Follow the Blind
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| Follow the Blind | ||
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| Studio album by Blind Guardian | ||
| Released | 1989 | |
| Recorded | January-February 1989 at Karo Studios, Münster, West Germany | |
| Genre | Power Metal Speed Metal |
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| Length | 43:06 | |
| Label | No Remorse Records Virgin Records/Century Media |
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| Producer(s) | Kalle Trapp | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Blind Guardian chronology | ||
| Battalions of Fear (1988) |
Follow the Blind (1989) |
Tales from the Twilight World (1990) |
Follow the Blind is the second full-length album from the German metal band Blind Guardian, released in 1989. Kai Hansen of Gamma Ray and ex.Helloween sings in the song Valhalla.
The opening track "Inquisition" is a repetition of the Latin phrase Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem (O sweet Lord Jesus, grant them rest in English) chanted as it would be by monks. The phrase forms part of the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass, and is also identical to that which is chanted by the monks in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Inquisition" – 0:40
- "Banish from Sanctuary" – 5:27
- "Damned for All Time" – 4:57
- "Follow the Blind" – 7:10
- "Hall of the King" – 4:16
- "Fast to Madness" – 5:57
- "Beyond the Ice" – 3:28
- "Valhalla" – 4:56
- Bonus Songs
- "Don't Break the Circle" (Demon cover) – 3:28
- "Barbara Ann" (The Regents and Beach Boys cover) – 1:43
[edit] Lineup
[edit] Band
- Hansi Kürsch - vocals and bass
- André Olbrich - lead guitar and backing vocals
- Marcus Siepen - rhythm guitar and backing vocals
- Thomas "Thomen" Stauch - drums
[edit] Personnel
- Kai Hansen - vocals on "Valhalla", Guest Guitar solos on Hall of the King and Beyond the Ice.
- Kalle Trapp – producer
- van Waay Design – cover painting
[edit] Lyrical References
- "Damned for All Time" is based on Michael Moorcock's characters from Eternal Champion series.
- "Banish from Sanctuary" is based on the life of John the Baptist.
| Blind Guardian |
| Hansi Kürsch | André Olbrich | Marcus Siepen | Frederik Ehmke |
| Thomas "Thomen" Stauch | Markus Dörk | Christoph Theissen | Hans-Peter Frey |
| Discography |
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| Demo albums as Lucifer's Heritage: Symphonies of Doom | Battalions of Fear |
| Studio albums: Battalions of Fear | Follow the Blind | Tales from the Twilight World | Somewhere Far Beyond | Imaginations from the Other Side | Nightfall in Middle-Earth | A Night at the Opera | A Twist in the Myth |
| Live albums: Tokyo Tales | Live |
| Compilations: The Forgotten Tales |
| Singles: "A Past and Future Secret" | "Bright Eyes" | "Mr. Sandman" | "Mirror Mirror" | "And Then There Was Silence" | "The Bard's Song (In the Forest)" | "Fly" | "Another Stranger Me" |
| Videography |
| Videos: Imaginations Through the Looking Glass |
