Dol Ammad is a heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band formed in 2000 by Greek

Greece

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 keyboard player Thanasis Lightbridge

Thanasis Lightbridge

Thanasis Lightbridge was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1978. He is a Greek keyboard player/composer best known as the founder of electronica art metal band Dol Ammad and independent record label Electronicartmetal Records. He is also in the band Dol Theeta and currently resides in Thessaloniki,...

. Dol Ammad is characterizeded with instrumentation which layers conventional metal instrumentation (bass, drums, and electric guitar), synthesizers, and the vocal support of a fourteen member four-part choir. Lightbridge describes his music as "electronica

Electronica

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 art metal" and cites electronic music pioneers Jean Michel Jarre

Jean Michel Jarre

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 and Vangelis

Vangelis

Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis...

 as key influences. The band derives its name from a fuel refinery in the computer game Descent 3.

Band

• Thanasis Lightbridge
  Thanasis Lightbridge
  Thanasis Lightbridge was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1978. He is a Greek keyboard player/composer best known as the founder of electronica art metal band Dol Ammad and independent record label Electronicartmetal Records. He is also in the band Dol Theeta and currently resides in Thessaloniki,...
  
   - Synthesizers
• Alex Holzwarth
  Alex Holzwarth
  Alex Holzwarth was born on 4 October 1968 in Landshut, Germany and is a professional drummer, and current member of italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire. He is also the brother of the band's bassist Oliver Holzwarth....
  
   (also of Rhapsody of Fire
  Rhapsody of Fire
  Rhapsody of Fire is an Italian symphonic power metal band led by Alex Staropoli. Since forming in 1993, the band has released eight studio albums, one live album, two EPs, and a live DVD...
  
  ) - Drums and Percussion
• Dim - Electric Guitar
• Nick Terry - Bass Guitar

Choir

• Soprano
  Soprano
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   - Mary Palaska, Kortessa Tsifodimou, Alexandra Voulgari
• Alto
  Alto
  Alto is a musical term, derived from the Latin word altus, meaning "high" in Italian, that has several possible interpretations.When designating instruments, "alto" frequently refers to a member of an instrumental family that has the second highest range, below that of the treble or soprano. Hence,...
  
   - Vicky Alexaki, Sofia Patsi, Maria Stolaki, Ntina Strani
• Tenor
  Tenor
  The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
  
   - Alexandros Barmpas, Panos Iampoultakis, Themis Mpasdekis, Anestis Papageorgiou
• Bass - Kyriakos Chouvardas, Petros Moraitis, Yiannis Tsalouhidis

Choir

• Zoe Tsokanou, Soprano (Star Tales, Demo)
• Marieta Pangiotidou, Alto (Star Tales, Demo)

Discography

• Demo #1 EP (2001)
• Demo EP (2002)
• Star Tales
  Star Tales
  Star Tales is the debut album by the Greek electronic/operatic metal band Dol Ammad. The album features a 12-piece choir of six men and six women called the Europa Choir that performed all the vocal duties.-Track listing:# "Dreamport" - 3:11...
  
  (2004)
• Ocean Dynamics (2006)
• Winds Of The Sun (2010)
• Hyperspeed (TBA)

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