March 14th, 2011 -
At The Edge Of Time was nominated for an ECHO award
At The Edge Of Time was nominated to receive an ECHO Award (roughly the equivalent of the Grammy for Germany) in the category "Rock / Alternative Band - National". The band is up against other nominees such as the Scorpions and Unheilig.
Questioned on the subject Hansi says:
I have no idea if we can win in the end or not. But, fact is that we are very excited to be nominated for the ECHO. To have the strength of At The Edge Of Time recognized in this manner makes us proud, it has been many years since we were last nominated.
The 2011 ECHO award show takes place Thursday, March 24th in Berlin.
Alas Blind Guardian hasn't won this ECHO award, this is Unheilig (a group of electo-rock) that has won the trophy.
But let's still proud of our bards because it was long time ago that they weren't had a nomination