Blind Guardian News

Vocalist Hansi KA1 4rsch of long-running German metallers BLIND GUARDIAN has issued the following update: "We finally have started the production of BLIND GUARDIAN studio album number nine.

Due to health concerns, LEAVES' EYES bassist Alla Fedynitch will sit out the band's shows for the remainder of the year.

BLIND GUARDIAN Bassist Performs With LEAVES' EYES At METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST; Video Available - Oct.

SUIDAKRA We began Saturday with yet another German band called Suidakra. Suidakra was set apart from most bands at the festival because they have a large Celtic influence to their melodic death metal sound, which works quite well.

Nightfall in Middle-Earth , Blind Guardian's sixth studio album, saw a fairly significant change to their composition and songwriting.

Reviewed by: MightyInFlames , on july 21, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review helpful Sound: " Turis Fratyr ", Equilibrium's first album, manages to impress and innovate.

IT'S nearly time for metal fans to make their annual pilgrimage to Derbyshire for what promises to be the best-ever Bloodstock Festival.

Fan-filmed video footage of German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN performing the track "The Bard's Song" at this year's Gods Of Metal festival on June 28, 2009 in Monza, Italy, can be viewed below.

The power metal genre as a whole really took off in the late '80s with help from bands such as Helloween and Gamma Ray.

Video footage of German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN at this year's Gods Of Metal festival on June 28, 2009 in Monza, Italy, can be viewed below .

American glam-metal band, Motley Crue will perform at the Kaliakra Rock Fest on July 1 2009 backed by half a lorry packed with pyrotechnics.

DE PROFUNDIS, HEAVENWOOD, THANATOSCHIZO Confirmed For Portugal's ILHA DO ERMAL Festival - June 2, 2009 DE PROFUNDIS , HEAVENWOOD and THANATOSCHIZO have been confirmed for the Ilha do Ermal festival, set to take place August 28-30 in Vieira do Minho, Portugal.

Released: Apr 28, 2009 Genre: Power metal Label: Self-released Number Of Tracks: 10 The core of their sound comes from European power metal bands, but plenty of other styles add colour to the canvas, such as death, progressive and symphonic metal.

Florida-based female-fronted extreme metal act WYKKED WYTCH has been confirmed for the Ilha do Ermal festival, set to take place August 28-30 in Vieira do Minho, Portugal.

Keyboardist Steve Williams of the U.K.'s POWER QUEST is seeking a drummer, guitarists and a vocalist for a new melodic hard rock band.