DAMASTE BAND PAGE
 DAMASTE
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CURRENT NAME
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Damaste |
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FORMER NAMES
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- |
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ORIGIN
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Brescia, Lombardy, Italy |
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STATUS
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Active |
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FORMED IN
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2007 |
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LABEL
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No label |
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GENRE
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Death metal; Thrash metal |
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STYLE
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Melodic |
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LYRICAL THEME
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History |
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BAND ADDED
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2009-03-25, 04:58 |
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LAST UPDATE
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2009-04-20, 08:41 |
In classic greek mithology Procrùstes (derived from greek Prokroustês, meaning "the stretcher") was the nickname of a bandit named Damaste, who had his stronghold on the hills near Mount Coridallos, in Attica. There, lying in ambush near the sacred road between Eleusis and Athens, he used to assault every passerby and mangle them with an hammer after having them laid down on a rocky or metallic bed-shaped anvil. If the "guest" proved too tall, Damaste would amputate the excessive lenght; if the victim was found too short, was then stretched out on the rack until she fit. Later versions of this myth (which became later predominant) stated he possessed two beds, a short one and a long one: he liked to torment and kill the short captives stretching them on the first bed and maiming the tall ones on the second. Damaste was eventually defeated and killed by Theseus, who encountered the bandit while on his journey from Troezens to Athens: he "fitted" Procrustes to his own bed and cut off his head and feet.
Today, the expression "procrustean bed" explains an attempt to force people in conforming to an arbitrary standard, a uniformed and massified way of thinking and acting. More generically, it means an hard or intollerable situation, or an exruciating condition of spirit.
The project Damaste takes definitely shape in 2007, emerging from the fog of years spent in a quest for the technique, the musical identity and the musicians able to fully express this tormenting condition of spirit nesting in the bowels of the project.
| Former members Add - Fetch |
| Unknown / none |
| Session musicians Add - Fetch |
| Unknown / none |
