OUT IN THE COLD

HARTMANN (2005) were : Oliver Hartmann - Vocals Guitars Keys Armin Donderer - Bass Bodo Schopf - Drums Additional Musicians : Jürgen Wüst - additional organs and keys Ina Morgan - additional choirs Miro Rodenberg - additional string-arrangements All songs written by Oliver Hartmann except Brazen written by Deborah Ann Dyer and Leonard Anthony Arran. Produced & mixed by Oliver Hartmann & Sascha Paeth Co-produced & mixed by Philip Colodetti Artist bio: The history of HARTMANN began in summer 2004 when Oliver Hartmann recorded his first solo album. During this time he was already known as a highly respected singer on the international music scene since the late 90 s due to four successful records with the power metal band At Vance his participation in top sellers as Tobias Sammet s Avantasia and many other well known productions in the hard rock and metal scene. Co-produced and mixed by top producer Sascha Paeth at Gate Studios/Germany the debut album Out in the cold was released in spring 2005 and reviewed as Album of the month in a wide range of rock magazines all over the world. It was also elected by melodicrock.com as Song of the year and Ballad of the year with the songs What if I and Into the light. During the following months the band played their first single shows and festivals in Germany and luckily got the chance in summer 2006 to be touring over Europe for the first time as support for rock legend Toto. In the following years HARTMANN have released four more successful albums: quot;Homequot; (2007) quot;Handmadequot; (2008 - also available on DVD) quot;3quot; (2009) quot;Balancequot; (2012) and the current best of compilation entitled quot;The Best Is Yet To Comequot; (2013). To support these releases the band played numerous shows as headliner and as support or special guest for Toto House Of Lords Mother s Finest Y&T The Hooters & Uriah Heep amongst others.