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VANDEN PLAS: 'Heavy Mental Shadow Opera' To Premier Next February

April 12, 2005

German progressive metallers VANDEN PLAS have confirmed plans to bring the "Abydos" solo album of the group's lead singer, Andy Kuntz, to the stage. Kuntz' "Heavy Mental Shadow Opera" will premier in Kaiserslautern's Pfalztheater next February. It will be the city's official cultural contribution to the FIFA Football World Cup 2006 in Germany. VANDEN PLAS will play live with big choirs, the orchestral arrangements of Stefan Glass and an ensemble with more than 50 persons. Günter Werno will be the musical director and Andy Kuntz will play the main character "Fly."

As previously reported, VANDEN PLAS have set "Christ 0" ("Christ Zero") as the title of their upcoming concept album, which is said to be a modern adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' book "Monte Cristo". The band are also working on a rock opera based on the same concept, but the regular VANDEN PLAS album is their main priority. Even though the band has been working on theater-oriented material for their rock opera, "Christ Zero" will be a very heavy album. The band has written more than 25 songs and will chose about 15 of them to work on the arrangements for the album. The leftover material will be used for the rock opera.

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