O3: A Trilogy
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O3: A Trilogy is a studio album series by Dominici
Dominici
Dominici is a progressive metal band formed in 2005 by former Dream Theater vocalist Charlie Dominici. Their only released work is the O3 Trilogy, a series of three concept albums about the story of a terrorist sleeper cell coming to the United States and falling in love with the country...

 released between 2005 and 2008. It is a concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...

 trilogy
Trilogy
A trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games...

 about a terrorist sleeper cell coming to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and falling in love with the country. His assignment is not discussed in any depth. It can be assumed that he is to destroy the first world (possibly the entire world) as evidenced various lines throughout multiple songs, but he starts to have second thoughts, and is swayed to the other side by none other than the police officer who catches him. O3: A Trilogy constitutes the only albums currently produced by Dominici. Lead vocalist Charlie Dominici
Charlie Dominici
Charlie Dominici is a singer for progressive metal band Dominici.Perhaps he is best known as the second vocalist for the progressive metal band Dream Theater, having replaced Chris Collins and later being replaced by James LaBrie.-Biography:Dominici originally came into prominence as a member of...

 has stated that while the band will continue to record, he shows no interest in making more concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...

s.

The first album in the trilogy is technically a solo album
Solo album
A solo album, in popular music, is an album headlined by a current or former member of a band. A solo album may feature simply one person performing all instruments, but typically features the work of other collaborators; rather, it may be made with different collaborators than the artist is...

 as Charlie Dominici is the only performer, playing the acoustic guitar
Acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...

, harmonica
Harmonica
The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...

, and singing
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

. Therefore, most people would not consider this a progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 recording, as the second album would display. Charlie Dominici's only contribution to the performance of the second and third albums, besides writing the songs and story, was on vocals. For the rest of the trilogy, Brian Maillard
Brian Maillard (musician)
Brian Maillard, born 6 August 1978 in Delémont, Switzerland, is the guitarist for the progressive metal band Dominici.-Biography:Brian studied at the Academy of Music in Délémont and went on to become a member of the band Magic Power with his brother Yan who currently plays drums for Dominici...

 played guitar, Yan Maillard played drums, Riccardo "eRik" Atzeni played bass guitar, and Americo Rigoldi played keyboard.

Part One (2005)

All Music & Lyrics by Charlie Dominici
  1. "Introduction" - 2:59
  2. "Unwilling Volunteer" - 3:04
  3. "My New Land" - 2:34
  4. "I Found My Love" - 2:58
  5. "The Dream" - 6:56
  6. "A Day of Conflict" - 4:37
  7. "The Order Comes" - 4:02
  8. "The Plan" - 4:36
  9. "I Will Return" - 4:52
  10. "The Hand of God" - 4:40


Part Two (2007)

All Lyrics by Charlie Dominici
  1. "The Monster" - 8:28
  2. "Nowhere to Hide" - 5:06
  3. "Captured" - 4:16
  4. "Greed, the Evil Seed" - 7:26
  5. "School of Pain" - 7:23
  6. "The Calling" - 6:39
  7. "The Real Life" - 3:28
  8. "The Cop" - 4:48
  9. "A New Hope" - 6:52

Part Three (2008)

All Lyrics by Charlie Dominici

  1. "King of Terror" - 7:52 (Music by C.Dominici, B.Maillard, Y.Maillard and R.Atzeni)
  2. "March into Hell" - 5:58 (Music by C.Dominici, B.Maillard, Y.Maillard)
  3. "So Help Me God" - 4:24 (Music by C.Dominici, B.Maillard, Y.Maillard)
  4. "Liquid Lightning" - 5:23 (Music by C.Dominici, B.Maillard, Y.Maillard and R.Atzeni)
  5. "Enemies of God" - 10:07 (Music by C.Dominici, B.Maillard, Y.Maillard)
  6. "Revelation" - 6:57 (Music by C.Dominici, B.Maillard, Y.Maillard)
  7. "Hell on Earth" - 5:11 (Music by C.Dominici, B.Maillard, Y.Maillard and R.Atzeni)
  8. "Genesis" - 10:50 (Music by C.Dominici, B.Maillard, Y.Maillard and R.Atzeni)

Personnel For Part 2 & 3

  • Charlie Dominici - Vocals & Spoken Word
    Spoken word
    Spoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....

  • Brian Maillard - Lead, Rhythm & Acoustic Guitars
  • Americo Rigoldi - Keyboards
  • Ricardo Atzeni - Bass
  • Yan Maillard - Drums, Percussion
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