NUCLEAR BLAST is immensely proud to announce the addition of a new member to the family: BLIND GUARDIAN, one of the most successful Heavy Metal bands of all time, signed a long-term deal with NUCLEAR BLAST!

As singer Hansi Kürsch commented: "Our long search for the perfect record company has ended. We finally were lucky to find the ultimate home: NUCLEAR BLAST!

Some things you decide with your head, other things you deal with on a gut level. The decision for NUCLEAR BLAST was both! We placed great emphasis on finding a partner that knows the world of Heavy Metal and does business in an unconventional manner if necessary. NUCLEAR BLAST can offer both of this key qualities, and proved so time and time again in the past.

But this alone would not be enough, if the chemistry wasn't there. But our first meetings could be described as: "We came, ate, and laughed?' Our views on music in general and BLIND GUARDIAN in particular are almost identical! Now we have the unique chance, to follow our musical vision in the perfect environment. We expect a lot, and so do NUCLEAR BLAST - let's roll!

The whole NUCLEAR BLAST team impressed us a lot with their unity and the huge identification with their mission and the expansion of the Metal world. The Guardian comes home!

Hansi Kürsch und Blind Guardian"

NUCLEAR BLAST label manager Andy Siry is equally thrilled: "We are all very happy about the amount of trust BLIND GUARDIAN put in NUCLEAR BLAST and the beginning of this cooperation that will surely prove to be very productive and fruitful. BLIND GUARDIAN have the most successful Metal-Band in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Our distribution partners and the whole of NUCLEAR BLAST are ready to kick ass!

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Blind Guardian