Dol Ammad is a heavy metal band formed in 2000 by Greek keyboard player Thanasis Lightbridge. Dol Ammad uses many different instruments and the vocal support of a fourteen-member four-part choir. Lightbridge describes his music as "electronica art metal" and cites electronic music pioneers Jean Michel Jarre and Vangelis as key influences. The band derives its name from a fuel refinery in the computer game Descent 3.

Lineup

Current members

Band

• Thanasis Lightbridge - synthesizers

• Alex Holzwarth (also formerly of Rhapsody of Fire) - drums and percussion

• Dim - electric guitar

• Nick Terry - bass guitar

Choir

• Soprano - Mary Palaska, Kortessa Tsifodimou, Alexandra Voulgari

• Alto - Vicky Alexaki, Sofia Patsi, Maria Stolaki, Ntina Strani

• Tenor - Alexandros Barmpas, Panos Iampoultakis, Themis Mpasdekis, Anestis Papageorgiou

• Bass - 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)

• Winds Of The Sun (2010)

• Cosmic Gods: Episode I - Hyperspeed (2012)

• Cosmic Gods: Episode II - Astroatlas (2018)

References

• https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dol-ammad-mn0000868224#discography

External links

General

Interviews

• Sea of Tranquility - "Dol Ammad - A new Sound, A New Genre"

• POWERMETAL.de - "Interview Dol Ammad"

• Metal Perspective - "Interview with Thanasis Lightbridge"

• Heavy Law - "Dol Ammad"

• 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"

• Nucleus - "A Great Adventure"

• Melodic Hard Rock Today - "Interview Dol Ammad"

• Progressia.net - "ENTRETIEN : DOL AMMAD"

• Dol Ammad on Avantgarde-metal.com 2007