Matthias Ulmer Discography of CDs

Matthias Ulmer CD discography Recording information: Mi Sueno Studio, Tenerife, Es. Editor: Thomas Geiger. Illustrator: Marcos Moura. Photographer: Martin Häusler. Personnel: Andi Deris (vocals); Michael Weikath, Sascha Gerstner (guitar); Matthias Ulmer (keyboards); Dani Löble (drums); Olaf Senkbeil, Billy King (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Charly Bauerfeind.

Matthias Ulmer discography Helloween have always shown an interest in numerology, or at least the number seven, specifically, which they've incorporated in no less than three Keeper of the Seven Keys-related studio albums, and now, on their thirteenth career full-length, 7 Sinners (incidentally marking the band's 25th anniversary), they made sure to include precisely 13 songs, except, no doubt, in Japan, where the mandatory bonus track will trump any numerological strategy. So much for that! Anyhoo, the impact of ...

Matthias Ulmer albums One of the last fervent flag-wavers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Saxon unleashes its 18th studio release. One of the most dynamic and epic albums of the band's career, INTO THE LABYRINTH combines the Deep Purple-meets-AC/DC barroom rock with progressive, near-Teutonic metal anthems. The elements that truly make the album special are Biff Byford's laid-back, swaggering vocal style and Charlie Bauerfeind's (Blind Guardian, Helloween, Gamma Ray) rich production. INTO THE LABYRINTH closes with ...

Matthias Ulmer CD discography Over the years, metal has demonstrated that it can be quite flexible, incorporating everything from punk (thrash metal, death metal, black metal) to hip-hop (rap-metal) to goth-rock (gothic metal) to traditional European folk (folk-metal). And on At the Edge of Time, Blind Guardian's influences range from Euro-folk to classical to progressive rock; the end result is a fairly diverse album, which is not to say that the disc is groundbreaking by 21st century standards. These German ...

Matthias Ulmer music CDs When a German band names itself after a Deep Purple song, all bets are off as far as the musical outcome is concerned. (Are they going to play industrial prog? Darkwave metal? EBM electro-pop?) Actually, Anyone's Daughter made its name on the European scene in the late '70s and '80s with a series of intelligent prog rock albums that ...

Matthias Ulmer songs One of the last fervent flag-wavers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Saxon unleashes its 18th studio release. One of the most dynamic and epic albums of the band's career, INTO THE LABYRINTH combines the Deep Purple-meets-AC/DC barroom rock with progressive, near-Teutonic metal anthems. The elements that truly make the album special are Biff Byford's laid-back, swaggering vocal style and Charlie Bauerfeind's (Blind Guardian, Helloween, Gamma Ray) rich production. INTO THE LABYRINTH closes with a stripped-down, bluesy rendition of the fan favorite "Coming Home," the original version of which appeared on 2001's KILLING GROUND. Photographer: Kai Swillus. Personnel: Biff Byford (vocals, background vocals); Doug Scarratt, Paul Quinn (guitar); Matthias Ulmer (keyboards); Nigel Glockler (drums); Toby Jepson, Hacky Hackmann (background vocals). Recording information: Twilight Hall Studios, Krefeld, Germany.