Dragonlord

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Dragonlord
General information
Genre (s) Extreme metal
founding 2001
Website http://www.enterthedragonlord.com/
Current occupation
Eric Peterson
Electric guitar
 Claudeous Creamer
Steve Schmidt
Jon Allen
Lyle Livingston
former members
Electric guitar
 Gian Pyres
Electric guitar
 Steve Smyth
Electric bass
 Steve DiGiorgio
Electric bass
 Derrick Ramirez

Dragonlord is an American extreme metal band with influences from Thrash and symphonic black metal . It was founded in 2001 by Eric Peterson , the guitarist of the band Testament , as a side project.

history

The band released the album Rapture on the record label Spitfire Records in the first year of its existence . In addition to Peterson on vocals and guitar, you can hear other musicians known from other bands such as Steve DiGiorgio ( Death , Sadus , Testament) on bass, Steve Smyth ( Vicious Rumors , later also in Nevermore and Forbidden ) on guitar, and Jon Allen ( Sadus, Testament) on drums. Lyle Livingston completed the band with the album recordings on the keyboard. Four years later, the second album was released Black Wings of Destiny , which in Studio Fredman by Fredrik Nordström in Göteborg was added and mixed was. Before the recordings, DiGiorgio was replaced by former Testament bassist Derrick Ramirez. This and Steve Smyth left the band in the following years and were replaced by Steve Schmidt and the former Cradle-of-Filth guitarist Gian Pyres . This in turn was later replaced by Claudeous Creamer.

Dragonlord played in Geiselwind at the Earthshaker Fest in July 2005 , toured the USA and Canada from October and played together with the bands Venom , Death Angel , Sodom and Onslaught at the Thrash Domination Fest in Japan in September of the following year . After that, the band performed mainly in their Californian homeland and shared the stage with Testament, Lääz Rockit and Dublin Death Patrol, among others .

Discography

  • 2001: Rapture (Spitfire Records)
  • 2005: Black Wings of Destiny (Escapi Music)
  • 2018: Dominion (Spinefarm Records)

style

The band combines riffing from Thrash Metal with elements of symphonic Black Metal. The band's music has been described as a mix of Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth with Venom and Mercyful Fate . On Black Wings of Destiny coverte DragonLord both the song Black Funeral of Mercyful Fate, and Emerald by Thin Lizzy .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Steve Huey: Dragonlord - Biography , allmusic.com (English). Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b Former CRADLE OF FILTH Guitarist Joins DRAGONLORD On Tour , blabbermouth.net (English). Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  3. ↑ Buffo Schnädelbach: Dragonlord . Rapture . In: Rock Hard , No. 172. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  4. ^ Robert Pöpperl-Berenda: Dragonlord . Black Wings of Destiny . In: Rock Hard , No. 222. Retrieved November 18, 2011.

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