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Formed in 1984 by Hansi Kürsch on vocals and bass, Markus Dörk on guitar, André Olbrich on guitar and Thomen Stauch on drums, the band was originally called Lucifer’s Heritage. With the release of two demos, one in 1985 and another 1986, the band developed an underground following despite the chaotic line-up changes, with Dörk and Stauch replaced by Christof Theißen and Hans-Peter Frey, respectively.
Lucifer’s Heritage signed with No Remorse Records in 1988, changed their name to Blind Guardian to avoid comparisons with Satanism, and released their debut full-length album “Battalions of Fear” in 1988. No Remorse Records subsequently released their two follow-up albums “Follow the Blind” in 1989 that was defined by its thrash metal tendencies and “Tales from the Twilight World" in 1990, which was a highly climatic and melodic release.
After signing with Virgin Records in 1991, Blind Guardian released the LP “Somewhere Far Beyond” in 1992 and their first live album “Tokyo Tales” a year later in 1993. Their fifth full-length “Imaginations from the Other Side” released in 1995 saw the band work with former Metallica producer Flemming Rasmussen.
Then came Blind Guardian’s breakthrough into the U.S. with the J. R. R. Tolkien inspired concept album entitled “Nightfall in Middle-Earth” that drew on their epic and hugely anthemic feeling of their 1990 release “Tales of the Twilight World”. After the album Century Media began to release portions of Blind Guardian’s past discography into the U.S. which helped garner support for the group.
“A Night at the Opera”, named after the queen album, was released in 2002 followed by the live album “Imaginations Through the Looking Glass” in 2003 which marked the last album for the returned drummer Thomen Stauch. Stauch’s replacement Frederik Ehmke made his debut on the album “A Twist in the Myth” released in 2006, and contributed to the subsequent “At the Edge of Time” released June 25, 2010. Following the release Blind Guardian embarked on a headline tour named The Sacred Worlds and Songs Divine Tour 2010 and released the compilation album of previously unreleased material entitled “A Traveler’s Guide to Space and Time”.
Live-Bewertungen
You know a band is perfect for a live setting when the entire crowd sings along to the taped intro as is the case at every single Blind Guardian show.
Blind Guardian plays a unique blend of power metal that mixes the blistering speed of their early thrash metal days with a heavy folk, operatic and theatric influence from their later years. The result is high energy music with huge anthem choruses that are sung by layers and layers of vocals in the studio.
Live as you might imagine, these choruses are sang by the thousands and thousands that are in the audience. For fans of sing-a-longs, there is no better band than Blind Guardian, and there’s nothing greater than when they get into their legendary ballad “The Bard’s Song.” The song is so popular that at times, lead singer Hansi Kursch, decides to let the crowd sing on their own and not only during the choruses.
The song is so simple, when performed live it’s simply Hansi, an acoustic guitar and the crowd providing the percussion with their clapping along. In my experiences, Hansi often opts to let the crowd sing most of the verse chiming in for only a few lines here or there. It’s truly a magical experience like no other.
They opened up with The Ninth Wave and played two of their most famous songs (Nightfall and Fly) along with one other song before playing the entirety of Imaginations from the Other Side. For their encore, they did Majesty, Valhalla, Bard's Song, The Curse of Feanor, Mirror, Mirror, and closed with a Beach Boys cover. Great show. The vocals were rather hard to discern as times, though their music sounds way more aggressive live then it does on the album.
The merch was also fairly priced. The cheapest shirt was $20, which also happened to be the coolest-looking one that everyone else at the concert bought. Grave Digger's merch was slightly more expensive.
wingkon
OMG! That was the BEST Blind Guardian concert, I've ever been to!!! Epic how we interrupted their line up with 'Guardian, Guardian, Guardian' and tales will be sung how we continued to sing the Valhalla chorus for 10 minutes... I even heard Hansi say after a while "Jetzt weiss ich auch nicht mehr, was wir machen sollen" - which losely translates to "jeez, no idea what to do from here". Absolutely epic and I was so surprised how well people knew the lyrics... after all - a German band in San Francisco!!
stefan_broda
Great Band and a Great Concert.
Real fans singing together and making the whole atmosphere very intense.
The acoustics of the place or the sound adjustments could have been improved as for several times, for a short period, it was difficult to hear the voices clearly.
It is a shame that the place was not packed, but at the end of the day it was good for those who attended it.
Lots of interaction of the band with the audience enhancing the feeling of an almost private concert.
I would go again.
cortega
This is the third time I see them live. They played for almost two hours, pouring some really great tunes over the audience (we were quite nice too :) ), and not only the new stuff, but also some amazing classics. When they played "Welcome to Dying" I thought the whole place would come crashing down.
Hansi's voice seemed a little off at times, though. I think it was because of the acoustics on stage, but who knows. I hope they come back soon, maybe with new songs?
Txabi
The best show I have ever been. The musicians play perfectly and Hansi as usual just reached the perfection with his voice.
They looked so happy to be on stage, you can see the smile of every band member when they perform. And when the public sing their songs, you can see stars in their eyes !
Great public, generous band (more than 2 hours of show !), what more to ask ? If you have the opportunity, go see Blind Guardian !
TheBeerseeker
Excellent as always, but Grave Digger stole the show. When they brought the piper on stage the crowd went wild! It's not everyday that 2 renowned German power metal bands tour together and have one but two separate dates in North Carolina. So glad to see the venue was packed. Was within 5 feet of the stage and had an excellent view of the show. Crowd energy during both bands was amazing. Can't wait for them to return! A++
connor-corbett
Awesome concert! 18 songs with 2 encores, they played for almost 2h and a half, with only three songs from the new album. We sang along many songs with long final choruses, like Valhalla, The Lord of the Rings, and Last Candle. Freaking epic!
blindmetaller
Great band, great concert!!!!! It's my 3rd time seeing them and it's always amazing. The only thing is that they have so many good songs that you always leave wishing they would had played more!! Inspite of the almost 2.5 hours playing =)
helen-soares-1
Voice...destroyed. Ears...destroyed. Worth it. I had been waiting to see this band for over 10 years, and they did not disappoint. Two encores...all my favorites played.....one killer show. Can't wait for them to come back to Atlanta.
Burning_Tyger
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