{"product_id":"masterplan-metalmorphosis-indie-exclusive-red-vinyl","title":"Masterplan - Metalmorphosis (Indie Exclusive Red Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nlb0yZIXvgs?controls=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndie Exclusive Red Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition of \u003cem\u003eMetalmorphosis\u003c\/em\u003e spreads the album across two red LPs in a gatefold jacket, a colorway made for independent record stores. The ten songs run over four sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the first Masterplan studio album since \u003cem\u003eNovum Initium\u003c\/em\u003e in 2013, and it came out on June 26, 2026 through Frontiers Music Srl after the band left AFM Records. Roland Grapow, the former Helloween guitarist who founded Masterplan with drummer Uli Kusch in 2001, plays guitar, with Rick Altzi on vocals, Axel Mackenrott on keyboards, Jari Kainulainen on bass and Kevin Kott on drums.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrapow has said he wanted something more direct this time, with fewer progressive detours and less of a pop sheen, and that the lyrics turn more critical of what is going on in the world. Four songs were released ahead of the album, starting with \"Chase The Light,\" shown above, which Grapow describes as a track about fear, control and breaking free. \"The Call\" was the last of them, and the band says it took longer to finish than anything else on the record. Stan-W Decker designed the cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMasterplan's 2003 debut earned the band a European Border Breakers Award the following year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChase The Light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElectric Nights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShadow Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBound To Fall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePain Of Yesterday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetalmorphosis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThrough The Storm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGhostlight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Call\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRise Again (Album Version)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e*** Indie Exclusive ***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8024391155783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Frontiers Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.26.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Frontiers Records","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":48229867028638,"sku":"EVP-F6A666F7-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/4494449-3530733.jpg?v=1788379215","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/masterplan-metalmorphosis-indie-exclusive-red-vinyl","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}