---
title: "Vanden Plas"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/vanden-plas"
genre: "Progressive Metal"
country: "Germany"
formed: 1986
---

# Vanden Plas

**Vanden Plas** is a progressive metal band, from Germany, active 1986 to present.

Vanden Plas is a German progressive metal band, based in Kaiserslautern and founded in the mid-1980s.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanden_Plas_(band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Vanden Plas |
| Genre | Progressive Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Kaiserslautern, Germany |
| Formed | 1986 |
| Releases in catalog | 17 |

## Genres

[Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Andy Kuntz](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andy-kuntz) |  |  | Current |
| [Stephan Lill](https://themetalnet.com/musician/stephan-lill) |  |  | Current |
| [Andreas Lill](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andreas-lill) |  |  | Current |
| [Torsten Reichert](https://themetalnet.com/musician/torsten-reichert) |  |  | Current |
| [Günter Werno](https://themetalnet.com/musician/gunter-werno) | Keyboard | 1986 to 2023 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1991 | [Keep On Running](https://themetalnet.com/album/9cbc223b-8871-4945-9fcc-47b84923eca5) | EP |
| 1994 | [Colour Temple](https://themetalnet.com/album/2e5640ea-c314-326d-acc4-fe0c5ca03f4e) | Album |
| 1994 | [Das ist für euch](https://themetalnet.com/album/78a2fddf-32ef-4946-b2cf-a30e8c3b353e) | EP |
| 1996 | [AcCult](https://themetalnet.com/album/8856cccb-2367-35dc-a9ee-15b0971346a0) | EP |
| 1997 | [Hard Rock](https://themetalnet.com/album/22b79062-bd16-4260-9d20-c9bd475d39ea) | EP |
| 1997 | [The God Thing](https://themetalnet.com/album/c5b426db-ad8d-3c36-a6f5-b4039e4d7f54) | Album |
| 1998 | [Manowar / Vanden Plas / Symphony X / Rhapsody](https://themetalnet.com/album/10d2d848-199a-46b6-96f7-46752968d4f4) | EP |
| 1999 | [Far Off Grace](https://themetalnet.com/album/62c75284-4b5c-3e42-a9be-341a9cf97f2d) | Album |
| 2002 | [Beyond Daylight](https://themetalnet.com/album/b26c979c-7d92-32f9-8886-4befb5ba6cf5) | Album |
| 2006 | [Christ 0](https://themetalnet.com/album/c71d1ae9-5db5-389c-a991-fb3a80a05dfd) | Album |
| 2010 | [The Seraphic Clockwork](https://themetalnet.com/album/751db3e9-4fc4-4e82-9e88-6fe1bbb10394) | Album |
| 2014 | [Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld](https://themetalnet.com/album/1367bcca-8c9e-4420-828c-b51ccf962e29) | Album |
| 2015 | [Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld II](https://themetalnet.com/album/b25657dd-df47-4374-a78b-b7281baf1707) | Album |
| 2019 | [The Ghost Xperiment: Awakening](https://themetalnet.com/album/139edd22-e41d-4677-a8ea-005449a52743) | Album |
| 2020 | [The Ghost Xperiment: Illumination](https://themetalnet.com/album/9f3c9690-ccd7-4f7b-8484-530c2ed7afda) | Album |
| 2024 | [The Empyrean Equation of the Long Lost Things](https://themetalnet.com/album/c42a05ba-4a73-4205-8af6-1ab85d5816f4) | Album |
| 2026 | [AcCult II](https://themetalnet.com/album/599f0423-5864-47bb-a189-9fa0da70d996) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Symphony X](https://themetalnet.com/band/symphony-x) (listened together)
- [Threshold](https://themetalnet.com/band/threshold) (listened together)
- [Ayreon](https://themetalnet.com/band/ayreon) (listened together)
- [Opeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/opeth) (listened together)
- [Pain of Salvation](https://themetalnet.com/band/pain-of-salvation) (listened together)
- [Circus Maximus](https://themetalnet.com/band/circus-maximus) (listened together)
- [Liquid Tension Experiment](https://themetalnet.com/band/liquid-tension-experiment) (listened together)
- [Metallica](https://themetalnet.com/band/metallica) (listened together)
- [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together)
- [Queensrÿche](https://themetalnet.com/band/queensryche-deeea939) (listened together)
- [Blind Guardian](https://themetalnet.com/band/blind-guardian) (listened together)
- [Redemption](https://themetalnet.com/band/redemption) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Vanden_Plas/1400
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VandenPlasOfficial
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1ke5Q2ijh6Tm31kH2HELEe
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/9677
- youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCBkCMQnmhC6h0q-vh0lPoBA
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/de/artist/188157560
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanden.plas.official/
- website: https://www.vandenplas.de/

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/vanden-plas](https://themetalnet.com/band/vanden-plas). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt