Blind Guardian

Blind Guardian is a speed metal/power metal (and more recently epic metal) band started in the mid-1980s in Krefeld, Germany by André Olbrich (guitar), Hansi Kürsch (vocal, bass), Marcus Siepen (guitar) and Thomen Stauch (drums). Before calling themselves Blind Guardian, the band released two demos under the name Lucifer's Heritage in 1985 and 1986.

From the very beginning, Blind Guardian have been inspired by the fictional worlds of fantasy writers such as John R.R. Tolkien, Michael Moorcock, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, as well as traditional legends and epics. Over the years, a running theme has developed associating the band members with traveling bards.

The line-up has always been the same since 1988, but in 2005 the drummer, Thomen Stauch, has left the band due to the direction the band was taking in their last studio albums, "Nightfall In Middle-Earth" and "A Night At The Opera". He was replaced by Frederik Ehmke.

Lucifer's Heritage (Pre-Blind Guardian) - Symphonies Of Doom (Demo) (1985)

Lucifer's Heritage (Pre-Blind Guardian) - Battalions Of Fear (Demo) (1986)

Blind Guardian - Battalions Of Fear (1988)

Blind Guardian - Follow The Blind (1989)

Blind Guardian - Demo 1990 (1990)

Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World (1991)

Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond (1992)

Blind Guardian - Tokyo Tales (1993)

Blind Guardian - A Past & Future Secret (Single) (1995)

Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side (1995)

Blind Guardian - Mr. Sandman (Single) (1996)

Blind Guardian - The Forgotten Tales (1996)

Blind Guardian - Mirror Mirror (Single) (1998)

Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth (1998)

Blind Guardian - And Then There Was Silence (Single) (2001)

Blind Guardian - The Lucifer's Heritage Demos (1985-86) (2001)

Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera (2002)

Blind Guardian - The Bard's Song (In The Forest) (Single) (2003)

Blind Guardian - Live (2003)

Blind Guardian - Fly (Single) (2006)

Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth (2006)