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Timothy S. "Tim" Owens


Member

NA Killing Machine - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
1993-1996 Winters Bane - vocals (as Tim Owens)  
1996-2003 Judas Priest - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2003-2007 Iced Earth - vocals (as Tim Owens)  
2005- Beyond Fear - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2008- Tim "Ripper" Owens - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2008 Various Artists - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2008-2012 Yngwie Malmsteen - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2009- Charred Walls Of The Damned - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2018- The Three Tremors - vocals (as The Ripper)  
2018- A New Revenge - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2018-2021 Spirits Of Fire - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2020- KK's Priest - vocals (as Tim ''Ripper'' Owens)  
2021- Leviathan Project - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2022- Ripper (USA) - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  

Studio musician

2022- Hollentor - vocals (as Tim Ripper Owens)  
2022 Alex Stephens - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  

Live musician

2013 Carthagods - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  

Guest musician

2005 Michael Schenker Group - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2010 The Claymore - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2010 Avantasia - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2011 Ralf Scheepers - additional vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2011 Wolfpakk - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2011 Absolute Power - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2011 Infinita Symphonia - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2011 DesDemon - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2012 Memorain - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2012 T&N - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2012 Soulspell - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2013 Maegi - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2013 Sandstone - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2013 Helker - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2015 Carthagods - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2015 Metal Allegiance - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2015 Overwind - additional vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2015-2017 Soulspell - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2015-2021 Marius Danielsen's Legend Of Valley Doom - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2016 Domination - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2016 Ted Kirkpatrick - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2016 Trick Or Treat - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2016 Operation: Mindcrime - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2017 Tchandala - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2017 Trigger Pig - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2017 Wretch (USA-LA) - additional vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2017 Europica - vocals (as Tim Ripper Owens)  
2018 Tourniquet - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2018 Orion's Reign - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2018 Guardians Of Time - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2019 Walls Of Blood - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2019 Furious - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2019-2020 Bloody Times - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2020 Julian X's Gunvolt - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2020 Kat - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2020 Shadow Wraith - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2020 Takayoshi Ohmura - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2020 Ted Kirkpatrick - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2020 Thousand Oxen Fury - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2020 Vanish - additional vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2020 Alogia - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2020 EchoSoul - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2020 Emerald Rage - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2020 Forsaken Age - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2020 Gaia Epicus - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2020-2021 Stephan Georg - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2020-2023 FB 1964 - vocals (as Tim )  
2021 Killrazer - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2021 ScreamKing - additional vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2021 Thundermaker - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2021 Tony Gabriele's Orbynot - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2021 Valiant Sentinel - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2021 Wolven - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2021 Offensive - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2021 Debauchery - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2021 Across Antarctica - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2021 Acrylazea - additional vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2021 Blackhearth - additional vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2021 Nergard - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2021 Thirty Fates - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2021-2022 Pyramid - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2021-2023 Syn TZ - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2022 Ashes Of Ares - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2022 Chrysalïd - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2022 Cult Of The Fox - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2022 Deathyard - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2022 Bloodhunter - vocals (as Tim Ripper Owens)  
2022 Helsótt - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2022 Seventh Servant - additional vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2022 Star Eternal - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2022 Casus Belli (ESP) - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2022 Boguslaw Balcerak's Crylord - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2022 Bells And Ravens - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2022 Conor Brouwer's Call Of Eternity - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2022 Then Comes The Night - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2022-2023 Marius Danielsen - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2023 Arched Fire - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2023 Iced Earth - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2023 Sullvation - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2023 Wreck-Defy - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2023 Cathalepsy - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2024 Garden Of Souls - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  
2024 Chrysalïd - vocals (as Tim "Ripper" Owens)  

Personal information

Also known as: Ripper, Tim "Ripper" Owens
Born on: 13.09.1967

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Tim "Ripper" Owens (born Timothy S. Owens on September 13, 1967 in Akron, Ohio) is an American heavy metal singer who currently performs with Beyond Fear. He first gained attention as the lead singer of Judas Priest, and then Iced Earth. He also works with some side projects such as Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force.

Prior to joining Judas Priest in 1996, Owens was frontman of a heavy metal band called Brainicide. Later he was in Winter's Bane, with whom he recorded an album called Heart of a Killer in 1993. He also was the frontman of Judas Priest tribute band British Steel, named after the Judas Priest album.

The young Ohio salesman and tribute band frontman made headlines in 1996 when he went from being a fan of the British metal act Judas Priest to being their lead singer, filling the shoes of Rob Halford (and, by doing so, inspiring the movie Rock Star, which was later discredited by the band). Despite numerous rumours that Halford would reunite with Priest, Owens recorded two studio albums with his childhood heroes, as well as two live albums and a 2002 DVD release. Owens even helped write one Judas Priest song, "What's My Name?", which was a bonus track on Demolition.

Judas Priest reunited with Rob Halford in 2003. That same year Matt Barlow, the frontman for Iced Earth, quit the band and Owens became their new lead singer. Iced Earth's first album with Owens, The Glorious Burden, came out in early 2004. While singing with Judas Priest, Owens had toured with Iced Earth (and Anthrax) in 2001, but the tour was cut short in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Recently, Owens reunited with his former Winter's Bane colleague Dennis Hayes in a band called Beyond Fear. The self-titled debut album from this new band was released in May 2006. Hayes would join Iced Earth as well in 2007 after bassist James "Bo" Wallace left due to family health issues.

On 11 December 2007, Iced Earth's Jon Schaffer announced that Tim Owens would be leaving the band as Matt Barlow had been invited to return to the line-up after heavy feedback from fans.

On February 26th, 2008, it was announced that Tim Owens is now the new lead singer for Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, replacing Doogie White.