After a wait that has seemingly lasted forever but is only a little over a year, the mighty German progressive metal masters are back with the second part and most eagerly awaited follow up to The Ghost Xperiment – Awakening. If there is one thing we know already then it is that there was never..

VANDEN PLAS – THE GHOST XPERIMENT – ILLUMINATION new album LP / CD / digital out 04 November 2020 on Frontiers Music
A year ago, the German progressive metal act Vanden Plas delivered The Ghost Xperiment - Awakening, the first half of a two part concept album. It ended on a cliff hanger whereby, during a séance, the main protagonist Gideon Grace at last encounters the ghosts that have haunted him since childhood. Ghosts? Exactly! The dramatic..

Vanden Plas – Ghost Xperiment -Awakening (Frontiers Music)
So, how do you follow the quite magnificent and sublime Chronicles Of The Immortal World Parts One and Two, the outrageously epic sci-fi collaboration the band produced with the German author Wolfgang Hohlbein? Well, you start by taking time to recharge the batteries and then make a triumphant return, albeit a slightly delayed one, with..