Blind Guardian discography

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Blind Guardian discography
Blind Guardian 6.jpg
Blind Guardian in 2006; L-R: Olbrich, Ehmke, Kürsch, Siepen, Schüren, Holzwarth
Studio albums11
Live albums3
Compilation albums2
Video albums1
Music videos8
Singles9
Box sets1

This is the discography of German power metal band Blind Guardian.

Albums[]

Studio albums[]

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
GER
[1] 		AUT
[2] 		BEL
[3] 		CAN
[4] 		CH
[5] 		ESP
[6] 		FIN
[7] 		FRA
[8] 		ITA
[9] 		JPN
[10] 		SWE
[11] 		UK
[12] 		US
[4] 		US
Ind
[13]
Battalions of Fear 53 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Follow the Blind
  • Released: 14 April 1989
  • Label: No Remorse Records/Virgin Records/Century Media
 51 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Tales from the Twilight World
  • Released: 2 October 1990
  • Label: No Remorse Records/Virgin Records/Century Media
 43 - - - - - - - - 40 - - - -
Somewhere Far Beyond
  • Released: 30 June 1992
  • Label: Virgin Records/Century Media
 36 - - - - - - - - 15 - - - -
Imaginations from the Other Side
  • Released: 4 April 1995
  • Label: Virgin Records/Century Media
 21 - - - 33 - - - - 11 - - - -
Nightfall in Middle-Earth
  • Released: 28 April 1998
  • Label: Virgin Records/Century Media
 7 39 - - - - - - - 12 44 - - -
A Night at the Opera
  • Released: 25 March 2002
  • Label: Virgin Records/Century Media
 5 17 - - 44 - - 67 11 29 10 - - 37
  • GER: 100,000+
  • WW: 400,000+[16]
A Twist in the Myth 4 19 - - 27 15 30 87 16 21 10 - - 21
At the Edge of Time
  • Released: July 29, 2010
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
 2 9 67 108 14 47 18 48 19 29 22 197 108 20
Beyond the Red Mirror
  • Released: January 30, 2015
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
 4 8 134 49 10 31 14 57 36 45 34 54 132 12
Twilight Orchestra: Legacy of the Dark Lands
  • Released: November 8, 2019
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
 7 22 169 - 24 - - 174
[17]		 49
[18]		 - - - - -
"-" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums[]

Date of release Title Label GER [1] FRA [19] ITA [19] JPN [10]
1993 Tokyo Tales Virgin Records - - - 59
2003 Live Virgin Records/Century Media 16 136 48 115
2017 Live Beyond the Spheres[20] Nuclear Blast 9 - - -
2020 Imaginations from the Other Side Live[21] Nuclear Blast - - - -
"-" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums[]

Date of Release Title Label GER [1] FIN JPN [10]
1996 The Forgotten Tales Virgin Records 36 - 41
2012 Memories of a Time to Come Virgin Records 6 45 207
2013 A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time Virgin Records - - -
"-" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles[]

Date of Release Title Label GER [1] AUT [22] CH [23] ESP [24] HUN [25] ITA [26] JAP [27] SWE [28]
1989 "Banish from Sanctuary" No Remorse Records - - - - - - - -
1995 "A Past and Future Secret" Virgin Records - - - - - - - -
1995 "Bright Eyes" Victor Entertainment - - - - - - - -
1996 "Mr. Sandman" Virgin Records - - - - - - - -
1998 "Mirror Mirror" Virgin Records 42 - - - - - - -
2001 "And Then There Was Silence" Virgin Records 41 - - 1 - - 82 41
2003 "The Bard's Song (In the Forest)" Virgin Records 40 - - - - 31 - -
2006 "Fly" Nuclear Blast 32 52 94 4 4 42 178 29
2007 "Another Stranger Me" Nuclear Blast 79 - - - - 47 - -
2010 "A Voice in the Dark" Nuclear Blast 62 - - - - - - -
2014 "Twilight of the Gods" Nuclear Blast - - - - - - - -
2020 "Violent Shadows" Nuclear Blast - - - - - - - -
2020 "Merry Xmas Everybody" Nuclear Blast - - - - - - - -
"-" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Demos[]

Date of release Title
1985 Symphonies of Doom
1986 Battalions of Fear[29]

Tribute albums[]

Date of release Title
2003 Tales from the Underworld

Other[]

Date of release Title Label
2000 "Don't Talk to Strangers" from Holy Dio: Tribute to Ronnie James Dio Century Media
2018 The Tides of War - Live at Rock Hard Festival 2016 RockHard

Videography[]

DVDs[]

Date of release Title Label Chart positions Certification
2004 Imaginations Through the Looking Glass Virgin Records/Capitol Records Finland: #7 GER: Gold[30]

Music videos[]

Date of release Song Director Notes
1995 "Born in a Mourning Hall" Live video
1995 "Bright Eyes"
1996 "Mr. Sandman" The Chordettes cover
1998 "Mirror Mirror"
2003 "The Bard's Song (In the Forest)"
2006 "Another Stranger Me" Ivan Colic
2008 "Sacred" Ascaron Animated video, included in Sacred 2 Fallen Angel video game
2010 "A Voice in the Dark"[31]
2014 "Twilight of The Gods"
2016 "Children of The Smith"
2019 "Point Of No Return"
2019 "This Storm"
2019 "War Feeds War"
2020 "Merry Xmas Everybody"

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