Blind Guardian Gives Vague Update That Next Album “Is Not Too Far Away”

It’s been two years since seminal German power metallers Blind Guardian released their critically-acclaimed twelfth studio album The God Machine, but it’s not like them to take long breaks between albums. Now, it would seem, the band is planning new music for the future, but how far in the future remains somewhat of a mystery. Expect a new Blind Guardian album for sometime between 2025 and the end of time itself.

In a recent interview with Portuguese outlet Caminhos Metálicos (as transcribed by Blabbermouth), Blind Guardian frontman Hansi Kürsch explained what the band has planned for the remainder of this year and some of the next:

“Yeah, ’25 we are considering at the moment. ’24, from the planning, is over. So, we are going to finish the festivals in August, and there are some more in Germany after we play Portugal. And after that there’s a break, basically. And hopefully that will take us to at least May ’25 until we start considering playing live again. Then, of course, we have to come up with a different set of songs in comparison to what we did this year, always keeping in mind that we play the classical stuff. There is no need for us not to play ‘The Bard’s Song’. And, yeah, then, of course, it is very essential for us to come up with a regular new album. I doubt that we are able to finish everything in ’25, when we do touring as well. But these are different times, and we may just pop out a few songs before we even release an album. But eventually, at one point, there will be new BLIND GUARDIAN music, and that is not too far away.”

That update is vaguer than the ending to Donnie Darko. Who knows when “not too far away” refers to. Considering that Blind Guardian has never gone more than five years without releasing an album, I assumed there would be new Blind Guardian music eventually. Saying that there will be new Blind Guardian music eventually is like announcing that Ozzy Osbourne will die someday. Yeah, we already assumed that.

To catch Blind Guardian on their current tour, you can catch them on these dates:

Aug 9 – Villena, Spain – Leyendas del Rock
Aug 17 – Sulingen, Germany – Reload Festival
Aug 18 – Illingen, Germany – Burg Open Air
Dec 7 – Bochum, Germany – Pott Out Festival
Dec 13 – Augsburg, Germany – Rock Out Festival
Dec 14 – Karlsruhe, Germany – Knock Out Festival