DEMONS & WIZARDS Touched By The Crimson King Limited Edition Box CD (2005)

When the vocalist of Blind Guardian and the guitarist of Iced Earth decide a side project isn't just a side project, you get something that demands to be taken seriously. Demons & Wizards proved it with their 2000 debut, and Touched By The Crimson King is where they doubled down.

Released in 2005, this is Hansi Kürsch and Jon Schäffer operating at full tilt, fusing Blind Guardian's melodic density with Iced Earth's riff-driven aggression into something that sits comfortably in the prog/power metal pantheon. The King Crimson-nodding title isn't just posturing, there's a genuine prog ambition running through this record that separates it from the pack. The limited edition box format is exactly the kind of thing you grab now and appreciate forever. Dark aesthetic, heavy pedigree, European power metal done right.

Format: Limited Edition Box CD. Released 2005. USA/Germany pressing. Second full-length studio album from Demons & Wizards.

Fans of: Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, Amon Amarth, Savatage, Symphony X