A brief history of the band Heavenward was formed in 1986 and the original line-up consisted of Oliver Müller (bass), Achim Schneider (guitars), Stefan Kessel (vocals) and Thomas Stauch (drums). Thomas Stauch is now with Blind Guardian and was replaced by Thomas Kellners. After the release of the band’s first album “Within these dreams” in 1991 the line-up changed once again, with Stefan Kessel being the only remaining founder member. The newcomers were Andreas Rippelmeier (guitar), Marc Schulz (bass) and Guido Gallus (drums). The band’s second album came out a year later in 1992 and was titled “A future worth talking about”. Both albums sold well on the Asian market. Nothing more was to happen until 1998, when Stefan and Oliver from the original line-up decided to work on some new songs with Andreas. Some three years later, in 2001, with the return of Guido on drums and the addition of Marco Grasshoff on keyboards, Heavenward was to re-emerge up to full strength with the present line-up. The type of music on the two albums has been described as ‘melodic speed metal’, which only in part reflects the contents. An eight - track demo has already been produced with a full-length album soon to follow.