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Kaiserslautern, Germany (1986 – present)

Vanden Plas is a German progressive metal band, based in Kaiserslautern and founded in 1986. The band surrounding vocalist Andreas Kuntz have succeeded in making a name for themselves on an international level, enjoy almost cult status in France, have been touring all over Europe with established acts like Dream Theater, Savatage or Angra and can point to a number of impressive releases, among them three studio albums, a live cut, an unplugged recording, and several EPs.

Since the late Eighties, when the band first got together, Vanden Plas never lost sight of their ambitious goal: expressive music with emotional depth and a melancholy prog metal corset. Starting off with their debut album Colour Temple (1994), the band continued to gather an ever-increasing following with their versatile, intuitive and always unbridled lust for playing. Two years later, in 1997, Vanden Plas brought out their epic bombast successor The God Thing, which was praised by renowned magazines like Metal Hammer, Rock Hard, Burrn!, Aardschock and Flash. A six week tour with Dream Theater followed, like a sort of knighthood conferred on the highest level. The group went on to bring out the unplugged EP AcCult, on which the fascinating aspects of their compositions came to fruition in all their purity. Each Vanden Plas release shows the great musical diversity of the five band members, who have all repeatedly been involved in theatre projects and rock musicals like ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’, ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’, ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ or ‘Evita’.
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  • Hypnotheticall

    H Y P N O T H E T I C A L L •metal from the 21st century• www.hypnotheticall.it From King Crimson and Rush to Meshuggah and TOOL...try to listen!!

    15 days ago

  • Bonzacz92

    Awesome prog metal band. How can it be so underrated?

    18 days ago

  • auggie_p

    Christ 0 is a true masterpiece of prog metal genre, i love it!

    last month

  • manynotes2

    Hello all, if you like rock/metal opera including guest musicians and singers, check Road to Consciousness. The album can be downloaded for FREE here : http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Road+To+Consciousness

    March 2012

  • MivkoVanMikko

    "The God Thing" is an unbeatable prog-metal masterpiece, the best effort of this shamefully underated band.

    February 2012

  • amat_24

    reminds me of Kamelot a bit, but still unique and awesome :)

    January 2012

  • headgear56

    IMHO Vanden Plas is one of German's best progressive metal bands.

    January 2012

  • Vio7

    Surprisingly good music for such an unknown band.

    January 2012
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