Magdallan was an American metal band started as a studio project and collaboration between Ken Tamplin

Ken Tamplin

Ken Tamplin is an American Christian rock performer and vocal coach. Tamplin is known for his 4 octave vocal range and has composed music for television and movies.-Early years:...

 and Lanny Cordola

Lanny Cordola

Lanny Cordola is an American guitarist, songwriter and producer. He has been a member of bands such as Giuffria, House Of Lords, and Magdallan ....

. The band was active from 1992 to 1995, released 3 albums and an EP, and was signed to Intense Records

Intense Records

Intense Records was an independent record label whose releases were mostly in the metal genre. Intense was bought out in 1989 by Frontline Records and became an imprint of that company...

 and Essential Records

Essential Records (Christian)

Essential Records is a Contemporary Christian record label based in Franklin, Tennessee. It is a division of a major label, Sony Music Entertainment.-History:...

 respectively.

History

The band's original lineup was Ken Tamplin, Lanny Cordola, Chuck Wright, and Ken Mary. After the first album Ken Tamplin departed and Phillip Bardowell took over vocal duties. Brian Bromberg was the Bass player on the original studio project.

Magdallan's lineup led to the group being referred to as a supergroup

Supergroup (music)

In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....

. Ken Tamplin was well known for his work in Shout

Shout (band)

Shout was a Christian glam metal band formed in 1987 by Ken Tamplin. Musically the band was similar to Stryper, but the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music cites them as being "more competent than Stryper". Lyrically, their songs were generally more straightforward than other Christian...

. Larry Cordola, Chuck Wright, Ken Mary were previously well known for being members of the group House of Lords

House of Lords (band)

House of Lords is a hard rock/AOR band from Los Angeles, California.-History:House of Lords was formed in 1987 by former Angel member and keyboardist Gregg Giuffria from his solo project Giuffria...

.

Big Bang

The band's first release, Big Bang, was notable as one of the most expensive Christian albums produced by that time, with a budget reported as being $250,000, and the album faced some criticism for being overproduced. Nevertheless, Big Bang was nominated for one GMA Dove Award for Best Metal/Hard Rock Album in 1992, but did not win.

Ken Tamplin's Departure

After the first album Ken Tamplin left the band. Tamplin commented that he felt the need for a fresh start after he learned that Intense Records had planned to shelve the Big Bang album after two years of hard work. After Ken's departure, the studio project of Magdallan was turned into a full band and thus the name was changed from Magdallan to Magdalen.

Name Change

After Ken Tamplin left the band, the name was changed to Magdalen for the second release Revolution Mind and The Dirt EP. In 1999 End of the Age was released under the old name spelling. The significance of the name change is signification of the difference between the studio project and the band. Magdallan is the name of the studio project, and Magdalen is the name of the band that continued after Ken Tamplins departure.

As Magdallan

• Big Bang
  Big Bang (Magdallan album)
  Big Bang is the debut album by the American metal band Magdallan, released 1992 on Intense Records. Big Bang was nominated for one GMA Dove Award for Best Metal/Hard Rock Album in 1992, but did not win.-Track listing:#End of the Ages - 6:12...
  
  (1992) Intense Records
  Intense Records
  Intense Records was an independent record label whose releases were mostly in the metal genre. Intense was bought out in 1989 by Frontline Records and became an imprint of that company...
  
  
• End of the Age (1999) KMG Records
  KMG Records
  KMG Records was a Christian record label. The label was established in 1997 by Buddy Killen as a subunit of the Killen Music Group / Buddy Killen Enterprises and sold in late 1998 to Cal Turner III, who is related to the Cal Turner of Dollar General stores...
  
  

As Magdalen

• Revolution Mind (1993) Essential Records
  Essential Records (Christian)
  Essential Records is a Contemporary Christian record label based in Franklin, Tennessee. It is a division of a major label, Sony Music Entertainment.-History:...
  
  
• The Dirt (1995) Intense Records
  Intense Records
  Intense Records was an independent record label whose releases were mostly in the metal genre. Intense was bought out in 1989 by Frontline Records and became an imprint of that company...