Metal School - Blind Guardian

[@MineThemed]

Im so proud to have Hansi as my neighbor.

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

Ha, that’s awesome! He seems like a really cool, down to earth dude.

[@MineThemed]

@@MetalSchoolChannel Hes absolutely chilled all the time when I see him. My mom was their first managers best friend. I love it when my older friends tell me stories from the band about their first records and sessions. They started out in a small bunker from WW2 which is still being used by many bands who have their studio there.

[@doubledave7451]

In like 2000/2001 I was desperately searching for new metal. I had literally listened to Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, etc. to death. One night I was watching a heavy metal TV show and the video for Bright Eyes aired. The melodies were exactly what I had been hearing in my head for years but didn't know existed. I then found Gamma Ray and went down the rabbit hole of Euro-metal. So many great bands that I had never heard of before living in North America. Thank you Blind Guardian.

[@jeroanttonen3317]

Imaginations From The Other Side and Nightfall In Middle-Earth contain some of the greatest power metal ever written. I enjoy many of their albums but those two records are absolute masterpieces.

[@chamaileon81]

Just a minor correction here: Nightfall In Middle Earth is not an excellent album. It's an unimaginable masterpiece.

[@smanzoli]

IMO it's very good, it ranks #6 among BG albums.

[@meistervoss4735]

I remember: back in the days I was skipping school with a friend only for listening to the new blind guardian album 'nightfall in middle earth'

[@smanzoli]

@Thaddius Somewhere Far Beyond (9.6) Imaginations from the Other Side (9.3) Tales from the Twilight World (8.8) Battalions of Fear (8.5) Follow the Blind (8.4) Nightfall in Middle-Earth (8.2) The God Machine (8.0) A Night at the Opera (8.0) At the Edge of Time (7.9) Beyond the Red Mirror (7.8) A Twist in the Myth (7.7) Twilight Orchestra: Legacy of the Dark Lands (7.5)

[@TheVersion1]

@@smanzoli 8.2 for Nightfall is laughably low.

[@nidhoggvomwalde2280]

It was the beginning of the ruin...

[@UpIrons777]

Can never go wrong with this band.

[@JosesAmazingWorlds]

A Night at the Opera

[@vickhones9961]

Bunch of liberal fruitcakes .

[@fruitchewx127]

@@JosesAmazingWorlds has some of their best songs

[@G0REX94]

The symphonic one is mess imo.

[@buzzy-ears]

@@JosesAmazingWorlds This comment hurt me right in the childhood. I hope you find happiness, friend.

[@David_Beno]

Got hooked by the Tales from... artwork at first...and stayed a fan since.

[@zagarne4966]

also this band has best fans - mature, friendly and even in countries where english is not native language, they all know lyrics of every song - that is why live performance of BG is worth every penny and is always great

[@ІгорПавловський-ш3з]

It is ! We adore Blind Guardian. Greetings from Metal-Strong Ukraine ✊💙💛💪✌️

[@andy_jackson]

This band got me into metal. i remember listening to "bright eyes" when I was in high school. Made me discover a whole other world of excellent music..

[@misterbearmore4633]

Holy shit same here

[@RobsMemoryLane]

The artwork is phenomenal for these albums.

[@jonny555ive]

Agreed 🤘🤘

[@TabithaReminiec3399]

@@jonny555ive Ditto 🤘

[@fruitchewx127]

yes! Somewhere Far Beyond is probably my favourite

[@bentoaican]

I like the early stuff, their later digital artworks just feel souless to me.

[@vanellopemint]

One of my absolute favorites! I picked up Nightfall in Middle Earth probably around 2000 or so, largely because of the Lord of the Rings theme, and it was so amazing that I became a lifelong Blind Guardian fan. ^_^

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

Same! I had A Night at the Opera first and then Nightfall, but had them both on heavy rotation 🤘🏻

[@redmondbarry6492]

Me too. Nightfall was my first BG album and for me it is still the best.

[@sergiomartin168]

En ese disco espezo la decadencia de BG, los siguientes discos mejor ni comentarlos..

[@ImionLordred]

Yeah, same here. This Album brought me into metal music at all and is still today my favourite album of all time!

[@Metalsoul691]

And of course one of the best German Metal Bands.

[@Wattstone]

Aw yeah! More power metal bands!

[@RobsMemoryLane]

I'm so glad this is out now. Don't care about the Super Bowl. Thanks for posting

[@bimmyfrizzo3988]

When I was in high school, I thought I knew metal! *Cough limpbizkit* Helloween and blind guardian exc.. opened my ears to real metal!

[@extrialjr9753]

Somewhere far Beyond - forever in my heart. Every song is a hit!!!!

[@Vagran]

I was a huge but isolated Blind Guardian fan for a couple of decades. It's nice to get a quick rundown of their history as I never had other fans to chat about them with.

[@jjrj8568]

Best '90s Power-Metal band by a huge margin

[@TabithaReminiec3399]

Thanks for the segment on Blind Guardian... Could you do a retrospective on the History of my favorite Finnish Power Metal band Stratovarius ?

[@Destructor240]

At the Edge of Time has a special place in my heart cause of the amazing crossover with Sacred 2. german arpg and huge part of my childhood

[@MattOsbun]

That's how I got my daughter into Blind Guardian. We played Sacred 2 together and saw that jaw-dropping video.

[@Nick-tz2vl]

Blind guardian is awesome! We're getting closer to Grave Digger! Also an episode on Iced Earth would be really cool

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

A double shot of Iced Earth and Demons & Wizards. Please.

[@altarus]

Oooh yes, Grave Digger would be great.

[@screamallyouwant]

I remember when this channel had a few hundred subscribers. I’m so happy to see that you passed 50.000 now. Well deserved!

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

🤘🏻❤

[@benedictdonald4338]

Yeah, this channel is fantastic.

[@cjklemonski1938]

Nobody, and I mean NOBODY can touch this band live. They never fail to amaze me

[@thorinbane]

In the forest/bards tale is unreal. Hansai voice splits into multiple pieces

[@ovemalmstrom7428]

Not much to say, except, one of the worlds best metal bands of all time.

[@paulspielman2217]

Blind Guardian hasn't made an album I don't like, but "At the Edge of Time" and "Beyond the Red Mirror" are my favorites.

[@jimskywaker4345]

Agreed

[@tidakada7357]

Night at the Opera is the last good album i think and even there it’s spotty in places

[@timothyvonvictory7105]

Wow, 1984. I had no idea they went that far back

[@werinter]

They are truly my favourites. Blind Guardian's "worst" album is better than most other bands' best. They have a nearly flawless history with not a single bad song. My favourite album is Imaginations... and I had the opportunity to saw them in live when they played through the whole album. I strongly recommend checking out Tokyo tales album too especially if you don't have much time because all of the classic songs from previous albums are played on this release and the japanese crowd is just awesome you truely feel like you are there with them as you listen the album.

[@AnaPbarros]

The Tokyo Tales album has an amazing vibe, I don't usually listen to live albuns but this one is so strong to skip on Blind Guardian discography. And it was released on the same day I was born, so kinda a very special birthday gift by the guardians kkkkk ;)

[@charlesbelindevregille7465]

One of the most consistant bands of all times. Amazing discography.

[@LucaMolteni84]

You mean “consistently not producing a good album since Nightfall in middle earth”?

[@felipeherrera6507]

@@LucaMolteni84 fck poser

[@shredd8]

its 1999-2000..while playing RPG medieval based pc games, i listen to Blind Guardian and until now it is the most excellent experience i have ever done

[@CezarSouza]

Me too with Warcraft III

[@AnthonyMcBazooka]

I love their early speed metal albums. So much energy.

[@rubenwojcikiewicz2281]

first time I listened to BG was Tokyo Tales. man... I fell in love immediately. not only they play harder heavier and faster all those incredible songs but the way Hansi interact with the audience is so lovely.

[@Aguirremari0]

What a great travel through Blind Guardian's music! I was so sad (still sad) when Thomas Stauch left. His work on Nightfall is incredible.

[@MartinLeonie-o5b]

This band is A~M~A~Z~I~N~G especially in their golden era during the 80's & 90's. Thanks for the look back, really enjoyed it! Those album covers are masterpieces!

[@stephanpautz790]

My first Blind Guardian-Gig was in 1990 - since then i am a big fan♡. The inspiration for me was the "Lord of the Ring "-theme and the additional vocals from Kai Hansen (🎃). So the new sound on "Tales..." is changing all ;-).

[@kylewilliams9907]

Dropping a comment for the algorithm, not sure how theses don't get more views. Love it.

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

Thanks for the support!

[@dismaltimestamp5995]

First discovered Blind Guardian through listening to Iced Earth, and the Demons and Wizards album, introduced me to Hansi's voice. Then I went down the rabbit hole from there and have fallen in love with Blind Guardian ever since.

[@PaulLoughrin]

Thank you for this in-depth documentary, of Blind Guardian. Peace from Florida, USA.

[@ashchaya7676]

I intended to put this video on in the background while I did some work on my car. I stopped working on the car in about one minute. I'm tracking all this shit down and buying/downloading it as soon as I'm done watching. This brings back memories of such good times. Thanks mate!

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

😄🤘🏻

[@jmcgin1453]

Great video. Now that you've done Blind Guardian, you have to do Iced Earth soon.

[@excubitorcaecus]

I remember when IFTOS came out. We were blown away. We looked back at the rest of the albums to catch up with their previous work and understand this band. We lived for +/- 3 years waiting for a new album, always singing their songs. Then we were blown away! NIME was something we could not have imagined. We would go to concerts and sing the songs, shouting, hugging each others the first time we sung ebery word of War of Wrath and exploding when Into the Storm would follow! Over the years, Blind Guardian concerts were a moment that would unite our group of friends. It was like a pilgrimage. To this day Blind Guardian still gives me shivers and makes me shout the lyrics, so full of meaning to me.

[@nonphenomenon4862]

Metal School does it again! Best content on KZbin!

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

One of the greatest Heavy Metal bands ever! They have their own unique sound. As soon as I hear the guitar playing , I know immediately that it is Blind Guardian because of their sound. Hansi the lead singer also has a very unique singing style. Their catalog is incredibly fantastic! In my opinion their greatest song is Valhalla. Every time they play it live, the crowd continues singing the chorus over and over until the band starts the next song. Definitely a phenomenal band! Excellent episode as usual!

[@shorerocks]

I grew up with Blind Guardian, though I really joined them (and bought the vinyl) with Somewhere Far Beyond. Before, I was more into Helloween. And then... then Imagination From The Other Side hit the streets. Wow. THAT was something that completely blew my mind. That one, and Nightfall In Middle Earth.

[@guillotinedeath]

The demos are some of the best speed metal ever too!! Close rival to Walls of Jericho

[@okkac1]

Blind Guardian has a special place in my heart. One of the first metal band I was listening to after classic NWOBHM bands and a path for more metal genres. And Hansi with his voice is in my TOP3 favorite vocalist of all time.

[@Markus-pv7cf]

I love them since the 90s when Somewhere far beyond was their new album by that time...and I still do^^

[@AlecsonSV]

Great job, dude!! Keep on with this amazing docs. The Heavy Metal scene needs this kind of record.

[@donosborn9899]

I started listening to Blind Guardian after hearing Hansi's vocals on the first Demons & Wizards album. Just another band in a long line that I somehow missed the first time around. I've caught up now and always look forward to whatever they release. You're right, the chorus's never fail to impress with this band.

[@jamesmoss3424]

I will get all of Blind Guardian albums. 😀👍🤘🎸

[@regisnemezio]

Amazing content! ❤

[@benedictdonald4338]

Such great guitar work on display with this band.

[@Hansi8911]

I was never shure about my taste in music until i heard Blind Guardians Twist in the Myth album in late school where you make your general qualification for university in germany by coincidence. Just after i heard a few seconds i said to myself "That's it. This is the music i like." and after that i was a big Blind Guardian fan. I have at least been to 10 live shows and i can't get enough of them. Just my most favourite band. In addition i liked it when they said they are sick of playing "The Bards Song" and "Valhalla" at each concert and just do this when they want it themselves. Just honesty and integrity to me.

[@wafflemanofficial3130]

The greatest vocalist in metal history and absolutely epic music. Some of the goats

[@snakesdragon745]

...my younger life... so many memories. thanx guys for your music

[@mrolsen6987]

My little 5yr old son have listen to The Bard's Songs Live version almost every single night as a lullaby, He love it. His father is a very proud father 😊👌

[@jenshagelstein7695]

Deutsche super Band, deshalb ein deutscher Kommentar! Guardians for life

[@jonathonholm8737]

Dude I'm so happy you did this video!! My day is made

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

🤘🏻❤️

[@jonathonholm8737]

Rhapsody of Fire next!

[@ancientruinsofficial]

At the Edge of time and somewhere far beyond are my favorite albums by them. 🔥🤘🔥🤘

[@dustys5512]

I immediately recognized the song "Sacred Worlds" on the album "At the Edge of Time". I discovered Blind Guardian in a computer game called "Sacred 2 Fallen Angel", in which they wrote that song and made a cameo appearance in the game as CGI representations of themselves. Had they not wrote a song for a video game I may not have discovered they exist. They are the reason I fell in love with the metal genre.

[@zyxaqc]

"Sacred Worlds" was the first Blind Guardian song I ever heard, and it's one of the very few times I've ever become a fan based on one song.

[@nfld1973]

I discovered these guys late in life, along with Stratovarious (a lesson with them, please?) in 2005, so they where never my first choice when listening thrash, although they are fantastic. Just like wine they aged better, till a certain point in 2000's. If only Metal School existed in the 80´s, oh boy it would be so great. Keep the good work professor.

[@AMCmachine]

Saw them 5 times plus Demons & Wizards once. Absolute legends. 🤘🤘

[@6Uriann9]

I remember finding Nightfall in my mid 15s and discovering the band of my life, listening it for hours straight, and it's funny that when younger, I would love the more melodic and symphonic albums (Nightfall, Night at the Opera, Imaginations) but as time passe and getting older (I'm around my 33 now), I find myself loving more and more the older albums, which are more speedy and trashy. Either way, Blind Guardian is SUCH a GREAT band, you can follow their albums and find yourself seeing the band history, their evolution, shift of style, and still, find yourself loving they more and more. Hansi's sounds almost like the same as ever, and the band as a whole maintain its high level of quality. Watching they live is a experience of a lifetime. Long Live our Power Metal God-Kings.

[@tiagohermangameplays]

Thanks for making this documentary. Blind Guardian it´s the band of my life !!!

[@squidzarecool720]

Fantastic video, as always. Blind Guardian are one of the best heavy metal bands of all time. Kinda interesting to see that they dislike all my favorite songs from them.

[@juancarlosnunezf96]

Imaginations From The Other Side is a perfectly crafted and balanced Masterpiece. Nightfall is its natural consequence, both albums are among the most important metal albums ever recorded.

[@fabiopatane9160]

My true appreciation for such a huge and detailed journey. I especially enjoy the witty comments on the videos. I've watched it as I am not at all familiar with the band catalogue, and I must say the impression I got from watching this retrospective, is the band' sound turning more and more melodic and commercial, as time goes by. Thank you for the immense work done.

[@Jester1411]

one of my all time favourite bands since follow the blind....i melted all their cds

[@plisskenationbackfromthede3657]

Idk how i missed this episode. These guys started my love of power metal. All by chance too. My buddy and i would buy random albums from bands we never heard of in the early 00s. I bought the live album. For $15 why not. Took me a minute to get it. But when i started catching my non metalhead friends singing along, i knew it was something special. Not many bands can bring metalheads and non metalheads together. Even the juggaloes loved it lol. They even listened to it on their own time not just here. Mirror mirror and bards song were always the jams at parties drunk swinging beers arm in arm singing along. Great times

[@Rubice]

My favourite band of all time. Thanks for this video, teacher :)

[@demetriuscunha3737]

My favourite band ever

[@khorgor]

Whenever i get the chance i go to a Guardian Gig, so much fun, so much energy, and also important to support the local bands. greetings from Krefeld and continue with your awesome series

[@Ravntor]

Im September ist wieder Heimspiel in der Kufa 🤘

[@khorgor]

@@Ravntor danke für die Info, ich wollte nach Köln, aber Kufa ist dann deutlich näher🤘

[@Ronindennis]

Been following Blind Guardian for years and NEVER know about the Mr. Sandman video!

[@SebastianSalinasOficial]

Great documentary about Blind Guardian, keep the great work!

[@va9053]

This is fantastic content. Huge props to you thank you. I think A Night at the Opera is their absolute peak, a truly unique album.

[@MikeAlHair]

Best Band on Earth! 👍🤘

[@CezarSouza]

In Middle Earth

[@saltpeter7429]

My first Blind Guardian album was MYTH. I love it. After I picked up IMAGINATIONS, which is odd, going backward in the discography. This has been an amazing video, bringing the viewer back through the history, I for one appreciate it. You did a lot of work to bring such a concise package to the viewer.

[@galc9293]

I never got the chance to see the bards live until last month in summer breeze brasil.... now i can die in peace! somewhere far beyond full album plus a lot of great stuff and just the excelent violent shadows from the great new album

[@memeguy3779]

Do a video of stratovatius!

[@MetalBere]

Love Blind Guardian. Great documentary.

[@christophergase1468]

Without a doubt the best metal band to come out of Germany.

[@bradleyconnors1268]

@@handlessuck777 you forgot helloween

[@LickeyWebster]

Suuuuuuch a bold statement. Theres so much killer metal, both newer and older coming from so many countries. With Germany itself you have Kreator, Sodom, and Destruction, and thats just a start! Blind Guardian is awesome. Horns up!

[@scotchandsquats]

Kreator enters the chat

[@DeffoZappo]

I absolutely love BG so much but I am a devotee of Bay Area and German thrash.

[@1BioMarco]

Blind Guardian always have a large space in my heart, but there are other big bands like Helloween, Gamma Ray, Accept, Avantasia/Edguy, Primal Fear, Rage. And not to forget J.B.O 😂 Rammstein? Sorry, but I don't count Rammstein as metal. Yes, they are, but I don't count them anyways. They are probably the commercially most successful "metal" band (unless someone mentions the Scorpions), but I never liked Rammstein very much.

[@JohnDoe-us5rq]

Just been to one of their concerts last year. Although there is no more headbanging on stage, mostprobably since Hansi is also not getting younger, they still rock.

[@Wergiftfresch]

interesting time travel, thanks for taking me on the trip. I somewhat checked out at around the night at the opera and never got into the newer stuff.. but man, somewhere far beyond ... imaginations .. tales .. whoa. Still getting goosebumps, more than two decades later.

[@gregmcdonald8962]

Wow. I hadn't heard much from these guys later years and the earlier stuff didn't grab me much but I'm amazed! They're incredibly prolific and just seem to be getting better and better. Twist in the Myth and the God Machine both sound incredible and the two extra credit records sound wicked too. I may have to work my way backwards. Edit: Great episode!

[@rickrenegadesmetalreviews3243]

My favorite band for nearly 2 decades!

[@FantasKanal]

Blind Guardian is one of the greatest to ever do it. Amazing Band, everyone will find some point in their Discography that thy like most, and its always intresting to learn about it.

[@johnlohrmann7513]

Been a fan since Somewhere Far Beyond. Love this band so much. Wish I had discovered them sooner. With all that said, Beyond the Red Mirror is my favorite album. Epic from start to finish. It just clicked for me. Love everything they do, have done, or will do. LEGENDS!

[@Rainmaker1O]

Great band, i love most of their albums and the "Demon and wizards" project colab with part of Iced Earth :D

[@thomasday3294]

Great Job Bro 🤘Blind Guardian RULES 🤘SPEED METAL RULES🤘Keep Up The Great Videos Bro 🤘

[@NightDragon2383]

Great video! I picked up the remasters of Battalions of Fear and Follow the Blind over the past year. I love all of BG's stuff but I keep coming back to the first three albums the most. There's something about the rawness and speediness of those albums that really hooks me in.

[@NegiTaiMetal011]

It's great that you done this awesome Power Metal band. Blind Guardian is one of my favorites and one of the influential ones. They are epic and as awesome as the bards that tell these legends and tales.

[@argyrispouggouras3378]

The band that brought me into metal. Back in 1996. Saw them live again last summer (after about 20 years). Still kicking ass. It was their best live show I attended.

[@pjbrown4736]

Loved this band going back over 20 years. Top shelf power metal.

[@Fran0792]

Just got reminded why I love this band so much! I heard nightfall in middle earth in 2005 for the first time at the age of 13 and since then BG is one of my favorite bands. 🖤

[@IngoKolb]

Another great lesson from my favourite education channel 😀 Thx for that gem! And thanks for that huge project you did and the inspiration you gave me a few weeks ago to give the later work a new chance. Actually B.G. lost me a bit with Nightfall (and what came after...) on its initial release. "Too much" (production-wise) for me back in the day. But a couple of weeks ago I decided to go through ALL of the bands work from the first to the current album and must admit: Even Nightfall and Night at the Opera really grew on me now! Still they can't compete with Tales [...], Somewhere [...] and Imaginations [...] but they are way better than I remembered. (And if you're ever about to do a RAGE special, let me know ;-) One of my top 3 bands ever...)

[@jonny555ive]

First time I have heard them, I'm not sure why I didn't hear them back in the day.... This was my genre', the "power speed metal" and Thrash vain. Helloween, Grim Reaper of course you had your Testament, Death..... that kind of stuff also. I like them, I'm bummed that I'm now just finding them. But, I guess I get the whole catalog to listen to 🤘🤘 Thanks for the upload. Mucho appreciato 👍 Keep up the great work you do on this channel, I love that you don't stick to mainstream bands, you do stories of like... Blind Guardian for instance. And that is fukking cool !

[@hazbojangles2681]

Was only introduced to them through Nightfall in Middle-Earth less than a year ago and now I’m hooked. Seeing them live for the first time in October.

[@thorinbane]

I want to go to Europe just to see them

[@Kapi.23]

i remember having discovered Blind Guardian in the year 2002, when i was 15. They came to my country a few months after my first listening, but i hadn't any money so i didn't went. A couple of months later, in a place where people who played Magic TCG and such, i saw a dude, in his early 20's, with one of the band shirts. We became friends, and he lended me his records (one at a time), he was a huge nerd, he was obviously a Tolkien fan and an avid D&D player, a bit of an outcast, but we all got friends thru listening Blind Guardian. With my friends at high school, the band became a bit of a meme, to this day. Everyone was trying to learn how to play guitar by those days, and some were more skilled than others. At every break, you could hear our group of metalheads playing "the bard's song", by different guys with different accuracy. I look back fondly at those memories

[@noeljones9649]

Great video! I cannot wait until your next video. I am a big Blind Guardian fan and was fortunate to have seen them once in a small club in Dallas about 10 years ago.

[@midwintersymph]

Have dreamt of you making a video on Blind Guardian but never expected that to come true, I am so happy! Found this literally upon waking up today :D I recently got into the band so this came in handy!! Thank you for making the video, it is really helpful.

[@PUK015]

I have Blind Guardian's Second album "Follow the Blind" on blue vinyl. It includes Monty Python's Monk chant intro from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It also includes a cover of Demon - Don't Brake The Circle. Love it.

[@1BioMarco]

Great tracks, but I think the song Inquisition just belongs to the ordinary tracklist. My CD from 1991 has "Don*t break the circle" on it as well.

[@strogaa]

@@1BioMarco Inquisition is definitely on the original album version. I remember laughing my ass off when I heard it the first time.