Today in 2008 Brainstorm released the album Downburst Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg,Germany Power Metal Status:Active Years active: 1989-present Brainstorm is a power/thrash metal band from Germany, formed in 1989. The band features American born lead singer Andy B. Franck, who is also famous for his other band, Symphorce. They are known to play a somewhat darker style of music than most power metal groups. Formed in 1989 by Torsten Ihlenfeld and Milan Loncaric on guitars and Dieter Bernert on drums, Brainstorm released their first demo Hand Of Doom after one year of existence. Following shows with Stormwitch, Exciter and Rage, the tracks Kings, Queens and Sins and Law appeared on a compilation LP. After completing their line-up with bassist Andreas Mailänder, the band released the second demo Heart Of Hate in 1992, which quickly gained cult status in the local metal scene. Initially unable to find a suitable singer, the band solved the problem when Marcus Jürgens joined the band, being named Newcomers of the Month by the German Rock Hard magazine with their third demo The Fifth Season, released in 1994. After releasing yet another demo and single tracks on compilations, the band signed their first recording contract in 1997. The self-produced debut album Hungry was an immediate winner with fans and journalists alike, enabling Brainstorm to tour with Morgana Lefay, Solitude Aeturnus, Skyclad, and Maraya. In 1998 the band hired the illustrious producer team of Dirk Schlächter (Gamma Ray), Harald Sprengler (Stormwitch) and Charlie Bauerfeind (Blind Guardian) to guarantee a perfect production for their sophomore effort Unholy. In 1999 the vocalist position became vacant again, but the band managed to fill it with Andy B. Franck (also in Symphorce). Finally everything was falling into place, and only two months after Franck joining, the band signed a contract with Metal Blade Records. The third album Ambiguity was recorded at House of Music Studio with Dirk Schlächter and Sascha Paeth (Rhapsody) producing. Successful tours with Armored Saint and King Diamond as well as various celebrated festival appearances further cemented the bands popularity. In October 2001 the band released Metus Mortis, a high-energy metal album produced by Achim Köhler. In March 2003 the band returned to the studio with Achim Köhler to record Soul Temptation, already the fifth album in their career. The band began writing new material in their rehearsal studio in September 2004 for next album Liquid Monster which was released in 2005. Before the release of Downburst the band decided to re-release their first two full length albums Hungry and Unholy again. On those copies are also the fifth season demo (hungry), heart of hate demo, promo 96 demo (both unholy) and up from the ashes (japanese bonus track on unholy). Also in this time: The release of their first DVD Honey from the BS. The main concerts on this dvd is thge show in Budapest (2005) and the 2004 Wacken show. On the second DVD are excerpts from five different shows, the history of brainstorm and a videography. The next album, Downburst, was released in january 2008. The album was recorded in Wolfsburg. They also changed the producer (Sascha Paeth). They got a bit away from the soultemptation/liquid monster sound. The line up changed during this record too. Andreas Mailänder quit the band and was replaced by Antonio Ieva. Only one and a half year later they released a new album called Memorial Roots. This album was also recorded in Wolfsburg. Many songs are in mid-tempo. Many people complain about the light sound on this album but this album still contains typical brainstorm songs. Metal Blade Records Andy B. Franck - lead and backing vocals Torsten Ihlenfeld - guitars, bass, backing vocals Milan Loncaric - guitars, bass, backing vocals Dieter Bernert - drums Additional musicians Michael Miro Rodenberg - keyboards, producer, engineer, mastering 1. Falling Spiral Down (4:40) 2. Fire Walk With Me (4:24) 3. Stained With Sin (3:38) 4. Redemption In Your Eyes (4:24) 5. End In Sorrow (4:47) 6. How Do You Feel (3:47) 7. Protect Me From Myself (4:42) 8. Surrounding Walls (4:10) 9. Frozen (4:37) 10. All Alone (4:14) Total Time 43:23 Due on January 25th in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy and January 28th in the rest of Europe. European limited edition, comes in Digipack, with 3D cover artwork, and Bloodred coloured disc; it contains 2 bonus tracks: 11. Crawling in Chains (03:47) 12. Hold Tight (04:05) Japanese edition contains 3 bonus tracks: 11. Crawling in Chains (03:44) 12. Drowning (04:32) 13. Fire Walk with Me (Firestarter Mix) (04:46) Downburst is the seventh studio album by the German metal band Brainstorm, released on January 25th, 2008. Former bassist Andreas Mailänder left the band before recordings started, so bass was handled by Torsten and Milan on this album. youtu.be/vewM9uf_fBs
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