DEMONS & WIZARDS

US Power Metal • Multi-National
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Demons & Wizards are a multi-national power metal between Hansi Kürsch, vocalist of the German power metal band Blind Guardian, and Jon Schaffer, guitarist and occasional vocalist with US power/thrash metal band Iced Earth. The idea for the band arose in the spring of 1997 after Kürsch and Schaffer became friends while touring together in their respective bands.

The original goal of the band was to forge the different musical styles of both Iced Earth's dark melodies and Blind Guardian's powerful vocals into one sound. In fact, according to the musicians, the band name is meant to describe the two styles: the self-proclaimed demon-like themes and sounds of Iced Earth and wizard-like themes and sounds of Blind Guardian (The monicker "Demons & Wizards" was inspired by Hansi's wife always referring to him and Jon as "Demons and Angels." Hansi always corrected her that it is more properly stated "Demons and Wizards,"
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DEMONS & WIZARDS Demons & Wizards album cover 3.80 | 19 ratings
Demons & Wizards
US Power Metal 2000
DEMONS & WIZARDS Touched by the Crimson King album cover 3.74 | 26 ratings
Touched by the Crimson King
US Power Metal 2005
DEMONS & WIZARDS III album cover 4.07 | 7 ratings
III
US Power Metal 2020

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DEMONS & WIZARDS 2 Track Promo CD album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
2 Track Promo CD
US Power Metal 1999

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DEMONS & WIZARDS Demons & Wizards

Album · 2000 · US Power Metal
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Andy
I do not look for excuses. When "Demons & Wizards" was published it did not like it as I would have had to pleasure. Basically this mix between Iced Earth and Blind Guardian it was successful only in two songs, on first hearing: "Heaven Denies", a great mix of Iced Earth and Blind Guardian, Powerful, technical and emotional and in "Poor Man's Crusade", an almost Hard Rock mix between Blind Guardian and Iced Earth. And Today? I remain of the same idea. Beautiful music. Do not just take the granitic riffs of Iced Earth and add them to the rhythm of Blind Guardian (or vice versa)to really make this a winning musical proposal. Hansi Kürsch and Jon Schaffer are two genes but underestimated the fact that the two former band are not complementary between them. To the public he was looking for Power Metal at all costs the proposal was Ok. For those looking for beautiful music, able to make their mark for the eternity, Demons & Wizards was just another band that rode the current fashion. As a side project deserved to be more personal, and musical level. Unfortunately it was only a good mix of Iced Earth and Blind Guardian.

DEMONS & WIZARDS Touched by the Crimson King

Album · 2005 · US Power Metal
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Warthur
Despite the title calling King Crimson's debut to mind, Demons & Wizards' second album isn't all that proggy - instead, it's fairly straight down the line power metal from the duo of Kürsch and Schaffer, which fairly consistently sticks to the stylistic conventions of its subgenre. As I understand it, the band attempt to plot a middle course between the approaches of Iced Earth and Blind Guardian, though on this release I hear a little more late-period Blind Guardian in the mix; either way, if you are very, very fond of both of those bands it may be worth a try, but less devoted power metal listeners may find this doesn't offer much which the stronger Blind Guardian albums don't do a better job of delivering.

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Psydye wrote:
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'Crimson King' was the song that started me on my metal journey! :)

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