Origin: Heidenheim, Germany  
Genres: Power Metal
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Last update/review: August 26, 2021

Brainstorm

Brainstorm is one of those bands that perfectly sum up the German power metal scene, churning out albums with regularity, sticking to a set formula, playing a typical power metal style that seemingly is never out of vogue in Europe. They score few points for originality, but they've been quite successful over their years. Scary Creatures, released in 2016, is their eleventh studio album.

Upcoming album: Plague Of Rats, release date February 28, 2025.

Current Members

Andy B. Franck

vocals (ex-Almanac, ex-Symphorce)

Torsten Ihlenfeld

guitars

Milan Loncaric

guitars

Jim Ramses

bass (ex-On Thorns I Lay)

Dieter Bernert

drums

Former Members/Guests

Marcus Jürgens

vocals

Andreas Mailänder

bass

Antonio Ieva

bass


Discography



Hungry  
1997 B.O.
  1. Nails In My Hands
  2. King Of Fools
  3. Innocent Until Caught
  4. The Other Side
  5. Tomorrow Never Comes
  6. Liar's Edge
  7. Tell-Tale Heart
  8. Welcome To The Darkside
  9. Bring You Down
  10. Deep Down Into Passion
  11. Mr. Know-It-All
  • Marcus Jürgens
  • Torsten Ihlenfeld
  • Milan Loncaric
  • Andreas Mailänder
  • Dieter Bernert


Unholy  
1998 B.O.
  1. MCMXCVIII
  2. Holy War
  3. Here Comes The Pain
  4. Voices
  5. The Healer
  6. Don't Stop Believing
  7. Heart Of Hate
  8. Rebellion
  9. For The Love Of Money
  10. Love Is A Lie
  11. Into The Fire
  12. Dog Days Coming Soon
  • Marcus Jürgens
  • Torsten Ihlenfeld
  • Milan Loncaric
  • Andreas Mailänder
  • Dieter Bernert


Ambiguity  
2000 Metal Blade
  1. Crush Depth
  2. Tear Down The Walls
  3. Beyond My Destiny
  4. Arena
  5. Coming Closer
  6. Darkest Silence
  7. Maharaja Palace
  8. Far Away
  9. Demonsion
  10. Lost Unseen
  11. Perception Of Life
  • Andy B. Franck
  • Torsten Ihlenfeld
  • Milan Loncaric
  • Andreas Mailänder
  • Dieter Bernert


Metus Mortis  
2001 Metal Blade
  1. Metus Mortis
  2. Blind Suffering
  3. Shadowland
  4. Checkmate In Red
  5. Hollow Hideaway
  6. Weakness Sows Its Seed
  7. Into The Never
  8. Under Lights
  9. Cycles
  10. Behind
  11. Meet Me In The Dark
  12. Strength Of Will
  13. Face Down (digipack/Japanese bonus)
  14. (E.O.C.) Cross God's Face (Japanese bonus)
  15. Savage (Japanese bonus)
  • Andy B. Franck
  • Torsten Ihlenfeld
  • Milan Loncaric
  • Andreas Mailänder
  • Dieter Bernert


Soul Temptation  
2003 Metal Blade
  1. Highs Without Lows
  2. Doorway To Survive
  3. The Leading
  4. Nunca Nos Rendimos
  5. Fading
  6. Trinity Of Lust (Shiva's Tears, Fornever, Soul Temptation)
  7. Dying Outside
  8. To The Head
  9. Rising
  • Andy B. Franck
  • Torsten Ihlenfeld
  • Milan Loncaric
  • Andreas Mailänder
  • Dieter Bernert
2003 Readers' Album #81



Liquid Monster  
2005 Metal Blade
  1. Worlds Are Comin' Through
  2. Inside The Monster
  3. All Those Words
  4. Lifeline
  5. Invisible Enemy
  6. Heavenly
  7. Painside
  8. Despair To Drown
  9. Mask Of life
  10. Even Higher
  11. Burns My Soul
  • Andy B. Franck
  • Torsten Ihlenfeld
  • Milan Loncaric
  • Andreas Mailänder
  • Dieter Bernert
2005 Readers' Album #63



Honey From The B's (Beasting Around The Bush)  VIDEO
2007 Metal Blade


Downburst  
2008 Metal Blade
  1. Falling Spiral Down
  2. Fire Walk With Me
  3. Stained With Sin
  4. Redemption in Your Eyes
  5. End in Sorrow
  6. How Do You Feel
  7. Protect Me From Myself
  8. Surrounding Walls
  9. Frozen
  10. All Alone
  • Andy B. Franck
  • Torsten Ihlenfeld
  • Milan Loncaric
  • Antonio Ieva
  • Dieter Bernert
2008 Readers' Album #59



Memorial Roots  
2009 AFM
  1. Forsake What I Believed
  2. Shiver
  3. The Conjuction of 7 Planets
  4. Cross the Line
  5. Nailed Down Dreams
  6. Blood Still Stains
  7. Ahimsa
  8. The Final Stages of Decay
  9. Victim
  10. When No One Cares
  11. Would You
  • Andy B. Franck
  • Torsten Ihlenfeld
  • Milan Loncaric
  • Antonio Ieva
  • Dieter Bernert


Just Highs No Lows - 12 Years Of Persistance  COMPILATION
2009 Metal Blade
  1. Falling Spiral Down
  2. Fire Walk With Me
  3. End In Sorrow
  4. How Do You Feel
  5. Worlds Are Coming Through
  6. All Those Words
  7. Inside The Monster
  8. Painside
  9. Heavenly
  10. Highs Without Lows
  11. The Leading
  12. Doorway To Survive
  13. Shiva's Tears
  14. Fornever
  15. Soul Temptation
  16. Blind Suffering
  17. Hollow Hideaway
  18. Shadowland
  19. Under Lights
  20. Tear Down The Walls
  21. Maharaja Palace
  22. Beyond My Destiny
  23. Demonsion
  24. Face Down*
  25. Breathe*
  26. Drowning*
  27. Crawling In Chains
  28. Before The Dawn [Judas Priest Cover]
  29. Voices [Live]
  30. Liar's Edge [Live]


On The Spur Of The Moment  
2011 AFM
  1. Below The Line
  2. In The Blink Of An Eye
  3. Temple Of Stone
  4. In These Walls
  5. Still Insane
  6. Dark Life
  7. No Saint - No Sinner
  8. Where Your Actions Lead You To Live
  9. A Life On Hold
  10. My Own Hell
  11. Below The Line
  12. In The Blink Of An Eye
  13. Temple Of Stone
  14. In These Walls
  15. Still Insane
  16. Dark Life
  17. No Saint - No Sinner
  18. Where Your Actions Lead You To Live
  19. A Life On Hold
  20. My Own Hell
  • Andy B. Franck
  • Torsten Ihlenfeld
  • Milan Loncaric
  • Antonio Ieva
  • Dieter Bernert


Firesoul  
2014 AFM
  1. Erased by the Dark
  2. Firesoul
  3. Descendants of the Fire
  4. Entering Solitude
  5. Recall the Real
  6. Shadowseeker
  7. Feed Me Lies
  8. What Grows Inside
  9. The Chosen
  10. And I Wonder
  • Andy B. Franck
  • Torsten Ihlenfeld
  • Milan Loncaric
  • Antonio Ieva
  • Dieter Bernert
2014 Readers' Album #66



Scary Creatures  
2016 AFM
  1. The World to See
  2. How Much Can You Take
  3. We Are...
  4. Where Angels Dream
  5. Scary Creatures
  6. Twisted Ways
  7. Caressed by the Blackness
  8. Scars in Your Eyes
  9. Take Me to the Never
  10. Sky Among the Clouds
  • Andy B. Franck
  • Torsten Ihlenfeld
  • Milan Loncaric
  • Antonio Ieva
  • Dieter Bernert


Midnight Ghost  
2018 AFM
  1. Devil's Eye
  2. Revealing the Darkness
  3. Ravenous Minds
  4. The Pyre
  5. Jeanne Boulet (1764)
  6. Divine Inner Ghost
  7. When Pain Becomes Real
  8. The Four Blessings
  9. Haunting Voices
  10. The Path
  • Andy B. Franck
  • Torsten Ihlenfeld
  • Milan Loncaric
  • Antonio Ieva
  • Dieter Bernert


Wall Of Skulls  
2021 AFM
  1. . Chamber Thirteen
  2. Where Ravens Fly
  3. Solitude
  4. Escape the Silence
  5. Turn Off the Light
  6. Glory Disappears
  7. My Dystopia
  8. End of My Innocence
  9. Stigmatized (Shadows Fall)
  10. Holding On
  11. I, the Deceiver
  • Andy B. Franck
  • Torsten Ihlenfeld
  • Milan Loncaric
  • Antonio Ieva
  • Dieter Bernert


Plague Of Rats    RELEASE DATE: February 28, 2025
2025 Reigning Phoenix
  1. Beyond Enemy Lines
  2. Garuda (Eater of Snakes)
  3. Fale Memories
  4. The Shepherd Girl (Gitavoginda)
  5. Your Soul That Lingers in Me
  6. Masquerade Conspiracy
  7. From Hell
  8. The Dark of Night
  9. Crawling
  10. Celebrate Youth (Rick Springfield cover)
  11. Curtains Fall



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