Oliver Hartmann, well known as internationally respected singer and guitarist is considered with his band HARTMANN since their debut ’Out in the cold’ in 2005 as one of the best modern German Rock-/ Hard Rock acts. Since then the band has released 9 successful albums and has toured with countless top-acts as Uriah Heep, Toto, The Hooters, Y&T, House Of Lords and many others. The duet ’Simple man’ featuring the outstanding Mr. Big vocalist Eric Martin has reached more than 1 million streams on Spotify since its release in 2018 as second single of the album ’Hands on the wheel’.
After their latest album ’Get over it’ in 2022, which was enthusiastically accepted by fans worldwide and received once more top reviews by the global rock press, the band is now celebrating their 20th anniversary with the release of the new album ’Twenty times colder’, that again masters the balancing act between guitar oriented Classic Rock, AOR and modernity. It will contain 11 brand new songs and the singles / videos ’Twenty times colder’ and ’This heart’ – two powerful rock tracks that combine classic rock elements with the typical band’s sound, always carried by the unique powerful voice and virtuous guitar playing of front man Oliver Hartmann.
Recorded at Oliver Hartmann’s Alive Studio and Dennis Ward’s TrakShak Studio the album has again been co-produced, mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth, who is well known for his outstanding work with Avantasia, Kamelot, Beyond the Black and many others.
The release of the anniversary album ’Twenty times colder’ is accompanied by a headliner tour in Germany this autumn, presented by several German magazines and Rockantenne, Germany’s No. 1 rock radio station.
Besides Oliver Hartmann, who is also known as long-time part of Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia, ex- singer of At Vance and as front man of Germany‘s No.1 Pink Floyd Tribute Pulse, the current band line up contains bassist Armin Donderer (ex-Spencer Davis Group, ex-Freedom Call), drummer Markus Kullmann (John Diva, Voodoo Circle, ex-Glenn Hughes) and keyboardist Markus Nanz.
