| The Bard's Song (In the Forest) | |
| Cover: | Bardssongintheforest-single.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Blind Guardian |
| Album: | Somewhere Far Beyond |
| Released: | 5 May 2003 |
| Recorded: | February–March 2003 |
| Studio: | Twilight Hall Studios |
| Genre: | Folk Rock |
| Length: | 21:19 |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Producer: | Charlie Bauerfeind |
| Prev Title: | And Then There Was Silence |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
| Next Title: | Fly |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
"The Bard's Song (In the Forest)" is a single by German power metal band Blind Guardian, released in 2003. It contains five different versions of this track, one of their most popular songs, which originally appeared on the album Somewhere Far Beyond.[1] The song is a folk rock ballad, in contrast to the band's usual power metal sound.
The single's cover art was painted by Leo Hao.[2]
At concerts, it is not unusual for Hansi Kürsch to only sing the first and third lines of the song, then possibly the final verse or chorus, and leave the audience to sing the rest.
The song has been covered by German a cappella metal band van Canto on their album Hero.