Just in time for the 20th anniversary of the self titled Melodic Power Metal masterpiece, the debut album of Masterplan is finally available again!
Helloween alumni Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch made the best of their quarrelsome ousting from the German power metal pioneers, quickly getting right back into the thick of it with a new band project called Masterplan. Surrounding themselves with fellow veterans of the power metal community like Ark vocalist Jorn Lande and Iron Saviour bassist Jan S. Eckert only helped speed up their trajectory, and a record deal and debut E.P. soon set the stage for 2003's eponymous debut. And to their credit, Masterplan have concocted a remarkably memorable album, one which displays surprising variety and creativity within a severely over-crowded sub-genre with, let's admit, very little experimental wiggle room…
As a treat for the fans Blitzkrieg will release this new EP ”Loud and Proud” . The EP contains different versions of the songs from ”Judge Not” and newer songs that were never released.