Country of origin: Germany Location: Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia Status: Active Formed in: 1986 Genre: Heavy/Speed/Power Metal Themes: Humanity, Life, Relationships, Sci-fi, Horror, Spirituality, Dark fantasy Current label: Steamhammer Years active: 1983-1986 (as Avenger), 1986-present Originally the new name was to be Furious Rage, but it was eventually shortened to just Rage. "XIII" and "21" are indeed the 13th and 21st album because Peavy counts the Avenger album "Prayers of Steel" as their debut. In 1999, Sven Fischer, Spiros Efthimiadis, Chris Efthimiadis and Christian Wolff left and founded the pop band Sub7even. Victor Smolski was the songwriter for the Into the Light album for the Nuclear Blast Allstars project. Peter "Peavy" Wagner made an appearance on one song and André Hilgers was one of the drummers. The skeletal/machine hybrid mascot that appears on most Rage album covers is known as The Soundchaser. In late 2014, the classic line-up featuring Manni Schmidt and Chris Efthimiadis reunited under the name Refuge (after the song on The Missing Link). Peavy specified that both Rage and Refuge will continue to exist, as will Lingua Mortis Orchestra. In February 2015, Peavy Wagner and Victor Smolski announced they had decided to stop working together, marking an end for this era in Rage's history. Smolski later announced he will continue with the successor of Lingua Mortis Orchestra. Soon after, Peavy Wagner announced that he would continue Rage with a new line-up alongside Refuge as well as his own version of LMO. The latest Rage line-up was announced on June 18th, 2015. Peavy stated that he had received offers from well-established musicians, but wanted to have "a real band again with all members pulling in the same direction". Peter "Peavy" Wagner Vocals, Bass (1986-present) See also: Lingua Mortis Orchestra, Refuge, ex-Bassinvaders, ex-Avenger, ex-Mekong Delta, ex-Salvage, ex-X-Mas Project, ex-Der Riß Vassilios "Lucky" Maniatopoulos Drums, Vocals (additional) (2015-present) See also: Tri St