Jørn Marumsrud Lande (born 31 May 1968) is a Norwegian
hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...
and
heavy metal singer. He is known for his work with the bands
Ark,
Beyond Twilight, Millenium,
Vagabond,
The Snakes, and most notably with
power metal
Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within a symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in co ...
band
Masterplan. He is also the most recurrent guest singer of the international
supergroup Avantasia
Avantasia is a German Supergroup (music), supergroup rock opera, 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 music ...
, and has worked as lead and guest singer in several projects. Currently, he is focusing his activities on his solo project
Jorn. In 2014, Lande was hired by
Riot Games
Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles. It was founded in September 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill to develop ''League of Legends'' and went on to develop ...
to be the voice of the character Karthus, of the fictional heavy metal band
Pentakill (''
League of Legends
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'').
Biography
Vagabond, the Snakes and first projects (1993–1998)
The first band with whom Jørn achieved minor success was
Vagabond, which featured
Ronni Le Tekrø,
Morty Black and other former members of the Norwegian hard rock band
TNT
Troponin T (shortened TnT or TropT) is a part of the troponin complex, which are proteins integral to the contraction of skeletal and heart muscles. They are expressed in skeletal and cardiac myocytes. Troponin T binds to tropomyosin and helps ...
. Their self-titled debut album, released in 1994, sold 10,000 copies in Norway, but the band were dropped by label
EMI. At this time, Jørn recorded the lead vocals for the
Norway national football team
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's song for the
1994 World Cup, "Alt for Norge" (Everything 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 1997 by former
Whitesnake
Whitesnake are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1978. The group were originally put together as the backing band for singer David Coverdale, who had recently left Deep Purple. Though the band quickly developed into their ow ...
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'', 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 (
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, led by guitarist
Ralph Santolla
Ralph Santolla (December 8, 1966 – June 7, 2018) was an Italian-American heavy metal music, heavy metal guitarist. He played in many bands, most notably Deicide (band), Deicide, but also including Eyewitness, Death (metal band), Death (he never r ...
, 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, on 30 June 1963) is a Swedish-American guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical metal, neoclassical playing style in heavy metal music, heavy metal, and has ...
'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. 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''. Still in the same year, Jørn released his second solo album ''
Worldchanger''.
Masterplan, Allen/Lande and other projects (2002–2010)
In 2002, Jørn joined the melodic power metal band
Masterplan, formed with
Roland Grapow and
Uli Kusch
Ulrich Kusch (born 11 March 1967) is a German 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 rh ...
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. The band has at times been called one of the most influential European heavy metal bands of the 1980s. Its first ...
. 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, Redlight King, and Annihilator.
In 2005, Can ...
: ''
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
Frontiers Records
Frontiers Music (formerly Frontiers Records) is an Italian record label that primarily focuses on hard rock. The label was founded in 1996 by Serafino Perugino and is headquartered in Naples.
History
In 1996, Serafino Perugino began his care ...
.
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 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
Swedish 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
Atlanta
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, Georgia.
In 2008, Jørn Lande lent his voice to the rock opera bands
Ayreon
Ayreon is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen. Ayreon's music is described as progressive rock, progressive metal and power metal sometimes combined with genres such as folk music, f ...
on the album ''
01011001
''01011001'' is the seventh studio album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's long-running Ayreon project. The title is the binary representation of the ASCII value of the letter ''Y''.
''01011001'' is a concept album that tells the story of aliens ca ...
'' and
Avantasia
Avantasia is a German Supergroup (music), supergroup rock opera, 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 music ...
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 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
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
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century a ...
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 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
Amanda Somerville
Amanda Somerville (born March 7, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who resides in Wolfsburg, Germany. She is known primarily for her work with many European symphonic metal bands.
Biography
Personal life
Somerville was ...
's first metal project ''Trillium'' singing on the vocal duet track 'Scream It'.
A new Jorn album called ''
Bring Heavy Rock to the Land'' 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) 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
Stratovarius
Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal band. Formed in 1984, they have released sixteen studio albums, six DVDs and six live albums. The band's line-up has changed many times, with no founding member left since the departure of drummer Tuomo ...
guitarist
Timo Tolkki
Timo Tapio Tolkki (born 3 March 1966) is a Finnish musician best known as the former guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer of the power metal band Stratovarius. With his tenure lasting for more than twenty years, he was the longest standing ...
, 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
League of Legends
''League of Legends'' (''LoL'', commonly referred to as ''League'', is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a Mod (video games), custom map for ''Warcraf ...
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
lich
In fantasy fiction, a lich () is a type of undead creature with magical powers.
Various works of fantasy fiction, such as Clark Ashton Smith's " The Empire of the Necromancers" (1932), had used ''lich'' as a general term for any corpse, animat ...
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
Trond Holter (former
Wig Wam), an album rock opera based telling the story of
Bram Stoker
Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912), better known by his pen name Bram Stoker, was an Irish novelist who wrote the 1897 Gothic horror novel ''Dracula''. The book is widely considered a milestone in Vampire fiction, and one of t ...
's
Dracula
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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 that Jorn would be returning to Avantasia, 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
Kate Bush
Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer. Bush began writing songs at age 11. She was signed to EMI Records after David Gilmour of Pink Floyd helped produce a demo tape. In 1978, at the ...
,
Frida
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People and fictional characters
*Frida (given name), any of several people or characters
**
*Frieda (surname), any of several people or characters
*Afroditi Frida (born 1964), Greek singer
*Frida (singer) ...
,
John Farnham
John Peter Farnham (born 1 July 1949) is a British-born Australian singer. Farnham was a teen pop idol from 1967 until the mid-1970s, billed as Johnny Farnham. He has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer.McFarlane (1999). Enc ...
and also some rock icons such as
Paul Stanley
Paul Stanley (born Stanley Bert Eisen; January 20, 1952) is an American musician who was the co-founder, frontman, rhythm guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss (band), Kiss from the band's inception in 1973 to their retireme ...
,
Queen
Queen most commonly refers to:
* Queen regnant, a female monarch of a kingdom
* Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king
* Queen (band), a British rock band
Queen or QUEEN may also refer to:
Monarchy
* Queen dowager, the widow of a king
* Q ...
,
Iron Maiden
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,
Journey,
Eagles
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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
Voodoo Circle, 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
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the List of largest cities in Brazil, sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.3 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, containing a population of 6 million. It is the List of cities in Sout ...
.
Jorn participated in
Melodi Grand Prix 2021, the Norwegian preselection for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2021
The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 was the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, following the country's win at the with the song "Arcade (song), Arcade" by Duncan Laurence. The Netherlands was se ...
, 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 Gold Final before losing to
KEiiNO and
TIX.
On 11 April 2021, Jørn performed with Pentakill at
LCS 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's Nostradamus'' (2001), as The Inquisitor
;Norwegian Gospel Voices
* ''Let's Dance'' (2002), song 'Le Freak'
;
Brazen Abbot
* ''Guilty As Sin'' (2003), songs 'Eyes on the Horizon', 'Mr. Earthman', 'Bring the Colors Home' & 'A Whole Lotta Woman'
;
Diesel Dahl & 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 musician, singer, songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Uriah Heep (band), Uriah Heep during the 1970s.
He wrote or co-wrote the majority of ...
* ''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
;
Avantasia
Avantasia is a German Supergroup (music), supergroup rock opera, 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 music ...
* ''
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)
* ''
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 repre ...
'' (2016)
* ''
Moonglow'' (2019)
* ''
A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society'' (2022)
;
Ayreon
Ayreon is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen. Ayreon's music is described as progressive rock, progressive metal and power metal sometimes combined with genres such as folk music, f ...
* ''
01011001
''01011001'' is the seventh studio album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's long-running Ayreon project. The title is the binary representation of the ASCII value of the letter ''Y''.
''01011001'' is a concept album that tells the story of aliens ca ...
'' (2008)
;Olle Johnny Lande
* ''Tidssignal'' (2010)
;Pushking
* ''The World As We Love It'' (2011), song 'Heroin'
;
Amanda Somerville
Amanda Somerville (born March 7, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who resides in Wolfsburg, Germany. She is known primarily for her work with many European symphonic metal bands.
Biography
Personal life
Somerville was ...
's Trillium
* ''
Alloy
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'' (2011), song 'Scream It'
;David Lande
* ''Take The Wheel (single)'' – (2013), backing vocals
;
Pentakill – ''
League of Legends
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''
* ''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 (
Worldchanger,
The Duke,
Unlocking the Past,
The Gathering,
Live in America,
Lonely Are The Brave,
Spirit Black,
Dio,
Live in Black,
Bring Heavy Rock to the Land, 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 – keyboards (
Heavy Rock Radio,
Life On Death Road, Live on Death Road, Heavy Rock Radio II, Over The Horizon Radar)
*Øyvind Strønen – bass (Live)
Former:
Guitars:
*Jørn Viggo Lofstad – guitars (
Out to Every Nation,
The Duke,
Unlocking the Past,
The Gathering,
Live in America,
Lonely Are The Brave, additional guitars on
Heavy Rock Radio)
*Jimmy Iversen – guitars (
Spirit Black,
Bring Heavy Rock to the Land,
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)
*
Tore Østby – guitars (guest on
Starfire,
Unlocking the Past)
*
Ralph Santolla
Ralph Santolla (December 8, 1966 – June 7, 2018) was an Italian-American heavy metal music, heavy metal guitarist. He played in many bands, most notably Deicide (band), Deicide, but also including Eyewitness, Death (metal band), Death (he never r ...
– guitars (guest on
Starfire,
Unlocking the Past)
*
Ronni Le Tekrø – guitars (guest on
Starfire,
Unlocking the Past)
*
Gus G
Konstantinos 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 ...
– 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 (band), Dio and Giuffria.
Early musical life
Goldy was born in San Diego, California. Before Dio, he played in the bands Ve ...
– guitars (guest on
Life On Death Road)
Bass:
*
Sid Ringsby
Øystein "Sid" Ringsby (born 16 February 1961) is a Norway, Norwegian bassist best known for playing with Road, TinDrum, The Snakes, TNT (Norwegian band), TNT, Ken Hensley, Wild Willy's Gang and Jorn (band), JORN, Jørn Lande, Jørn Lande's solo ...
– bass (
Worldchanger,
Lonely Are The Brave,
Spirit Black, Live on Death Road, Heavy Rock Radio II, additional bass on
Heavy Rock Radio)
*
Morty Black – bass (
The Duke,
The Gathering,
Unlocking the Past)
*Nic Angileri – bass (
Dio,
Live in Black,
Bring Heavy Rock to the Land, additional bass on
Spirit Black and
Heavy Rock Radio)
*Steinar Krokmo – bass (
Live in America, guest on
Unlocking the Past)
*Thomas Bekkevold – bass (
Heavy Rock Radio)
*
Magnus Rosén – bass (
Out to Every Nation)
*Bernt Jansen – bass (
Traveller)
*
Mat Sinner – bass (
Life On Death Road)
*Nik Mazzucconi – bass (Over The Horizon Radar)
*Espen Mjöen – bass (additional Bass on
Lonely Are The Brave,
Spirit Black and
Traveller)
Drums:
*Willy Bendiksen – drums (
The Duke,
Unlocking the Past,
The Gathering,
Live in America,
Lonely Are The Brave,
Spirit Black,
Dio,
Live in Black,
Bring Heavy Rock to the Land,
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 – drums (
Worldchanger)
*Beata Polak – drums (Live on Death Road)
*
John Macaluso – drums (
Starfire)
*Jon A . Narum – drums, samples, bass, guitars, melotrone (guest on
Starfire)
*Christian Svendsen – drums (Live)
Keyboards:
*
Dag Stokke – 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
Official website
Jørn – Song for Ronnie James Tribute Video
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lande, Jorn
1968 births
Norwegian heavy metal singers
Norwegian male singers
Living people
People from Rjukan
Masterplan (band) members
Allen-Lande members
Heaven & Hell (band) members
Ark (Norwegian band) members
The Snakes (band) members
Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force members
Frontiers Records artists
AFM Records artists
Candlelight Records artists
The Company of Snakes members
Brazen Abbot members