Allan Sørensen
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Allan Sørensen is a Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 drummer.

Biography

He began playing drums at age of 4 influenced by his parents. In the beginning he was influenced by Danish pop and rock acts. Soon he discovered the world of metal from bands like AC/DC, Kiss, Saxon, Dio, etc. As a teenager he began to have drum lessons with Mikkey Dee
Mikkey Dee
Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou , better known as Mikkey Dee is a drummer/songwriter in the Heavy metal band Motörhead. A Swede of Greek descent, he has been known for his speed and precision since his mid-80s stint with King Diamond.- Early life :Delaoglou began his musical career with local bands...

 (of Motörhead fame) and he became the main inspiration of Allan's career.

His skills as a drummer were soon discovered in 1992 by Danish metal band Narita, where, despite appearing in the booklets of the first self-titled album, he did not play. Drums were played by session drummer Flemming Olsen. He eventually recorded two albums (Changes and Life) with Narita and the band split-up.

After that he recorded first album of Prime Time, a band formed by Narita friend, guitarist Henrik Poulsen.

In late 1996, when Royal hunt long-time drummer Kenneth Olsen left the band for health problems, André Andersen, who have played with Allan in Narita's second album, called Sorensen to fill the drums for them as the Japanese tour was ready to begin. Allan flew to Switzerland and rehearsed with Royal Hunt and 36 hours after he arrived, he was already on stage playing with the band. Then he recorded the album Paradox
Paradox (Royal Hunt album)
Paradox is the fourth studio album released by the Danish progressive metal band Royal Hunt. This is a concept album, with lyrics inspired by religion and divinity.-Track listing:All songs written by André Andersen except where noted....

followed by a world tour with the band before becoming a full time member.

After 1 album, several tours and 2 EP's, Allan left the band in the summer of 2000 to join Danish band Cornerstone (formed by Royal Hunt's then bassist, Steen Mogensen) which he played in two albums before coming back to Royal Hunt to record Paper Blood
Paper Blood
Paper Blood is the eighth studio album released by the band Royal Hunt. It is the first album without long time members Jacob Kjaer and Steen Mogensen who both left the band in December 2003.-Track listing:All songs written by André Andersen....

 which featured then former Royal Hunt Kenneth Olsen on percussion. After the recording, Allan left the band again to focus on Cornerstone.

Soon, he was called again to play drums for Royal Hunt, as drummer Kenneth Olsen has left again the band and since 2007 he is playing with them, where he recorded 2 albums and is recording the upcoming Show Me How To Live album which marks the return of D.C. Cooper.

Royal Hunt

  • Paradox
    Paradox (Royal Hunt album)
    Paradox is the fourth studio album released by the Danish progressive metal band Royal Hunt. This is a concept album, with lyrics inspired by religion and divinity.-Track listing:All songs written by André Andersen except where noted....

    (1997)
  • Closing the Chapter (1998)
  • Fear
    Fear (Royal Hunt album)
    Fear is the fifth studio album released by Danish progressive metal band Royal Hunt.-Track listing:All songs written by André Andersen.# "Fear" – 9:38# "Faces of War" – 6:56# "Cold City Lights" – 5:23# "Lies" – 7:44# "Follow Me" – 6:22...

    (1999)
  • Intervention (EP) (2000)
  • The Watchers
    The Watchers (Royal Hunt album)
    The Watchers is an album released by Danish progressive metal band Royal Hunt, comprising a new long suite, already published in Japan in the EP titled Intervention - Part 1, re-recorded versions of old songs and some live tracks...

     (EP)
    (2001)
  • Paper Blood (2005)
  • Collision Course: Paradox II (2008)
  • X
    X (Royal Hunt album)
    X is the tenth studio album released by the band Royal Hunt on January, 20th, 2010 on Scarlet Records in Europe and on Marquee/Avalon Records in Japan.-Track listing:All songs written by André Andersen.# "Episode X " - 1:59...

    (2010)
  • Show Me How To Live (2011)

Cornerstone

  • Arrival (2000) - Session drums
  • Human Stain (2002)
  • Once Upon Our Yesterdays (2002)
  • Two Tales of One Tomorrow (2007)

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