Allen/___ is a set of collaborative metal supergroup projects by

Symphony X Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey. Founded in 1994, the band consists of guitarist Michael Romeo, keyboardist Michael Pinnella, drummer Jason Rullo, lead vocalist Russell Allen and bassist Michael ...

vocalist

Russell Allen Russell Allen (born July 19, 1971) is an American singer best known as the vocalist of the progressive metal band Symphony X. He has also worked with the supergroups Star One, Allen-Lande, Adrenaline Mob, Level 10, and as one of fourteen vo ...

. The first collaboration, Allen/Lande was formed in 2005 by Italian record company Frontiers, though none of the members are Italian. It takes its name from Allen and its other singer former Masterplan vocalist

Jørn Lande Jørn Marumsrud Lande (born 31 May 1968) is a Norwegian hard rock and heavy metal singer. He is known for his work with the bands Ark, Beyond Twilight, Millenium, Vagabond, The Snakes, and most notably with power metal band Masterplan. He ...

. The project started with Swedish guitarist Magnus Karlsson ( Primal Fear, Starbreaker, Last Tribe) as producer, main instrumentalist and songwriter. Together with drummer Jaime Salazar, the quatuor released three albums: '' The Battle'' (2005), '' The Revenge'' (2007), and '' The Showdown'' (2010). In 2013,

Timo Tolkki Timo Tapio Tolkki (born 3 March 1966) is a Finnish musician best known as the former guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer of the power metal band Stratovarius. With his tenure lasting for more than twenty years, he was the longest standing ...

(ex-

Stratovarius Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal band. Formed in 1984, they have released sixteen studio albums, six DVDs and six live albums. The band's line-up has changed many times, with no founding member left since the departure of drummer Tuomo ...

) and Jami Huovinen replaced Karlsson and Salazar, leading to the album '' The Great Divide'' (2014). 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." Allen went forward with another collaboration, Allen/Olzon, this time with former

Nightwish Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neval ...

singer

Anette Olzon Anette Ingegerd Olsson (born 21 June 1971), known by the stage name Anette Olzon, is a Swedish singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish from 2007 to 2012. She is also the vocalist of Swedish class ...

. Their first album together, '' Worlds Apart'', was released on 6 March 2020. Their second album, ''Army of Dreamers'', was released on 9 September 2022.

Members

;Current line-up *

— lead and backing vocals (2005–present) * Magnus Karlsson — guitars, bass, keyboards (2005–2013, 2019–present) *

— lead and backing vocals (2019–present) * Anders Köllerfors — drums, percussion (2019–present) ;Former members *

— lead and backing vocals (2005–2019) * Jaime Salazar — drums, percussion (2005–2013) *

— guitars, bass, keyboards (2013–2019) * Jami Huovinen — drums, percussion (2013–2019)

Discography

;Allen/Lande * '' The Battle'' (2005) * '' The Revenge'' (2007) * '' The Showdown'' (2010) * '' The Great Divide'' (2014) ;Allen/Olzon * '' Worlds Apart'' (2020) * ''Army of Dreamers'' (2022)

References

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