Jørn Lande

Jørn Lande
Jørn Lande at Brewhouse in Gothenburg, Sweden 2010
Background information
Also known as	Jorn
Born	May 31, 1968 (1968-05-31) Rjukan, Norway
Genres	Hard rock, blues-rock, progressive rock, heavy metal, power metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Frontiers, AFM, Candlelight
Associated acts	Masterplan, Ark, Avantasia, Allen-Lande, Heaven & Hell, Vagabond, The Snakes, Millenium, Beyond Twilight, Brazen Abbot, Ayreon, Ken Hensley, Yngwie Malmsteen
Website	Official website

Jørn Lande (born May 31, 1968) is a Norwegian hard rock and heavy metal singer who has sold over 2 million records worldwide. He is probably best known for being the lead singer of the power metal band Masterplan.

Biography

Jørn Lande has performed with various bands before achieving a solid career.

The first band with whom he achieved a minor success was Vagabond, which also featured Ronni Le Tekrø, Morty Black and other former members of the Norwegian hard rock band TNT. The self titled album, released in 1994, sold 10,000 copies in Norway, but the copies were dropped by label EMI. At this time, Jorn did the lead vocals for the Norwegian national football team's song for the 1994 World Cup, "Alt for Norge" (All for Norway). The second Vagabond album, A Huge fan of Life, was released in Europe on the band's own record label. The end of Vagabond came with the reformation of TNT in 1996, and subsequently the band members went their separate ways, with Jorn joining a band formed in by Whitesnake former guitarists Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody called The Snakes. After a tour with The Snakes playing mostly Whitesnake covers and the recording of an album released only in Japan called Once Bitten, Jorn was fired from the band and joined other projects, including the Symphonic Metal band Mundanus Imperium, which resulted on the album The Spectral Spheres Coronation.

Later on, Jorn got together with guitarist Tore Østby (ex-Conception) and drummer John Macaluso to form the progressive metal band Ark and record their first self titled album in 1999. Right after in 2000, he also made part of the American hard rock band Millenium, leaded by guitarist Ralph Santolla, and recorded the vocals for their album Hourglass. The same year, John Macaluso from Ark, who was also playing with Yngwie Malmsteen's band, made contact with the guitarist to include Jorn on a mini tour in Europe, as they needed a vocalist for the band. The collaboration between Lande and Malmsteen didn't endure and Jorn left the band in the middle of the tour. Also in the same year, Jorn recorded his first solo album called Starfire, which featured mostly cover songs and several band members from his past and current bands as the musicians of the album.

The second Ark album Burn The Sun was released in 2001 and is one of the most acclaimed works featuring Jorn. Also in 2001, he teamed up with keyboardist Finn Zierler and formed the project Beyond Twilight which led to the album The Devil's Hall of Fame, another acclaimed work by the public and media. Still in the same year, Jorn released his second solo album Worldchanger.

In 2002 Jørn finally joined the global metal scene fronting the melodic power metal band Masterplan, formed in with Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch after both were fired from Helloween. Jorn released two successful albums with Masterplan, playing at big festivals and tours around the world from 2003 to 2006 until he left the band on May 11, 2006, because of creative differences. Jørn wanted to take the band towards a more melodic style, while the other members were leaning towards a heavier sound. From this time on, Jorn concentrated more on his solo band and released such albums as Out to Every Nation (2004) and The Duke (2006).

In 2005, Jørn teamed up with Symphony X vocalist Russell Allen in a singer-duet collaboration on the album The Battle, and their following album, The Revenge, released May 11, 2007. The project is commonly called Allen-Lande and was put together by the president of Frontiers Records, with songwriting duties and most of the instrumentation done by Swedish guitarist Magnus Karlsson.

Jørn's first live album, Live in America, was released September 21, 2007, containing 2 discs with tracks taken from his performance on September 16, 2006, at the rock festival ProgPower VII in Atlanta, Georgia.

In 2008, Jørn Lande lent his voice to the rock opera bands Ayreon on the album 01011001 and Avantasia on the album The Scarecrow, both released in January 2008. He was also one of the main guests in the first Avantasia's world tour. Later, he was featured on over 10 songs on Avantasia's two subsequent albums, The Wicked Symphony and Angel of Babylon and once again took part in the world tour in December 2010.

Jørn released two more full-length albums with his own band, Lonely Are The Brave in 2008, which was the fastest selling album of his career, and Spirit Black, right one year after.

On July 25, 2009, Masterplan announced that Jørn was back in the band. Masterplan's 3rd album with Jørn Lande is titled Time to Be King and was released on May 21, 2010.

In late May, a JORN music video honoring legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio, who had died of stomach cancer just five days before, was posted on YouTube. Soon after it was announced that Jørn would release a Dio tribute album in July. Later on, it was announced that Jørn was included in the line up of Heaven & Hell, when the remaining members played the one off tribute to Ronnie James Dio at the 2010 High Voltage festival. He was one of the vocalists together with Glenn Hughes.

The third Allen/Lande album titled The Showdown has been announced for release in September 2010. To promote the album, Frontiers Records posted a promo trailer featuring Jørn singing a portion of the title track via YouTube.

In 2011, Jorn released his second live album with footage from the concert of the 2010 Sweden Rock Festival, the album was called Live in Black. Also in 2011, he was a guest on singer Amanda Somerville's first metal project Trillium singing on the vocal duet track 'Scream It'.

A new Jorn album is on the works, with plans to be released in June 2012.

Discography

Solo albums (as Jorn)

Ratings from Allmusic:

Date	Title	Label	Type	Rating
2000	Starfire	Frontiers	Studio
2001	Worldchanger	Frontiers	Studio
2004	Out to Every Nation	AFM/The End	Studio
2006	The Duke	AFM/Candlelight	Studio
2007	The Gathering	Frontiers	Greatest Hits
2007	Unlocking the Past	Avalon/Frontiers	Cover
2007	Live in America	Frontiers	Live
2008	Lonely Are The Brave	Frontiers	Studio
2009	Live in America on DVD	Frontiers	Live
2009	Spirit Black	Frontiers	Studio
2009	Dukebox	AFM	Greatest Hits
2010	Dio	Frontiers	Cover
2011	Live In Black – Sweden Rock 2010	Frontiers	Live
2012	TBA	Frontiers	Studio

Vagabond

• Vagabond (1994)
• A Huge Fan of Life (1995)

Mundanus Imperium

• The Spectral Spheres Coronation (1998)

The Snakes

• Once Bitten (1998)
• Live in Europe (1998)

Millenium

• Hourglass (2000)
• The Best Of... And More (2004)

Ark

• Ark (1999)
• Burn the Sun (2001)

Beyond Twilight

• The Devil's Hall of Fame (2001)

Masterplan

• Enlighten Me (single) (2002)
• Masterplan (2003)
• Back For My Life (EP) (2004)
• Aeronautics (2005)
• Far From the End of the World (EP) (2010)
• Time to Be King (2010)

Allen/Lande

• The Battle (2005)
• The Revenge (2007)
• The Showdown (2010)

As guest vocalist

Nikolo Kotzev

• Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus (2001)

Brazen Abbot

• Guilty As Sin (2003)

Ken Hensley

• Blood On The Highway (2007)

Genius - A Rock Opera

• Episode 3: The Final Surprise (2007) as Apikor

Avantasia

• Lost in Space Part I (2007)
• Lost in Space Part II (2007)
• The Scarecrow (2008)
• The Wicked Symphony (2010)
• Angel Of Babylon (2010)
• The Flying Opera (live album) (2011)

Ayreon

• 01011001 (2008)

Pushking

• The World As We Love It (2011)

Amanda Somerville'sTrillium

• Alloy (2011)

Solo band members

Current solo band members

• Tore Moren - Guitars (Worldchanger, again since The Duke, also a guest on Starfire)
• Tor Erik Myhre - Guitars (Dio, Live In Black)
• Nic Angileri - Bass (additional bass on Spirit Black and the Dio tribute)
• Willy Bendiksen - Drums (since The Duke, also a guest on Starfire)

Former Solo band/guest members

• Jørn Viggo Lofstad - Guitars (Out to Every Nation, The Duke, Unlocking the Past, The Gathering, Live in America, Lonely Are The Brave)
• Jimmy Iversen - Guitars (Spirit Black)
• Igor Gianola - Guitars (Live, additional guitars on Spirit Black)
• Trond Holter - Guitars (Live)
• Sid Ringsby - Bass (Worldchanger, Lonely Are The Brave, Spirit Black)
• Morty Black - Bass (The Duke, The Gathering, Unlocking the Past)
• Stian Kristoffersen - Drums (Out to Every Nation, guest on Live in America)
• Steinar Krokmo - Bass (Live in America, guest on Unlocking the Past)
• Magnus Rosén - Bass (Out to Every Nation)
• Jan Axel von Blomberg - Drums (Worldchanger)
• Ronny Tegner - Keyboards (Out to Every Nation)
• Tore Østby - Guitars (guest on Starfire)
• Jon A . Narum - Drums, samples, bass, guitars, melotrone (guest on Starfire)
• Dag Stokke - Keyboards (Starfire)
• John Macaluso - Drums (Starfire)
• Ralph Santolla - Guitars (guest on Starfire)
• Ronni Le Tekrø - Guitars (guest on Starfire, Unlocking the Past (The Day the Earth Caught Fire cover recording)
• Jon Berg - Guitars (additional Guitars on Spirit Black)
• Espen Mjöen - Bass (additional Bass on Lonely Are The Brave and Spirit Black)

External links

• Jørn's official site
• Jørn - Song for Ronnie James Tribute Video