Beautiful Sin is a European

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band. They are heavily influenced by the popular power metal band Helloween. Beautiful Sin began when

Uli Kusch Ulrich Kusch (born 11 March 1967) is a heavy metal drummer. He is best known for playing with Helloween, Gamma Ray, Masterplan and Holy Moses, among others. He is known for his technical style of playing, fast-paced speed metal-like rhythm, an ...

met Belgian singer

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, and wanted to record an album with her band. He agreed to produce a demo-CD for the band, but the recordings were never released. A few years later, Uli was considering creating a new project next to Masterplan in which he would write all the music himself. In autumn of 2004 he began talking to Magali – this time about forming a band together. Rounding out the rest of the line-up would be

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's Jørn Viggo Lofstad and Steinar Krokmo (coming from Uli's adopted home, Norway), and also Kusch's Masterplan-mate,

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. After the release of '' The Unexpected'',

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was added as a second guitarist.

Line-up

– vocals *Jørn Viggo Lofstad – guitars *Steinar Krokmo – bass *

– keyboards *

– drums

Discography

*'' The Unexpected'' (2006)

External links

Beautiful Sin's MySpace siteBeautiful Sin at Metal Archives
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