Iron Savior
{{Short description|German power metal band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
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| origin = Hamburg, Germany
| genre = Power metal
| years_active = 1996–present
| label = {{hlist|AFM Records (current)|{{nowrap|Dockyard 1}}|Noise}}
| website = {{URL|iron-savior.com}}
| current_members = Piet Sielck
Jan-S Eckert
Joachim "Piesel" Küstner
Patrick Klose
| past_members = Kai Hansen
Thomen Stauch
Dan Zimmermann
Andreas Kück
Yenz Leonhardt
Thomas Nack
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Iron Savior is a German power metal band that was formed in Hamburg in 1996. Following a period of several years working behind the scenes in music production, multi-instrumentalist and producer/engineer Piet Sielck joined with former Helloween bandmate Kai Hansen and then-drummer for Blind Guardian, Thomen Stauch in a new project that would blend power metal with a high-concept science fiction story.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/iron-savior-p302825/biography |title=Iron Savior |author=Alex Henderson |website=AllMusic|access-date=6 February 2011}} The band's debut album Iron Savior introduced the story that would be told over the course of multiple albums, featuring a self-aware space vessel called the Iron Savior and its relationship to the mythical lost civilization of Atlantis.{{cite web |url=http://site.iron-savior.com/band/story/ |title=The whole Iron Savior story |work=Iron Savior |access-date=25 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218043600/http://site.iron-savior.com/band/story/ |archive-date=18 December 2015 |url-status=dead }}
Critics have compared Iron Savior's sound and musical approach to classic heavy metal bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Queensrÿche. Kai Hansen's presence in the band brought to the Iron Savior albums on which he appeared a style heavily influenced by Gamma Ray and Helloween.{{cite web |url=http://www.metalstorm.ee/bands/biography.php?band_id=226&bandname=Iron+Savior |title=Iron Savior – Biography |work=Metal Storm |access-date=6 February 2011}}
Since its inception, Iron Savior has released twelve studio albums, two EPs, three singles and one live album.
Despite numerous lineup changes, Piet has continued to direct the band and is currently the only remaining founding member.
Members
=Current band members=
- Piet Sielck – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards (1996–present), bass (1996)
- Patrick Opitz – bass, vocals (2025–present)
- Joachim "Piesel" Küstner – guitar, backing vocals (2000–present)
- Patrick Klose – drums (2017–present)
=Former band members=
- Kai Hansen – guitar, vocals (1996–2001)
- Thomen Stauch – drums (1996–1998)
- Andreas Kück – keyboards, backing vocals (1998–2003)
- Dan Zimmermann – drums (1998–1999)
- Thomas Nack – drums (1999–2017; touring member: 1997–1998)
- Yenz Leonhardt – bass, backing vocals (2003–2011)
- Jan-Sören Eckert – bass, vocals (1997–2003, 2011–2025)
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Discography
=Albums=
- Iron Savior (1997)
- Unification (1999)
- Dark Assault (2001)
- Condition Red (2002)
- Battering Ram (2004)
- Megatropolis (2007) (re-recorded in 2015 as Megatropolis 2.0)
- The Landing (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=72241 |title=Iron Savior Announces New Album; Streams Track - in Metal News |website=Metalunderground.com |access-date=23 March 2020}}
- Rise of the Hero (2014){{Cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/iron-savior-rise-of-the-hero-cover-artwork-track-listing-revealed/|title=Iron Savior: 'Rise Of The Hero' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed - Blabbermouth.net|date=27 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227024601/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/iron-savior-rise-of-the-hero-cover-artwork-track-listing-revealed/|access-date=14 October 2020|archive-date=27 December 2013}}
- Titancraft (2016)
- Reforged – Riding on Fire (2017)
- Kill or Get Killed (2019){{cite web|title=IRON SAVIOR To Release Kill Or Get Killed Album In March: "Eternal Quest" Song Streaming|url=http://bravewords.com/news/iron-savior-to-release-kill-or-get-killed-album-in-march-eternal-quest-song-streaming|website=Bravewords.com|access-date=22 January 2019|date=18 January 2019}}
- Skycrest (2020){{cite web|url=https://www.afm-records.de/en/news/119-iron-savior/1435-iron-savior-announce-new-album.html/|title=IRON SAVIOR announce new album|publisher=AFM Records|access-date=17 October 2020|date=12 October 2020}}
- Reforged – Ironbound (2022)
- Firestar (2023){{cite web|url=https://www.metal-rules.com/2023/08/11/iron-savior-returns-in-the-realm-of-heavy-metal-in-new-single-video-off-upcoming-album/|website=Metal Rules|title=Iron Savior Returns "In the Realm of Heavy Metal" In New Single & Video Off Upcoming Album|access-date=20 September 2023|date=11 August 2023}}
=Extended plays=
- Coming Home (1998)
- Interlude (1999)
- I've Been to Hell (2000)
- Curse of the Machinery (2023)
=Singles=
- Titans of Our Time (2002)
- Time Will Tell (2004)
- In the Realm of Heavy Metal (2023)
- Firestar (2023)
- Through the Fires of Hell (2023)
=Live albums=
- Live at the Final Frontier (2015)
References
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External links
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- [http://www.iron-savior.com/ Official website]
- {{allmusic}}
- [https://www.angelfire.com/retro/aurorasoft/WCBpersonal/IronSaviorPlot.txt Text of the Iron Savior story as told through liner notes]
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Category:Musical groups established in 1996
Category:German power metal musical groups
Category:German musical quartets