Orden Ogan
Encyclopedia
Orden Ogan is a German power metal
band with progressive
and folk metal
elements. They are the organisers of the German metal festival WinterNachtsTraum.
In February 2008 the band's label debut "Vale" was released via Yonah Records in Germany which was met with acclaim by the European press.
The German Rock Hard Magazine Magazine called the band "the one and only legitimate Blind Guardian
successor".
"Vale" will be released in Brazil and Japan in 2009.
The band played over 50 shows in 2008 with festivals such as Rock am Ring (Ger, Hi8 stage), Metal Healing (Greece), Rock Harz (Ger) or Metal Camp (Slovenia).
Currently Orden Ogan is writing new material for the next record "Easton Hope" that will be released in early 2010 (Label: AFM).
Power metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...
band with progressive
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
and folk metal
Folk metal
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...
elements. They are the organisers of the German metal festival WinterNachtsTraum.
History
Originally founded in June 1996 as Tanzende Aingewaide the band was renamed to Orden Ogan in 1997. They released 3 Demotapes: "Into Oblivion" (1997), "Anthem to the Darkside" (1998) and "Soli Deo Gloria" (1999), which received good press response. After some line up changes the band introduced their characteristic sound with the release of "Testimonium a.d." in 2004. It received an average of 9.5 to a full 10/10 points in German reviews.In February 2008 the band's label debut "Vale" was released via Yonah Records in Germany which was met with acclaim by the European press.
The German Rock Hard Magazine Magazine called the band "the one and only legitimate Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in the mid-1980s in Krefeld, West Germany. They are often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and speed metal subgenres...
successor".
"Vale" will be released in Brazil and Japan in 2009.
The band played over 50 shows in 2008 with festivals such as Rock am Ring (Ger, Hi8 stage), Metal Healing (Greece), Rock Harz (Ger) or Metal Camp (Slovenia).
Currently Orden Ogan is writing new material for the next record "Easton Hope" that will be released in early 2010 (Label: AFM).
Line up
- Seeb - guitars, vocals
- Tobi - guitars
- Nils - keyboards, vocals
- Lars - bass
- Ghnu - drums
Former members
- Marc Peters - guitar (1998–2000)
- Nora Schumann - oboe (1998–2000)
- Stefan Manarin - guitars (2000–2006)
- Verena Melchert - flute (2001–2004)
- Alexandra Schneider - violin (2001–2003)
- Christina Decker - keyboards (1996–2000)
- Sebastian Severin - bass (1996–2006)
- Timo Koennecke - bass (2006–2007)
- Philip Donner - keyboards (2000)
- Sven Känzler - vocals (1996)
Discography
- 1997 - Into Oblivion Demo
- 1998 - Anthem to the Darkside Demo
- 1999 - Soli Deo GloriaSoli Deo gloriaSoli Deo gloria is one of the five solas propounded to summarise the Reformers' basic beliefs during the Protestant Reformation; it is a Latin term for Glory to God alone....
Demo - 2004 - Testimonium a.d. (self released)
- 2008 - Vale (Yonah Records)
- 2010 - Easton Hope (AFM Records)