Blind Guardian is a German
power metal band formed in the mid-1980s in
Krefeld, West Germany. They are often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and
speed metal subgenres. Ten musicians have been a part of the band's line-up in its history, which has consisted of singer
Hansi Kürsch, guitarists
André Olbrich and
Marcus Siepen, and drummer Frederik Ehmke since 2005.