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Back in 1986 a Band called Lucifer's Heritage formed. It
consisted of four skilled bards.Hansi Kursch who played the bass, Andre Olbrich that
played the guitar along with Markus Siepen.Drums were played by Thomas Stauch.This
band was obviously influenced by RPG games epic metal and Halloween (especially).
They released two demos: 'Symphonies Of Doom' in 1985 and
'Battalions Of Fear'. The later one was extremely successful. Later on these bards
decided to change their bands name to Blind Guardian.They signed a contract with
no remorse records in 1988 and released their first album under that label. The
title was 'Battalions Of Fear'. The following year they released another one called
'Follow The Blind'. Up to then their music sounded like Halloween .
Again in 1990 they released their best album until then,
which made their music known to all other kingdoms.'Tales From The Twilight World'
was its name. An album that combines epic and melodic metal with such success,creating
a unique style of music. This album opens a new chapter in the Guardian story. The
cover painting was by Andreas Marshall a veteran in designing covers for popular
German metal groups. In 1991 they signed to virgin records an action which according
to many was responsible for the broad success of their next album 'Somewhere Far
Beyond'. Recorded in 1992 under Virgin Records.It's by far their best album. It
successfully blends epic ballads with metal resolving to a magnificent outcome.
'The bard's song' was supposed to be a single but never got
the chance. A year later following the footsteps of Deep Purple they made a live
recording in Japan.Later on they released two singles 'A Past And Future Secret'
and 'Mr. Sandman'. Following those came 'Imaginations From The Other Side' in 1995.Under
a new producer Flemming Rasmussen.
(This producer was behind several successful Metallica albums.)
Next year (1996) they released 'Forgotten Tales' that contain several remakes of
known songs like 'To France','Surfing USA' , 'Spread Your Wings' as well as some
of their own songs like 'Barbara Ann', 'Bard Song'.
In 1998 Blind Guardian realeased their best album - "Nightfall in Middle-Earth".
11 of 22 songs are kinda short but they are real atmosphere-builders! | |
