More Info on Iron SaviorSimilar Undetermined MusicSearch Artistopia
Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Iron Savior| image =|| caption = Iron Savior 2011| image_size = 250| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Germany | genre = Power metal , Heavy metal music|heavy metal | years_active = 1996& nbsp;– present| label = AFM-Records (current) Dockyard 1 Noise Records | associated_acts = Savage Circus , Gamma Ray (band)|Gamma Ray , Blind Guardian | website = http://www.iron-savior.com/ www.iron-savior.com| current_members = Piet Sielck Jan-Sören Eckert|Jan-S Eckert Thomas Nack Joachim "Piesel" Küstner| past_members = Kai Hansen Thomen Stauch Dan Zimmermann Andreas Kück Yenz Leonhardt | notable_instruments = Iron Savior is a German power metal band that formed in Hamburg , Germany in 1996. Following a period of several years working behind the scenes in music production, multi-instrumentalist and producer/engineer Piet Sielck joined with former Helloween bandmate Kai Hansen and then-drummer for Blind Guardian Thomen Stauch in a new project that would blend power metal with a high-concept science fiction story.cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/iron-savior-p302825/biography |title=Iron Savior |author=Alex Henderson |work=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation |accessdate=6 February 2011 The band's debut album Iron Savior (album)|Iron Savior introduced the story that would be told over the course of multiple albums, featuring a self-aware space vessel called the Iron Savior and its relationship to the mythical lost civilization of Atlantis .cite web |url= http://www.iron-savior.com/story.php |title=The whole Iron Savior story |work=Iron Savior |accessdate=6 February 2011
Critics have compared Iron Savior's sound and musical approach to classic heavy metal bands like Judas Priest , Iron Maiden , and Queensr˙che . Kai Hansen's presence in the band brought to the Iron Savior albums on which he appeared a style heavily influenced by Gamma Ray (band)|Gamma Ray and Helloween .cite web |url= http://www.metalstorm.ee/bands/biography.php? band_id=226& bandname=Iron+Savior |title=Iron Savior& nbsp;– Biography |work=Metal Storm |accessdate=6 February 2011
Since its inception, Iron Savior has released six studio albums, two EPs, and two singles. The band began recording their seventh studio album in August 2011.cite web |url= http://www.iron-savior.com/news_en_2011.php |title=Iron Savior Newsarchive 2011 |work=Iron Savior |accessdate=26 September 2011 Despite numerous lineup changes, Piet Sielck has continued to direct the band and is currently the only remaining founding member.
Personnel
Current band members
Piet Sielck & nbsp;– Lead vocalist|lead vocals , Electric guitar|guitar (1996& nbsp;– )
Joachim "Piesel" Küstner& nbsp;– guitar, backing vocals (2000& nbsp;– )
The Landing (album)|The Landing (2011) http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=72241 Iron Savior Details New LP "The Landing," Streaming New Track
Extended plays
Iron Savior (1997)
Interlude (Iron Savior album)|Interlude (1999)
Singles
"Coming Home" (1998)
"I've Been to Hell" (2000)
"Titans of Our Time" (2002)
"Time Will Tell" (2004)
External links
http://www.iron-savior.com/ Official homepage
http://is-shop.metal-bar.de/ Official webshop
http://www.myspace.com/ironsaviorofficial Official Myspace
http://www.angelfire.com/retro/aurorasoft/WCBpersonal/IronSaviorPlot.txt Text of the Iron Savior story as told through liner notes
References
reflist DEFAULTSORT:Iron Savior Category:Musical groups established in 1996 Category:German power metal musical groups Category:Musical quartets
