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VANDEN PLAS Premiere "Stone Roses Edge" Video By Larry Petro, News Monkey Thursday, September 24, 2015 @ 4:39 PM
Approximately one year after the release of the first chapter, VANDEN PLAS return with their elaborate
arrangements, superb piano melodies, and epic instrumental passages, paired with the signature heavy VANDEN PLAS
sound and distinctive vocals of Andy Kuntz.
In guitarist Stephan Lill’s words: “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.”
Fans of the saga of the immortal Andrej Delăny will now be able to enjoy the eagerly awaited continuation with
Chronicle Of The Immortals - Netherworld II. As Chronicles Of The Immortals - Netherworld, Part
I ended, the perfidious plans of the dark Godmaker threatened to emerge. All seemed lost, yet from within the
pervading darkness shone a soft light. Deliverance comes in the second half of the story, where the creative duo of
VANDEN PLAS and Wolfgang Hohlbein has merged again in top form. And of course it will be up to the listener
to find out how the story will end!
“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.
VANDEN PLAS has always been open to remarkable and unusual ideas, and the collaboration with the writer Wolfgang
Hohlbein found fertile ground there from the beginning. 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.
For more than 20 years, VANDEN PLAS has stood for intelligent progressive metal. With Netherworld II,
the conclusion of Chronicles Of The Immortals, the band now opens a new and exciting chapter in its
career.
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