---
title: "Blind Guardian"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/blind-guardian"
genre: "Power Metal"
country: "Germany"
formed: 1984
---

# Blind Guardian

**Blind Guardian** is a power metal band, from Germany, active 1984 to present.

Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in 1984 in Krefeld, West Germany. They are often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and speed metal subgenres. Nine musicians have been part of the band's lineup throughout its history, which currently includes singer Hansi Kürsch, guitarists André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen, and, since 2005, drummer Frederik Ehmke.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Guardian

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Blind Guardian |
| Genre | Power Metal |
| Parent genre | Power Metal |
| Origin | Krefeld, Germany |
| Formed | 1984 |
| Releases in catalog | 16 |

## Genres

[Power Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/power-metal) · [Speed Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/speed-metal) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hansi Kürsch](https://themetalnet.com/musician/hansi-kursch) | Bass guitar, Lead vocals | 1987 to present | Current |
| [André Olbrich](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andre-olbrich) | Background vocals, Guitar | 1987 to present | Current |
| [Frederik Ehmke](https://themetalnet.com/musician/frederik-ehmke) | Percussion, Drums (drum set), Bagpipe, Flute | 2005 to present | Current |
| [Marcus Siepen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/marcus-siepen) | Background vocals, Guitar | 1987 to present | Current |
| [Thomen Stauch](https://themetalnet.com/musician/thomen-stauch) | Percussion, Drums (drum set) | 1987 to 2005 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1988 | [Battalions of Fear](https://themetalnet.com/album/2a125b51-bbac-3617-99fc-4c6075b26e61) | Album |
| 1989 | [Follow the Blind](https://themetalnet.com/album/3f34e220-566e-3b05-a622-337e013f83bd) | Album |
| 1990 | [Tales From the Twilight World](https://themetalnet.com/album/0519b1bf-c443-3110-8fb0-6fbbf8f3862b) | Album |
| 1992 | [Somewhere Far Beyond](https://themetalnet.com/album/b62ade5d-51ca-366c-baf6-d1ce050447e6) | Album |
| 1995 | [Imaginations From the Other Side](https://themetalnet.com/album/e0fb41f5-17b2-32e0-ad8c-de40f2a6ed4e) | Album |
| 1996 | [Mr. Sandman](https://themetalnet.com/album/8a6434b2-4aa9-38b9-b925-a17ff436ddd3) | EP |
| 1998 | [Guardians of the Rings](https://themetalnet.com/album/dda0e2cc-8cae-4a87-8d03-67ea4e61e141) | EP |
| 1998 | [Nightfall in Middle‐Earth](https://themetalnet.com/album/3a5d9bb8-8e19-379d-b294-ee8fcf743f77) | Album |
| 2002 | [A Night at the Opera](https://themetalnet.com/album/b03a8800-55cc-3c9d-b47a-cb603f18103d) | Album |
| 2006 | [A Twist in the Myth](https://themetalnet.com/album/fca07281-79b2-33c3-a8d2-b2803e331444) | Album |
| 2010 | [At the Edge of Time](https://themetalnet.com/album/bd2db069-4c77-450c-9df4-ba55e10b708e) | Album |
| 2015 | [Beyond the Red Mirror](https://themetalnet.com/album/e72d7b5c-73e4-44a1-a39c-f3dcfab60d72) | Album |
| 2018 | [The Tides of War: Live at Rock Hard Festival 2016](https://themetalnet.com/album/fee8de3f-40d7-497d-80b9-51eed4911fcf) | EP |
| 2022 | [The Bard Machine](https://themetalnet.com/album/810cbcea-150f-43a0-8393-2eda52e8ebaf) | EP |
| 2022 | [The God Machine](https://themetalnet.com/album/9b65d5b6-edca-4c53-9f12-3da6190045cb) | Album |
| 2024 | [Somewhere Far Beyond Revisited](https://themetalnet.com/album/e530b284-0159-4812-ae2c-fcb696ccd03f) | Album |

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- [Helloween](https://themetalnet.com/band/helloween) (listened together)
- [Nightwish](https://themetalnet.com/band/nightwish) (listened together)
- [HammerFall](https://themetalnet.com/band/hammerfall) (listened together)
- [Sonata Arctica](https://themetalnet.com/band/sonata-arctica) (listened together)
- [Rhapsody of Fire](https://themetalnet.com/band/rhapsody-of-fire) (listened together)
- [Stratovarius](https://themetalnet.com/band/stratovarius) (listened together)
- [Megadeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/megadeth) (listened together)
- [Iced Earth](https://themetalnet.com/band/iced-earth) (listened together)
- [Avantasia](https://themetalnet.com/band/avantasia) (listened together)
- [Judas Priest](https://themetalnet.com/band/judas-priest) (listened together)
- [Kamelot](https://themetalnet.com/band/kamelot) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- website: https://www.blind-guardian.com/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blindguardian
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-8RxyOBqTIb0r8qJK8SVw
- x: https://twitter.com/blind_guardian
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7jxJ25p0pPjk0MStloN6o6
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blindguardian/
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/371
- bandcamp: https://blindguardian.bandcamp.com/
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/de/artist/14549348
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Blind_Guardian/3

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/blind-guardian](https://themetalnet.com/band/blind-guardian). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt