BLIND GUARDIAN frontman Hansi Kürsch has quit his long-running project with ICED EARTH’s Jon Schaffer, DEMONS & WIZARDS. Hansi announced his departure from DEMONS & WIZARDS two weeks after Schaffer was arrested for his involvement in the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The 52-year-old ICED EARTH guitarist, who…
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Iced Earth, Demons & Wizards Removed From Century Media Website
Iced Earth and Demons & Wizards are no longer listed on Century Media Record’s website following guitarist Jon Schaffer’s participation in the Capitol riot earlier this month. Century Media seems to have scrubbed all traces of the two bands, both of which include Schaffer as a founding member. Iced Earth…
Demons and Wizards – III
Reviewed: April, 2020 Released: 2020, Century Media Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Erich Nearly ten years ago, in November of 2010 I asked Hansi Kursch in an interview when/if fans could expect a third Demons And Wizards album. I got my answer in February 2020 when the blandly named III was released.…
DEMONS & WIZARDS Feat. JON SCHAFFER And HANSI KÜRSCH: Video Of First Concert In Nearly Two Decades
DEMONS & WIZARDS, the side project of ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer and BLIND GUARDIAN singer Hansi Kürsch, kicked off its first tour in nearly two decades Friday night (May 31) in Saarbrücken, Germany. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. After the show, DEMONS & WIZARDS…
Demons & Wizards announce A Magical Encounter With Demons & Wizards North American headline tour!
Legendary metal band Demons & Wizards have just announced their A Magical Encounter With Demons & Wizards North American headline tour today. The band will hit the road starting August 17th in Los Angeles and will be wrapping with their sold out show on September 7th in Atlanta. The band…
Blind Guardian – Hansi Kürsch and André Olbrich
The German power metal squad Blind Guardian is going to unleash their 10th album called BEYOND THE RED MIRROR. The band’s vocalist Hansi Kürsch and the guitarist André Olbrich visited Finland on the long promotional trip and sat down to talk about the forthcoming album as well as the upcoming…
ICED EARTH – Jon Schaffer
JON SCHAFFER INTERVIEW BY MARKO SYRJÄLÄ AND JARNO HUOVILA LIVE PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJÄLÄ Some eighteen years, and another eight albums, since the release of ICED EARTH’s eponymous debut album, it’s still band leader and guitarist Jon Schaffer’s unique vision and rule by iron hand that defines every aspect of…
Jon Schaffer – Iced Earth, Demons and Wizards
Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth / Demons & Wizards Interviewed in March 2000 by EvilG To me, Iced Earth are like the saviors of American METAL. They, and a small but growing handful of bands from the US, are playing what I consider to be REAL METAL. The latest piece of…
Demons & Wizards Guitarist Jon Schaffer
Interviewed by EvilG / Transcription by DukeQuestions by EvilG & Lord of the WastelandPromo Demons & Wizards Pics courtesy of Earsplit PRLive Pics of Jon Schaffer by Lord of the Wasteland The collaboration of Iced Earth songwriter/guitarist Jon Schaffer and Blind Guardian vocalist Hansi K?rsch rocked the metal world in…