Masterplan, the cult German power metallers led by former Helloween guitarist Roland Grapow, will release a new studio album, “Metalmorphosis”, on 6/26/2026. The album is coming out via the Italian label Frontiers Music Srl.!
You can already pre-order “Metalmorphosis”.
Below you can check out the fourth single from the band’s upcoming studio album, the track The Call. Before that, Masterplan dropped the singles Electric Nights, Chase The Light and Through The Storm.
Masterplan were founded in 2001 by former Helloween guitarist Roland Grapow and former Helloween drummer Uli Kush.
Their first full-length album, “Masterplan”, came out in 2003 and was produced by Andy Sneap (a respected British music producer and musician, best known as a Grammy winner, who produced more than 100 albums at Roland Grapow’s studio in Hamburg).
Since then, Masterplan have put out five more albums. In 2004, the band received the “European Border Breakers Award” from the European Commission for the success of their debut across Europe. The band is known for its positive lyrics and musical optimism, unlike many other metal bands.
The dust hasn’t quite settled yet from Masterplan’s visit on 4/14/2026, when they played alongside the former Queensryche vocalist and his backing band Geoff Tate at Ljubljana’s Orto bar, where RockLine was of course on the scene – gig review!
The track list for “Metalmorphosis” goes like this:
1. Chase The Light
2. Electric Nights
3. Shadow Man
4. Bound To Fall
5. Pain Of Yesterday
6. Metalmorphosis
7. Through The Storm
8. Ghostlight
9. The Call
10. Rise Again (Album vers.)
Line-up:
Roland Grapow (ex – Helloween) – guitars
Axel Mackenrott (as a guest of Gamma Ray, Megadeth) – keyboards
Kevin Kott (At Vance) – drums
Rick Altzi (At Vance) – lead vocals
Jari Kainulainen (ex-Stratovarius, ex-Evergrey) – bass guitar
