. . . "Winters Bane are a heavy/power metal band, formed in 1990.They have gone through extensive line-up changes throughout their history with only guitarist and sometime-vocalist Lou St. Paul featuring as an ever-present.In their first incarnation with Tim \"Ripper\" Owens (who would later join Judas Priest and Iced Earth), they released the Heart of a Killer album in 1993, a concept piece based on the murderous exploits of a character called Judge Cohagen."@en . . . . . . . "group_or_band" . . "1990Z"^^ . . "Winters Bane"@en .