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Peter Moog
Lead Guitarist
Thomen Stauch
Drummer
Kai Stringer
Lead Guitarist
Florian Hertel
Bass Guitarist
Rob Lundgren
Vocalist
Melodic Metal from Germany / Sweden
„The recordings are a team effort but of course each of us come up with ideas and bounce them back and forth until settling. If I have an idea that I really like, I’m not afraid to show the guys and say ‚hey, check this out‘ and they reply ’nice… but maybe try it this way‘ I go back in the studio, test it out and boom, something even better. Or vice versa. There is a great ‚connecting force‘ that makes it all grow, however which way ‚It‘ wants to grow.“ – The songwriting process described by Rob Lundgren
Thomen Stauch, Peter Moog, Rob Lundgren, Kai Stringer and Florian Hertel (f.l.t.r.)
We’re happy to announce that we’ve released our very first single, called „Freedom of Press“.
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„Kai is one of the best guitarists I know. He was already extremely fast 20 years ago. He has an incredible talent and is extremely creative. His greatest strength may not be, as he thinks, his fast style of play. He’s just a full-fledged, perfect musician and manages to improve each song a lot.“
– Peter Moog
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Over 2,000 likes and subscribes on Facebook within only 2 Weeks.
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Check out our interview with Valrock zine in English or in Portuguese!
„Rob has really shown a lot of creativity with the vocals. Already after the first finished demo song we could hardly believe how much talent this guy has. We are very happy to have him!“
– Thomen Stauch
Read the entire interview here!
„I think you can sometimes hear our musical roots in our songs. Peter has always been a big fan of bands like Iron Maiden, Blind Guardian and Helloween. For my part, I’m a big prog metal and guitar shredding fan. Thomen has no influence. He is the influence!“
– Kai Stringer about the band members‘ musical influences
Our Mascot
At first the Mentalist appeared to Peter in his dreams and forced him to found the band.
This design was made by Thomas Ewerhard (i.a. known as the artist of the cover artwork of the band Avantasia).
To learn more about the Mentalist check out his profile!
