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| Saturday, July 25, 2009 - Jorn Lande is back in Masterplan | After months of rumours and speculations it is now official:
Jorn Lande will once again join forces with his old bandmates, and work on what is expected to be yet another Masterplan Masterpiece.
The new album is already in the works and Jorn is right now in Roland Grapow Studios in Slovakia recording his vocals.
The release date is not yet decided, but the album is scheduled to hit the market sometime in early 2010.
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| Friday, May 8, 2009 - Masterplan - Singer situation and album news | A Masterplan update from Roland Grapow:
About the singer situation?
Sorry for the silence on this page, but we really don't try to create any hype out of it. We would love to tell you the new line-up already some month ago, but we promised not to say anything so far.
It has reasons, which doesn't have anything to do with Masterplan or the current line up. It is more a contract or a business kind of thing ! So don't blame me or the Band for it!
The new line-up had already a meeting 9 weeks ago and finally again last week for checking and working on the new song material. We had also many nice talks and ideas for the future.
Recording start is finally this weekend in my studio in SK! Album mix is planned for the beginning of August. We're expecting the album release in late Autumn, or let's say...when it's finished :O)
Concerning the Forum, we know it has problems we had some issues concerning the servers. A new one will be available.
Hope this helps for the moment and we'll promise to get the main news out A.S.A.P.
ROLAND
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| Friday, April 24, 2009 - Masterplan update from the band | Masterplan have issued the following update on their official website:
Hello dear fans,
In the coming days some official news regarding the new singer will be posted here. The Band is very sorry for the long waiting but things could not be done differently... thanks for your patience!
Concerning the message from Aardshock magazine, it doesn't come from the Band and we have to mention that it is not true that Jorn left the band because of Uli.
The Band.
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| Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - Jorn Lande - Full Spirit Black Album Details Revealed; Audio Samples Available;Rejoins Masterplan? | A rumor is going around that Jorn Lande has re-joined Masterplan. Await official news before celebrating...
Press release from Frontiers Records on the forthcoming Jorn Lande solo album:
"Frontiers Records is excited to announce the release of JORN's brand new studio album, entitled Spirit Black, on June 5th in Europe and July 14th in the USA.
Considered by many fans and critics as one of the finest voices in Hard Rock to arrive on the scene at the end of the 20th century, Jorn is now ready to unleash upon the world yet another studio album entitled Spirit Black.
"I have carried some of these ideas with me for quite some time" tells Lande, "Willy, Jimmy, Sid and myself have known each other since the 80's, and some of the song ideas and demos from back then have now seen the light of day, and become an essential part of Spirit Black. When we were younger we usually never cared about what we did yesterday, only about the future, but the past can sometimes reveal hidden treasures and I discovered great potential in some of these song-ideas".
The result: Spirit Black is another slab of classic Hard Rock with 80's Metal elements which will definitely please all those who loved his recent Lonely Are The Brave, released in June 2008.
A winning formula should not change, so Jorn has worked again with Tommy Hansen at Jailhouse Studios in Denmark ensuring the right edge to the rich guitar and vocal sound that is now trademark to all Jorn releases.
"The fans can expect a solid and defined record that will shake the classic metal world and hammer the future Jorn legacy in stone" says Jorn. "The sound of the album is like a crossover between The Duke and Lonely Are The Brave, and I feel that some of the songs on Spirit Black have the potential to become essential Hard Rock classics that will stand the test of time".
Jorn Lande's strong and diverse voice and solid songwriting skills have now become legendary in the Hard Rock world. In a career spanning over 30 albums releases and as frontman for MILLENNIUM, ARK and MASTERPLAN, Jorn was recently featured on spectacular projects such as Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA, along with stars like ALICE COOPER and Eric Singer (KISS), Rudolph Schenker (SCORPIONS), Bob Catley (MAGNUM) and in Arjen Lucassen's recent concept project, AYREON.
"The musical style and direction is now more defined and less experimental. I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel anymore, I just want to write good quality Hard Rock songs that people can relate to and identify with", continues the Norwegian Viking, "As we entered into the new millennium, I realized and accepted that my strength as a singer was more classic rock oriented. If you buy a Jorn album today, you know what you will get. True classic Hard Rock music".
Jorn is getting ready to tour the world at the end of summer 09 with his band formed by Jgor Gianola and Tore Moren on guitars, Nic Angileri on bass and Willy Bendiksen on drums.
Spirit Black final tracklisting includes: 'Spirit Black', 'Below', 'Road Of The Cross', 'The Last Revolution', 'City Inbetweeen', 'Rock And Roll Angel', 'Burn Your Flame', 'World Gone Mad', 'I Walk Alone', 'The Sun Goes Down' (bonus track exclusively included in the first limited edition pressing in digipak).
And, as a perfect complement to the new release, Frontiers will finally give a domestic release in the USA to the Jorn DVD Live In America, on July 14th, so far only available via import!"
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| Monday, January 12, 2009 - Mike Di Meo out of Masterplan | Masterplan have posted the following news on their official website:
As you might already know, Mike Di Meo is not a member of Masterplan anymore!
Mike is still our friend and we feel big respect to his huge singing talent. We are really thankful for Mikes great addition on MKII and wishing him all the best and luck on his new projects!
Meanwhile we continue to work on the new Studio Album. We'll putt out more news about our new singer soon! So stay tuned and expect big things coming around...
Right now we are not able to tell you more news, so be patient!
P.S. THE BAND IS NOT SEARCHING FOR A NEW SINGER, DRUMMER, KEYBOARDER, BASS OR GUITAR-PLAYER......
We are ready to rock!
Roland, Axel, Mike, Jan and ?
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| Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - News from Masterplan | News from Masterplan:
Hi Masterclaner,
Here are some news about the Masterplan situation... after a year of producing other bands in my studio in Slovakia, i am finally back to the Masterplan track, we started some days ago the recordings for the new album.
The release date is supposed to be May/June 09 now, also some Festivals are planned for next year, but nothing is confirmed right now.
Axel and Jan are working on more new song material in Hamburg in Axel's new Studio. Meanwhile i'm writing/recording Guitars and arranging Songs in my Studio in SK. We have 10 songs written so far and we'll still write more material parallel to the recordings.
We are very happy with the new song material so far and we are sure it will be a killer album!!!
More updates are coming soon. hopefully with a big surprise
Cheers, Roland
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| Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - New project confirmed | The following has been posted at former Michael Kiske's website:
Project with Kai and Grapow confirmed...
The project now is not a rumour.
So in the (near) future will be a project with Kai Hansen (ex-Helloween, GAMMA RAY), Roland Grapow (ex-Helloween, MASTERPLAN) and Michael Kiske as singer.
Roland Grapow has said in a recent interview for a Spanish web laEstadea.com. An excerpt from this interview is below:
Q: About Hansen and Kiske, there's a rumor of a project. Is that right?
Grapow: "It's not a rumor, it's true. We're just waiting for the right moment. We gathered together two or three times in the last two years. What happens is that Michael doesn't want to do anything with too much hard rock or too much heavy metal, too much dark or negative, he wants to do something more happier. So, probably, when I finish the tour with Masterplan, I'll begin to write some tracks for Mike. Kai too, we'll see what will come out. But, once and for all, we will do something."
Q: This project have a name?
Grapow: "No, not yet! Perhaps it will be titled Helloween! (laughs). No, it's a joke, at the moment we haven't thought of any names because we haven't planned yet. Now we only want to write a few songs which we feel comfortable with, that Michael doesn't find negative, but we all love. Because we don't want to make a Kiske solo album with two famous guitarists from the past. We search for music which speaks for itself without any need to be aggressive or negative".
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| Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - Jorn Lande leaves Masterplan | Masterplan have parted ways with vocalist Jorn Lande due to "musical differences." During the songwriting process for the band's third album, it became increasingly apparent that the members of the group had different visions and plans for the band's musical direction. While Jorn wanted Masterplan to follow a more melodic path, the rest of the band wanted to return to the metallic roots of their debut album.
Commented drummer Uli Kusch: "We are not really happy about Jorn's decision to leave the band, but on the other side it doesn't make sense to continue if the ideas are that different. The music would suffer from it and the music is why we are doing it. We wish Jorn a successful future and want to thank him for everything he did for us. It was a great and interesting time!"
The band are currently searching for a new singer. "There are already some possibilities that might be interesting for us, but nothing is decided yet," Uli explained. "We hope that we can already present the new singer on the gigs we are confirmed to play later in the year. And for sure there won't be any changes in the musical style of Masterplan. We are currently working on the songs."
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| Monday, April 10, 2006 - Uli Kusch Pens 'Glorious' For Soccer World Championship | From Uli Kusch's website:
One Song Project
Together with Ronny Milianowicz / Dionysus and Joacim Cans / Hammerfall, Uli wrote a song for the upcoming football world championship. Main artist and singer is Mikeyla with special guest Ralf Scheepers / Primal Fear. But that's not all. More special guests are confirmed: Tobias Sammet / Edguy , Roland Grapow / Masterplan, Oscar / Hammerfall. The production is taking place in Sweden the 24-25 April.
"Glorious" is meant to be a song about setting aside your political views, religious believes for only one day and stop the world from turning in something stronger than anything else: Football! No matter if you play heavy metal music, pop or rock we will find a way to unite through this song.
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| Tuesday, November 30, 2004 - Masterplan news | Here is the the track list for Masterplan's forthcoming album, Aeronautics:
Crimson Rider
Back For My Life
Wounds
I'm Not Afraid
Headbanger's Ballroom
After This War
Into The Arena
Dark From The Dying
Falling Sparrow
Black In The Burn
You can listen to a clip from "Back For My Life" at the AFM records website.
Aeronautics will be released on January 24th and the EP Back For My Life was released yesterday. Besides a multimedia section the EP has the following tracks:
Back For My Life (single and album versions)
Crimson Rider
Killing In Time (non-album track, two different versions)
Love Is A Rock
A tour through Europe is being planned for March.
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| Saturday, July 10, 2004 - Masterplan update | Here is the latest news from Masterplan:
After 8 month of songwriting Masterplan is ready to record the second album.
"We are really happy and proud of the new material!"
The new CD will contain about 11 songs. This time all bandmembers appeared as songwriters. Songwriting took place in Hamburg, Aachen, Los Angeles, Slovakia and Norway.
Roy Z. was helping as a good friend and for a couple of songs he was an "inspirator / arranger".
Once again Andy Sneap and Masterplan are producing the new Album together in the "Crazy Cat" Studio in Hamburg. The mixing will be done at "Finnvox Studios" in Helsinki by Mikko Karmila. Mastering by Mika Jussila. The album is scheduled to be released in the end of January 2005 through AFM Records and Marquee (for Japan and South East Asia).
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| Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - Masterplan news | Masterplan's long expected studio album will be released in January 2005. An EP will see the light in November 2004 to while away the time - it will be sold for a low single price. The band is currently in their own studio to start with the basic tracks together with producer Andy Sneap. The final mixdown is scheduled for late August and will be done through mixing mastermind Mikko Karmila at the famous Finnvox studios in Helsinki.
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| Wednesday, June 25, 2003 - Jorn Lande solo album | Masterplan singer Jorn Lande has signed a solo deal with AFM Records. The upcoming album will be ready to mix by the mid/end of July at Jailhouse studios in Denmark. Jorn has just finished recording drums, and is recording guitars right now. The following titles are confirmed: Vision Eyes, One Day We Will Put Out The Sun, Watcher.
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| Thursday, September 26, 2002 - Masterplan EP | Masterplan, featuring guitarist Roland Grapow, singer Jorn Lande, bassist Jan S. Eckert, drummer Uli Kusch and keyboardist Axel Mackenrott will release the Enlighten Me five-track mini single on November 18th. The EP contains two different versions of the title track, 'Kind Hearted Light' (another track from the upcoming album), 'Through Thick And Thin' (a non album track) and a cover version of Led Zeppelin's 'Black Dog" (non album track). On January 27, 2003, Masterplan's full length debut will be available as a double-CD for the price of one CD. It will contain a video-clip from 'Enlighten Me' and a 30-minute interview with the band.
In tour news, Masterplan will open up for HammerFall in Europe starting in Germany on January 11, 2003 and ending February 17th.
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