Dragonlord is an American symphonic black metal band that was formed in 2001 as a

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and Steve Di Giorgio of Testament, and

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. The band is a result of Eric Peterson's interest in darker music, and not being able to do that with Testament he formed Dragonlord. The band combines elements of

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(screeching vocals, keyboards) with some

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guitar influences. Lyrical themes vary, either about the rage of a dragon (hence the name), death, war, lost love, Satanic or otherwise anti-religious themes (common in

), or combinations. DiGiorgio left the group shortly after its creation and was replaced by former Testament bassist Derrick Ramirez. Smyth left the project in 2005. Former Psypheria member Lyle Livingston plays keyboards for the band, and Jon Allen is their drummer. Vocalist Leah McHenry joined in 2018. They have released three albums, '' Rapture'' in 2001, ''

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'' in 2005, and ''Dominion'' in 2018.

Band history

In 2009, Eric Peterson released the following statement via

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magazine:''KERRANG!'' : Peterson says no Dragonlord album until 2011. In 2010, Eric Peterson issued another statement via

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magazine: On March 7, 2012, Dragonlord was signed to Spinefarm/Universal Records. As of October 2013, according to Eric Peterson, Dragonlord is recording a new album, "Dominion", which is set to release in early 2017. In April 2015, it was announced "Dominion" is currently in the mixing stage. The album "Dominion" was released September 21, 2018, and featured the renowned bass guitarist from Slovenia, Tilen Hudrap (U.D.O, Pestilence, Paradox) as a guest on the J.R.R Tolkien inspired track "The Discord of Melkor".

Members

Current members

–

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, guitars, bass * Lyle Livingston –

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– drums * Leah McHenry – female vocals and choirs

Former members

* Steve Di Giorgio – bass (2000–2001) *

– guitars (2000–2005) * Derrick Ramirez – bass * Mark Black – guitars * Jon Allen – drums * Claudeous Creamer – guitars * Steve Schmidt – bass * Gian Pyres – touring guitarist (2005–2006)

Discography

* '' Rapture'' (2001) * ''

'' (2005) * ''Dominion'' (2018)

References

External links

Official Dragonlord websiteDragonlord at Encyclopaedia Metallum
American black metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2001 Symphonic black metal musical groups Musical quintets {{US-metal-band-stub