Jørn Marumsrud Lande (born May 31, 1968) is a Norwegian

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and heavy metal singer and songwriter. He is known for his work with the bands

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Beyond Twilight Beyond Twilight is a progressive metal band from Denmark. History The band was originally formed by Finn Zierler in 1992 under the name "Twilight". Twilight attracted international attention releasing the debut album ''Eye For An Eye'' selling ...

, Millenium, Vagabond,

The Snakes The Snakes were a British-Norwegian hard rock band, formed by former Whitesnake members Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody in 1997. The line-up consisted of guitarists Marsden and Moody with Norwegian musicians, vocalist Jørn Lande, bassist Sid R ...

, and most notably with

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band Masterplan. He is also the most recurrent guest singer of the international supergroup

Avantasia Avantasia is a German supergroup metal opera project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist of the band Edguy. It has been characterized as a rock opera, as it features the contributions of various vocalists and musicians and it consists of concep ...

, and has worked as lead and guest singer in several projects. Currently, he is focusing his activities on his solo project

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. In 2014, Lande was hired by

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to be the voice of the character Karthus, of the fictional heavy metal band

Pentakill Pentakill is a virtual heavy metal band associated with the ''League of Legends'' universe. Their music is primarily composed and performed by Riot Games' in-house music team but features cameos by various renowned metal musicians. Their second ...

(''

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''). Lande's voice has drawn favorable comparisons to

David Coverdale David Coverdale (born 22 September 1951) is an English singer who is best known as the lead vocalist of Whitesnake, a hard rock band he founded in 1978. Before Whitesnake, Coverdale was the lead singer of Deep Purple from 1973 to 1976, after wh ...

and

Ronnie James Dio Ronald James Padavona (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer. He fronted and founded numerous bands throughout his career, including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and H ...

Biography

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

Vagabond, the Snakes and first projects (1993–1998)

The first band with whom he achieved a minor success was Vagabond, which also featured

Ronni Le Tekrø Ronni Le Tekrø (born Rolf Ågrim Tekrø, 5 October 1963) is a Norwegian guitarist best known for playing with the Norwegian hard rock band TNT and as a solo guitarist cooperating with guitarists Terje Rypdal and Mads Eriksen as "N3". LeTekr ...

Morty Black Morten Skaget (born on 12 August 1960 in Trondheim, Norway), most commonly known by his former stage name Morty Black, is a bassist best known for playing with international bands like JORN, Ken Hensley, Terje Rypdal and TNT.TNT Trinitrotoluene (), more commonly known as TNT, more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3. TNT is occasionally used as a reagen ...

. The ''self titled'' album, released in 1994, sold 10,000 copies in Norway, but the copies were dropped by label EMI. At this time, Jørn did the lead vocals for the Norway 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 Jørn joining a band formed in by

Whitesnake Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in London in 1978. The group was originally put together as the backing band for singer David Coverdale, who had recently left Deep Purple. Though the band quickly developed into their own entit ...

former guitarists

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and

Micky Moody Michael Joseph "Micky" Moody (born 30 August 1950) is an English guitarist, and a former member of the rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. He was also a founder-member of Snafu. Together with his former Whitesnake colleague Bernie Marsden ...

called

the Snakes The Snakes were a British-Norwegian hard rock band, formed by former Whitesnake members Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody in 1997. The line-up consisted of guitarists Marsden and Moody with Norwegian musicians, vocalist Jørn Lande, bassist Sid ...

. After a tour with the Snakes playing mostly Whitesnake covers and the recording of an album released only in Japan called '' Once Bitten'', Jørn 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''.

Ark, Millenium, Beyond Twilight, first solo albums (1999–2001)

Later on, Jørn got together with guitarist

Tore Østby Tore Østby (born 1972) is a founder, guitarist, producer, and songwriter for Norwegian progressive metal band Conception. After the band stopped playing on a permanent basis (the band was active from 1989 to 1998 and went on a 10-year hiatus) he ...

(ex- Conception) and drummer

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to form the progressive metal band

and record their first ''self titled'' album in 1999. Right after in 2000, he also made part of the American hard rock band Millenium, led by guitarist

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, and recorded the vocals for their album ''Hourglass''. The same year, John Macaluso from Ark, who was also playing with

Yngwie Malmsteen Yngwie Johan Malmsteen ( ; born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, 30 June 1963) is a Swedish guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal, and has released 22 studio albums in a career spanning ov ...

's band, made contact with the guitarist to include Jørn on a mini tour in Europe, as they needed a vocalist for the band. The collaboration between Lande and Malmsteen didn't endure and Jørn left the band in the middle of the tour. Also in the same year, Jørn 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 Jørn. Also in 2001, he teamed up with keyboardist Finn Zierler and formed the project

which led to the album ''

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'', another acclaimed work by the public and media. Still in the same year, Jørn released his second solo album ''

Worldchanger ''Worldchanger'' is the second album by Jørn Lande's solo project Jorn, released in 2001. It features a mix of tracks that represent different genres including hard rock, progressive rock, doom metal and power metal. Track listing All songs wri ...

''.

Masterplan, Allen/Lande and other projects (2002–2010)

In 2002, Jørn finally joined the global metal scene fronting the melodic power metal band Masterplan, formed with

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and

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after both were fired from

Helloween Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell and Powerfool. Its first lineup consisted of singer and guitarist Kai Hansen, bassist Markus Grosskopf, guitarist Michael Weik ...

. Jørn 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 11 May 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. During the time as member of Masterplan, Jorn also released two solo albums via the band's record label

AFM Records AFM Records GmbH is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the heavy metal musical genre, signing bands such as U.D.O., Doro, Lordi, Kotipelto, Masterplan, Nostradameus, and Annihilator. In 2005, Candlelight Records si ...

: '' Out to Every Nation'' in 2004 and '' The Duke'' in 2006. After his departure from Masterplan, Jørn concentrated more on his solo career and started a longtime partnership with the record company

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. In 2005, Jørn teamed up with

Symphony X Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey. Founded in 1994, the band consists of guitarist Michael Romeo, keyboardist Michael Pinnella, drummer Jason Rullo, lead vocalist Russell Allen and bassist Micha ...

vocalist

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in a singer-duet collaboration on the album '' The Battle'', and their following album, '' The Revenge'', released 11 May 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

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guitarist Magnus Karlsson. Jorn's first live album, ''Live in America'', was released 21 September 2007, containing two discs with tracks taken from his performance on 16 September 2006, at the rock festival ProgPower VII in

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, Georgia. In 2008, Jørn Lande lent his voice to the rock opera bands

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on the album '' 01011001'' and

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 ''The Wicked Symphony'' is the fourth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German rock opera project Avantasia, released on 3 April 2010, parallel with ''Angel of Babylon''. ''The Wicked Symphony'' was released both as part of a box set, with the t ...

'' and ''

Angel of Babylon ''Angel of Babylon'' is the fifth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's rock opera German project Avantasia, released on 3 April 2010, along with ''The Wicked Symphony''. ''Angel Of Babylon'' was released both as part of a box set, with the two albu ...

'' and once again took part in the world tour in December 2010. Jørn released two more full-length albums with his own band, ''

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'' in 2008, which was the fastest selling album of his career, and '' Spirit Black'', right one year after. On 25 July 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 21 May 2010.

Dio tribute album, Heaven and Hell and Jorn establishment (2010–2013)

In late May, a Jorn music video honoring legendary heavy metal singer

, 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

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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

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album titled '' The Showdown'' has been announced for release in September 2010. To promote the album, Frontiers Records released a videoclip of the song ''Judgement Day'' featuring Jørn singing, 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 female singer

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's first metal project ''Trillium'' singing on the vocal duet track 'Scream It'. A new Jorn album called ''

Bring Heavy Rock to the Land ''Bring Heavy Rock to the Land'' is the seventh studio album by Jørn Lande's solo project Jorn. Release The album was released on June 1, 2012, in Europe and June 5, 2012, in North America. The album's promise was to deliver another slab of cl ...

'' was released on 1 June 2012 in Europe and 5 June 2012 in North America via Frontiers Records. It has a single for the title track released on 14 May 2012. In November 2012, the record company AFM Records announced the production of a new Masterplan album with a new line-up, including Rick Altzi (

At Vance At Vance is a neoclassical/power metal band formed in Germany. They were formed by vocalist Oliver Hartmann (ex-Centers) and guitarist Olaf Lenk (ex-Velvet Viper) in 1998. Biography With the combined credentials of vocalist Oliver Hartmann a ...

) replacing Jørn Lande as vocalist. Jorn's first release for 2013 is called ''Symphonic'', a compilation of previous recordings with classical music arrangement. On 15 April 2013, it was also announced a new Jorn full-length album called '' Traveller'', which was released in 11 June in North America and 14 June in Europe.

Allen/Lande reformed, Pentakill, Dracula and Return to Avantasia (2013–present)

Jørn Lande also announced in an interview that a new Allen/Lande album was in the works but this time with songwriting and production made by former

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guitarist

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, replacing Magnus Karlsson. On 24 July 2013, Timo Tolkki also confirmed the role in the project via his Facebook page. The album '' The Great Divide'' was released on 17 October in Europe and 21 October 2014 in North America. This time, Lande has also contributed with some vocal melodies and lyrics to the songs. In 2014, Lande provided lead vocals for songs ''Lightbringer'' and ''Thornmail'' for the fictional

band, Pentakill (named after the rare occurrence of one player defeating all five of the enemy team in quick succession) taking the role of Karthus, a

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that serves as one of the playable characters in the game. The first single, Lightbringer, was released on 27 May, and the full album, Smite and Ignite, was released on 3 June 2014. The same year, it was announced a project created by Lande together with guitarist

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(former

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), an album rock opera based telling the story of

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. It was released on 23 January in Europe and 27 January 2015 in North America and it's called '' Swing Of Death''. They performed the whole album live on 1 May 2015 at the Karmoygeddon Festival in Norway. In 2015, Jorn performed live with the fictional League of Legends band Pentakill in São Paulo, Brazil during the CBLOL (League of Legends Brazilian Championship) grand final. He was singing in a duet with the character Karthus (portrayed by Brazilian singer, former Hangar, Nando Fernandes). The same year, it was announced Jorn's return to the Avantasia crew, recording vocals for the album ''Ghostlights'' and taking part in the 2016 world tour. Jorn was also announced as one of the guests of former Allen/Lande instrumentalist/producer Magnus Karlsson's new album ''Kingdom of Rock'', from his project ''Free Fall''. Jorn sings the first and self-titled track. In 2016, Jorn announced a new release called '' Heavy Rock Radio'', his third album consisting only of covers songs from artists that inspired him to start a musical career. This time the album would include covers from pop artists such as

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and also some rock icons such as

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and many more. The album was released on 3 June 2016. In 2017, a new full length Jorn album with original songs was announced. Called '' Life On Death Road'', its release date is 2 June 2017 and features all musicians from the band

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, except the singer. The same year, he was also invited to sing most of the songs in the second Pentakill album ''Grasp of the Undying'', released on 3 August 2017. He also performed live once again with the band in Brazil during the CBLOL (League of Legends Brazilian Championship) 2017 edition grand final, in the city of

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. Jorn participated in

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and is attempting to represent

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with the song "Faith Bloody Faith". The song did not qualify from Heat 1, however Jorn won the Second Chance round and advanced to the final as the wild card entry- where he made the G old Final before falling to KEiiNO, and

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, who went on to win with

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. On the 11th of April, 2021, Jørn performed with Pentakill at

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Mid-Season Showdown, debuting a new song from the band.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Cover albums

Singles

As band member

As guest vocalist

; Embee (Mai Britt) Normann * ''Wonderland'' (1993), backing vocals ;Drillos * ''Alt For Norge (single)'' (1994), Norway national football team's official song for 1994 FIFA World Cup 1994 ;Dag Kolsrud * ''December II'' (1991), songs 'Someone To Love', 'Mary Tomorrow' & 'We Wish You A Merry Christmas' * ''Got A Mind Set On Gold (single)'' (1996), song 'A Few Good Men' * ''My First Choice (single)'' (1999) * ''Famous (single)'' (2002), Norway team's official song for the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, (English and Norwegian language versions) ;Tor Talle * ''Songs from the Heart'' (1999), songs 'Don't Turn Away' & 'After Love' ;

Nikolo Kotzev Nikolo Kotzev ( bg, Николо Коцев) (born 6 June 1961) is a Bulgarian guitarist, violinist, songwriter and producer, perhaps most famous for his 2001 rock opera ''Nostradamus'' and his band Brazen Abbot. Biography Kotzev was born in P ...

* '' Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus'' (2001), as The Inquisitor ;Norwegian Gospel Voices * ''Let's Dance'' (2002), song 'Le Freak' ;

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* ''Guilty As Sin'' (2003), songs 'Eyes on the Horizon', 'Mr. Earthman', 'Bring the Colors Home' & 'A Whole Lotta Woman' ;

Diesel Dahl Morten "Diesel" Dahl (born 19 June 1959 in Trondheim, Norway) is the drummer and co-founder of the Norwegian hard rock band TNT. He started playing the drums at the age of 15, and played in bands like Burn, Edge and Hotlips before he formed TNT t ...

& Friends * ''Happy Birthday Harley Davidson: Tribute To A Legend'' (2003), song 'Harley Davidson' ;Re-Play * ''Re-Pita Mania 2'' (2003), song 'Love Don't Bother Me' ;Thunderlords * ''Fire In The Sky (single)'' (2005) ;Bjørn Øyvind Bya & Jørn Lande * ''Så Er Vi Her Igjen (Cupfinale Låta) (single)'' (2006) ;

Ken Hensley Kenneth William David Hensley (24 August 1945 – 4 November 2020) was an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, best known for his work with Uriah Heep during the 1970s. He wrote or co-wrote the majority of Uriah ...

* ''Blood on the Highway'' (2007) * ''Blood on the Highway – The Exclusive Release Concert (live album)'' (2008) ;Genius – A Rock Opera * ''Episode 3: The Final Surprise'' (2007) as Apikor ;

* ''

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'' (2007) * '' Lost in Space Part II'' (2007) * '' The Scarecrow'' (2008) * ''

'' (2010) * ''

The Flying Opera ''The Flying Opera'' is a boxed set containing two DVDs and two CDs by the German power metal band Avantasia, released in March 2011. Avantasia evolved from being a side-project of Edguy vocalist Tobias Sammet to a full-fledged band touring all o ...

(live album)'' (2011) * ''

Ghostlights ''Ghostlights'' is the seventh full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German metal opera project Avantasia. It was released on 29 January 2016. The opening track and first single " Mystery of a Blood Red Rose" was a candidate for the German repres ...

'' (2016) * '' Moonglow'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2022) ;

* '' 01011001'' (2008) ;Olle Johnny Lande * ''Tidssignal'' (2010) ;Pushking * ''The World As We Love It'' (2011), song 'Heroin' ;

's Trillium * ''

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'' (2011), song 'Scream It' ;David Lande * ''Take The Wheel (single)'' – (2013), backing vocals ;

– ''

'' * ''Smite And Ignite'' (2014) as Karthus, songs 'Lightbringer' & 'Thornmail' * ''Grasp of the Undying'' (2017) as Karthus, songs 'The Bloodthirster', 'Cull', 'Mortal Reminder', 'Dead Man's Plate' & 'Frozen Heart' * ''Lost Chapter'' (2021) as Karthus, songs 'Lost Chapter', 'Edge of Night', 'Gathering Storm', 'Executioner's Calling', 'Last Stand', 'Redemption' & 'Lightbringer - Acoustic' ; Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall * '' Kingdom of Rock'' (2015), song 'Kingdom of Rock' ;Oceans of Time * ''Trust'' (2016), song 'Grapes of Baccus' ;Martin Simson's Destroyer of Death * ''Master of All (single)'' (2021)

Solo band members

Band members/guests

Current lineup: *Tore Moren – guitars (

, The Duke,

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, The Gathering, Live in America,

Lonely Are The Brave ''Lonely Are the Brave'' is a 1962 American black and white Western film adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel ''The Brave Cowboy'' directed by David Miller from a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands and Walter ...

, Spirit Black, Dio, Live in Black,

, Live on Death Road, Heavy Rock Radio II, Over The Horizon Radar, guest on Starfire, additional guitars on Heavy Rock Radio) *Adrian SB - guitars (Over The Horizon Radar) *Francesco Jovino – drums ( Heavy Rock Radio, Life On Death Road, Live on Death Road, Heavy Rock Radio II, Over The Horizon Radar) *

Alessandro Del Vecchio Alessandro Del Vecchio (born 21 April 1979) is an Italian multi-instrumentalist and producer, best known for his collaborations with hard rock and heavy metal artists such as Jørn Lande, Revolution Saints, Hardline, Fergie Frederiksen, Ted Poley ...

– keyboards ( Heavy Rock Radio, Life On Death Road, Live on Death Road, Heavy Rock Radio II, Over The Horizon Radar) Former: Guitars: *Jørn Viggo Lofstad – guitars ( Out to Every Nation, The Duke,

, The Gathering, Live in America,

, additional guitars on Heavy Rock Radio) *Jimmy Iversen – guitars ( Spirit Black,

, Traveller, additional guitars on Heavy Rock Radio) *Trond Holter – guitars ( Traveller, Heavy Rock Radio) *Tor Erik Myhre – guitars ( Dio, Live in Black) *Alex Beyrodt – guitars ( Life On Death Road) *Igor Gianola – guitars (Live, additional guitars on Spirit Black, Dio and Heavy Rock Radio II) *Jon Berg – guitars (additional guitars on Spirit Black) *

– guitars (guest on Starfire,

) *

– guitars (guest on Starfire,

) *

– guitars (guest on Starfire,

) *

Gus G Kostas Karamitroudis (born 12 September 1980), better known as Gus G, is a Greek heavy metal guitarist. He currently plays with his band Firewind. He has also played in Mystic Prophecy, Nightrage, Arch Enemy, Dream Evil and Ozzy Osbour ...

– guitars (guest on Life On Death Road) *

Craig Goldy Thomas "Craig" Goldy (born November 6, 1961) is an American musician, best known as the guitarist of the rock bands Dio and Giuffria. Early musical life Goldy was born in San Diego, California. Before Dio, he played in the bands Vengeance, R ...

– guitars (guest on Life On Death Road) Bass: *

Sid Ringsby Øystein "Sid" Ringsby (born 16 February 1961) is a Norwegian bassist best known for playing with Road, TinDrum, The Snakes, TNT, Ken Hensley, Wild Willy's Gang and JORN, Jørn Lande's solo band. His recording rock career started 1984 as he be ...

– bass (

, Spirit Black, Live on Death Road, Heavy Rock Radio II, additional bass on Heavy Rock Radio) *

) *Nic Angileri – bass ( Dio, Live in Black,

, additional bass on Spirit Black and Heavy Rock Radio) *Steinar Krokmo – bass ( Live in America, guest on

) *Thomas Bekkevold – bass ( Heavy Rock Radio) *

Magnus Rosén Klas Magnus Rosén is a Swedish musician, born 1963 in Gothenburg. He was the bassist of Swedish band HammerFall from 1997 to 2007. Magnus Rosén started to play bass when he was 15 years old. after playing bass for three years he went on his ...

– bass ( Out to Every Nation) *Bernt Jansen – bass ( Traveller) *

Mat Sinner Mat Sinner (born Matthias Lasch; 16 October 1964 in Stuttgart, West Germany) is a bassist, vocalist, and record producer from Stuttgart, Germany. Sinner has been involved in numerous bands and projects throughout his musical career. His main ...

– bass ( Life On Death Road) *Nik Mazzucconi – bass (Over The Horizon Radar) *Espen Mjöen – bass (additional Bass on

, Spirit Black and Traveller) Drums: *Willy Bendiksen – drums ( The Duke,

, The Gathering, Live in America,

, Spirit Black, Dio, Live in Black,

, Traveller, guest on Starfire, additional drums on Heavy Rock Radio) *Stian Kristoffersen – drums ( Out to Every Nation, guest on Live in America) *

Jan Axel von Blomberg Jan Axel Blomberg (born 2 August 1969) is a Norwegian heavy metal drummer known professionally as Hellhammer. He is best known as the drummer of Mayhem, which he joined in 1988. In 1987 Blomberg formed the avant-garde black metal band Arcturu ...

– drums (

) *Beata Polak – drums (Live on Death Road) *

– drums ( Starfire) *Jon A . Narum – drums, samples, bass, guitars, melotrone (guest on Starfire) *Christian Svendsen – drums (Live) Keyboards: *

Dag Stokke Dag Stokke (1 April 1967 – 27 April 2011) was a Norwegian keyboardist, church organist and mastering engineer best known for his work with the Norwegian rock bands TNT and Vagabond. He owned an online mastering service called OnlineMaster ...

– keyboards ( Starfire) *Ronny Tegner – keyboards ( Out to Every Nation) *Lasse Jensen – keyboards (additional keyboards on Heavy Rock Radio) *Lasse Finbråten – keyboards (guest on Live in America)

References

External links

Jørn's official site

Jørn – Song for Ronnie James Tribute Video
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