In early 1996, WINTERLAND was founded by singer
Thorsten Fries and guitarist Markus Pfeffer in
Ramstein/Germany as a studio project. Fries had a
band with today's SUPERIOR guitarist Bernd
Basmer, Pfeffer released 3 CDs with AOR-band
SCARLETT and 2 Demos, PFEFFER/Ydolem and
MMP/Persistence Of Memory.
The first promo tape "Under The Flood" received
great reviews worldwide (e.g. Brazil, Italy,
Switzerland, Netherlands, Greece, Germany, Austria)
and has got regular airplay in Germany, Luxembourg
and France. In spring 1997, the studio project
became a "real" band and started playing live, the
line-up was completed by guitarist Stephan Hugo,
bass player Holger Kuntz
and drummer Chris Guckeisen who played together
since 1993.
WINTERLANDs music can be described as a mixture
of various hard & heavy styles (mostly Hard rock,
AOR and Progressive) whereas the band's roots can
be based in the Eighties. The band members grew
up with acts such as PRETTY MAIDS, SAVATAGE
and DOKKEN (and they don't deny their roots).
Groovy guitar-riffs and melodic harmony vocals can
be called WINTERLANDs milestones. Singer Fries
has got a quite unusual voice, compared to other
metal singers (nevertheless, he is often compared to
Gary Hughes/TEN). Fries is a baritone and sings
very dark and low, which gives the songs and
WINTERLANDs music intensity and an individual
note.
"B L I N D" was recorded, mixed and mastered from
february until april 1998. The 12 songs combine dark
vocals, harmony guitars, funky and progressive
elements to a mixture of various styles far away from
trends and alwaysmelodic.
Critical Acclaim:
"...fantastic voice, catchy melodies,... great guitars."
(Detlef Dengler, HEAVY, ODER WAS / Germany)
"...vocalist Fries sounds like Gary Hughes/TEN,...
you will love this band." (STRUTTER / Netherlands)
"...melodic hardrock, a bit progressive,...really
different,..." (DISAGREEMENT / Luxembourg)
"...hardrock bound with classic metal,... remind me of
SAVATAGE." (SEVENTH SIGN / Greece)
"...can be compared to TEN or CITA." (THUNDER /
Switzerland)
"...estremamente professionale..." (METAL HAMMER
/ Italy)
Contact:
WINTERLAND, c/o Markus Pfeffer, Am Wald 10, D-
66851 Hauptstuhl / Germany
E-Mail: Pfeffer.Markus@t-online.de
Tel.: +49 63 72 / 99 44 28
