History

Dreamscape was founded by lead guitarist Wolfgang Kerinnis and rhythm guitarist Stefan Gassner in 1986. After numerous changes in the line-up, singer Tobi Zoltan, drummer Andreas Angerer and bassist Benno Schmidtler stayed with them. After very thorough preparations, they started performing live in 1992. After more line-up changes, they produced three demos in between 1993 and 1995 called Dreamscape, Decisions, and Changes. After that, in their own studio, the band recorded their first album, Trance-like State in 1996 and was released through Rising Sun Records twelve months later in 1997. In the wake of the CD production, several changes took place. The band decided that they needed a keyboardist as a permanent member. After a while, Jan Vacik ended up filling the keyboard spot. The permanent keyboardist caused three members to leave, one of them being founding member Stefan Gassner. During those twelve months in between recording and releasing, Dreamscape already thought up new songs. However, they were being delayed once more because Tobi Zoltan, the vocalist at the time, was asked to leave due to lack of motivation. Soon afterwards, Hubi Meisel

Hubi Meisel

Hubi J. Meisel is a German progressive rock vocalist and producer, born in Frankfurt.-Early years:Before going on his own, he was the singer for the German progressive metal band Dreamscape on their CD "very" .-CUT:...

 replaced Zoltan as vocalist. After touring, Dreamscape came out with their second album Very

Very (Dreamscape album)

Very is the 5th studio album by the German progressive metal band Dreamscape.-Track listing:# "When Shadows Are Gone" – 4:45# "Lost Faith" – 1:05# "Thorn in My Mind" – 5:27# "Reborn" – 4:32# "A Voice Inside" – 5:35...

 in 1999. Since then, there have been multiple line-up changes and Dreamscape has released two studio albums and one compilation album. In 2007 and 2008, Dreamscape toured with Sieges Even

Sieges Even

Sieges Even was a progressive metal band from Munich, Germany. The band was originally formed under the name Sodom in the early 80s and released their first demo in 1983 before becoming Sieges Even in 1985. In the summer of 2008 the band decided to split due to internal differences...

, Circus Maximus

Circus Maximus (Norwegian band)

Circus Maximus is a Norwegian progressive metal quintet from Oslo. They employ the use of symphonic, power and glam metal influences in their vocals which have a high-pitched tone, along with synthesizers and occasional keyboards...

, and Symphony X

Symphony X

Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey.Founded in 1994 by guitarist Michael Romeo, their albums The Divine Wings of Tragedy and V: The New Mythology Suite have given the band considerable attention within the progressive metal community...

. In 2008, Danilo Batdorf replaced Michael Schwager as drummer.

In 2008, Dreamscape and Lanfear

Lanfear

Lanfear is one of the primary antagonists of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. She is one of the Forsaken.-Age of Legends:...

 planned on performing concerts with each other, but lead vocalist Mischa Mang left the band to concentrate more on Ivanhoe, thus postponing the Dreamscape shows with Lanfear.

On April 2, 2009, Dreamscape announced that Erik Blomkvist, formerly of the band Platitude

Platitude (band)

Platitude was a Swedish progressive power metal band formed in 1995, however a permanent line-up was not established until 1997. After three demos, they signed a deal with the Italian label Scarlet Records in the spring of 2002...

, would be their vocalist. He is scheduled to appear on Dreamscape's upcoming full-length album, Everlight.

Frank Marino will be the second singer appearing on their album Everlight. He arrived into the Dreamscape line-up due to health problems that Erik Blomkvist came across as a member of Dreamscape. Erik is still scheduled to donate vocals to at least one of the tracks on Everlight.

Current members

• Francesco Marino - vocals
• Erik Blomkvist - vocals
• Wolfgang Kerinnis - guitars
• Ralf Watson Schwager - bass
• David Bertok - keyboards
• Danilo Batdorf - drums

Discography

• Dreamscape (demo, 1993)
• Decisions (demo, 1994)
• Changes (demo, 1995)
• Trance-like State (full-length, 1997)
• Very
  Very (Dreamscape album)
  Very is the 5th studio album by the German progressive metal band Dreamscape.-Track listing:# "When Shadows Are Gone" – 4:45# "Lost Faith" – 1:05# "Thorn in My Mind" – 5:27# "Reborn" – 4:32# "A Voice Inside" – 5:35...
  
  (full-length, 1999)
• End of Silence (full-length, 2004)
• Revoiced
  Revoiced (compilation album)
  Revoiced is a compilation album by the German progressive metal band Dreamscape. It is a compilation of songs re-recorded from their first two albums with their line-up at the time.-Track listing:# "Thorn in My Mind" – 5:28...
  
  (compilation, 2005)
• 5th Season
  5th Season
  5th Season is the fourth studio album by the German progressive metal band Dreamscape.-Track listing:# "Fed Up With" – 5:29# "Borderline" – 5:12# "5th Season" – 14:35# "Deja Vu" – 5:27# "Somebody" – 4:28...
  
  (full-length, 2007)