History

The roots of epic metal band Human Fortress go back to 1999. This power metal band was built on the ashes of Timezone, which was formed in 1997.

Human Fortress debuted with the 'self-titled EP in 2000. It was produced by Tommy Newton (Victory).

With their song 'The Dragon's Lair', again produced by Tommy Newton, they won the Rock Hard Magazin' battle for the best unsigned song in 2000. Their debut album 'Lord of Earth and Heaven's Heir' was realeased shortly after the contest, via Limb Music in September 2001.

The second full-length album 'Defenders of the Crown' was once again produced by Tommy Newton st Area 51 Studios, Celle, Germany. The album was released in September 2003 via Massacre Records.

Original guitarists Volker Trostand and Torsten Wolf, vocalist Jioti Parcharidis and drummer Apostolos Zaios (bass was played by Pablo J. Tammen and keyboard by Dirk Marquardt) left the band and the next album, 2008's 'Eternal Empire' was different music-wise. Vocals were handled by Carsten Frank, and the album was produced by the band members.

In 2009, Trostand, Wolf and Parcharidis returned. However, in 2012 Jioti Parcharidis, whose powerful voice was characteristic for the power metal formation, had to hand the microphone over to Gus Monsanto – due to health issues. The Brazilian one has a convincing voice.

The 4th full-length release 'Raided Land', which was mixed and mastered by Sebastian "Seeb" Levermann (Orden Ogan), Human Fortress raised attention all around the globe again and got back to their old style. It was released in November 2013 via AFM Records. After all these positive feedbacks, the band decided to keep on writing new songs for the next album, and re-released their debut album with an unreleased bonus track plus 3 demo versions of its songs.

In March 2016, 'Thieves of the Night' album was released via AFM Records. Sebastian Levermann handled the mixing of the album again. Due to the melodic hooks, the heroic hymns and powerful vocals, spiced up with royal-medieval melodies, the sound stays unique and self-reliant.

After three years of creative work, the band was ready with their sixth album 'Reign of Gold'. It was recorded in late autumn 2019 with Tommy Newton. It was released via AFM Records in December 2019.

(source: Human Fortres, February 2020; some paragraphs written and re-written by AM)

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