History YMMV / BlindGuardian

* SongAssociation: "Battlefield", from ''A Night At The Opera'', made its way to ''VideoGame/RobotUnicornAttack''.

* CompleteMonster: [[Literature/TheSilmarillion Morgoth]], the Enemy, from ''Nightfall in Middle-Earth'', was a former Valar who [[{{Turncoat}} turned against his fellows]] and destroyed the lights of Valinor. Fleeing to Middle-Earth after murdering the Noldor king, Morgoth kills countless elves in their pursuit of him, even slaying their king Fingolfin as painfully as he can in single combat after wiping out the Noldor host. It is revealed Morgoth [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures]] many prisoners in his dungeons, boasting that nobody ever escapes him. When the hero Hurin defies Morgoth, Morgoth tortures him and forces him to see the ruin of Hruin's own kin for "troubl(ing) (his) day", obsessed with his own power and domination, declaring that all who stand oppose him shall be damned in the end.

* MemeticBadass: According to the Rules of Power Metal, Hansi is God. Also, ''Battlefield'' was used as the theme music for the HeavyMetal Expansion of ''SugarWiki/RobotUnicornAttack''.

* SongAssociation: "Battlefield", from ''A Night At The Opera'', made its way to ''SugarWiki/RobotUnicornAttack''.

* MemeticBadass: According to the Rules of Power Metal, Hansi is God. Also, ''Battlefield'' was used as the theme music for the HeavyMetal Expansion of ''RobotUnicornAttack''.

* SongAssociation: "Battlefield", from ''A Night At The Opera'', made its way to ''DarthWiki/RobotUnicornAttack''.

* HilariousInHindsight: The ending of [[spoiler: "Somewhere Far beyond"]], which manages to predict the ending of ''[[spoiler: Franchise/TheDarkTower]]'' more than a decade early

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: You know you've made it as a band when you don't even have to ''sing'' half the lyrics to your song - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkapxf2ZeEw because the audience]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zklqr1xj32Q does it for you]].

* SongAssociation: "Battlefield", from ''A Night At The Opera'', made it's way to ''DarthWiki/RobotUnicornAttack''.

* MemeticBadass: According to the Rules of Power Metal, Hansi is God. Also, ''Battlefield'' was used as the theme music for the Music/HeavyMetal Expansion of ''RobotUnicornAttack''.

* SignatureSong: Either "Mirror Mirror" or "The Bard's Song", even though Hansi considers "And Then There Was Silence" to be the best song he's ever written.

* GrandTheftAutoEffect: "Battlefield", from ''A Night At The Opera'', made it's way to ''DarthWiki/RobotUnicornAttack''.

* NightmareFuel: The music video for their cover of "Mr. Sandman" involves {{Monster Clown}}s and is either hilarious or terrifying, depending on when you watch it.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: You know you've made it as a band when you don't even have to ''sing'' half the lyrics to your song - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkapxf2ZeEw because the audience]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zklqr1xj32Q does it for you]].
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: See [[Awesome/BlindGuardian here.]]

* LargeHam: While he may not be one for this sort of thing live(unlike [[Music/{{Edguy}} some]]), the vast majority of Hansi's lyrics may as well be written in all caps.
** Even some of the ones for their slow, acoustic ballads.

* MemeticBadass: According to the Rules of Power Metal, "Hansi is God" and "Singers aren't allowed balls unless they're Hansi, because he is God."
** Not to mention that ''Battlefield'' was used as the theme music for the Music/HeavyMetal Expansion of ''RobotUnicornAttack''.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The release of the revised versions of some of their best hits in the 2-discs compilation ''Memories Of A Time To Come''. To some, in particular, the re-recording of the originally rather [[{{Narm}} narmy]] studio version of "Valhalla"; and even more specifically, the fact that they got [[Music/{{Helloween}} Kai]] [[Music/GammaRay Hansen]] to join the singing in it ''again''.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The release of the revised versions of some of their best hits in the 2-discs compilation ''Memories Of A Time To Come''. To some, in particular, the re-recording of the originally rather [[{{Narm}} narmy]] studio version of "Valhalla"; and even more specifically, the fact that they got [[Music/{{Helloween}} Kai]] [[Music/GammaRay Hensen]] to join the singing in it ''again''.

* LargeHam: While he may not be one for this sort of thing live(unlike [[{{Edguy}} some]]), the vast majority of Hansi's lyrics may as well be written in all caps.

* LargeHam: While he may not be one for this sort of thing live(unlike [[{{Edguy}} some]]), the vast majority of Hansi's lyrics may as well be written in all caps.

** Not to mention that ''Battlefield'' was used as the theme music for the HeavyMetal Expansion of ''RobotUnicornAttack''.