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Vanden Plas
Metal / Progressive / Rock

Germany's premier progressive metal band



Kaiserslautern
Germany

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Member Since3/15/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.vandenplas.de
Band Members

Andy Kuntz : vocals


Stephan Lill : guitars


Günter Werno : keyboards


Torsten Reichert : bass


Andreas Lill : drums
Sounds LikeProgressive metal with a focus on strong melodies.
Record LabelInsideOut Music
Type of LabelIndie


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   About Vanden Plas
Latest album: "Christ 0"


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Biography


With Christ 0, Vanden Plas connect with their great epic Beyond Daylight from 2002. Frontman Andy Kuntz & Co. prove themselves to be more hymnic, more courageous, and more mature than ever. After enjoying their ten new songs you can only come to one conclusion: Germanys best and most important prog metal band has reached its temporary creative peak.

After a break which in fact wasnt a break, and which also gave the musicians important new inspirations, Vanden Plas are presenting their new album with Christ 0 which reflects many experiences of the past four years. After the great Beyond Daylight (2002), singer Andy Kuntz solo album Abydos (2004) and many theater engagements of the five musicians regarding to, for instance, the Nostradamus performances at Kaiserslautern and Hof where the whole group was involved Christ 0 shows a distinctively matured band which is working more courageously and more variedly than ever before. Of course, Christ 0 is influenced by our theater work, Andy Kuntz likes to admit. When hearing the new songs you are sensing that we often worked with big orchestras. Guitarist Stephan Lill, apart from Kuntz and keyboardist Gnter Werno one of the three main songwriters in Vanden Plas, adds: We had the courage to do more things. The down tuned guitars are more present, the ballads more touching, the orchestral arrangements more thorough, and the compositions more vivid.

The new songs offer a spectacular feat reaching out to the entire universe of contemporary prog metal. Already the title track is typical for Christ 0: The opener immediately shows you what you may have to expect from the rest of the songs of this album, Lill explains. Hard guitars, polished arrangements, orchestral parts, and catchy melodies, trademarks of Vanden Plas which show no stagnation here but moreover a consistent progress of our typical sound. To this category also belongs Wish You Were Here, and the cleverly orchestrated January Sun. And on Christ 0 the 40-piece classical choir of the Pfalztheater in Kaiserslautern plays a not insignificant role.

But there is also how may one put it? the new side of Vanden Plas. So violent, dynamic, and heavy the musicians have rarely before presented themselves as in Somewhere Alone in the Dark or Postcard to God. Modern guitar riffing, plus drum parts with a great punch and virtuoso soli turn both songs into gripping metal tunes which distinguishes Vanden Plas as a modern formation. In direct contrast there is the deeply moving number Fireroses Dance with its emotional intro and Middle Eastern touch. And the wonderfully melancholic ballad Lost In Silence again reminds of the 1997 acoustic album AcCult and documents Andy Kuntz fantastic vocal performance on Christ 0 in a very special way.

Important to notice is -- apart from the straight rock track Shadow I Am (Lill: This number would have also found its place on The God Thing or Far Off Grace.) -- the composition Silently, which Vanden Plas calls an artistic song and which, at the beginning, captivates the listener because of its tender and fragile seeming chorus developing into a mighty up-beat chorus. Christ 0 ends with Gethsemane from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and inimitably interpreted here. How much fitting for an album based on the story of the count of Monte Christo that however received a new contemporary symbolism and deals with the phenomena of schizophrenia thanks to the personal treatment by Andy Kuntz. When you imagine a mixture of the movie classics Angel Heart and Silence of the Lambs put to music you will get the idea on which adventurous journey Vanden Plas is taking its audience on Christ 0.

Vanden Plas have produced the album in cooperation with sound engineer Markus Teske (Saga, Spocks Beard, Symphony X). The cover artwork is based on an idea by Andy Kuntz; it perfectly symbolises the thrilling psychological pattern of the Christ 0 song lyrics. Apropos Andy Kuntz: on February 25th, Kuntz musical Abydos premieres at the Pfalztheater in Kaiserlslautern; starring Kuntz it will be staged there for thirteen performances.


Discography


Colour Temple (1995)
AcCult (acoustic EP - 1996)
The God Thing (1997)
Far Off Grace (1999)
Spirit Of Live (live album - 2000)
Beyond Daylight (2002)
Christ 0 (2006)

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Hilbora (New song UPLOADED)





Jun 16 2009 8:37 PM

Hey and greetings from Norway!!
Hilbora thanks for the add!!
R O O K Y - is looking for a PRO band





Jun 16 2009 8:35 PM

hi everybody,

I..m looking for a professional band/ project to join.

style should be from hard rock - melodic death metal...
if you know a band, which is looking for a guitarist, please let me know!

for more info about me, look at my profile


cheers ;o)

Rooky

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hallo zusammen,

ich suche eine professionelle band/ projekt, bei der ich einsteigen kann.

der stil sollte irgendwas zwischen hard rock und melodic death metal sein...
wenn jemand eine band kennt, die einen gitarristen sucht, laßt es mich wissen!

für mehr infos über mich besucht mein profil

cheers ;o)

Rooky
Paolo Marchesani





Jun 16 2009 8:35 PM

Hi guys thanks for the add
Great music and sound!!!
Greetings from Italy
Paolo
Plead





Jun 16 2009 8:35 PM

Thanks for the add!

Please visit Myspace profile of my band:

http://www.myspace.com/flamethrowerheavy

Comments are welcome!

A new album will be out soon!
*J*A*K*E*





Jun 16 2009 8:34 PM

Thanks!!peace&LIGHT!!
Event Horizon





Jun 16 2009 8:34 PM

Hey, cheers for accepting the add :) feel free to come back and download the EP when I release it on June 12th!

All the best,

EH
TÁLESIEN MYSPACE OFICIAL





Jun 16 2009 8:34 PM

Nuestro tema "En tu nombre" ha sido seleccionado para optar a un Premio Primus..09 en la categoría de Mejor Canción.
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Muchas gracias!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Luis Alberto





Jun 3 2009 10:13 PM

thanx for request friends greetings i like your music
Thorsten





Jun 3 2009 10:13 PM

Hallo Andy
Vielleicht hast du ja Bock zu kommen





Vormerken!!

wir spielen mit unserer Band Casino Royal auf den diesjährigen Schillertagen im Nationaltheater Mannheim
im Doppelpack mit Pär Hagström am 21.06.2009

22:30
Schill-Out

mit Pär Hagström & Circus Transmopol und Casino Royal

UNTERES FOYER / THEATERCAFé ! Eintritt frei


komm zur wilden party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 mehr infos hier

http://www.schillertage.de/spielplan.php

grüsse thorsten

NI3TZSCH3





Jun 3 2009 10:12 PM

Thanks!

Nose
Lunch

Rock on.

; )
Ivan Mihaljevic Street Team





Jun 3 2009 10:12 PM

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Thanx for the friendship and the support: greatly appreciated! Wish you all the best! Rock on!
P@‡





Jun 3 2009 10:12 PM

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Crash The System





Jun 3 2009 10:12 PM

Thank you for your support and for your friendship!
The CRASH THE SYSTEM debut album "The Crowning" out on July 3rd in Europe
and on August 11th in the USA, Japan to follow...

featuring top hard rock vocalists Göran Edman (Ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, John Norum, Brazen Abbot, etc), Mats Levén (Ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, Infinite Mass, etc), Thomas Vikström (Ex-Talk Of The Town, Candlemass, etc) and Björn Jansson (Ex-Ride The Sky, Tears Of Anger, etc). The album also features the members of "The Murder Of My Sweet" and on additional guitars: Manuel Lewys (Machinery, Elwood, etc).

Have a great weekend!

Sören
CRASH THE SYSTEM
Jan-Peter Zander





Jun 3 2009 10:11 PM

Hallo Vanden Plas,

danke für Eure Freundschaft im Netz!

Ich freu mich über diesen Kontakt sehr... verehre Eure Musik...
...großen Respekt!

Alles Gute, viel Glück in der Zukunft und macht gern mal Station auf meiner Seite und hinterlasst Eure Nachricht.

Cheers! Euer Drummer-Freund aus dem hohen Norden des Landes.

Jan-Peter Zander
(alias "JP")



The Lady Troubadour





Jun 3 2009 10:11 PM

Hey you guys! Great sound!!!  LORI
Giovanni Puliafito





Jun 3 2009 10:11 PM

Thanks for the add!!!
Giovanni Puliafito





Jun 3 2009 10:11 PM

Thanks for the req!!!
Headcrime Artwork





Jun 3 2009 10:11 PM

Hi,

thanks for the add!

Headcrime

Farpoint





Jun 3 2009 10:10 PM

Greetings from Farpoint!
Kelvin





Jun 3 2009 10:10 PM

THANKS FOR THE ADD! GREAT BAND! NICE METAL SOUND!
 KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! AND RAWK ON!!
Zyniker





Jun 3 2009 10:10 PM

Hey,
Danke für's Freundeln...
Hat ja ne Ewigkeit gedauert ! ! !
Schöne Grüße aus der Nachbarschaft
Tadeusz
VH-2





Jun 3 2009 10:10 PM

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"Postcard to God"
has been added to playlist 3!
Thanks for the great music!
Rafa Hernández





Jun 3 2009 10:10 PM

thank youuuuu!!!!!
Misanthrope





Jun 3 2009 10:10 PM

A big thanks for the add!

You music is awesome! Such emotions, feeling, power... I'm waiting for the next album and please... Come to play France (the south!!!)

Have a nice day!
Frank





Jun 3 2009 10:09 PM

Danke fürs Annehmen

Rock on!

Frank
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