Blind Guardian re-releases OUT NOW!

Today, Germany-based progressive power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN re-release their first four studio albums via Nuclear Blast! The back-catalogue has been remixed and remastered, and is available as 2CD-Digi and black vinyl formats, as well as individual coloured vinyl for each album.

Singer Hansi Kürsch comments: "It took a little while, but finally, today, we proudly announce the spectacular re-release of our first four album classics. These albums will not only be available as beautiful 2-CD-digipak-versions but can also be purchased as gatefold vinyl versions. Since our vinyl versions of the back program have become so rare over the years, people kept on asking us for such a re-release. Now your wish is granted. The CD-version will contain two CDs. One will feature an up-to-date- sounding re-mix and the other one presents the original mixing. Both are sounding great. In comparison to the original mixings, our input on the re-mixings was far bigger. and therefore have been used for the vinyl versions. They sound fresher, richer and more exciting than the original ones and still pay tribute to the original recordings . It is 100% old school BLIND GUARDIAN in a modern garment. What more can you ask for? So far it has been a long journey, but it is not over, yet: We will continue with the next 3-classic-BG-albums, soon. Same band, same set up. Enjoy and stay tuned."

The band also reveals their first history episode, talking about their early days:

The Gathering

'Long shadows are cast by great events. On the occasion of the re-release of our first four albums, in double-CD and vinyl versions, we were urged to find answers to questions which no one had ever dared to ask. It was total mayhem! Enjoy the first part of the big Blind Guardian History Talk'.

Comments Hansi Kürsch.

At the end of this year and also in early 2019, more re-issues are due to follow, so in total there will be 10 BLIND GUARDIAN re-releases. The previously mentioned re-issues that are out today are available in the following formats:

1. »Battalions Of Fear« (1988), remixed 2007/remastered 2018

• 2CD-DIGI (remixed/remastered CDoriginal CD)
• LP in gatefold

Track list:

01. Majesty

02. Guardian Of The Blind

03. Trial By The Archon

04. Wizard’s Crown

05. Run For The Night

06. The Martyr

07. Battalions Of Fear

08. By The Gates Of Moria

09. Gandalf’s Rebirth

2. »Follow The Blind« (1989), remixed 2007/remastered 2011

- 2CD-DIGI (remixed/remastered CDoriginal CD)

- LP in gatefold

Track list:

01. Inquisition

02. Banish From Sanctuary

03. Damned For All Time

04. Follow The Blind

05. Hall Of The King

06. Fast To Madness

07. Beyond The Ice

08. Valhalla

09. Don’t Break The Circle

10. Barbara Ann

3. »Tales From The Twilight World« (1990), remixed 2012/remastered 2018

- 2CD-DIGI (remixed/remastered CDoriginal CD)

- LP in gatefold

Track list:

01. Traveler In Time

02. Welcome To Dying

03. Weird Dreams

04. Lord Of The Rings

05. Goodbye My Friend

06. Lost In The Twilight Hall

07. Tommyknockers

08. Altair 4

09. The Last Candle

Bonus:

10. Run For The Night (live)

4. »Somewhere Far Beyond« (1992), remixed 2012/remastered 2018

- 2CD-DIGI (remixed/remastered CDoriginal CD)

- LP in gatefold

Track list:

01. Time What Is Time

02. Journey Through The Dark

03. Black Chamber

04. Theatre Of Pain

05. The Quest For Tanelorn

06. Ashes To Ashes

07. The Bard’s Song – In The Forest

08. The Bard’s Song – The Hobbit

09. The Piper’s Calling

10. Somewhere Far Beyond

Bonus (not on vinyl/only on CD):

11. Spread Your Wings

12. Trial By Fire

13. Theatre Of Pain (classic version)

They are all available here: http://nblast.de/BGReIssues