Welcome to 2012, the last year we have before the impending doomsday. As, hopefully, most of you know this year is the band’s 25^th anniversary and one way to celebrate this special occasion is the release of Memories of a Time to Come in January. Leading up to the release we would like to introduce you to Guardian TV. You can see the first episode below where we field questions submitted by our fans on Facebook.

This is just the beginning, in the near future there will be more Guardian TV as well as some treats from super secret Blind Guardian vault.

Hansi

‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the Twilight Hall Santa Guardian and his band of dark elves put the finishing touches on a gift for all the bad boys and girls in Blind Guardian land. Santa Guardian thought it was unfair that “The Bard’s Song – The Hobbit” was re-recorded for Memories of a Time to Come but “The Bard’s Song – In the Forest” didn’t get any special treatment. (more…)

Check out the interview below from December 9, 2011 where Hansi and Jon discuss, among other things, the future of Demons & Wizards.

Finally, after all these years, we have found the time to gather our most worthy songs into a best of compilation, representative of our career’s first 25 years. (more…)