The God
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livesuffer-die
At this point i don't even care about tours, I just really hope they won't stay bringing back old songs and remixing them..because that would be horrible :/
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IgorDetoni
This band is just magnific, perfect. They should come to Brazil more often, they come every 4 years only :(
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MrReznov
I really hope they'll come here again soon.
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shinji03
watching Game of Thrones made me want to listen to Blind Guardian and Rhapsody again... how I missed this. (;
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DelliriuM666
•*¨*•♫♪•<❤>_♪♫ॐ•_•ॐ♫♪+<❤>•♪♫•*¨*•
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ForestSidhe
They are amazing. I am in love.
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IgorDetoni
"Demons & Wizards" and "Blind Guardian" are the only bands without the possibility of single hit selection, for ever and ever and more...[3]
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sasankhamisi
"Demons & Wizards" and "Blind Guardian" are the only bands without the possibility of single hit selection, for ever and ever and more...[2]
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persian_note
"Demons & Wizards" and "Blind Guardian" are the only bands without the possibility of single hit selection, for ever and ever and more...
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