Follow the Blind

Follow the Blind
Studio album by
Blind Guardian
Released14 April 1989[1]
RecordedJanuary–February 1989 at Karo Studios, Münster, West Germany
Genre
Length42:00
LabelNo Remorse, Virgin, Century Media
ProducerKalle Trapp
Blind Guardian chronology
Battalions of Fear
(1988) 		Follow the Blind
(1989) 		Tales from the Twilight World
(1990)
Singles from Follow the Blind
  1. "Banish from Sanctuary"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Rock Hard(7.5/10)[4]
Metal1(7.5/10)[5]

Follow the Blind is the second studio album by the German power metal band Blind Guardian. It was released in 1989 and is more in the vein of speed metal, compared to the style that would later define the band's unique sound. Guitarist Marcus Siepen stated that they were "listening to a lot of thrash metal bands like Testament or Forbidden, and that's why Follow the Blind was a bit heavier".[6]

The album was remastered, remixed and re-released on 15 June 2007, with the whole second demo tape, Battalions of Fear, of the band (at the time called Lucifer's Heritage) as part of the bonus tracks. The album was again re-released as part of the A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time boxset with minor adjustments to the mixing and with new mastering. "Banish from Sanctuary" was released as a single to promote this album.

In 2017, Loudwire ranked Follow the Blind as the 12th-best power metal album of all time.[7]

  1. ^ "Blind Guardian - Follow the Blind". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. ^ DiVita, Joe (5 July 2017). "Top 25 Power Metal Albums of All Time". Loudwire. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. ^ Anderson, Jason. Follow the Blind at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  4. ^ Trojan, Frank. "Follow the Blind review". issue 32. Rock Hard. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Blind Guardian - Follow the Blind - CD Review bei Metal1.info". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  6. ^ "MetalKings.com interview with Markus". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  7. ^ Divita, Joe (5 July 2017). "Top 25 Power Metal Albums of All Time". Loudwire. Townsquare Media. Retrieved 3 March 2021.