Allen-Lande

Allen/Lande or Allen-Lande was an international hard rock/heavy metal supergroup formed in 2005 by Italian record company Frontiers. Although the band was originally from Italy, none of the band members are Italian. It takes its name from its two singers, Symphony X vocalist Russell Allen and former Masterplan vocalist Jørn Lande.[1]

Allen/Lande
Origin	Naples, Campania, Italy
Genres	Hard rock progressive metal power metal
Years active	2005–2019
Labels	Frontiers
Associated acts	Symphony X, Masterplan, Last Tribe, Starbreaker, Primal Fear, Avalon, Stratovarius
Website	Allen/Lande on myspace.com
Past members	Russell Allen Jørn Lande Magnus Karlsson Jaime Salazar Timo Tolkki Jami Huovinen

The project started with Swedish guitarist Magnus Karlsson (Primal Fear, Starbreaker, Last Tribe) as producer, main instrumentalist and songwriter.[2][3] Together with drummer Jaime Salazar, the quatuor released three albums: The Battle (2005), The Revenge (2007), and The Showdown (2010). In 2013, Timo Tolkki (ex-Stratovarius) and Jami Huovinen replaced Karlsson and Salazar, leading to the album The Great Divide (2014).[4]

In 2019, Lande announced that there would be no more Allen/Lande albums, citing his own lack of enthusiasm: "Originally there was never going to be more than one Allen/Lande album from my side, but since it got popular me and Russell agreed to do another one. After this I thought maybe maximum three since it was more of a side project. After The Great Divide which was done together with Timo Tolkki, I felt it was time to call it the day. I also noticed that there were several other releases coming out with similar style but with different singers, and so the whole thing started becoming a bit too fabricated to me." [5] Allen went forward with another collaboration, Allen/Olzon, this time with former Nightwish singer Anette Olzon. Their debut album, Worlds Apart, was released on 6 March 2020.[6]

Members

• Russell Allen - lead and backing vocals (2005-2019)
• Jørn Lande - lead and backing vocals (2005-2019)

• Magnus Karlsson - guitars, bass, keyboards (2005–2013)
• Jaime Salazar - drums, percussion (2005–2013)
• Timo Tolkki - guitars, bass, keyboards (2013-2019)
• Jami Huovinen - drums, percussion (2013-2019)

Discography

• The Battle (2005)
• The Revenge (2007)
• The Showdown (2010)
• The Great Divide (2014)

References

1. "Allen/Lande - Enciclopaedia Metallum".
2. "Allen / Lande discography". Encyclopedia Metallum. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
3. "Allen/Lande info". Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
4. "Allen Lande new album". Blabbermouth. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
5. "Entrevista a Jorn Lande". metalsymphony.com.
6. BraveWords. "ALLEN/OLZON Feat. RUSSELL ALLEN And ANETTE OLZON Streaming New Song "What If I Live"; Debut Album Out Now". bravewords.com. Retrieved 7 March 2020.