Dol Ammad is a heavy metal band formed in 2000 by

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keyboard player Thanasis Lightbridge. Dol Ammad is characterizeded with instrumentation which layers conventional metal instrumentation (bass, drums, and electric guitar), synthesizers, and the vocal support of a fourteen-member four-part choir. Lightbridge describes his music as "

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art metal" and cites electronic music pioneers

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as key influences. The band derives its name from a fuel refinery in the

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Lineup

Current members

Band

* Thanasis Lightbridge - synthesizers * Alex Holzwarth (also formerly of

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) - drums and percussion *Dim - electric guitar *Nick Terry - bass guitar

Choir

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- Mary Palaska, Kortessa Tsifodimou, Alexandra Voulgari *

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- Vicky Alexaki, Sofia Patsi, Maria Stolaki, Ntina Strani *

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- Alexandros Barmpas, Panos Iampoultakis, Themis Mpasdekis, Anestis Papageorgiou *

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- Kyriakos Chouvardas, Petros Moraitis, Yiannis Tsalouhidis

Sound engineer

* argystream - argy papageorgiou

Guests

* D. C. Cooper ( Silent Force, Royal Hunt) - vocals (Ocean Dynamics)

Former members

Band

*Jimmy Wicked - guitar (Star Tales, Demo)

Choir

*Zoe Tsokanou, soprano (Star Tales, Demo) *Marieta Pangiotidou, alto (Star Tales, Demo)

Discography

*''Demo No. 1'' EP (2001) *''Demo'' EP (2002) *'' Star Tales'' (2004) *''Ocean Dynamics'' (2006) *''

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References

External links

General

Interviews

Sea of Tranquility - "Dol Ammad - A new Sound, A New Genre" Metal Perspective - "Interview with Thanasis Lightbridge" Metal Fan - "Een interview met Thanasis Lightbridge van Dol Ammad" Vampster - "DOL AMMAD: Die musikalische Freiheit, die ich mir nehme" Lords of Metal - "One small step for Dol Ammad, one giant leap for metal" Lords of Metal - "Interview Dol Ammad" Lords of Metal - "Dol Ammad" Progressia.net - "ENTRETIEN : DOL AMMAD"Dol Ammad on Avantgarde-metal.com 2007
{{Authority control Greek heavy metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2000 Greek musical quartets Greek symphonic metal musical groups Musical groups from Thessaloniki 2000 establishments in Greece