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Theīards, unwilling to succumb to the beckoning evil of Black Metal record sales,Ĭast off their Satanic moniker and – under the inspiration of another wandering Before long, of course, Lucifer’s Heritage would be no more. Is some indication of things to come amongst several of the high-fantasy themed Quite unlike the elaborate arrangements the Bards are known for today – though there Production facilities available to them listeners today will recognise them asįalling within the bounds of a fairly straightforward speed/thrash metal style, These demos are notable for their musical acuity, in spite of the limited Would in due course find their way onto the Bard’s debut album in a rerecordedįorm. Rebirth (which is now available on the remixed and remastered version), Which Hansi and Andre were joined by Christoph Theissen and Hans-Peter Frey.Īll the songs on the second demo, with the sole exception of Gandalf’s Would be put to tape a year later in 1986 – also called Battalions of Fear – in Would before long part company with Hansi and Andre – though Thomen would, ofĪ second demo under the name of Lucifer’s Heritage The opening song ‘Halloween’ would, in time, become ‘Wizard’s Crown’Īnd feature on the debut album Battalions of Fear. Hansi and Andre – the Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra’s Legacy of the Dark Of a premonition, that work was entitled Symphonies of Doom,įoreshadowing a grand masterwork to be completed some three decades later by Olbrich, Marcus Dork and Thomen Stauch – have just completed their first work

To see the full remixed and remastered reissue series:Īll Blind Guardian albums are also available on picture-disc vinyl and on CD.īegins in Krefeld, Germany (1985) where four young bards – Hansi Kursch, Andre

Reissue series now available on Nuclear Blast, it seems only right to Their thirty-fifth year of making music and the remixed and remastered To fans they need no introduction of course, but in celebration of Layering and a conceptual approach to album arrangement and composition. High-register wails, fast and technical musicianship, symphonic Label-mates Battle Beast, Beast In Black, Rhapsody of Fire and Sabaton – Power metal aesthetic, Blind Guardian certainly codified many of theĮlements which you might hear in contemporary power metal titans and Say that Rainbow and Iron Maiden are the real progenerators of the To many the music and imagery ofīlind Guardian epitomises the power metal style, and while it is fair to You may even have caught a glimpse of them performing live from farĪcross a festival-ground somewhere. You might have heard their music played in rock and metal bars. T-shirts, on the backs of hoodies, or proudly stitched into a denim You will have seen their logo on the fronts of Blind Guardian are one of those bands which you will not have gottenįar into heavy metal without coming to know.

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