Human Fortress
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The history of Human Fortress begins in 1997 when bass player Pablo J. Tammen and guitarist Torsten Wolf teamed up with guitarist Volker Trost and a drummer friend of his after advertising in a Hannover magazine. Together with a singer this constellation formed the band, Timezone, which recorded a demo in the same year. Unfortunately the band split up before the material could be released. Instead of simply looking for a singer, Timezone went looking for a real frontman and found him in Jioti Parcharidis.
Summer 1999 saw the band in Hannover’s ´Airport Studio` recording a new demo, at which time the lads decided to rename their formation to Human Fortress. The demo CD received extremely positive reviews in several important German metal magazines and several record companies expressed interest in the band. Planning a new demo in Spring 2000, the band contacted various studios. Tommy Newton was the first producer to hear the soundfiles on Human Fortress’s website. Newton was so impressed by the songwriting that, two days later, he invited the band to his studio and offered Human Fortress a long term collaboration.
As early as Summer 2000 they recorded, mixed and mastered their debut album at ´Area 51 Studio` in Celle under his guidance. In early 2001 Human Fortress took part in the international talent contest organised and sponsored by a large popular German metal magazine.
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Defenders of the Crown
13,739 listeners12 tracks
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Eternal Empire
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Lord of Earth and Heavens Heir
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Lord of Earth & Heavens Heir
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Steelbound
They're making a new album, the singer will be announced soon I think. Updates on their facebook.
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MelonMan1981
I doubt there would be a new album, or with a new singer (as Jioti is out of the business with serious health troubles)... but without Jioti it won't be the real Human Fortress anyway.
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CrybKeeper
ANY music artist, that doesn't offer at least a couple streamable tracks, is out of touch with their fan base : ( What if I live in a country with heavy restrictions and only have access to a globally licensed music site, such as LastFM? I cannot access iTunes or Amazon or Spotify. Only have Lastfm! Where are my samples? Where is the show of appreciation? Where is the humility from the band? As a music publicist, I can safely say, " hiding ALL of your tracks is NOT a great way to communicate to fans!
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lacalisto
now what was this talk about a new album??
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Steelbound
And they were never seen again.
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lacalisto
... remembering the Lord of Earth and Heaven's Heir and Defenders of the Crown times ...
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Asthamedos
Any news on these guys? :(
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M1xu-boy
I can only agree with you, MelonMan1981.
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MelonMan1981
Such a shame that Jioti had to leave the band once again last year after his come back, they were about to create another great album to make us forget the awful "Eternal Empire"...
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M1xu-boy
They are actually great. Changed my opinion about Eternal Empire being the best album, it´s actually the worst. But it´s still not a bad album.
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Ottah94
Awful band
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Darmer_91
V no, great band.
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Ottah94
Awful band
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Olle93
No, Eternal Empire is a whole album of shit [2]
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CommanderZ
Eternal Empire rocks just because it has Falling Leaves, the best Human Fortress song.
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LITTLE_JAKE
nicht schlecht
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wikuk
Defenders of the Crown -> Second best album from germany ever.
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Baalslayer
Yeah, Jioti left Human Fortress again. Apparently, he's sick or something, but I don't buy that story at all.
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Olle93
Yeah it's great. let's just hope that we do not have to wait that long for the new album.
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Baalslayer
Yeah, Jioti is back in Human Fortress! This is amazing news, he's simply one of the best power metal singers ever. And it's good to hear they'll go back to the sound of their first 2 albums, the newest one w/o Jioti didn't sound like HF at all...more like some kind of weird power/metalcore screaming crap.
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