History Music / Masterplan

In 2012, Mike Terrana was replaced by Music/CradleOfFilth drummer Martin Marthus Skaroupka, Jorn Lande was dismissed, Grapow cited difficulties in contacting him, and was replaced by Rick Altzi of AtVance and Jan-Soren Eckert was replaced by Jari Kainulainen, formerly of {{Stratovarius}}. A fifth album, titled "Novum Initium", was released on June 14, 2013.

Masterplan is a PowerMetal band formed by Uli Kusch and Roland Grapow in 2001 after the pair were fired from Music/{{Helloween}} for trying to go in a DarkerAndEdgier direction. They recruited Jorn Lande of the then recently broken up {{ARK}} to sing for them and released their self-titled debut in 2003. At that point, while ChildrenOfBodom keyboardist Janne "Warman" Wirman contributed during a few recording sessions, Kusch, Grapow and Lande were the only full members. When it came time to tour, they recruited keyboardist Alex Mackenrott and then-former and current ''Music/IronSavior'' bassist Jan-Soren Eckert. With their now full line-up, they released ''Aeronautics'' in 2005.

* HeavyMithril: Through their albums, there's the occasional fantasy theme, an album (''Aeronautics'') that is arguably about a pilot in WorldWarI and a significant amount of songs from ''Time to be King'' with science-fiction themes.

In 2012, Mike Terrana was replaced by CradleOfFilth drummer Martin Marthus Skaroupka, Jorn Lande was dismissed, Grapow cited difficulties in contacting him, and was replaced by Rick Altzi of AtVance and Jan-Soren Eckert was replaced by Jari Kainulainen, formerly of {{Stratovarius}}. A fifth album, titled "Novum Initium", was released on June 14, 2013.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "[[Music/IronSavior After The War]]" and "After This War" share some similarities, besides the name. This is likely thanks to the fact that former bassist Jan-Soren Eckert used to play for ''Music/IronSavior''.

* CreativeDifferences: The reason for Lande's departure, apparently.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Michael Kiske appears in "Heroes".

* StartMyOwn: Masterplan is the result of Grapow and Kusch being fired from Helloween.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before approaching Lande, Grapow and Kusch offered Michael Kiske the vocalist position of Masterplan. Surprisingly, Kiske accepted... but it was only on the condition that he wouldn't have to tour. Not wanting to need a second vocalist for tours, Grapow and Kusch turned to Lande.
** Similarly, Russell Allen of Symphony X was originally intended to be the singer when the band was still a SideProject to Helloween. Both bands would no doubt have ended up very different if Kusch and Grapow hadn't been sacked.

In 2012, Mike Terrana was replaced by CradleOfFilth drummer Martin Marthus Skaroupka, Jorn Lande was dismissed, Grapow cited difficulties in contacting him, and was replaced by Rick Altzi of AtVance and Jan-Soren Eckert was replaced by Jari Kainulainen, formerly of {{Stratovarius}}. A fifth album, titled "Novum Initium", is due to be released on June 14, 2013.

Masterplan is a PowerMetal band formed by Uli Kusch and Roland Grapow in 2001 after the pair were fired from Music/{{Helloween}} for trying to go in a DarkerAndEdgier direction. They recruited Jorn Lande of the then recently broken up {{ARK}} to sing for them and released their self-titled debut in 2003. At that point, while ChildrenOfBodom keyboardist Janne "Warman" Wirman contributed during a few recording sessions, Kusch, Grapow and Lande were the only full members. When it came time to tour, they recruited keyboardist Alex Mackenrott and then-former and current ''Music/IronSavior'' bassist Jan-Soren Eckert, both of whom remain as permanent members to this day. With their now full line-up, they released ''Aeronautics'' in 2005.

In 2012, Mike Terrana was replaced by CradleOfFilth drummer Martin Marthus Skaroupka, Jorn Lande was dismissed, Grapow cited difficulties in contacting him, and was replaced by Rick Altzi of AtVance and Jan-Soren Eckert was replaced by Jari Kainulainen, formerly of {{Stratovarius}}. A fifth album, titled "Novum Initium", is due to be released on the 26th of April 2013.

* TBA (2013)

In 2012, Mike Terrana was replaced by CradleOfFilth drummer Martin Marthus Skaroupka, Jorn Lande was dismissed, Grapow cited difficulties in contacting him, and was replaced by Rick Altzi of AtVance and Jan-Soren Eckert was replaced by Jari Kainulainen, formerly of {{Stratovarius}}. A fifth album is planned for January of 2013.

In 2012, Mike Terrana was replaced by CradleOfFilth drummer Martin Marthus Skaroupka. A fifth album is planned for January of 2013.

* Jorn Lande: Vocals (2001-2006, 2009-present)

* Jan-Soren Eckert: Bass (2003-present)

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "[[Music/IronSavior After The War]]" and "After This War" share some similarities, besides the name. This is likely thanks to the fact that bassist Jan-Soren Eckert used to play for ''Music/IronSavior''.
* LargeHam: Lande. The man is so hammy, he has a side project called "Allen/Lande", which consists '''solely''' of HamToHamCombat with- who else- SymphonyX's "Sir" Russell Allen.

* Martin Marthus Skaroupka (2012-present)

* CoverVersion: "[[LedZeppelin Black Dog]]".

* TheJimmyHartVersion: "[[Music/IronSavior After The War]]" and "After This War" share some similarities, besides the name. This is likely thanks to the fact that bassist Jan-Soren Eckert used to play for ''Music/IronSavior''.

Despite FanDumb complaints of [=DiMeo=], things seemed steady for a while, but there were soon rumors that [=DiMeo=] was going to leave. These rumors were confirmed in January of 2009. They went on without a known vocalist until July of 2009, when it was announced that [[AndTheFandomRejoiced Jorn Lande had rejoined.]] Their fourth album, ''Time to be King'', was released on May 21st, 2010.

* Vocals: Jorn Lande (2001-2006, 2009-)
* Guitar: Roland Grapow (2001-)
* Bass: Jan-Soren Eckert (2003-)
* Drums: Mike Terrana (2006-)
* Keyboard: Alex Mackenrott (2003-)

* Vocals: Mike [=DiMeo=] (2006-2009)
* Drums: Uli Kusch (2001-2006)

* ThisIsSPARTA: '''MA! STER! PLAN!''' ''[[MetalScream Coming aliiiiiiive!]]''

Masterplan is a PowerMetal band formed by Uli Kusch and Roland Grapow in 2001 after the pair were fired from Music/{{Helloween}} for trying to go in a DarkerAndEdgier direction. They recruited Jorn Lande of the then recently broken up {{ARK}} to sing for them and released their self-titled debut in 2003. At that point, while ChildrenOfBodom keyboardist Janne "Warman" Wirman contributed during a few recording sessions, Kusch, Grapow and Lande were the only full members. When it came time to tour, they recruited keyboardist Alex Mackenrott and former ''Music/IronSavior'' bassist Jan-Soren Eckert, both of whom remain as permanent members to this day. With their now full line-up, they released ''Aeronautics'' in 2005.

* ContinuityNod: Remember the chorus from "Spirit Never Die"? Of course you do (if you've heard it). It shows up again under the last solo in "Black In The Burn".

-->''Not to be confused with an EvilPlan''

:''Not to be confused with an EvilPlan''