Finally found some great new stuff

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Anomica

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Hah! I'm a happy camper since I finally managed to find post-80s music that actually appeals to my metal tastes. I've tried to get into bands like Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Kamelot etc but nothing gets me going. Then, someone told me of a band called Masterplan (anyone?) and they're really great. Next step was to find out that their former singer, a norweigan named Jörn Lange, has a career all his own. I got his latest album and my god! He sounds like if David Coverdale and Dio had a son who drank a lot of whisky and smoked a lot of cigars :D I recommend "JORN" to all of you that haven't heard him (them?) yet. It's really great, heavy stuff. Some songs sound like Whitesnake on uppers :P

I just had to share :blush:
 
If you like such music / (and such vocals) check out Uli Kusch's new band:

Ride The Sky
--> video: http://www.ridethesky.eu/video.html
--> audio: http://www.myspace.com/ridetheskytheband

Uli Kush is ex-Gamma Ray, ex-Helloween, and.... YEP ex-Masterplan.

If you're a Jorn Lande fan, don't forget to check out (besides his solo albums and Masterplan stuff):

ARK
ARK (2000)
Burn The Sun (2001)

Beyond Twilight
The Devil's Hall of Fame (2001)

Brazen Abbot
Guilty As Sin (2003)

Allen/Lande
The Battle (2005)
The Revenge (2007)

I like the first Masterplan album the most!
If interested, here an interview I did with Masterplan bandleader Roland Grapow, back in 2002:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~cursed/grapow-interview.htm


I hope you are aware that Jorn Lande left the band a while ago. Their latest album MK II features another singer.

(from Blabbermouth) Roland Grapow on the departure of vocalist Jorn Lande:

"Of course I was a little bit insecure at first and I have to admit that I was frightened about how things would go, but Mike DiMeo [Lande's replacement] is very easy to work with and he has a great voice. Jorn left because of musical differences, he felt the songwriting wasn't in his style and that the songs were making him sing too high, or whatever. . . He wanted to do more basic rock material — like his solo work. He has to look after himself and he thought that in 10 or 20 years time he wouldn't be able to sing them any more. Jorn's a great singer and it was really hard because there was no solution as we liked the MASTERPLAN style. So Jorn left and I was sad about that, but we remain good friends which is really nice."


(also taken from Blabbermouth) Jorn Lande himself on his departure:
Holland's Lords of Metal e-zine recently conducted an interview with former MASTERPLAN vocalist Jorn Lande. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

Lords of Metal: A while back I was quite surprised by the announcement that you left MASTERPLAN. Of course musical differences was given as the reason, but can you be a bit more specific about the actual cause for the decision?

Jorn: Musical differences is part of the truth, there are in most cases unofficial issues about somebody's departure from a band. The main reason for me to leave MASTERPLAN was the fact that for the first two records all material was written by Uli [Kusch, drums] and Roland [Grapow, guitar]. I just got the tunes that they had written and had to add the melodies and lyrics to it. I don't really like this situation, because for me this is not a natural way of songwriting. I wanted to have a bigger contribution and try to change the songwriting process into a band thing. As it became obvious that this wouldn't change, I decided it was time to go and leave. Furthermore I wanted to have less experimental and modern influences in the music and get back to the more straightforward metal style. You know what they say: sometimes less is more. These two things combined led to my decision to leave MASTERPLAN.

Lords of Metal: In the past we've often seen you participating in a promising band (like for instance BEYOND TWILIGHT and MILLENIUM) and leaving that band after a very promising start. Are you such a difficult person or is this just coincidental?

Jorn: Let me correct you on this, since I believe that only MASTERPLAN was a promising band both from an artistic as well as a commercial standpoint. The other bands were good, but they didn't sell any records. Take BEYOND TWILIGHT as an example — there was no tour, no investments by the record company, no real support in general. Therefore is was impossible for me to stay, because I have to make a living from singing you know. Same story with ARK — great band, 'Burn the Sun' was a great record, but we didn't get anywhere. There were no actual results. So to answer your question, I'm not a difficult person at all, I just need to provide a living for myself which makes it sometimes impossible to stay in a band. I want and need to be productive.
 
Masterplan is a GREAT band. one of my recent discoveries, I have their second and third album and currently hunting down their first. I first turned to them because it was formed by Uli Kusch and Roland Grapow after they left Helloween and I loved it. Jorn's voice really did it for me. I was really skeptical about their third cd because the only member left from the original line up was Grapow. Well, they haven't missed a step, still a very "Masterplan" vision. I'll definitely seek out Uli's new band and Jorn's other works as well. I really like what these mucisians do regardless of band.
 
AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen, has posted an audio sample of the next guest singer who will appear on the the band's upcoming album, tentatively due late 2007/early 2008: former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen, who now fronts her newly formed band AGUA DE ANNIQUE. Other vocalists scheduled to appear on the CD include Jonas P. Renske (KATATONIA), Jorn Lande

jorn_arjen.jpg


, Tom S. Englund (EVERGREY), Ty Tabor (KING'S X), Magali Luyten (VIRUS IV), Simone Simons (EPICA) and Liselotte Hegt (DIAL). A total of fifteen singers have been confirmed to guest on the album, with more to be added.

news & samples:
http://www.ayreon.com/ayreon/ay_news.html
 
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