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Steve Brockmann’s BROCKMANN’S GUESTHOUZE Release Debut Album “Volume 1- 15 Original Top Hits From a Parallel Universe“

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 28, 2025
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Steve Brockmann (Vision of Choice, Krilloan, Airs -a Rock Opera) releases debut album for BROCKMANN’S GUESTHOUZE – „Volume 1- 15 Original Top Hits From a Parallel Universe“!

Brockmann’s Guesthouse is a project by German rock/metal musician Steve Brockmann (Vision of Choice/Krilloan/Airs – a Rock Opera).

“I decided to establish “Brockmann’s Guesthouse” as a home for individual songs that aren’t intended for my current projects (like Vision of Choice) – I can record them whenever I want, without pressure and without any stylistic boundaries. Now that we have 15 songs together, I thought it would be nice to compile and celebrate them on an album. Since the album has turned out to be very diverse, I’m sure everyone will find something they don’t like at all, haha!”

American author George Andrade wrote the lyrics for 13 of the 15 songs on Steve Brockmann’s.

With “Volume 1 – 15 Original Top Hits From a Parallel Universe,” Brockmann’s Guesthouse presents a musical kaleidoscope that transcends genre boundaries and transports the listener into an alternative soundscape. Produced by Steve Brockmann, who wrote all the compositions, the album offers an impressive stylistic diversity – from prog metal and 80s arena rock to folk and independent rock, 80s pop and moving ballads.

To realize this musical vision, Brockmann assembled a top-class, international lineup: singers and musicians from ten countries – including well-known names from bands such as Spock’s Beard and Heart of Cygnus – lend the songs extraordinary depth and dynamics. The artwork is by Greek artist Pantelis Politakos, who visually perfectly captures the album’s multifaceted atmosphere.

Steve Brockmann, who first attracted attention with his instrumental debut “Don’t Sing!” (2001), once again proves his versatility and his feeling for captivating melodies and gripping arrangements with this new work.

  1. Soul Groovin‘ (feat. Mr Maph, Cristian Regnicoli and Juan Ignacio De Abreu)
  2. Dancing on the Roof (feat. Chris Lion)
  3. Polaroid Sunday (feat. Linda Vilela)
  4. Glow (feat. Patrick Goble)
  5. Some People Say (feat. Moire)
  6. You Can Lie (feat. Mr Maph, Dave Meros, Mike Markwitz and Romina Barba)
  7. Winds of Change III (feat. Mike Schiller and Romina Barba)
  8. Theme from “Karlos the King” (feat. Dave Meros and Glenn Welman)
  9. Constance Evermore (feat. Jeff Lane)
  10. The Lonely Ones (feat. Em Marshall and. Cristian Regnicoli)
  11. Find the Light (feat. Laura Loise)
  12. Close to Me, Farther from You (feat. Alessando Granato and Mike Markwitz)
  13. Missing Pieces of the Sky (feat. Lorenzo „Bobby“ Masi)
  14. Find Our Way Back Home (feat. Andrés Arcentales)
  15. The Light Cross the Way (feat. Andreas Kapatais and Klas Holmgren)

The Place to Buy it: brockmannsguesthouze.bandcamp.com

The more metal Stuff on YouTube:
„Constance Evermore“ (featuring a guitar solo from Jeff Lane of „Heart of Cygnus): https://youtu.be/T6kgh3DveMg?si=uz8AITOzIvqJMLvY

„The Light Cross the Way“ – featuring Andreas from Cyprus on vocals and the Swede Klas Holmgren (Krilloan) on guitar: https://youtu.be/RViLKunLEVU?si=R91ax8tZco2O0UEm

Swedish KRILLOAN Join Sliptrick Records

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 7, 2022
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The Krilloan project started in 2020. Klas Holmgren, composer, guitarist and lifelong metal-head decided to create the music he himself wanted to hear. Music that he felt was not created in any wider extent these days. True melodic power metal based on guitar rather than keyboards! The original plan was to keep with the project as a one man operation but soon Klas felt the need to include other metalheads. Long term friend Steve Brockmann (Vision Of Choice) joined on guitar and later Alex VanTrue was hired to handle the vocals. Marco Toba (bass) and David Lanas (drums) completed the line-up and the gates of metal was open for what was to come.

The influences of Krilloan can be traced back to the late 80’s and early 90’s, where band such as Blind Guardian, Helloween and Hammerfall ruled the world of power metal. Razorsharp riffs, epic guitar solos and soaring vocals are key ingredients of the Krilloan sound. The bands plan is to bring back the glory of power metal as it (in their head) should sound.

In the band’s own words, “we play the power metal we miss, how hard can it be? The basics for all great music is FMG – fast melodic guitars!”

More information at Facebook | Youtube | Instagram | On Sliptrick

KLAS HOLMGREN & STEVE BROCKMANN Release Single + Video ‘The Light Across The Way’ with BROCKMANN’S GUESTHOUZE Project

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 4, 2022
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Today, February 4th, KLAS HOLMGREN (Krilloan) and STEVE BROCKMANN (Vision of Choice) release a single “The Light Across The Way” with BROCKMANN’S GUESTHOUZE Project. The video will premiere today, at 7pm CET.

Steve: “Klas and I first met at the Sweden Rock Festival in 2003 and we met again and again after that, Hell Yeah! He sang background vocals on a song of the first Vision of Choice album and I got to play lead guitar on his power metal project “Krilloan”. A year ago we thought it would be cool to compose a song together for the Guesthouze, which we did. We were able to get George Andrade as a lyricist, who wrote us a really nice ghost story. Singer Andreas Kapatais comes from Cyprus and is very successful there with his band “Minus One”.

“Brockmann’s Guesthouze” is a home for individual songs that are not intended for any of my current projects (like Vision of Choice) – I can record them when I feel like it, without any pressure and without any stylistic boundaries. The concept is to have at least one guest singer and / or instrumentalist with me.”

“The Light Cross the Way” is available for purchase on Bandcamp: https://brockmannsguesthouze.bandcamp.com/track/the-light-cross-the-way

Watch the video premiering today February 4th at 7pm CET here:

Klas Holmgren, born in 1979 in Älmhult (south of Sweden), Sweden has been playing guitar in different bands in Sweden the last 25 years. His last project, 24 Silver Bullets was laid to rest in 2019 and Klas felt that he was done with playing gigs in rock-, and coverbands. Instead he committed his energy to a new project that had been in his thoughts for several years – Krilloan. The project started out in 2020 with the vision to compose fast and melodic powermetal the way it sounded back in the nineties. The project released their debut-EP in 2021 (with Steve Brockmann in lead guitars) and are working on new material for 2022.

Klas Holmgren Discography:

Krilloan albums
• Stories Of Times Forgotten (2021)

Krilloan Singles
• Fireborn (2021)
Angel´s Sacrifice (2021)

Steve Brockmann, born in 1965 in Kiel (near Hamburg) Germany, has played an active role in Northern Germany’s music scene since the early 1980s. Being the creative head of various bands, he has played gigs on many stages between Germany’s most popular holiday island Sylt (up in the very North) and the orchards of Lower Saxony. Amongst others, he has played support gigs for such rock legends as Uriah Heep, Moody Marsden Band, and Hawkwind. After having spent some time roaming the North and living out his own rock ’n’ roll movie, Steve has since “retired” from the road to mainly concentrate on composing original music for his various projects in his personal studio.

Steve Brockmann Discography

Solo instrumental albums:
• Don‘t Sing! (2001)
• Expected Errors (2007)
• 3 (2016)

Brockmann/Andrade
• Airs – A Rock Opera (2012)

Vision of Choice
• Mistress of the Gods (2020)

Singles:
Solo:
• “For Those Who Left, For Those Who Came” (Christmas Eve) (2011)

Vision of Choice:
• “New Horizon” (December 16, 2019)

Brockmann’s Guesthouze:
“Close to Me, Farther from You” (feat. Alessandro Granato) – February 2021
“Dancing on the Roof” (feat. Chris Lion) – June 2021
“You Can Lie” (feat. Mr. Maph) – July 2021)
“Some People Say” (feat. Moire) – August 2021
“Winds of Change III” (feat. Mike Schiller) – September 2021
“Glow” (feat. Patrick von Goble) – October 2021
“Constane Evermore” (feat. Jeff Lane) – November 2021
“The Lonely Ones” (feat. Em Marshall) – December 2021

STEVE BROCKMANN: To Release First Single From His Upcoming Project

Posted by Stargazer on February 2, 2021
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German rock/metal opera musician, Steve Brockmann will release a new single from his new project, “BROCKMANN’S GUESTHOUZE” on FEBRUARY 5TH.

“I’ve decided to establish “Brockmann’s Guesthouze” as a home for single songs not slated for any of my current projects (like Vision of Choice) – I can record these when I feel like it, without any pressure, and with absolutely no stylistic boundaries. At the moment, I plan to enlist at least one surprise guest vocalist and/or instrumentalist.” Steve stated, “The first song to be released is called “Close to Me, Farther from You”, written with my long time writing partner, lyricist George Andrade. It was the last song that I wrote in 2020, and so it’s only fitting that it be the first I publish in (a hopefully better) 2021.“

Guests on this song are Napoli based, Italian vocalist Alessandro Granato (SirJoe Project, Stamina), who delivered a rich and energetic performance, and German session guitarist Mike Markwitz, who contributed a blistering guitar solo. “Close to Me, Farther from You” will be available for purchase on Bandcamp.

Steve Brockmann, born in 1965 in Kiel (near Hamburg) Germany, has played an active role in Northern Germany’s music scene since the early 1980s. Being the creative head of various bands, he has played gigs on many stages between Germany’s most popular holiday island Sylt (up in the very North) and the orchards of Lower Saxony. Amongst others, he has played support gigs for such rock legends as Uriah Heep, Moody Marsden Band, and Hawkwind. After having spent some time roaming the North and living out his own rock ’n’ roll movie, Steve has since “retired” from the road to mainly concentrate on composing original music for his various projects in his personal studio.

Steve Brockmann Discography
Solo instrumental albums:
• Don‘t Sing! (2001)
• Expected Errors (2007)
• 3 (2016)
Brockmann/Andrade
• Airs – A Rock Opera (2012)
Vision of Choice
• Mistress of the Gods (2020)
• Second Sight (TBA 2021)
Singles:
• “For Those Who Left, For Those Who Came” (Christmas Eve) (2011)
• “New Horizon” – Vision of Choice (December 16, 2019)

VISION OF CHOICE: Release New Single ‘Hold Your Head High’

Posted by Stargazer on January 30, 2020
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German metal project VISION OF CHOICE posted a new “official audio” video for ‘Hold Your Head High’, taken from their upcoming album “Mistress of the Gods” which is set to be released on February 14, 2020 through ZOUNDR/Fencesound.

The band’s debut album, “Mistress of the Gods”, is a collection of 11 songs that form a loose conceptual narrative around the adventures of an archaeologist’s son, a throwback to Metal’s adventures in the wastelands with the ancient gods. American writer George Andrade developed the concept and wrote all of the lyrics to Steve Brockmann’s music, their first full album collaboration since “AIRS – A Rock Opera” (2012). The album was mastered by Andy Horn (Sebastian Bach, Fight / feat. Rob Halford, Rob Rock, Tribe of Gypsies). Original cover artwork was designed and painted by Timo Wuerz.

Tracklist:
1. New Horizon
2. Come Tomorrow
3. Shine
4. Into The Light
5. Endlessly
6. Hold Your Head High
7. Mistress Of The Gods
8. Givin’ It Up
9. Gates Of Evermore
10. Hold On
11. Touch The Sky

Personnel: Lukas Remus: lead and background vocals Steve Brockmann: all instruments Special Guests: Ponch Satrio: guitar solo on tracks 1, 2, 5, 8, 9 Marco Wriedt: guitar solo on track 10 Klas Holmgren: additional backing vocals on track 2

VISION OF CHOICE: Posted Lyric Video For New Single ‘New Horizon’

Posted by Stargazer on December 17, 2019
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German metal project VISION OF CHOICE posted a new lyric video for ‘New Horizon’ single, taken from their upcoming album “Mistress of the Gods” which is set to be released on February 14, 2020 through ZOUNDR/Fencesound.

Steve Brockmann commented: “I am very grateful that the album and this song turned out so well, much better then in my initial vision, because of the fantastic work of Lukas, George and Ponch. So many things came to pass during the production, family, health, and on top, I had to leave my old studio and build a new one, in the midst of the mix. the mixes in the new studio sounded different, better, so I had to re-do the songs that I thought were finished… so I sometimes really wished there would be a new horizon. I think it is the perfect song to open the album and to be the first single.“

The band’s debut album, “Mistress of the Gods”, is a collection of 11 songs that form a loose conceptual narrative around the adventures of an archaeologist’s son, a throwback to Metal’s adventures in the wastelands with the ancient gods. American writer George Andrade developed the concept and wrote all of the lyrics to Steve Brockmann’s music, their first full album collaboration since “AIRS – A Rock Opera” (2012). The album was mastered by Andy Horn (Sebastian Bach, Fight / feat. Rob Halford, Rob Rock, Tribe of Gypsies). Original cover artwork was designed and painted by Timo Wuerz.

Tracklist:
1. New Horizon
2. Come Tomorrow
3. Shine
4. Into The Light
5. Endlessly
6. Hold Your Head High
7. Mistress Of The Gods
8. Givin’ It Up
9. Gates Of Evermore
10. Hold On
11. Touch The Sky

Personnel:

Lukas Remus: lead and background vocals
Steve Brockmann: all instruments

Special Guests:
Ponch Satrio: guitar solo on tracks 1, 2, 5, 8, 9
Marco Wriedt: guitar solo on track 10
Klas Holmgren: additional backing vocals on track 2