Domine

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Domine Domine Domine lyrics related to the Elric of Melnibone and Conan The Barbarian books. Champion Eternal “Champion Eternal” was the starting point a new life for the band, after many years in the underground scene. The band was not a new name when the debut album was released, by Italian label Dragonheart, having previously recorded four demo tapes (from 1986 to 1994) getting reviews and interviews in a lot of fanzines and magazines around the world. However, the line-up of the band drastically changed just before the cd and this recording was really a new start. The new line-up of the group was Enrico Paoli on guitars, Riccardo Paoli on bass (the only ones left of the original line-up), Mimmo Palmiotta on drums (previously with Masterstroke and Death SS) and Morby on vocals (ex-Sabotage, one of the very first metal band in Italy). The band has been compared by magazines and fanzines to Manowar, Queensryche, Warlord, Omen, Helstar, Candlemass, Iron Maiden. The band established its personal style with Epic Metal songs like “Stormbringer (The Black Sword)”, “Army of The Dead” and Power Metal assaults like “The Mass Of Chaos” and “The Midnight Meat Train”. Some of the songs have a progressive structures like the epic title track, “The Eternal Champion”, a 12 minutes long suite divided in seven parts. In 1998, keyboards player Riccardo Iacono enters the band and singer Morby sings in Labyrinth during their European tour with HammerFall. Background information Origin Genre(s) Years active Label(s) Website Members Morby Enrico Paoli Riccardo Paoli Stefano Bonini Gabriele Caselli Former members Agostino Carpo Carlo "Funa" Funaioli Mimmo Palmiotta Florence, Italy Speed metal, Power metal 1984 - Present Dragonheart Records Avalon http://www.dominetruemetal.com/ Biography Domine is one of the most successful bands of the Italian Heavy Metal scene and one of the longest running. It was formed in 1983 and started to release demo tapes in 1986. The Epic Power Metal band from Florence got some attention with their first cd “Champion Eternal”, an album released in 1997 that got great feedback by all the metal maniacs around the world, becoming a cult-release. Domine went on releasing 4 more albums, touring Europe and playing in a lot of festivals. They have been linked to Heroic Fantasy and Sword & Sorcery writers like Micheal Moorcock and R.E.Howard for their Dragonlord “Dragonlord (Tales Of The Noble Steel)” is the band second album and the most successful in term of sales. All the songs of the album were written from July to December ’98, except for three tracks written during the demo tapes and included in the new album to give them the new line-up treatment by demand of the fans of the demo tapes. The sound of the group is now a powerful mix of Epic and Power Heavy Metal, played with grandeur feeling and dramatic solemnity, a 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia metal storm of duelling guitars, thundering tempo changes, soulful guitar solos and soaring vocals. A few songs on “Champion Eternal” had some keyboards parts but with the joining of the fifth member, keyboards are used more and more to add majestic and epic atmospheres to the songs. The band spent the beginning of 1999 to pre-produce the songs and entered the studio in May. Domine came out of the studio with 10 metal hymns of the purest dynasty. Songs like “Dragonlord (The Grand Master Of The Mightiest Beasts)”, “Last Of The Dragonlord (Lord Elric’s Imperial March)” and the 13 minutes long “The Battle For The Great Silver Sword” (A Suite in VII Parts) are the most epic tracks ever recorded by the band so far. Fans of more aggressive and faster songs are rewarded by the double bass drums assault of “Thunderstorm” and “Defenders”, two songs which are still live gigs favourite. Morby showcases his vocal range, from wicked Metal scorching vocal to opera tenor to amazing hyper-high screams ad can be heard at the end of the song “Defenders”, where he hits some very high notes. The band records a cover of Queensryche’s classic “Queen Of The Reich”, a track that appears exclusively on the Japanese edition. “Dragonlord” gets enthusiastic reviews in all the most important magazines, it’s top metal album on most of the Italian magazines, gets the front cover of Power Zone, Metal Invader and Flash mags, and it’s in the top 10 of Rock Hard Germany, Heavy Oder Was and Mindview soundchecks and other magazines. Soon after the recording of the album, drummer Mimmo decides to quit musical activities to dedicate his time to his family. New drummer is Stefano Bonini, previously with extreme act Necromass, with whom he recorded 2 albums and toured Europe with Dark Funeral. After the release of the album, the band begins live activity, playing a sold out gig in Athens, Greece. Then they undertake a European tour opening for American bands Riot, Anvil and Agent Steel. The tour is called “Metallic Movement 2000” and travelled across Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, France and Spain. The band is then part of the bill of the Gods Of Metal Festival 2000, in Monza, the metal event of year 2000 in Italy. The bill of the day is Iron Maiden, Demons and Wizards, Dark Tranquillity, Sentenced, Edguy, Domine, Dirty Deeds, Khali and Theater Of Domine Vampires. The band plays in front of 23.000 people. The gig is broadcasted on tv by Video Music channel. Domine plays at the Powermad 2000 Festival with Running Wild, Grave Digger and Moon Of Steel; The festival is held inside an ancient castle in Vigevano and in other festivals like Agglutination in Chiaromonte with Vision Divine and Metal Gladiators 2000 Festival in Bologna with Gamma Ray, Freedom Call and Labyrinth. Stormbringer Ruler New album “Stormbringer Ruler – The Legend of the Power Supreme”, as “Dragonlord”, has been recorded during April 2001 at the New Sin Audio Design in Loria (TV), as its predecessor. "Stormbringer Ruler" contains the speed metal assault of "The Hurricane Master", which showcases one of the most difficult high notes run by singer Morby, and "True Leader Of Men", a song based on the sciencefiction novel “Dune” with thundering bass drums; the symphonic arrangements of "The Ride Of The Valkyries"; the celtic harmonies of "The Bearer Of The Black Sword" and "Dawn Of A New Day - A Celtic Requiem"; the slow and emotional "For Evermore" and the Epic Metal rides of "Horn Of Fate" and "The Fall Of The Spiral Tower". “Horn of Fate”, “The Bearer Of The Black Sword”, “For Evermore” and “Dawn of A New Day” are parts of a mini-concept entitled “The Chronicles of the Black Sword – The End on an Era”. This mini concept is inspired by the final part of the saga of Elric of Melnibone, and tells the story of the final destiny of Michael Moorcock’s Elric Of Melnibonè, Dragonlord and Ruler of the Black Sword Stormbringer. Elric is one of the many incarnations of the Eternal Chanpion, an immortal being doomed to reincarnate in many heroes and to fight forever. The destiny of the incarnation called Elric is to be the herald of the final battle between Chaos and Law for the Earth. “The Ride of the Valkyries” is a tribute to Richard Wagner and to his operas inspired by northern mythology. The song is a true Epic Metal ride that features the theme of the opera “Die Walküre” from the “Der Ring des Nibelungen”. 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Domine time, the band started to write and rehearse the songs for their fifth album, they decide to record the album they would like to buy and listen to, with no limit and no genre barriers. Of course, “Ancient Spirit Rising” is an heavy metal album, no doubt, no shame and no regrets about it, but the band filled it with many other things they love and they wanted to explore. They wanted the album to be metal, with hints of Hard Rock, Progressive rock, Celtic and Acoustic music, Classic music, a general 70’s feel and even some adult Rock. They never forget about their fans and their HEAVY METAL roots but they search for the feeling of excitement they get when they listen to their favorite albums by Queen, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Kansas, Thin Lizzy,etc. just to name a few untouchable names. The 3 long suites “The Lady Of Shalott”, “Ancient Spirit Rising”, “How The Mighty Have Fallen”, and the progressive “Another Time, Another Place, Another Space” have some kind of 70’s “spirit”. he band start the live activity again, with an Italian tour and playing in many festival, playing for the second time at the Heineken Jammin’ festival 2007, with Iron Maiden as headliner. In March 2008, keyboards player Riccardo Iacono leaves the band for personal reasons. The new member is Gabriele Caselli, who debuts with Domine at the Agglutination Festival 2008. The band is actually writing its new album and playing some selected gigs in Italy. Emperor of the black runes Domine enters the New Sin Audio Design studio for the fourth album "Emperor Of The Black Runes" in May 2003, after some months of writing and pre-production. The "Aquilonia Suite", a track with excerpts from "Conan The Barbarian" soundtrack, gets an enthusiastic response from the amazing composer Basil Poledouris. “Emperor Of The Black Runes” is another step forward for Domine, once again pushing the limits of the band’s style with a good balance of fast, classic heavy metal songs and long epic tracks. As a respected name in the underground classic Heavy Metal scene, Domine started working on its fourth cd writing songs in the style they love, putting a better effort in production and arrangements, making the new songs traditional and exciting at the same time. The new cd shows Domine playing songs in their usual Epic Power Metal style but with a few injections of Prog Rock, Celtic and acoustic music. The powerful speed metal assaults of opener “Battle Gods (Of The Universe)” and “True Believer” are the most “live” sounding songs with a crushing and aggressive sound, while songs like “Arioch, The Chaos Star” and “The Song Of The Swords” bring back memories of the classic 80’s metal of Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. “The Aquilonia Suite” is an 11 minutes titanic “tour de force” based on the “Conan The Barbarian” books by R.E. Howard and on the movie soundtrack by Basil Poledouris. More Celtic harmonies come back in the ultra Epic “The Sun Of The New Season” and in the allacoustic track “The Forest Of Light”, a track which shows Domine’s appreciation of Jethro Tull, Genesis, Loreena McKennitt and Irish folk music. Both songs see singer Leanan Sidhe lending her charming voice, virtually becoming Domine’s sixth member. A fair amount of melody shows up in “Prince In The Scarlet Robe” (based on the Corum books by Michael Moorcock) and “Icarus Ascending” with some hints of Hard Rock (Kansas, Queen). Members • • • • • Morby (Adolfo Morviducci) - vocals Enrico Paoli - guitar Riccardo Paoli - bass Gabriele Caselli - keyboards Stefano Bonini - drums Past Members • • • • • • Stefano Mazzella - Vocals Agostino Carpo - Guitars Mimmo Palmiotta - Drums Simone Gazzola - Vocals Carlo Funaioli - Drums Riccardo Iacono - Keyboards Ancient Spirit Rising It’s now time for the fifth release, "Ancient Spirit Rising"(2007).This album also contains references to classical music ( Stravinsky) and draws from the classic power metal band typical of.There are also progressive influences and country-flavored ballads.By the Discography • Champion Eternal (1997) • Dragonlord (1999) 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Stormbringer Ruler (2001) • Emperor of the Black Runes (2003) • Ancient Spirit Rising (2007) Domine External links • Official Site Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domine" Categories: Italian heavy metal musical groups, Power metal musical groups This page was last modified on 19 May 2009, at 05:21 (UTC). 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