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25.01 - Texas Independence Fest - First Bands Confirmed

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24.01 - Hellfest 2015 - Last Bands Confirmed

24.01 - Born Of Osiris - Working On New Material

24.01 - Helrunar - New Song Available Online

24.01 - Uli Jon Roth - Stream Song From 'Scorpions Revisited'

24.01 - Dopethrone - Share New Album Details And Teaser

23.01 - Napalm Death - Release New Video

23.01 - Sólstafir - Announce Replacement For Drummer On Upcoming Shows

23.01 - Rush - Announce 40th Anniversary Tour

Reviews Articles

	Mourning Mist Mourning Mist
	No Return Fearless Walk To Rise
	Periphery Juggernaut: Alpha & Omega
	Caïna Setter Of Unseen Snares
	Terror Empire The Empire Strikes Black
	Thulcandra Ascension Lost
	Iron Fist Boneshaker [EP]
	Orden Ogan Ravenhead
	Blind Guardian Beyond The Red Mirror
	Napalm Death Apex Predator - Easy Meat

16.01 - A Year In Metal - 2014: Highlights Through The Eyes Of The MS Staff, Elites & Official Contributors

11.01 - Getting Stoked: 70000 Tons Of Metal 2015 - The Bands

13.12 - Goatwhore, Dying Fetus and support in Toulouse, 25/11/2014

09.12 - Mars Red Sky + Year Of No Light in Toulouse

06.12 - Voting Abuse, MS, and YOU!

06.12 - Drone On: Sonic Shamans And The Philosophy Of O)))

26.11 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 4 Issue #4 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

22.11 - Damnation Festival 2014 - Leeds, England, 1st November 2014

Shoutbox

06:02 - Redn1ght
Oh and speaking of it... Has Jari commented on it? :p

05:51 - Redn1ght
I should make one for Wintersun - Time II just to get some lulz.

05:42 - Joe Zombie
Hahaha. I think both lists are very agreeable!

05:30 - Redn1ght
Joe Zombie, you stole that idea: [link] ;)

05:22 - Joe Zombie
[link] New list courtesy of me!

04:37 - M C Vice
I was keeping both sides happy. Or angry. Either way.

02:28 - Bad English
red its basically MC ancestors invated that island whit wooden ships

Events Now online Today

05.08 - Czech Republic
Brutal Assault 2015 (18)

30.07 - Germany
Wacken Open Air 2015 (15)

19.06 - France
Hellfest Open Air 2015 (14)

19.05 - Serbia
Blind Guardian: European Tour 2015 (10)

29.05 - United Kingdom
Temples Festival 2015 (10)

09.04 - The Netherlands
Roadburn 2015: 20th Anniversary (9)

09.07 - Czech Republic
Masters Of Rock 2015 (9)

Members: 9

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Guests: 212

Musicians' birthdays:

31 - Chad Fisher
41 - Collin Leijenaar
67 - Corky Laing
60 - Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen
32 - Jannicke "Nicki Wicked" Lindström
44 - Jason Mendonça
26 - Kerim "Krimh" Lechner
45 - Leszek "Les L. Kaos" Dziegielewski
29 - Matthew Kiichi "Matt" Heafy
38 - Pablo González Sarre
33 - Simone "Antarktica" Giorgini
38 - Tom Björn
40 - William M. "Willie" Adler
32 - Wouter

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Blind Guardian

Popularity index: 13
1842 fans

Also known as	Lucifer's Heritage ('84-'86)
Country:	Germany
Label:	Nuclear Blast Records

Links:	Official website Facebook MySpace show moreReverbNation Twitter YouTube

Formed in:	1984

1984-	Power metal
1984-1992	Speed metal

Line-up

Current members:
1984-	André Olbrich - guitars
1984-1996	Hansi Kürsch - vocals, bass
› 1996-	-//- vocals
1987-	Marcus Siepen - guitars
2005-	Frederik Ehmke - drums
Former musicians:
1984	Thomas Kelleners - vocals
1984-1985	Markus Dörk - guitars
1984-1985	Thomas "Thomen" Stauch - drums
› 1987-2005	-//-
1986	Hans-Peter Frey - drums
1986	Christof Bilgeria - guitars
Studio musicians:
1989-2002	Mathias Wiesner - keyboards
› 1992	-//- bass
1992	Peter Rübsam - bagpipes
1997-	Michael "Mi" Schüren - piano
1997-2011	Oliver Holzwarth - bass
2010	Matthias Ulmer - keyboards
Live musicians:
1997-2011	Michael "Mi" Schüren - keyboards
1997-2011	Oliver Holzwarth - bass
2002-2003	Alex Holzwarth - drums
2012-	Barend Courbois - bass
Guest musicians:
1989	Kai Hansen - vocals, guitars
› 1990	-//-
› 1992	-//- guitars
1989-1990	Thomas "Hacky" Hackmann - backing vocals
› 1995	-//-
› 2001	-//-
› 2006	-//-
1992	Kalle Trapp - backing vocals
1992	Stefan Will - piano
1992	Piet Sielck - guitars
› 1995	-//- backing vocals
1995	Paul "Ronnie Atkins" Christensen - backing vocals
1995	Jacob Moth - guitars
1995-1996	Billy King - backing vocals
1995-1996	Rolf Köhler - backing vocals
› 2001	-//-
› 2006	-//-
2001	Olaf Senkbeil - backing vocals
› 2006	-//-

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CD & EP / Other releases / Videos

1988 \| 7.8	Battalions Of Fear
1989 \| 7.8	Follow The Blind
1990 \| 8.3	Tales From The Twilight World [EP]
1990 \| 8.4	Tales From The Twilight World
1992 \| 8.7	Somewhere Far Beyond
1995 \| 8.9	Imaginations From The Other Side
1998 \| 8.5	Guardians Of The Rings [EP]
1998 \| 8.8	Nightfall In Middle-Earth
2002 \| 8.4	A Night At The Opera
2006 \| 7.9	A Twist In The Myth
2010 \| 8.5	At The Edge Of Time
2015	Beyond The Red Mirror
	Detailed discography ››

Photo galleries

04.08.2011	Wacken Open Air 2011 - Day 1: Thursday by Promonex
14.08.2009	Bloodstock Open Air - Catton Hall, England, 14th-16th August 2009 by Baz Anderson
02.08.2007	Wacken Open Air - Wacken, Germany, 2nd-4th August 2007 by Baz Anderson
22.06.2007	Hellfest Summer Open Air - Clisson, France, 22nd-24th June 2007 by Baz Anderson
30.07.2006	MetalWay Festival 2006, Sunday by Jeff

News / Concerts / Interviews

News

05.12.2014	Blind Guardian - Release Lyric Video For New Single
17.11.2014	Blind Guardian - New Album Trailer Online
07.11.2014	Blind Guardian - New Album Details Revealed
10.10.2014	Blind Guardian - Releasing New Single, New Album In January
14.04.2014	Blind Guardian - Announce European Tour For 2015
18.10.2013	Blind Guardian - Issue New Album Update
	View older news ››

Interviews

20.08.2009

with André Olbrich

Articles

11.03.2014	What Is This Speed Metal You Speak Of?
12.05.2011	Blind Guardian: Live in Belgrade 2011
26.12.2010	Getting Into: Blind Guardian
01.08.2007	Blind Guardian - SKC, Belgrade, Serbia, 22.07.2007
08.05.2007	Blind Guardian - Athens, Greece 28.04.2007
21.03.2007	Blind Guardian, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 16.03.2007
20.02.2007	Blind Guardian in Melbourne, Australia
02.10.2006	Blind Guardian: A Twist In The Myth Tour - Antwerp, Belgium 30.09.06

Concerts

10.04.2015	NED, Eindhoven (3)
11.04.2015	BEL, Antwerp (1)
12.04.2015	GBR, London (4)
14.04.2015	FRA, Paris (5)
15.04.2015	FRA, Strasbourg (1)
17.04.2015	ESP, Bilbao (1)
18.04.2015	ESP, Barcelona (3)
19.04.2015	ESP, Madrid (4)
21.04.2015	SUI, Pratteln
23.04.2015	GER, Treves (1)
24.04.2015	GER, Frankfurt
25.04.2015	GER, Düsseldorf
26.04.2015	GER, Bamberg
28.04.2015	GER, Munich (1)
30.04.2015	GER, Leipzig
01.05.2015	GER, Stuttgart
02.05.2015	GER, Hamburg (1)
05.05.2015	ITA, Milan (1)
06.05.2015	ITA, Rome
08.05.2015	GRE, Thessaloniki
09.05.2015	GRE, Athens (1)
10.05.2015	GRE, Athens
13.05.2015	TUR, Ankara (1)
14.05.2015	TUR, Istanbul (4)
15.05.2015	ROM, Bucharest (2)
16.05.2015	BUL, Sofia (3)
17.05.2015	ROM, Bucharest (2)
19.05.2015	SRB, Belgrade (10)
21.05.2015	SLO, Ljubljana (2)
23.05.2015	AUT, Vienna (1)
24.05.2015	CZE, Zlin (3)
26.05.2015	POL, Warsaw (1)
27.05.2015	GER, Berlin (1)
29.05.2015	SWE, Gothenburg (1)
29.05.2015	SWE, Örebro - Metallsvenskan 2015 (3)
31.05.2015	NOR, Oslo
02.06.2015	FIN, Helsinki
04.06.2015	RUS, St. Petersburg
05.06.2015	RUS, Moscow (3)
07.06.2015	RUS, Ekaterinburg
09.06.2015	RUS, Samara

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