Vanden Plas "Chronicles of the Immortals - Netherworld"

[jem777az]

Totally loving the new song! Can't wait for the new album to drop.

 

[Bryant]

bitchin' !!


Bryant

 

[SavaVIDude]

These guys are quickly becoming one of my favorite bands. I just love the singer's voice!! I only have Christ O. What other recommendations do any of you have for older albums??

Chris

 

[TheLongshot]

These guys are quickly becoming one of my favorite bands. I just love the singer's voice!! I only have Christ O. What other recommendations do any of you have for older albums??

Chris

I'd get them all, but if you were getting one, I'd get "The God Thing". Fire Blossom/Rainmaker is probably one of the greatest album openers ever.

 

[labrekk]

These guys are quickly becoming one of my favorite bands. I just love the singer's voice!! I only have Christ O. What other recommendations do any of you have for older albums??

Chris

I'm quite the opposite. While I always enjoyed most of Vanden Plas music, I never really cared for the singer, which is a bit too "smooth" for me. He's really good at what he does, it's just not really my kind of voice.

 

[Bryant]

These guys are quickly becoming one of my favorite bands. I just love the singer's voice!! I only have Christ O. What other recommendations do any of you have for older albums??

Chris

Vanden Plas really blossomed with "The God Thing." I would start there, as someone else suggested and work my way up from there.

Bryant

 

[Bryant]

1. Vision 1ne
2. Vision 2wo The Black Knight
3. Vision 3hree Godmaker
4. Vision 4our Misery Affection Prelude
5. Vision 5ive A Ghosts Requiem
6. Vision 6ix New Vampyre
7. Vision 7even The King and the Children of Lost World
8. Vision 8ight Misery Affection
9. Vision 9ine Soul Alliance
10. Vision 10n Inside​

VANDEN PLAS:​

Andy Kuntz (vocals)
Stephan Lill (guitar) Günter Werno (keyboards) Torsten Reichert (bass) Andreas Lill (drums)​

Produced by:tbd​

Engineered by: tbd​

Mixed by : tbd​

Mastered by: tbd​

With "Chronicles of the Immortals - Netherworld," the German Progressive Metal combo continues the pattern of development from album to album that their fans have grown accustomed to. This time the progress is quite substantial, since the input for this new release came from Wolfgang Hohlbein, who with 43 million books sold worldwide is not only Germany's biggest selling author but also a fan of VANDEN PLAS. He suggested a creative collaboration: a rock opera for the stage based on his series "The Chronicle of the Immortals." The result was "Bloodnight" ("Blutnacht"). The libretto was written by VANDEN PLAS singer Andy Kuntz, together with Hohlbein and his manager Dieter Winkler, himself a respected author. The VANDEN PLAS team of Stephan Lill/ Günter Werno/Andy Kuntz composed 19 songs for the stage theater production. "Bloodnight," with Kuntz in the leading role and the VANDEN PLAS musicians in the orchestra pit, celebrated a stunning premiere on the stage of the Pfalztheater in Kaiserslautern in 2012. 25 sold-out performances in the 2012 and 2013 seasons with standing ovations that never seemed to end speak for themselves. Overwhelmed by this success, Hohlbein responded by writing another novel: the story of "Bloodnight." The next step for the band was to turn the successful theatre piece into an equally successful VANDEN PLAS album. "Chronicles of the Immortals - Netherworld" has 10 tracks comprising the first act of "Bloodnight." "Path 2," the second half of the album, is scheduled to bring the story to a conclusion in early 2015. Kuntz, in agreement with Hohlbein, adapted the stage version to fit an album format. On it he appears as the storyteller, so that unlike the stage production he is not only the main character Andrej Delany, but also embodies the roles of the other protagonists. In this way the storyline is richer and more easily understood by the listener for whom the powerful visions from the stage production are not available. The music of "Chronicles of the Immortals - Netherworld" is pure VANDEN PLAS. The songs are noticeably heavier than the stage version and several amendments to the live arrangements can be heard with certain scenes that were rewritten from scratch. Some large chorus scenes from the stage production reappear with stark intimacy on the album, while in other sections a lush orchestral accompaniment replaces the piano line that had led the action in the stage version. At the same time, all the elements come into play that have long been distinctive to VANDEN PLAS. Kuntz's incisive lyrics are interwoven with Lill's defining riffs and Werno's diverse keyboard parts. A solid base is provided by bass player Torsten Reichert and drummer Andreas Lill, whose collaboration has produced an atmosphere that seems more homogenous and transparent than ever. It is the attention paid to details that make this album different from any other earlier VANDEN PLAS recording. It is evident that this album recounts the story from a newly staged theatre production, which makes the VANDEN PLAS music to "Chronicles of the Immortals - Netherworld" even more diversified and vivid. VANDEN PLAS fans will immediately feel at home with this album. Hohlbein was also thrilled from the first time he heard the music. He said: "Great album. I loved it! I'm happy that fans of "The Chronicles of the Immortals" can re-experience the story through the rock opera 'Bloodnight'."


Bryant

 

[Bamafan]

This has the potential to be really, really enjoyable. I just hope it doesn't turn out to be like the Roswell Six project.

 

[Kazar]

Anyone interested in listening to the first two songs ("Vision 1ne" and "Vision 2wo The Black Knight") of the album?

Here's a podcast from a Dutch radioshow:
http://home.concepts.nl/~paperlte/index.htm

- Click on the 3 little arrows next to "Webstreams & more info?" on the right of the page (halfway).
- Click the link next to 'Podcast'
- Click the link 09-02-14 (below the pink ball - top left)

- Go to 11:20 for " Vision 1ne" (- 15:18)
- Go to 16:25 for "Vision 2wo The Black Knight" (- 24:54)


Enjoy !

 

[JenniferLynn]

Christ 0 was my intro to VP as well.. Seraphic Clockwork is amazing all the way around - the main statement of the disc is just so awesome to me.. You can't go wrong with The God Thing and Far off Grace... And Beyond Daylight... I haven't heard a bad tune from them yet seriously..

VP is a gourmet feast for your ears...

 

[Bryant]

Anyone interested in listening to the first two songs ("Vision 1ne" and "Vision 2wo The Black Knight") of the album?

Here's a podcast from a Dutch radioshow:
http://home.concepts.nl/~paperlte/index.htm

- Click on the 3 little arrows next to "Webstreams & more info?" on the right of the page (halfway).
- Click the link next to 'Podcast'
- Click the link 09-02-14 (below the pink ball - top left)

- Go to 11:20 for " Vision 1ne" (- 15:18)
- Go to 16:25 for "Vision 2wo The Black Knight" (- 24:54)


Enjoy !

Thanks for the link. Sounds like it could be either epic, or an epic failure. Given the VP history of simply kick-ass material, I would say the former is much more likely.

Christ 0 was my intro to VP as well.. Seraphic Clockwork is amazing all the way around - the main statement of the disc is just so awesome to me.. You can't go wrong with The God Thing and Far off Grace... And Beyond Daylight... I haven't heard a bad tune from them yet seriously..

VP is a gourmet feast for your ears...

I am a PPUSA veteran mostly because they were scheduled to play at PPII. I obviously fell in love with the festival, but I was blessed to discover them with the "The God Thing" release. They are a very special band and are tied with Accept as my fave. In fact, if it weren't for the Accept reunion, they would be my favorite band by leaps and bounds. (Yeah I know that is a strange combination for fave bands, but the Accept sound is just devastating) Vanden Plas has a sound that sounds like it is reserved for royalty and statesmen. I don't know how they can maintain such excellence.

Bryant

 

[Justin G]

This has the potential to be really, really enjoyable. I just hope it doesn't turn out to be like the Roswell Six project.

I still prefer the first few, but yes, this is very enjoyable.

 

[jaimek]

I'm in with The God Thing crew - I was so disappointed when they pulled out of PPII, and I missed all but one song at IV because I had to pick up someone at the airport who'd been severely delayed by the hurricane, so PPXII was actually the first time I got to see a full set.

I'm going to be in Germany next month and I was kinda hoping they'd be touring in support of Netherworld, but sadly nothing is posted yet.

 

[Iced Ray]

Really loved the last album. Can't wait to hear this new one.

 

[MeTuLHeD]

Well 'The Seraphic Clockwork' was in my top ten the year it came out. I have no doubt this one will land there as well based on what I've heard so far.