MASTERPLAN’s upcoming release “PumpKings” will be a special one for band leader Roland Grapow, because it shows the man revisiting his Helloween past.
“PumpKings” includes 11 songs which Roland contributed to Helloween‘s rich legacy during his time in the band. These songs have been re-recorded by Masterplan‘s current line-up recently. “PumpKings” will be released on July 28th, via AFM Records, as Digipak and colored (of course orange) double Vinyl in gatefold sleeve.
Tracklisting:
01. The Chance
02. Someone’s Crying
03. Mankind
04. Step Out Of Hell
05. Mr. Ego
06. Still We Go
07. Escalation 666
08. The Time Of The Oath
09. Music
10. The Dark Ride
11. Take Me Home
Melodic metal kings MASTERPLAN have unleashed a brand new live clip for the song ‘Spirit Never Die’, which is taken from the band’s upcoming DVD “Keep Your Dream aLive”, due for release on October 9th as DVD/CD and Bluray/CD. Check out the video below:
“Keep Your Dream aLive” can be ordered via AFM Records at this location.
Power metallers MASTERPLAN have announced that they will play at Finland’s Radio City South Park Festival this summer.
The festival, which takes place in Tampere on 5th and 6th June also has ACCEPT, HELLOWEEN, DEF LEPPARD and EXTREME amongst the line-up. For further details visit the official festival website at this location.
Check out a clip of MASTERPLAN from Masters Of Rock 2013:
According to Bravewords.com, Next year’s Wacken Open Air festival will take place in Wacken, Germany from July 31st – August 2nd, 2014. At the Hamburg Metal Dayz the promoters of Wacken Open Air announced new bands for the 25th edition of the festival. A total of 13 bands were confirmed for the big anniversary in 2014.
The latest acts confirmed are HEAVEN SHALL BURN, J.B.O., DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, SODOM, ONKEL TOM, DECAPITATED, FOR THE IMPERIUM, THE OCEAN, ENDSTILLE, TORMENT, MASTERPLAN, KNORKATOR and A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH, who join the previously announced acts AMON AMARTH, APOCALYPTICA, ARCH ENEMY, AVANTASIA, BEHEMOTH, CHILDREN OF BODOM, EMPEROR, ICED EARTH, KING DIAMOND, KREATOR, PRONG, and SCHANDMAUL.
According to Blabbermouth.net, OVERKILL, STRATOVARIUS, JON OLIVA’S PAIN, PAIN OF SALVATION, MASTERPLAN and SEVENTH WONDER are among the confirmed bands for next year’s edition of the ProgPower USA festival, set to take place Septemebr 12-13, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Confirmed acts:
Friday, September 12, 2014
DISCOURSE, ORDEN OGAN, LEPROUS, OVERKILL, SEVENTH WONDER (performing “Mercy Falls” in its entirety), STRATOVARIUS
Saturday, September 13, 2014
WITHEM, DIVIDED MULTITUDE, VOODOO CIRCLE, MASTERPLAN, PAIN OF SALVATION (performing “Remedy Lane” in its entirety), JON OLIVA’S PAIN (performing SAVATAGE’s “Streets: A Rock Opera” in its entirety)
Fan-filmed video footage of MASTERPLAN‘s July 13 performance at the Masters Of Rock festival in Vizovice, Czech Republic can be seen below.
MASTERPLAN‘s new album, “Novum Initium”, was released in Europe on June 14 and in North America on June 18 via AFM Records.
“Novum Initium” track listing:
01. Per Aspera Ad Astra
02. The Game
03. Keep Your Dream Alive
04. Black Night Of Magic
05. Betrayal
06. No Escape
07. Pray On My Soul
08. Earth Is Going Down
09. Return From Avalon
10. Through Your Eyes
11. Novum Initium
12. 1492 (digipack bonus track)
13. Fear The Silence (digipack bonus track)
A photo of MASTERPLAN‘s new lineup can be seen below. Joining guitarist Roland Grapow (ex-HELLOWEEN) are drummer Martin “Marthus” Skaroupka (CRADLE OF FILTH), vocalist Rick Altzi (AT VANCE, SANDALINAS, THUNDERSTONE), who replaces Jorn Lande, and bassist Jari Kainulainen (STRATOVARIUS, SYMFONIA, DEVIL’S TRAIN).
In a recent interview with Metal Shock Finland, Grapow stated about the band’s new CD: “We are not leaving the MASTERPLAN path too much, but everything we have — the melodic part and a little bit progressive — I would say we’re a little bit more powerful and I’m also mixing the album this time. I want to get a little bit more modern, as the sound we have was created ten years ago. We’re still having the typical sound with melodies, but the drummer is amazing and plays a lot of crazy shit!”
Speaking to Myglobalmind, Grapow said about MASTERPLAN‘s numerous personnel shuffles: “I think that it’s basically hard to explain why we always had singer changes. When we started MASTERPLAN with Jorn [Lande], a lot of people had warned me to be careful saying that he was very difficult. That he was never happy or satisfied with things. I think that the only thing that he really was concentrated on was trading on a solo career called JORN. Everything else for him was just a side project; he never saw MASTERPLAN as his main band. It was especially bad for me as I had put so much love, work and so much feeling for this band. I had given everything to make the band big. Jorn never did anything for us for this band. He never even said anything great about MASTERPLAN. That is not nice; you need a really good team behind you which loves this work. It’s the same as a company — if someone is not dedicated totally 100%, it doesn’t matter what a great voice he has. You stay on the same level, but now with a totally different lineup, we have a really big chance of getting further now. We can play live again, and have already played a couple of shows. There are a lot of shows booked, including some festivals, and we are planning a tour in October. That just wasn’t happening for about six years, which was quite terrible, to be honest.”
MASTERPLAN‘s new lineup:
Rick Altzi – vocals Roland Grapow – guitars Axel Mackenrott – keyboards Jari Kainulainen – bass Martin “Marthus” Skaroupka – drums
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