BLIND GUARDIAN Guitarist Interviewed At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

August 30, 2010

HeavyWorlds.com conducted an interview with guitarist André Olbrich of German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN at this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, which was held August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below.

BLIND GUARDIAN's tenth studio album, "At The Edge Of Time", has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 2 — the band's strongest chart showing ever in its home country.

"At The Edge Of Time" is now available for pre-order in the U.S. on iTunes. Sale pricing runs from August 10 to August 23.

The 10-track standard version is available for the pre-order price of $7.99. On August 24 (North American street date),it will increase to $9.99.

The deluxe edition with bonus tracks is available for the pre-order price of $11.99. On August 24 (North American street date),it will increase to $9.99.

"At The Edge Of Time" track listing:

01. Sacred Worlds (9:17)
02. Tanelorn (5:58)
03. Road Of No Release (6:30)
04. Ride Into Obsession (4:46)
05. Curse My Name (5:52)
06. Valkyries (6:38)
07. Control The Divine (5:26)
08. War Of The Thrones (4:55)
09. A Voice In The Dark (5:41)
10. Wheel Of Time (8:55)

"A Voice In The Dark", the brand new video from BLIND GUARDIAN, can be viewed below.

An e-card for the album can be accessed at this location.

Photos from the "At The Edge Of Time" recording sessions can be found at Metal-Hammer.de.

In a recent online posting, Kürsch stated about the new CD, "This [is] our most bombastic and epic album so far. Each and every song has a completely different approach in comparison to each other and one complements the other in a perfect way."

Find more on
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • reddit
  • email

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).