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POV-check|date=May 2010Infobox musical artist |name = Jørn Lande|image = Jorn live at Brewhouse - Göteborg.jpg|caption = Jørn Lande at Brewhouse in Gothenburg, Sweden 2010|image_size =|background = solo_singer|alias = Jorn|Born = birth date and age|1968|5|31 Rjukan , Norway |death_date =|Origin|genre = Hard rock , blues-rock , progressive rock , Heavy metal music|heavy metal , power metal , progressive metal , symphonic metal |occupation = Singer-songwriter |instrument = Singing|Vocals |years_active = 1993–present|label = Frontiers Records|Frontiers , AFM Records|AFM , Candlelight Records|Candlelight |associated_acts = Masterplan (band)|Masterplan , Ark (Norwegian band)|Ark , Avantasia , Allen-Lande , Heaven & Hell (band)|Heaven & Hell , Vagabond (band)|Vagabond , The Snakes , Millenium (band)|Millenium , Beyond Twilight , Brazen Abbot , Ayreon , Ken Hensley , Yngwie Malmsteen |website = http://www.jornlande.com Official website Jørn Lande (born May 31, 1968) is a Norway|Norwegian hard rock and Heavy metal music|heavy metal singer who has sold over 2 million records worldwide. He is probably best known for being the lead singer of the power metal band Masterplan (band)|Masterplan .
Biography
Jørn Lande has performed with various bands before achieving a solid career.
The first band with whom he achieved a minor success was Vagabond (band)|Vagabond , which also featured Ronni Le Tekrø , Morty Black and other former members of the Norwegian hard rock band TNT (band)|TNT . The self titled album, released in 1994, sold 10,000 copies in Norway, but the copies were dropped by label EMI. At this time, Jorn did the lead vocals for the Norwegian national football team's song for the 1994 World Cup, "Alt for Norge" (All for Norway). http://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/printstory/art2006051611500134819867 Ballade.no The second Vagabond album, A Huge fan of Life , was released in Europe on the band's own record label. The end of Vagabond came with the reformation of TNT in 1996, and subsequently the band members went their separate ways, with Jorn joining a band formed in by Whitesnake former guitarists Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody called The Snakes . After a tour with The Snakes playing mostly Whitesnake covers and the recording of an album released only in Japan called Once Bitten (The Snakes album)|Once Bitten , Jorn was fired from the band and joined other projects, including the Symphonic Metal band Mundanus Imperium, which resulted on the album The Spectral Spheres Coronation .
Later on, Jorn got together with guitarist Tore Østby (ex- Conception (band)|Conception ) and drummer John Macaluso to form the progressive metal band Ark (Norwegian band)|Ark and record their first self titled album in 1999. Right after in 2000, he also made part of the American hard rock band Millenium (band)|Millenium , leaded by guitarist Ralph Santolla , and recorded the vocals for their album Hourglass . The same year, John Macaluso from Ark, who was also playing with Yngwie Malmsteen 's band, made contact with the guitarist to include Jorn on a mini tour in Europe, as they needed a vocalist for the band. The collaboration between Lande and Malmsteen didn't endure and Jorn left the band in the middle of the tour. Also in the same year, Jorn recorded his first solo album called Starfire (album)|Starfire , which featured mostly cover songs and several band members from his past and current bands as the musicians of the album.
The second Ark album Burn The Sun was released in 2001 and is one of the most acclaimed works featuring Jorn. Also in 2001, he teamed up with keyboardist Finn Zierler and formed the project Beyond Twilight which led to the album '' The Devil's Hall of Fame , another acclaimed work by the public and media. Still in the same year, Jorn released his second solo album Worldchanger .
In 2002 Jørn finally joined the global metal scene fronting the melodic power metal band Masterplan (band)|Masterplan , formed in with Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch after both were fired from Helloween . Jorn released two successful albums with Masterplan, playing at big festivals and tours around the world from 2003 to 2006 until he left the band on May 11, 2006, because of creative differences. Jørn wanted to take the band towards a more melodic style, while the other members were leaning towards a heavier sound. http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=21346 Jørn Departs from Masterplan From this time on, Jorn concentrated more on his solo band and released such albums as Out to Every Nation (2004) and The Duke (album)|The Duke (2006).
In 2005, Jørn teamed up with Symphony X vocalist Russell Allen in a singer-duet collaboration on the album The Battle (Allen/Lande album)|The Battle , and their following album, The Revenge (album)|The Revenge , released May 11, 2007. http://www.metalperspective.com/reviews/allen_lande.php Allen/Lande The project is commonly called Allen-Lande and was put together by the president of Frontiers Records , with songwriting duties and most of the instrumentation done by Swedish people|Swedish guitarist Magnus Karlsson (guitarist)|Magnus Karlsson .
Jørn's first live album, Live in America , was released September 21, 2007, containing 2 discs with tracks taken from his performance on September 16, 2006, at the rock festival ProgPower USA|ProgPower VII in Atlanta , Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia . http://hardrockhideout.com/2007/09/20/jorn-live-in-america-2007/ Jørn Live in America
In 2008, Jørn Lande lent his voice to the rock opera bands Ayreon on the album 01011001 and Avantasia on the album The Scarecrow (album)|The Scarecrow , both released in January 2008. He was also one of the main guests in the first Avantasia's world tour. Later, he was featured on over 10 songs on Avantasia's two subsequent albums, The Wicked Symphony and Angel of Babylon and once again took part in the world tour in December 2010.
Jørn released two more full-length albums with his own band, Lonely Are The Brave (album)|Lonely Are The Brave in 2008, which was the fastest selling album of his career, and Spirit Black (album)|Spirit Black , right one year after.
On July 25, 2009, Masterplan announced that Jørn was back in the band. http://www.metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php? news_id=9155 Jørn returns to Masterplan Masterplan's 3rd album with Jørn Lande is titled Time to Be King and was released on May 21, 2010.
In late May, a JORN music video honoring legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio , who had died of stomach cancer just five days before, was posted on YouTube. Soon after it was announced that Jørn would release a Dio (band)|Dio Dio (album)|tribute album in July. http://iheartguitarblog.com/2010/05/jorndio.html JORN Records Dio Tribute Album Later on, it was announced that Jørn was included in the line up of Heaven & Hell (band)|Heaven & Hell , when the remaining members played the one off tribute to Ronnie James Dio at the 2010 High Voltage festival. He was one of the vocalists together with Glenn Hughes .
The third Allen/Lande album titled The Showdown (album)|The Showdown has been announced for release in September 2010. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx? mode=Article& newsitemID=139673 New Allen/Lande Album To promote the album, Frontiers Records posted a promo trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=BibWDFdpUbE& playnext_from=TL& videos=gbdLr7W-TeM Allen/Lande promo trailer featuring Jørn singing a portion of the title track via YouTube.
In 2011, Jorn released his second live album with footage from the concert of the 2010 Sweden Rock Festival, the album was called Live in Black . http://jornlande.com/mainsite/index.php? option=com_frontpage& Itemid=1/ Jørn's official site Also in 2011, he was a guest on singer Amanda Somerville's first metal project Trillium singing on the vocal duet track 'Scream It'.
A new Jorn album is on the works, with plans to be released in June of 2012. http://holymetal.com/singola-intervista.asp? cod=213 Interview with Jorn Lande by Italian Holy Metal
Masterplan (Masterplan album)#Enlighten Me|Enlighten Me (single) (2002)
Masterplan (Masterplan album)|Masterplan (2003)
Back For My Life (EP) (2004)
Aeronautics (album)|Aeronautics (2005)
Time to Be King#Far From the End of the World|Far From the End of the World (EP) (2010)
Time to Be King (2010)
Allen/Lande
The Battle (Allen/Lande album)|The Battle (2005)
The Revenge (album)|The Revenge (2007)
The Showdown (album)|The Showdown (2010)
As guest vocalist
Nikolo Kotzev
'' Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus (2001)
Brazen Abbot
Guilty As Sin (2003)
Ken Hensley
Blood On The Highway (2007)
Genius - A Rock Opera
Episode 3: The Final Surprise (2007) as Apikor
Avantasia
Lost in Space Part I (2007)
Lost in Space Part II (2007)
The Scarecrow (album)|The Scarecrow (2008)
The Wicked Symphony (2010)
Angel of Babylon|Angel Of Babylon (2010)
The Flying Opera (live album) (2011)
Ayreon
01011001 (2008)
Pushking
The World As We Love It (2011)
Amanda Somerville 's Trillium (band)|Trillium
Alloy (2011)
Solo band members
Current solo band members
Tore Moren - Guitars ( Worldchanger , again since The Duke (album)|The Duke , also a guest on Starfire (album)|Starfire )
Jimmy Iversen - Guitars ( Spirit Black (album)|Spirit Black )
Nic Angileri - Bass (additional bass on Spirit Black (album)|Spirit Black and the Dio (album)|Dio tribute)
Willy Bendiksen - Drums (since The Duke (album)|The Duke , also a guest on Starfire (album)|Starfire )
Former Solo band/guest members
Jørn Viggo Lofstad - Guitars ( Out to Every Nation , The Duke (album)|The Duke , Unlocking the Past , The Gathering (Jorn album)|The Gathering , Live in America (Jorn album)|Live in America , Lonely Are The Brave (album)|Lonely Are The Brave )
Tor Erik Myhre - Guitars ( Dio (album)|Dio , Live In Black )
Igor Gianola - Guitars (Live, additional guitars on Spirit Black (album)|Spirit Black )
Trond Holter - Guitars (Live) http://www.myspace.com/realjorn Jorn to play in South America in July 2011
Sid Ringsby - Bass ( Worldchanger , Lonely Are The Brave (album)|Lonely Are The Brave , Spirit Black (album)|Spirit Black )
Morty Black - Bass ( The Duke (album)|The Duke , The Gathering (Jorn album)|The Gathering , Unlocking the Past )
Stian Kristoffersen - Drums ( Out to Every Nation , guest on Live in America (Jorn album)|Live in America )
Steinar Krokmo - Bass ( Live in America (Jorn album)|Live in America , guest on Unlocking the Past )
Magnus Rosén - Bass ( Out to Every Nation )
Jan Axel von Blomberg - Drums ( Worldchanger )
Ronny Tegner - Keyboards ( Out to Every Nation )
Tore Østby - Guitars (guest on Starfire (album)|Starfire )
Jon A . Narum - Drums, samples, bass, guitars, melotrone (guest on Starfire (album)|Starfire )
Dag Stokke - Keyboards ( Starfire (album)|Starfire )
John Macaluso - Drums ( Starfire (album)|Starfire )
Ralph Santolla - Guitars (guest on Starfire (album)|Starfire )
Ronni Le Tekrø - Guitars (guest on Starfire (album)|Starfire , Unlocking the Past (The Day the Earth Caught Fire cover recording)
Jon Berg - Guitars (additional Guitars on Spirit Black (album)|Spirit Black )
Espen Mjöen - Bass (additional Bass on Lonely Are The Brave (album)|Lonely Are The Brave and Spirit Black (album)|Spirit Black )
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.jornlande.com/ Jørn's official site
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=vPT2n41mAT0& feature=player_embedded Jørn - Song for Ronnie James Tribute Video
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