Masterplan have come to their senses again and realised that it is indeed the singer that makes out a band, especially in their own case. Just in “Time to Be a King”, they bring back the Norwegian Master of Voices Jorn Lande. And that´s exactly the right decision. Jorn, who left the band five years ago, is back more powerful-voiced ... more/mehr
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It´s interesting to see what the almost totally renewed band has come up with. Almost three years after releasing their last record, “Time to be King”, the guys behind mastermind Roland Grapow are back. Three new musicians have joined Grapow´s ranks: Martin Skaroupka (Cradle of Filth) on drums and Jari Kainulainen (Ex-Stratovarius) ... more/mehr
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When words like „astral projection“, „ether“ and the “Khlysty” sect are mentioned to describe the topic of an album then only our four favourite cavemen of Mastodon can come to mind. With “Crack the Skye” fantasto-drummer Brann Dailor and his men have released their fifth album and there are only two words to describe this work – ... more/mehr
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