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Stormwitch




Rank:
1588
41 fans
Also known as Lemon Sylvan (1979-1981)

Country: Germany
Label: Massacre Records

Links: Official website
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Formed in: 1979
Broke up: 1996-2002
Broke up: 2002-2010

1979-Heavy metal

Line-up

1979-  Andy Aldrian - vocals
2019-  Pietro Raneri - bass
2019-  Alex Sauer - drums
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1979-1989  Lee Tarot - guitars
1979-1991  Steve Merchant - guitars
1980-1984  Jürgen "Wanschi" Wannenwetsch - bass
› 2004-2019  -//-
1981-2014  Peter Langer - drums
1984-1989  Pearson - bass
1989-1990  Andy Hunter - bass
1989-1991  Wolfgang Schludi - guitar
1990-1996  Martin Albrecht - bass
1992-1993  Joachim "Joe" Gassmann - guitar
1992-1996  Damir Uzunovic - guitar
1993-1994  Robert Balci - guitar
› 2004-2005  -//-
2000-2004  Marc Oppold - drums
› 2016-2019  -//-
2000-2004  Dominik Schwarz - bass
2000-2004  Alex Schmidt - keyboards
2000-2004  Fabian Schwarz - guitar
2000-2004  Martin Winkler - guitar
2004-2005  Markus Ambrosi - drums
2005-2006  Andrew Roussak - keyboards
2005-2006  Michael Blechinger - drums
2005-2006  Oliver Weislogel - guitar
2010-2011  Harry Reischmann - drums
2010-2013  Marc Scheunert - guitars
2010-2015  Stoney Spitznagel - guitar
2011-2012  Stefan Köllner - drums
2013-2015  Volker Schmietow - guitars
› 2016-2019  -//-
2014-2015  Micha Kasper - drums
2016  Vsevolod Balkovoy - guitars
2016  Sascha Schilling - drums
2016-2019  Tobias Kipp - guitars
2019-2020  Nick Berger - guitars
2019-2020  Johnny Kröner - guitars
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Latest reviews

Stormwitch sound remarkably spry for a band entering its 36th year. As one of those bands that burst onto the scene with an unforgettable debut in the '80s and then petered out with a series of on-again, off-again reunions, their sporadic stream of follow-up albums under varying lineups has been subject to a gradual decline in quality. The decline has been mercifully slow, however, and their last two albums (in 2002 and 2004, respectively) held their own. Even now, 11 years since Witchcraft, Stormwitch have enough fire in the belly to come up with something still listenable; but it isn't quite a glorious comeback.
Review by ScreamingSteelUS ››
German Stormwitch are ranked very high among the worlds Heavy Metal band, but they are still very unknown, and that's bewilder me. I mean, how can a band be ranked so high and be so good, and in the same time be so unknown? It's a mystery.

Review by Malcolm ››
Priest Of Evil is a kind of 80's best of for Stormwitch, since the glorious days were the 80's and the band faded away in the 90's. There's a long story to be told about Stormwitch, forming a solid fanbase in Germany, but they were...
Review by Pierre Tombale ››

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