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Vanden Plas - Announce 'Chronicles Of The Immortals - Netherworld II'


More Vanden Plas is always a good thing, right? And it's coming. The prog/power metallers are set to release the second chapter of the rock opera written in collaboration with famed German author Wolfgang Hohlbein. Chronicles Of The Immortals - Netherworld II will be out on Frontiers on November 6th. As Chronicles Of The Immortals - Netherworld, Path I ended, deliverance comes in the second half of the story, where the creative duo of Vanden Plas and Wolfgang Hohlbein has merged again. The trailer is already sounding promising. Listen to it below!




Tracklist:
Vision 11even - In My Universe
Vision 12elve - Godmaker's Temptation
Vision 13teen - Stone Roses Edge
Vision 14teen - Blood Of Eden (*All love must die) (*The rite)(*This is the night)
Vision 15teen - Monster
Vision 16teen - Diabolica Comedia
Vision 17teen - Where Have The Children Gone
Vision 18teen - The Last Fight
Vision 19teen - Circle Of The Devil

Guitarist Stephan Lill shared: "This is our 8th studio album, so now we know what works for Vanden Plas and what doesn't. With every new CD we try to continue to break new ground, while still remaining faithful to our original style. As the songs of Chronicles of the Immortals - Netherworld Part I & II are written for a Rock Opera, this time the arrangements of the music are more epic and orchestral than on the previous albums. The engagements for several rock operas in theaters and the work together with big orchestras helped us a lot to improve the way of writing songs or to arrange song parts in a way that makes it special. A band needs this kind of a light progression. And maybe the next CD will sound a bit more reduced again, we will see."

"Wolfgang Hohlbein was, together with his manager Dieter Winkler and our singer Andy, responsible for the story which was the base for both Chronicles Of The immortals - Netherworld CDs. For the theater piece we did here in Germany, he wrote a book especially for this event what was fantastic," tells Stephan. The author who has sold more than 40 million books worldwide was a big fan of the band. "Blutnacht" (Bloodnight), a stage production performed at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, was based on his series "The Chronicle of the Immortals." Hohlbein, his manager Dieter Winkler, and Vanden Plas frontman Andy Kuntz developed the story and Vanden Plas provided the musical realization. The reward was 25 sold-out performances during the 2012 and 2013 seasons and unanimously thrilled audiences.

"We will start the shows in support of the new album during the winter of 2015. For the previous CD, we played 3 to 4 shows in seven countries in Europe. That's what we plan also for the beginning of 2016. We just have to coordinate the dates of our Vanden Plas concerts with the dates of our theatre shows to take care that there won't be a crossing over," concludes Stephan Lill.




Source: frontiers.it
Band profile: Vanden Plas
Posted: 03.09.2015 by BloodTears


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03.09.2015 - 17:34
robpal
Proglord
Even more epic... how is that possible? Can't wait though, love them.
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03.09.2015 - 19:55
fandango68

W00t!!

Arguably the best news of the year!!
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04.09.2015 - 00:53
Dream Taster
The Enemy Within
Nov 6: Christmas comes early
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04.09.2015 - 02:54
thehondo

Perfection of Epic Sound. Love it! \,,/
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No time like the present
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