Trooper (Romanian band)

Trooper is a Romanian heavy metal music band. It was formed on 25 October 1995, by brothers Alin and Aurelian Dincă and Ionuţ Rădulescu being influenced by bands like Iron Maiden or Judas Priest The band used to be called Megarock, then White Wolf. Once with the arrival of Ionuţ "Negative" Fleancu the band was renamed to Trooper. Poll conducted by the specialized Heavy Metal Magazine in 2001 placed Trooper first in the category Best young band.[1] The group appeared on MTV, MCM, Atomic, TVR1, TVR2, B1 TV, Antena 1, Romania International, Prima TV, Pro TV.[1] Throughout their career, Trooper have shared their stage with bands such as Iron Maiden, Manowar, Sepultura, Kreator and Evergrey.

Trooper
Origin	Târgovişte, Romania
Genres	Heavy metal
Years active	1995–present
Labels	HMM
Website	trooper.ro
Members	Alin "Coiotu'" Dincă Aurelian "Balaurul" Dincă Ionut Covalciuc Ionut Radulescu

Discography

• 2001 - Trooper (demo)
• 2002 - Trooper I (full-length)
• 2004 - EP (EP)
• 2005 - Desant (full-length)
• 2006 - Gloria (tribute to Iris)
• 2006 - Electric (full-length)
• 2007 - 12 Ani - Amintiri (boxset)
• 2008 - Rock'N'Roll Pozitiv (full-length)
• 2009 - Vlad Ţepeş - Poemele Valahiei (full-length)
• 2010 - 15 (live album)
• 2011 - Voodoo (full-length)
• 2013 - Atmosfera (full-length)
• 2016 - În ziua a opta (full-length)
• 2018 - Stefan cel Mare - Poemele Moldovei (full length)
• 2019 - Strigat Best Of 2002 - 2019 (boxset)

Current line-up

• Alin "Coiotu" Dincă - vocals (1995–present)
• Aurelian "Balaur" Dincă - Lead/rhythm guitar (1995–present)
• Ionuţ "Oscar" Rădulescu - Bass guitar (1995–present)
• Ionuţ "John" Covalciuc - Drums (1999–present)

Past members

• Radu "Schija" Pites - Lead/rhythm guitar
• Ionuţ "Negative" Fleancu - Drums
• Laurentiu Popa - Lead/rhythm guitar

References

1. "Trooper în emisiunea Rock & Metal pe Party TV" (in Romanian). Let'sRock.ro. Retrieved 4 July 2010.

External links

• Interviu cu Alin Dincă (Coiot') Trooper rockul.info (in Romanian)
• Formaţia Trooper sărbătoreşte 12 ani de heavy-metal printr-un turneu naţional (musicmix.rol.ro) (in Romanian)
• Formaţia Trooper salvează Delta Dunării prin muzică (HotNews.ro) (in Romanian)
• Rock’s not dead (Time Out Bucuresti) (in Romanian)
• Lauren Harris şi Trooper, în deschidere la Iron Maiden (Ziare.com) (in Romanian)
• mediafax.ro (in Romanian)
• muzica.ro (in Romanian)
• primatv.ro (in Romanian)