The History of HARTMANN Started in 2005 with the Debut 'Out in the Cold', Often Reviewed As 'Album of the Month' in a Wide Range of Rock Magazines All Over the World

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The history of HARTMANN started in 2005 with the debut 'Out in the cold', often reviewed as 'Album of the month' in a wide range of rock magazines all over the world. With their successful followers 'Home' (2006), '3' (2009), 'Balance' (2012) and the special live & acoustic DVD/CD 'Handmade' (2008) the band has meanwhile worked out their status as being one of Germany’s best modern hard rock bands that is offering high-class Melodic Rock with a modern approach and international class. The band also enjoys the good reputation as an outstanding live band and has been called to tour with rock legends as Toto, The Hooters, Uriah Heep, Edguy, Mother’s Finest, Y&T and others. After eight years, five albums and countless live shows, the compilation 'The Best Is Yet To Come', (2013) is putting together the best and most popular tracks of the band's career. Since the late 90’s founder Oliver Hartmann is known as a highly respected singer and guitarist on the international music scene due to four albums with the band At Vance, the studio work for well known acts in the hard rock and metal scene as Hammerfall, Rhapsody, Helloween or Edguy, as a long time studio and live member of top sellers as Tobias Sammet's Avantasia and also as a part of the successful live project 'Rock Meets Classic' that is featuring the big names of the international rock scene: Alice Cooper, Ian Gillan, Uriah Heep, Thin Lizzy, Paul Rodgers, Eric Bazilian, Jimi Jamison, Midge Ure, Steve Lukather, Chris Thompson, Bonnie Tyler and many others. Besides all that Oliver Hartmann is also fronting the successful Pink Floyd Tribute Echoes that climbed up to No 20 of the German charts in 2015 with their acoustic live DVD ’Barefoot To The Moon’ and received outstanding critics world wide.

Now on September 30th the long awaited new studio album has been released on the artist owned label Sonic 11 Records in cooperation with Pride & Joy Music and Germusica Promotion, distributed by Edel GmbH. Including the participation of some well known guests musicians the album was again coproduced by Sascha Paeth (eg. Avantasia, Beyond The Black, Kamelot) and mastered by Miro Rodenberg at Gate Studios Wolfsburg.

HARTMANN-Line Up: Oliver Hartmann – Vocals, Gitarre Mario Reck – Gitarre Armin Donderer - Bass Markus Kullmann – Drums www.oliverhartmann.com www.facebook.com/HartmannBand www.youtube.com/oliverhartmann www.echoes.de www.avantasia.net