Blind Guardian's Bio

    Once upon a time, in a town called Krefeld, there lived four bards. They were very good performers with their instruments, and their names were Hansi Kursch, who played a bass and sang, Andre Olbrich, who played guitar, along with Marcus Siepen, another guitar bard and Thomas Stauch, who played drums.

    One day, back in the year of 1986, they decided to get together and try to share their experience in the knowledge of music making. They named themselves Lucifer's Heritage, and when they released their first demo, Symphonies of Doom, the underground reviewers of the kingdom, Germany, gave them the best reviews. The subdits of the kingdom liked it so much that No Remorse Records guaranteed them a record contract, that resulted in them changing their name to Blind Guardian and releasing their first album, "Battalions of Fear", in 1988. In 1989 they released "Follow the Blind" and in 1990 their music spreaded to other kingdoms with "Tales from the Twilight World", an album that mixed the great melodic metal style with orchestral and medieval elements that made their music an uncomparable style.

    Then their music reached the ears of a larger discographic, Virgin, and under their label they released in 1992 "Somewhere Far Beyond", an album that granted them the one way ticket to world recognition. In 1993 they released a live album, recorded in the far kingdom of the rising sun, Japan, showing how their popularity was spreading around the world. In 1995, after three endless years and to the joy of their fans, they released "Imaginations from the other side", that got reviews worth of the greatest band in the world. In 1996 they released a more experimental album with covers and remixes called "The Forgotten Tales" which is GREAT! This all can show that these bards are here to stay, and that we are here to support them so they can keep on making this great music only them know how.

    In 1998, they edited their last studio album, without any doubt, the best. "Nightfall in Middle Earth" is a compilation of songs that speak about J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Silmarillion". Once again, the medieval elements are united with the BG's music, creating magic atmospheres.

    In this year, Hansi has been seriously damaged by an ear-infection. It's said that he has lost the 85 per cent of audition, but there aren't still official news. I hope all comes back to the usual way and we enjoy Blind Guardian for many, many years.

    Hansi seems to be OK again. He is envolved in the Demons & Wizards project, where he plays with John Schaffer (Iced Earth). Personally, the album was a little deception for me. I expected to hear something better, but I have to say that there are killer songs in the record.

    The Guardians will enter the studio very, but very soon. Let's see what they make this time (amazing, sure)