Vanden Plas

Vanden Plas, German progressive metal pioneers, released their acoustic album »AcCult II« on June 12, 2026. The album came out via the Italian label Frontiers Music Srl. To celebrate the release, Vanden Plas dropped the single Boat On…

Vanden Plas, German pioneers of progressive metal, will release the acoustic album »AcCult II« on June 12, 2026. The album is coming out via Italian label Frontiers Music Srl. Below you can check out the acoustic version of the single…

Vanden Plas, German pioneers of progressive metal, will release the acoustic album "AcCult II" on June 12, 2026. The album is coming out on the Italian label Frontiers Music Srl. Down below you can check out the acoustic version of the…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: April 19, 2024Production: Vanden Plas & Markus TeskeAlbum length: 55.14 minGenre: Progressive MetalRating: 9.5/10 Vanden Plas are long-standing progressive metal champions from…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: August 5, 2022Production: Vanden Plas & Markus TeskeAlbum length: 100.50 minGenre: Progressive MetalRating: 9.0/10 Vanden Plas, Germany's long-lived progressive metal veterans, dropped a…

"The Ghost Experiment – Awakening is exactly what you'd expect from a progressive metal band as good as Vanden Plas."

»The Seraphic Live Works« is an excellent live album and the first real official live document since »Spirit of Live« came out in 2000. Shame it didn't get released in full, the way it was played. On two CDs.

The story of the collaboration between Vanden Plas and a huge fan of the band, the acclaimed German fantasy author Wolfgang Hohlbein, now has its second part and its conclusion.

The wonderful German progressive metallers are back with the most ambitious work of their rich, long-running career so far. Once again it's a richly layered album with a gripping fantasy story behind it.

"Vanden Plas in every village!"

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Vienna / Szene / AustriaConcert date: 25.03.2011Attendance: 100Ticket price: €20.00 Vanden Plas are German prog metallers who helped shape and cement the genre back in the…

What "Christ O." started, the new album finishes. This is the point in the band's evolution where Vanden Plas nailed the perfect balance of complexity, punch, melody and orchestral elements.

The Count of Monte Cristo is a novel written by the Frenchman Alexandre Dumas. Vanden Plas are hugely popular in France, and in that sense Napoleon's conspirator, the one who, for his own good, deftly settled scores with the stench of the…

The year was 1994 when the quintet from Kaiserslautern struck and heralded the rise of progressive metal on the old continent too. Five years after the debut of Dream Theater, who opened up entirely new paths of creation in the world of…

Guitarist Stephan Lill's serious health problems, which had doctors predicting he'd never be allowed to pick up a guitar again the way modern progressive metal demands, didn't stop the guys from getting their fourth release under one roof