Dagoba (band)
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Dagoba is a French
industrial metal
/groove metal
band formed in 2000 by vocalist Shawter out of a previous band.
format and accompanied by a video for "Rush". Distributed by Edel/Sony, Release the Fury received extremely positive reviews.
In March 2003, Dagoba released their first self-titled album (see Dagoba). The band's sound had changed since Release the Fury. After Stephan left the band, Dagoba continued to play as a quartet and gave distribution rights to EMI. They followed up the album release with a successful European tour. The tour included opening for acts such as Samael and a headlining stint throughout France.
In February 2006, after two years, Dagoba released What Hell Is About
, produced by Tue Madsen. Very different from the last album, What Hell Is About was radically more somber, with a more gothic sound. Simen Hestnæs
of Dimmu Borgir
, Borknagar
, and Arcturus
performed guest vocals on two songs. After the release of the album, Dagoba went on tour in Europe, opening for the likes of Machine Head, Metallica and completed a continental tour with In Flames and Sepultura. They also attended Summerbreeze 2007 and With Full Force 2007.
Dagoba's third album, Face The Colossus, also produced by Tue Madsen, was released on September 29 of 2008 via Season Of Mist. Dagoba's newest album, Poseidon
, was released August 30, 2010.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
industrial metal
Industrial metal
Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...
/groove metal
Groove metal
Groove metal is a subgenre of heavy metal. It was often used to describe Pantera and Exhorder.- Characteristics and origins :Pantera's Cowboys from Hell album from 1990 was described as "groundbreaking" and "blueprint-defining" for the groove metal genre...
band formed in 2000 by vocalist Shawter out of a previous band.
Biography
In 2001, Dagoba signed on Enternote Records and recorded its first EP, Release the Fury, in digipakDigipak
Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:...
format and accompanied by a video for "Rush". Distributed by Edel/Sony, Release the Fury received extremely positive reviews.
In March 2003, Dagoba released their first self-titled album (see Dagoba). The band's sound had changed since Release the Fury. After Stephan left the band, Dagoba continued to play as a quartet and gave distribution rights to EMI. They followed up the album release with a successful European tour. The tour included opening for acts such as Samael and a headlining stint throughout France.
In February 2006, after two years, Dagoba released What Hell Is About
What Hell Is About
What Hell Is About is the second full-length studio album released by French metal band Dagoba. Dimmu Borgir bassist and Arcturus frontman ICS Vortex appears on two tracks of this album...
, produced by Tue Madsen. Very different from the last album, What Hell Is About was radically more somber, with a more gothic sound. Simen Hestnæs
ICS Vortex
Simen Hestnæs , also known as I.C.S. Vortex, or just simply Vortex, is a Norwegian musician, best known as the current vocalist of the avant-garde metal band Arcturus, the current vocalist and bass guitarist to the progressive black metal band Borknagar, and the former bass guitarist and backing...
of Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1993. Dimmu borgir means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse. The name is derived from a volcanic formation in Iceland, Dimmuborgir...
, Borknagar
Borknagar
Borknagar is a progressive black metal band from Bergen, Norway, founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines folk metal and black metal with progressive and melodic elements...
, and Arcturus
Arcturus (band)
Arcturus is an avant-garde metal band formed in Norway in 1987. They named it Arcturus , after the Behenian fixed star Arcturus.-Biography:The band has released four official full-length albums...
performed guest vocals on two songs. After the release of the album, Dagoba went on tour in Europe, opening for the likes of Machine Head, Metallica and completed a continental tour with In Flames and Sepultura. They also attended Summerbreeze 2007 and With Full Force 2007.
Dagoba's third album, Face The Colossus, also produced by Tue Madsen, was released on September 29 of 2008 via Season Of Mist. Dagoba's newest album, Poseidon
Poseidon (album)
Poseidon is the fourth full-length studio album released by French metal band Dagoba. It was released on August 30, 2010 through the French record label XIII Bis Records. The album was recorded at Hyperion Studio in Marseille, France with producer "Brew" Varea and was mixed by Dave Chang at Philia...
, was released August 30, 2010.
Current members
- Shawter – vocals
- Izakar – guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
- Werther – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Frank Costanza – drums
Guests
- Simen HestnæsICS VortexSimen Hestnæs , also known as I.C.S. Vortex, or just simply Vortex, is a Norwegian musician, best known as the current vocalist of the avant-garde metal band Arcturus, the current vocalist and bass guitarist to the progressive black metal band Borknagar, and the former bass guitarist and backing...
– vocals on "It's All About Time" and "The White Guy (Suicide)"
Discography
- Release the Fury EP (2001)
- Dagoba (2003)
- What Hell Is AboutWhat Hell Is AboutWhat Hell Is About is the second full-length studio album released by French metal band Dagoba. Dimmu Borgir bassist and Arcturus frontman ICS Vortex appears on two tracks of this album...
(2006) - Face The Colossus (2008)
- PoseidonPoseidon (album)Poseidon is the fourth full-length studio album released by French metal band Dagoba. It was released on August 30, 2010 through the French record label XIII Bis Records. The album was recorded at Hyperion Studio in Marseille, France with producer "Brew" Varea and was mixed by Dave Chang at Philia...
(2010)
Videography
- "Rush"
- "Another Day"
- "The Things WithinThe Things Within"The Things Within" is a song by the French metal band Dagoba, released on their second album, What Hell Is About, as track #8.-Video:The video has been directed by Arnaud Lalanne, on Idées Courtes production. The band plays in a room decorated with statues and metal elements, like an iron and...
" - "Black Smokers (752° Fahrenheit)"