Rolv

Rolv is a Ostlandic pop, pop rock boyband formed in April 2009. The group are composed of Max Rittsem, Lukas Berth, Alan Karrel and Mario Helden. The band was created by music producer Jans Martensen, who organized a contest in 2009 to define the members of the band. It is one of the best known bands in Ostland.

History
In 2009, the musical producer: Jans Martensen did a contest in Ostland to find boys between the ages of 16 to 18, to compete among themselves to be part of a new boy band.

In the contest 100 boys participated, each one had to sing a song and the judges, including Jans, had to rate them, and the participants with the best score won.

The first winner, whose name was Rey, was revealed but unfortunately he was unable to claim his prize to be in the band because he not have have legal authorization from his parents.

So the winners were: Max Rittsem, Lukar Berth, Mario Helden and Alan Karrel. Then, the Rolv band was officially created, and the Rolv's first album was announced, with advertising on television and in digital media.

On My Way - Musik for U
On My Way was the first Era of the band. The album On My Way mainly talks about "following your dreams", "not giving up" and "being happy", so this era was very happy and joyful. The Tour of this era was the Musik On My Way Tour, which also belonged to the following album: Musik for U.

For this reason, the era continued with Musik for U, becase this album also had a happy and fun theme. This album was dedicated to those people who believed in the band and the talent of its members, and according to producer Jans: " the album was a celebration of the success that On My Way and the band had ", so having already released Musik for U, the Tour to promot both albums was started.

This era ended in 2012, with the release of In Love, the third studio album of the band.

In Love - Love Hurts
On May 20, 2012, Rolv's third album In Love was released. This album and its songs talked about Love stories and "being in love", and according to Mario Helden: "the objective of the album was to show love as a beautiful thing of the life and enjoy the time when you are with the person that you love".

The tour to promote the album began on July 18, 2012, with the Love on Rolv World Tour, now with concerts in America and Oceania. The Tour was a sales success. The singles were also very well received on the charts across Europe.

On October 13, 2013 an extended play called "Love Hurts" was released, which was totally different from the album In Love. Love Hurts songs show the bad side of love and "how to get over a breakup or unrequited love". Lucas Berth said in an interview at the EP release: "Love Hurts was an idea that he (Lukas) himself thought of in 2011 when In Love was still in production. But since we liked the idea so much, in the end it was produced as an irony"

Studio albums

 * On My Way (2009)
 * Musik for U (2010)
 * In Love (2012)
 * Love Hurts (2013, EP)
 * Blind Fantasy (2014)
 * Moments (2017)
 * Back to Us (2020)

Compilations

 * The Rolv Hits (2017)

Live albums

 * Rolv Tours Collection

Tours and concerts

 * Musik On My Way Tour (2010 - 2011)
 * Love on Rolv World Tour (2012 - 2013)
 * Den Fantastisk Ostland Tour (2014)
 * Fantasy World Tour (2015 - 2016)
 * Moments with U World Tour (2018)

Trivia

 * Jans Martensen established a rule in the band that says that songs should always have some verse in Ostlandic, although all songs are mainly in English. This is because according to Martensen: "Ostlandic Pop is not well known, and it is important to make it known in the music around the world"