Blind Guardian - Merry XMAS Everybody

Client: Blind Guardian, Nuclear Blast Records
Category: Photography, Videography, Graphic Design
Photographer, Director: Dirk Behlau
Fun facts: 4 weeks before christmas we talked with the band about the idea filming a 70s-glam-rock inspired music video for their Slade-Cover “Merry X-Mas Everybody”. During the recording sessions André Olbrich came up with the idea to do a special video for it, too. So within a week everything was set up for the production - the location, the costumes, the stage setup. The video was shot within a couple of hours and turned out pretty cool.


About: After celebrating the anniversary of our 1995 classic “Imaginations From The Other Side”, on December 18th, 2021 we present you a special treat for Xmas.

Sing Hansi Kürsch comments: “In my opinion, Slade created the ultimate Christmas song with 'Merry Xmas Everybody', a timeless, jolly tune with the perfect dose of cheesiness and almost untouchable in its greatness. Usually, it is prohibited in the Kuersch household to play Christmas songs prior to the Advent season, but as it's mid-November now, and I am just out of the studio doing this cover, I guess I'm breaking a tradition. What you are about to hear now, is our attempt at paying tribute to the glam rock Santa Clauses Slade and while the original version is just perfect, its chorus was tailor-made for Blind Guardian as we do understand quite well how to go big. So, why have sausages with potato salad when you can have the Xmas goose? Well check it out yourselves and Merry Xmas Everybody!“

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