{"id":48936,"date":"2015-04-06T21:13:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T02:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=48936"},"modified":"2015-04-06T21:13:25","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T02:13:25","slug":"audio-interview-hansi-kursch-of-blind-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2015\/audio-interview-hansi-kursch-of-blind-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Hansi K\u00fcrsch of Blind Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">by Steve Patrick<\/span><br \/>\n&#8211; Senior Columnist &#8212;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Hansi-K\u00fcrsch-of-Blind-Guardian.jpg\" alt=\"Hansi K\u00fcrsch of Blind Guardian\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Hansi-K\u00fcrsch-of-Blind-Guardian.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Hansi-K\u00fcrsch-of-Blind-Guardian-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Hansi-K\u00fcrsch-of-Blind-Guardian-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>German power metal legends Blind Guardian have recently released their tenth studio record, <em>Beyond the Red Mirror<\/em>. The album is a continuation of the story from the band&#8217;s 1995 record <em>Imaginations from the Other Side<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Frontman Hansi K\u00fcrsch was kind enough to chat with Hardrock Haven about the decision to continue a 20 year old storyline, Blind Guardian&#8217;s new session\/touring bass player, the band&#8217;s touring plans, and the status of Demons and Wizards (K\u00fcrsch&#8217;s side project with Iced Earth&#8217;s Jon Schaffer):<\/p>\n<p><center>::: Listen to the Interview :::<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><audio controls=\"controls\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/int15\/Hansi Kursch of Blind Guardian.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/>Your browser does not support this audio format.<\/audio><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Connect with the band here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blind-guardian.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.blind-guardian.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">by Steve Patrick &#8211; Senior Columnist &#8212; German power metal legends Blind Guardian have recently released their tenth studio record, Beyond the Red Mirror. The album is a continuation of the story from the band&#8217;s <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2015\/audio-interview-hansi-kursch-of-blind-guardian\/\" title=\"Hansi K\u00fcrsch of Blind Guardian\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":48938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12393],"tags":[9214,10570,10568,11068,11069,11066,11067],"class_list":{"0":"post-48936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arcint2015","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-beyond-the-red-mirror","10":"tag-blind-guardian","11":"tag-demons-and-wizards","12":"tag-imaginations-from-the-other-side","13":"tag-interview-hansi-kursch","14":"tag-jon-schaffer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}