# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcus-siepen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:09:14.459Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcus-siepen"
name: "Marcus Siepen"
slug: "marcus-siepen"
description: "Marcus Siepen is a German guitarist, best known as the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist of power metal band Blind Guardian. For the biggest percentage of Blind Guardian's songs, particularly in more recent years, he has almost strictly played rhythm guitar, with most lead and solo work being performed by André Olbrich. He has also been part of the band Sinbreed and live member of Demons & Wizards."
tagline: "German guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2016_Marcus_Siepen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1968-09-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.75565333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1732216/"
    handle:    "nm1732216"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ماركوس سيپين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Siepen"
    title: "Marcus Siepen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Siepen"
    title: "Marcus Siepen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Siepen"
    title: "Marcus Siepen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Siepen"
    title: "Marcus Siepen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Siepen"
    title: "Marcus Siepen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Siepen"
    title: "Marcus Siepen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Siepen"
    title: "Marcus Siepen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Зипен, Маркус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Siepen"
    title: "Marcus Siepen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Siepen"
    title: "Marcus Siepen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6522116e-916d-4c9c-9249-a976ef4713a6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2343213"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump