Immortal Dominion
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Immortal Dominion is a metal band from Fort Collins, Colorado who have been around since 1992.
History
The original members of Immortal Dominion met at a church in Loveland, CO where they had rock music. They were all on drama teams and played music. The band left the church and organized religion and formed Immortal Dominion and have really never looked back. The current band members are: Brian Villers (Guitars, Backing Vocals), Ray Smith (Lead Vocals, Guitar), Brian "Edward" Schmidt (Bass), Louie Micciullo (Guitar) and Ben Mangina (Drums).
Sound
Immortal Dominion is a powerhouse of heavy, driving metal. Often amazing new listeners with their unique and catchy rhythms, I.D. has an appeal that crosses genres and audiences. They have played in CA, WY, UT, IN, MO, and Kansas opening for national acts such as: Macabre, Fear Factory, Vader, Cephalic Carnage, Adema, Darkest Hour, Trust Co., Neurosis, Malevolent Creation, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Today is the Day, Living Sacrifice, and Napalm Death.
Band Drama
The band experienced the loss of a band member due to the murder/suicide of former bassist Stephen Sherwood and his wife, Sara Elizabeth (guitarist/vocalist Brian Villers's sister-in-law, whose daughter Villers and his wife are raising). Along the way, the band's punishing extreme-metal sound has changed slightly and become more melodic and accessible, as heard on its 2009 release, "Primortal"
Teeth
Immortal Dominion scored the soundtrack of the breakout indie film Teeth. Another band had actually landed a song on the movie, but they broke up and were arguing about right to the songs. So, Morris Beagle from Fist Music (distributor) sent the movie's Director, Mitchell Lichtenstein, music from several of his bands and they picked 5 songs from Immortal Dominion's album "Awakening".
Albums
"Birth, EP" - 1996
Songs: Canyon Curse, Animated Adrenaline, Brighter Days, I Won't Kill You and Demon Voices.
"Endure" - 1998
From Ray Smith’s opening scream on track one, Endure is almost 44 minutes of raw angst and fury. A mixed hybrid of different metal genres, the album put Immortal Dominion on the map.
"Awakening: The Revelation" - 2006
The 2nd full length release from Immortal Dominion after an opening EP. A brutal display of thrash style riffing with a few death like vocals thrown in for good measure. At times sounding like early Pantera/Slayer but doesn't come across sounding strictly 80's thrash. Song titles like "Eat Your Flesh", "Blasphemy" and "Shallows in the Vatican Darkness" bring you thoughts of some Cradle of Filth influences in some of their songwriting. "Fear Free" and "Not Good" are incredible metal headbanging pieces.
"Primortal" - 2009
The new record sounds a bit different from the last record, Awakening. Primortal has a more accessible sound which is a result of work with lauded producer Sterling Winfield (Pantera, Mercyful Fate). According to Guitarist: Brian Villers - "Sterling, our producer, kind of came in, and he took a listen to what we had, and he just felt like getting in and tearing things apart and rearranging stuff and slowing some stuff down." This album falls less into the death metal range and closer to hard rock which has garnered the band a larger audience.
References
www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=12576 www.madisonamps.com/artists/pages/immortaldominion.htm heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/immortaldominio.htm www.staticmultimedia.com › Music › News www.westword.com/.../immortal-dominion-rounds-off-its-edges-on-a-new-album/ www.bravewords.com/news/81590 www.themetalpit.ca/immortaldominion.html
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