A Hannover, Lower Saxony Power Metal band HUMAN FORTRESS evolved from the Progressive Rock act TIMEZONE fronted by Michaela Senger. With Senger's departure, and after drafting ex-HYDROTOXIN man Pablo Tammen, the group evolved into HUMAN FORTRESS during 1999 debuting with a promotional mini-album.

A second HUMAN FORTRESS outing entitled 'Lord Of Earth And Heavens Heir', produced by ex-VICTORY guitarist Tommy Newton, would follow on. Released in September 2001 by Limb Music the sophomore effort saw guest backing vocals from Michael Bormann of JADED HEARTand RAIN.

HUMAN FORTRESS shed guitarist Volker Trost and keyboard player Dirk Marquardt in December 2003, soon replacing them with Frank Sawade on guitar and Ottfried Mietzke on the drums. The latter had previously issued a Progressive Rock solo album 'The Dream And Nightmare Gallery'. The band appeared at the SKYCLAD headlined UK 'Dominion - Autumn Assault' festival in Hull during October alongside a supporting cast of INTENSE, Italy's WARCHILD, INFOBIA, PAIN CONTROL, DELIVERANCE, CONQUEST OF STEEL, HUMANITY, EVILE and PITIFUL REIGN.

In 2004 Andreas Kienitz was announced as forming up YARGOS, a Progressive Metal collaboration between well known figures on the European Metal scene involving THRESHOLD singer Andrew McDermott, guitarist Wieland Hofmeister, RUNNING WILD bassist Peter Pichl and MOONDOG drummer Ossy Pfieffer. Additional vocals came courtesy of Anca Graterol. The album 'To Be Or Not To Be' emerged in 2005 through AFM Records. Jioti Parcharidis joined VICTORY in 2006.

HUMAN FORTRESS guitarist Torsten Wolf manifested the melodic Rock project THE TROPHY during 2006, a union with JADED HEART singer Michael Bormann.