Blind Guardian

Blind GuardianSaturday, 23 August 2025Tvornica kulture, Zagreb, Croatia "Let's sing the Bard's song!" After a long thirteen years (if internet sources are to be believed), the German masters of medieval folk melodies returned…

Acts: Blind Guardian, Kissin' Dynamite, Gamma Ray, H.E.A.T, Dynazty, AxxisDate: Friday, December 13, 2024Venue: Schwabenhalle, Augsburg, Germany Kai Hansen trying to breathe new life into Gamma Ray? Where better to catch that than…

Acts: Blind Guardian / support: Dawn of ExtinctionVenue: Vienna / Gasometer / AustriaDate: Wednesday, 18 October 2023 After eight years (if my grasp of Hansi's blunt German is anything to go by), Blind Guardian have finally graced…

Label: Nuclear Blast RecordsRelease date: September 2, 2022Production: Charlie Bauerfeind & Joost van den BroekAlbum length: 51.08 minGenre: Power Metal / Progressive MetalRating: 9.0/10 Blind Guardian, the Teutonic lords of the…

With “IIII,” Messrs. Kürsch and Schaffer haven't let anyone down. They've made a top-notch, eclectic album that's sure to please every fan who was sick of waiting fifteen years for the next chapter of the Demons & Wizards project.

Anyone who can happily accept that “Legacy of the Dark Lands” isn't a 'traditional' Blind Guardian album, but the work of the fully orchestral Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra project with no metal elements, will enjoy it from start to…

»Nighfall in Middle-Earth« is still the brightest jewel in the crown of Germany's prog/power metal champions to this day.

With »Somewhere Far Beyond« in the early nineties, Blind Guardian became the leading lights of German power metal, while Helloween slid into an identity crisis and Gamma Ray were still searching for their true sound.

It was a long wait for a new Blind Guardian live document, but it was worth it: »Live Beyond the Spheres« is their best 'live' album to date, and with its superb atmosphere and excellent production it delivers a hugely successful…

»Tales from the Twilight World« catapulted Blind Guardian into the ranks of the most thrilling and intelligent acts in Teutonic power metal. By this point in their career it was already clear the foursome had found a very specific style…

On »Follow the Blind«, Blind Guardian wade into harder, darker waters, and the album practically bursts with rebellious energy. They also start slowly experimenting with keyboards, kicking off the next stage of their sonic evolution.

The ambitious debut from one of the finest bands on the German metal scene, "Battalions of Fear" was still very much a speed metal record that wore the influence of some more established metal acts on its sleeve. But on a few tracks you…

Friday came quicker than we expected, and the festival wrapped up in the most metal way possible. Let's hope the wait for the next edition flies by just as fast.

Even though they've been plenty busy on stages around here, it took almost nine whole years for German giants Blind Guardian to finally make it back to the capital. And the wait was worth it, because the bards dug into their rich treasure…

Legendary German bards Blind Guardian are about to enter their 30th year next year, and from day one Hansi Kürsch has been the heart of the band. For three decades, with one of the finest voices in metal, he has been delivering the…

With »Beyond The Red Mirror«, Blind Guardian have once again built a fascinating bridge between the worlds of fantasy and reality, creating a concept masterpiece that's sure to be one of the top contenders for best metal album of 2015.

Location: Unterpremstätten (Graz) / Schwarzlsee / AustriaDate: 02.08.2014 After a scorching rock Friday that left plenty of people with rosy memories (and sunburns) on their skin, Saturday promised an even hotter metal day. Already…

If Friday at Seerock was all about unwinding with some rock'n'roll, Saturday started bombarding everyone's ears with full metal force just after noon.

"Memories of a Time to Come" is a superb best-of compilation, offering a comprehensive look at the colorful career of one of the most creative and innovative bands in Teutonic power metal.

The guitarist of German titans Blind Guardian took us on a trip along the edge of time and talked about the new record and the upcoming symphonic project.

Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Tolmin, SloveniaConcert date: 14.07.2011Attendance: 10 Day four of Metalcamp was actually the only day of this year's festival that woke us up with a sour, rainy, cold morning. So no…

Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 28.04.2011Attendance: 800Ticket price: 27.49€ German power metal giants Blind Guardian, from the small northern German town of Krefeld, show not the…

A dazzling, freshly inspired new gem added to the one-of-a-kind Blind Guardian art collection. With it, these superb power metallers have tapped right into the heartfelt "A Night At The Opera" magic.

"Then they come back out with Horst E. Franz, the festival's head organizer, and sum up their impressions in front of an ecstatic crowd that just wouldn't stop singing the chorus: "Valhalla, deliverance, But you ever forgot me,..." Not even…

"Imaginations From The Other Side" is a power metal classic and one of the best achievements of 90s European heavy metal, an album you can still only talk about in superlatives today.

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Messegelande / Balingen / GermanyConcert date: June 26, 2009Attendance: 20,000Ticket price: €85.00 (two-day ticket) The second day of the festival didn't exactly start on a rosy…

»A Night At The Opera« is the record where Blind Guardian proved they're not afraid of change and experimentation, and it paid off big time.

Author: Rok Klemše Concert date: 07/29/2007Attendance: 16Ticket price: 8,000/day It was hard to believe a whole year could fly by that fast. It feels like I just got back from Metalcamp 2006 and was still nursing my post-festival…

Blind Guardian is a name followed all over the world by hordes of loyal, almost fanatical fans. It's no different here at home: last October, Ljubljana's VPK was bursting at the seams during a stellar show by the legendary Germans. Bli

Author: Rok Klemše Location: Milan / Idroscalo / ItalyConcert date: 06.06.2007Attendance: 3000 In the eleven years since its first incarnation in 1997, Italy's Gods of Metal festival has grown into one of the biggest summer music…

Venue: Ljubljana (Slovenia), VPK MediaparkConcert date: October 13, 2006Attendance: 1000Ticket price: 6,300.00 SIT ASTRAL DOORS: 8:00 PM - 8:45 PM I'm standing there with a beer in my hand. What a shattering observation, right? Anyway, the…

Blind Guardian! Few bands in power metal today can boast the kind of originality and inventiveness that Blind Guardian can. Their albums are always a chapter of their own, and for years now each new release has landed in the narrow circle…

If flying is just a wish for Helloween (the EP "If I Could Fly", 2000), Blind Guardian, unlike them, don't spend much time wondering whether they can fly or not. They just fly! "Fly" is remarkably short for the band

No, no, no, absolutely no surprise! For all of us whose lives are more closely intertwined with the music of Blind Guardian, this wasn't just an expected album, it was a demanded album! The demands were met and exceeded (again!) the entire…

Author: Peter Podbrežnik Location: Planet Music / Vienna / AustriaConcert date: October 11, 2002Attendance: 1500Ticket price: 25€ An unforgettable day started out pretty miserably. It was rainy and nasty outside, the dark forces had…