Best Blind Guardian Albums

The Top Ten
1 Nightfall in Middle-Earth

The reversed chronological order in the storytelling simply works. It helps to build a sense of tragedy and a perspective to the road of the end of this once-great civilization & kingdom. There is a good mix of ballads and more traditional power metal, all of which are good in their own right and all tell aspect of the story. The album really captures the sense of Epic Tragedy about aspects of the story, I myself am partial to When Sorrow Sang as the raw emotion of the song rings and leaves an impression.
Truly an album not to be missed, for any fan of Power Metal in general let alone BG

My first ever album of this band. Such a masterpiece that even led me to read a book(not any musical album does this), The Silmarillion to be exact. It transmits perfectly the emotions that this book transmits when it is read.
Amazing vocals from Hansi, especially in The Eldar, beautiful melodic guitars and piano sounds, and amazing and powerful drums and bass guitar.
This album balances perfectly between powerful songs and more melodic and ballad songs. Every power metal, metal, Tolkien and Blind Guardian fan must listen to it.

2 Somewhere Far Beyond

There was a comment under Blind Guardian, which I posted roughly a couple of months back on the best Power Metal Band list regarding Somewhere Far Beyond, which was back then the very first album I listened to from the band and anticipated one of the rest of their works to eclipse its greatness. Well! I've completed their entire discography now and no other album proved to be even half as impressive as this (barring Imaginations from the Other Side)..

Maybe their breakthrough album; The Bard's Song - the real deal?
I can't imagine Blind Guardian without The Bard's Song.

This album was 'transitional' - from the early BG to a more mature and diverse BG; Hansi revealed more of his incredible vocal skills.

I also feel that 'Time What Is Time' is somewhat underrated even by the BG fans - this song is awesome and 'transitional', while Journey Through The Dark reminds of their early raw speed metal.

3 At The Edge Of Time

This album just combines old and new blind guardian in a perfect way. The epic of a song like wheel of time is unique... Next to and then there was silence. But sacred worlds and other songs make this album also superior.

A great range of songs, great production and inclusion of the orchestra. Every song is fantastic, literally every song on this album is a stand out track.

This Masterpiece brought me into the beauty of metal.
My favorit track is Sacred Worlds.
It is an incredible how this piece of art
influenced me.

4 Imaginations From the Other Side

This is an album with only one pointless song (A Past and Future Secret) The rest of the album is pretty great. You can't go wrong with songs like "Born in a Mourning Hall" "Bright Eyes" "And the Story Ends" and my personal favourite "Another Holy War"

@visitor RE "Nightfall is spoiled by those interludes". I disagree - Nightfall is a concept album with many progressive elements and these "interludes" are part of the whole story. Moreover, some "interludes" are the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard - Battle of Sudden Flame, The Minstrel, Out on the Water. I wish Blind Guardian made longer songs based on these tunes and music ideas because they are magical pieces of heaven.

I really don't like to choose between all these great albums. But I choose
"Imaginations From the Other Side" as it was my introduction to Blind Guardian in the first place. You can't beat nostalgia

5 A Night at the Opera

Ranked way too low on this list. This album is very symphonic and its sound heavily relies on choirs, which takes some time getting used to. Once you start embracing the unique sound, a world of brilliant patterns and transitions unfolds in your head.

A very unique album, in metal and in music in general.

This album and Somewhere Far Beyond are my two favorites. This has plenty of symphonic, classical/folk inspired bliss that takes you to worlds of your wildest dreams. Especially the closer, And Then There Was Silence, which is my favorite Blind Guardian song.

And then There Was Silence is one of their top 3 best songs.
I have a soft spot for Age Of False Innocence - one of their most beautiful songs, also containing one of the best vocal performances from Hansi. It's sad that some of Hansi's best notes ever are on this song but it's one of the most overlooked BG songs ever.

6 Beyond the Red Mirror

This with "Nightfall in Middle-Earth" are BG's most symphonic, complex albums with insanely good storytelling. But - in contrast to Nightfall this Album tells a self-invented-story, Rhapsody of Fire-like. Well, It's not that the nine are not copied from certain Valar and the fallen son definitely is NOT Melkor but... The Lyrics
are poetry -Just look at "Precious truth in a cage it has been captured but safe and we will bind it and blind it with lies"; this also was the first BG album I ever bought and it's one of my favorites along with "Nightfall" and "At the Edge of Time"
Of course, some might be annoyed by Latin Choirs and stuff, but in my opinion these make the songs even greater. Also there are in fact heavy songs on that Album e.g. Twilight of the gods". The whole album is simply a perfect mixture of symphony and heavyness.

Wow, this album is defiantly Blind Guardian's biggest project, and while I am a big Tolkien, thus I am inclined to love Nightfall in Middle earth, I have to admit that Blind Guardian's work is getting larger and grander. In Beyond the Red Mirror, the band worked with three worldwide choirs and two full orchestras. If only they had the choirs and orchestras with them in Nightfall in Middle Earth

7 A Twist in the Myth

This album isn't bad at all - it is just softer than their usual stuff and this may have disappointed some fans, who prefer different types of Blind Guardian songs. The album is vocal-oriented and has some of the best vocals and vocal harmonies by Hansi, if not the best. Songs are very well writen and performed. I listen to this album for the vocals that are pure bliss. Hansi deserved an album focusing on his great vocals.

This album has a weird tone and the songs are a bit more simple then other albums. But most of the songs are really good. Turn the Page is a personal favorite of mine along with This Will Never End, Lionheart and Carry The Blessed Home.

I've seen people say this is a bad album because of it's focus on vocals, but as someone who got into Blind Guardian, and metal in general, this album is great, maybe exactly because of its focus on good vocals.

8 Tales From the Twilight World

How this can be below "A Twist in the Myth" is beyond my understanding. Lost in the Twilight Hall is one of the best songs in BG's discography, and many others from this album (Traveler in Time, The Last Candle, Lord of the Rings...) are up there as well. The music in it is unique, a mixture between the old and more speedy Blind Guardian and the progressive power metal we are familiar with nowadays. It marks the beginning of a change while being the change itself. This album is a masterpiece.

This album is a gem, and a grand improvement over the first two albums, which were good, but largely influenced by other bands. With Tales from the Twilight World Blind Guardian discovered their identity.

The Last Candle is awesome - the intro scream, the chorus, the outro. Hansi's voice is superb!
Welcome to Dying, Lord of the Rings and Traveler In Time are also great songs.

9 Batallions of Fear

Majesty is an awesome song (with an amazingly misleading intro). The album looks like the band is dissing the band Manowar (Manowar's album covers look like those falling people).

Majesty is awesome guys. One of the best speed metal songs out there and of course, my personal favorite from this subgenre (alongside Banish From Sanctuary).

I started listening to blind guardian yesterday, and I'm listening to this album right now.
It's very good! I like it.

10 Follow the Blind

This album is extremely under rated; songs like banished from sanctity, and follow the blind, and don't brake the circle are particularly awesome. this album certainly deserves higher than last
(although the idea of putting a blind guardian album last for any thing should be a sin)

A better effort then their debut album and a heavier speed album then Tales from the Twilight World, but it only has 2 stand out tracks, Follow the Blind and Valhalla.

Banish From Sanctuary in one of my favorite BG songs - aggressive and fast. Love Hansi's raw voice and the solo is really amazing, too.
And don't forget Valhalla is on this album, too.

The Contenders
11 Legacy Of The Dark Lands

I think this album has great orchestral worl, Hansi's voice is great as always and the interludes are great as well.

Now that Metal_Treasure is inactive currently, nobody even realised Blind Guardian has a new album out for two straight months

12 Forgotten Tales

This album has some good tracks, but nothing that needs to be played live at a concert. The production is also a bit off.

13 Symphonies of Doom
14 Battalions of Fear - Lucifer's Heritage

Just went downhill after the demos.

15 The God Machine

A great new debut that shows they've still got it. References a lot of other epic fantasy and shows that they're still exploring their sound.

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