Orden Ogan

Orden Ogan
Origin	Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Genres	Power metal Folk metal Progressive metal
Years active	1996-present
Labels	Yonah Records AFM Records
Associated acts	Suidakra, Nüpfelgard, Solar Fragment, Absence, Duke, Nogge, Adam's Fall, Meilenstein

Orden Ogan is a German power metal band with progressive and folk metal elements.^{[citation needed]} They are the organisers of the German metal festival WinterNachtsTraum.^{[citation needed]}

History

Originally founded in June 1996 as Tanzende Aingewaide the band was renamed to Orden Ogan in 1997.^{[citation needed]} They released 3 Demotapes: "Into Oblivion" (1997), "Anthem to the Darkside" (1998) and "Soli Deo Gloria" (1999), which received good press response.^{[citation needed]} After some line up changes the band introduced their characteristic sound with the release of "Testimonium a.d." in 2004.^{[citation needed]} It received an average of 9.5 to a full 10/10 points in German reviews.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2008 the band's label debut "Vale" was released via Yonah Records in Germany which was met with acclaim by the European press.^{[citation needed]} The German Rock Hard Magazine Magazine called the band "the one and only legitimate Blind Guardian successor".^{[citation needed]} "Vale" will be released in Brazil and Japan in 2009.

The band played over 50 shows in 2008 with festivals such as Rock am Ring (Ger, Hi8 stage), Metal Healing (Greece), Rock Harz (Ger) or Metal Camp (Slovenia).^{[citation needed]}

Currently Orden Ogan is writing new material for the next record "Easton Hope" that will be released in early 2010 (Label: AFM).^{[citation needed][dated info]}

Line up

• Seeb - guitars, vocals
• Tobi - guitars
• Nils - keyboards, vocals
• Lars - bass
• Ghnu - drums

Former members

• Marc Peters - guitar (1998–2000)
• Nora Schumann - oboe (1998–2000)
• Stefan Manarin - guitars (2000–2006)
• Verena Melchert - flute (2001–2004)
• Alexandra Schneider - violin (2001–2003)
• Christina Decker - keyboards (1996–2000)
• Sebastian Severin - bass (1996–2006)
• Timo Koennecke - bass (2006–2007)
• Philip Donner - keyboards (2000)
• Sven Känzler - vocals (1996)

Discography

• 1997 - Into Oblivion Demo
• 1998 - Anthem to the Darkside Demo
• 1999 - Soli Deo Gloria Demo
• 2004 - Testimonium a.d. (self released)
• 2008 - Vale (Yonah Records)
• 2010 - Easton Hope (AFM Records)

External links

• Official Orden Ogan website
• Official Orden Ogan myspace
• WinterNachtsTraum Festival