Sinbreed is a German

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, formed in 2005 in

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Biography

Sinbreed was founded as Neoshine, and made it to release three demos under that name, but was forced to change to Sinbreed in order to avoid legal issues with an homonymous American company. Their debut album ''When Worlds Collide'' was released in March 2010 and featured keyboardists Morten Sandager (

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) and Joost van den Broek (

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guitarist Marcus Siepen, who was already a session member of the band, joined them as a full-time member. The band's second full-length album, ''Shadows'', was set to be released by the end of 2013, but the date was postponed to sometime March 2014 after they signed with

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. By the end of November 2015, Sinbreed announced that Siepen would leave the band due to conflicting schedules with Blind Guardian. They also announced they would be releasing a new album in early 2016. In early 2018, Herbie Langhans left the group and was later replaced by Nick Holleman. With him and new guitarist Manuel Seoane ( Mägo de Oz), they released their fourth studio album ''IV'' on 23 November via

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. The album received mixed reviews by critics.

Members

* Nick Holleman – vocals (2018–present) * Flo Laurin – guitar, keyboards (2005–present) * Alexander Schulz – bass (2005–present) * Frederik Ehmke (

) – drums (2005–present) * Manuel Seoane – guitar (2018–present) ;Former Sinbreed-BoE-2012-3

* Herbie Langhans ( Beyond the Bridge, ex- Seventh Avenue) – vocals (2005–2017) *

Marcus Siepen Marcus Siepen (born 8 September 1968) is a German guitarist, best known as the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist of power metal band Blind Guardian. For the biggest percentage of Blind Guardian's songs, particularly in more recent years, he ...

(Blind Guardian) – guitar (2012–2015) * Martin Brendler (Dragonfly) – vocals (2005)

Discography

* ''When Worlds Collide'' (2010) * ''Shadows'' (2014) * ''Master Creator'' (2016) * ''IV'' (2018)

References

External links

* * {{Authority control German Christian metal musical groups German power metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2005 2005 establishments in Germany Massacre Records artists AFM Records artists