DREAMS OF DAMNATION BAND PAGE
 DREAMS OF DAMNATION
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CURRENT NAME
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Dreams Of Damnation |
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FORMER NAMES
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ORIGIN
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USA |
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STATUS
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Active |
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FORMED IN
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LABEL
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Quadrivium Records |
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GENRE
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Thrash metal |
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STYLE
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LYRICAL THEME
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BAND ADDED
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2005-04-10, 00:00 |
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LAST UPDATE
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2005-04-10, 00:00 |
California, 1980s: Obvious signs that something revolutionary is unfolding are when musical advancements register far ahead of the available technology. One of the most significant developments in the musical genre which came to be known as thrash metal were the unmistakable, adrenaline-inducing sounds of impossibly fast guitars and prominent jaw-dropping double-bass drums. In the mid-‘80s, the genre was developing at such an explosive rate that the means to transcribe the music did not yet exist. Extraordinary albums such as Slayer's Reign In Blood, Metallica's Master Of Puppets, Exodus' Bonded By Blood, and Testament's The Legacy are considered by many to be thrash masterpieces and mandatory staples for any musical collection. Spawned in the throes of Los Angeles' fertile metal scene, DARK ANGEL’s Darkness Descends solidified the song writing reputation & guitar playing talents of Jim Durkin within the underground in 1986. The blast radius of this monumental album registered as far as England, Germany, and Sweden. Fans-turned-musicians would proudly wear the scars of their imbedded shrapnel as the mark of a newly awakened musical consciousness.
Los Angeles, 2000: What awaited all fans of thrash - both new & old - was the highly anticipated music by Jim Durkin's first band since 1989, DREAMS OF DAMNATION. Hungry for another musical endeavor and eager to find co-conspirators capable of transcribing his trademarked insatiable violence, Jim recruited long-time friend, bassist, and ex-Malignant vocalist Charlie Silva and drummer "Mayhem" Mendez (ex-Mad Whip Thunder) in 1999. They released the Let The Violence Begin EP one year later on Necropolis Records. Ill Literature Magazine called it "an aggression that has one foot in ‘80s thrash and the other in today's more extreme underground."
The band’s debut live performance in October at Los Angeles' Hell Fest that same year was significant for several reasons, as DREAMS OF DAMNATION’s future convened unexpectedly under one roof in one night. Also on the Hell Fest bill were the reunited L.A. thrashers ABATTOIR, whose lead singer/bassist Steve Gaines would eventually become D.O.D.’s rhythm guitarist. In the audience asking both Jim Durkin & Steve Gaines for autographs was a fan who became the band’s new vocalist: Loana dP Valencia.
Los Angeles, 2003: Dangerously old-school yet relevant to today's scene, DREAMS OF DAMNATION is a bold rebirth of feral attitude that is meticulous in its articulation because it simply never seeks reconciliation. People are still astounded by Jim Durkin's guitar riffs, which maintain the legacy of defying transcription; Charlie Silva's pounding bass lines prove to be as unapologetic & ominous as his presence; "Mayhem" Mendez continues to elude even the most experienced of sound men with his hard-hitting drum work; Steve Gaines commands attention with his infectious showmanship; and Loana dP Valencia's anti-stereotype female vocals bring an unanticipated twist to the predominantly male metal scene.
To witness D.O.D. in a live setting is to attend a workshop in the guiltless indulgences of the timeless, multi-faceted art of revenge. Demonstrating no intentions of straying from their chosen path of destruction, DREAMS OF DAMNATION genuinely uphold the tradition of the advances in thrash metal, and have charted a trajectory aiming to become a band North America will be insistently proud to call their own.
The band split up in June 2004 according to some sources. On March 31st, 2005 guitarist Jim Durkin did however announce a show to take place in California on May 30th and a new album to be released later in the year via Quadrivium Records.
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