Vanden Plas is one of the oldest bands of the progressive metal scene, albeit one that has never achieved the success it deserves. But that doesn’t seem to be a problem: Vanden Plas just keep going forward and doing the best music they can, hoping to get recognition from a wider audience one day. However, what recognition they already have comes from on high – more specifically from German writer Wolfgang Hohlbein, extremely famous in his country and relatively unknown beyond its borders, to whom we owe the Chronicles Of The Immortals saga. Andy Kuntz, Vanden Plas’s singer, is a huge fan on the author and has had the great honor of working with him on this double album (the second part of which will be out next year), entitled Chronicles of the Immortals – The Netherworld. Used as they are to writing rock operas, Vanden Plas deliver an album that remains true to their sound – no surprises there –, but this time, they also allowed themselves a personal treat.
Andy Kuntz explains the genesis of this record, the hows and the whys, and the way the band had to work this time. For the first time in their career, they composed music based on a libretto custom-written by someone else – Wolfgang Hohlbein himself – to create a story within the Chronicles Of The Immortals.
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