DOMINIA
Genre(s)
Symphonic/Melodic Death Metal
Lyrical theme(s)
Misanthropy, Philosophy, Anti-Religion
Origin Formed in Current label Status
Russia (Saint Petersburg) 1999 Unsigned Active
Current line-up
Anton Rosa - Vocals, Guitars
Daniel - Guitars (Zlomrak)
Ilya “Pin” Kononov - Bass
Papa (Oleg Filistovich) - Drums
Casper (Dmitry Rishko) - Violin, Keyboards (Korol i Shut)
Former/past member(s)
Alexander Goodwin - Bass (Koma)
Kat - Violin
Additional notes
Originally formed in 1996 as "Tentamentum".
Discography
Dancing With Marie Jane Demo, 2001
Cover Single Single, 2002
Demo Demo, 2003
God's Depression Demo, 2003
Melancholy Demo, 2003
Demo 2 Demo, 2004
Runaway Single, 2005
Divine Revolution (demo) Demo, 2006
The Darkness of Bright Light Single, 2006
Divine Revolution Full-length, 2006
Exodus Single, 2008
Judgement of Tormented Souls Full-length, 2008
Demo 2010 Demo, 2010
Dominia - Judgement of Tormented Souls
Full-length, Fono December 2008
Janne Saksa (ex-Cardiant) appears as a guest vocalist in track 7.
Release dates:
Russia - December 2008 by Fono.
Finland - January 14th 2009 by UHO Production.
1. Prelude 03:21
2. Judgement 05:37
3. Behind the Universe 06:43
4. Harvester 03:29
5. Angels' Suicide 06:56
6. Inside of Me 04:52
7. Exodus 06:52
8. Rosemary's Child 04:38
9. The Beginning 08:01
Total playing time 50:29
The roots of Dominia are in the backyards of imperial St. Petersburg in the late nineties. The different combos preceding Dominia where formed by singer Anton Rosa and his mate Daniel, guitarist and co-lyricist. Anton Rosa has been the main songwriter from the start.
After a few years of building up a new band they made a significant addition. Violinist and keyboard player Casper became a new member and gave a definitive and clear direction of style to the outfit. The band was named Dominia and the style formed itself to a fusion of different influences. These where especially gothic metal and classical music. The combination of diverse elements did not become a mechanical combination of styles, but a character thatto this day defines the music of Dominia.
Besides working with the band, which now also included Papa, a former street fighter, on drums, did the individual skills of Rosa and Casper develop in other areas. Rosa graduated as an actor from St.Petersburg's Academy of theatrical art. Casper finished his classes at the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire.
The growing interest in Dominia in the metal clubs of St.Petersburg was accelerated by Casper joining forces with a second violinist, the experienced musician Kat. They both played at that time in the symphony orchestra of the State Capella of St.Petersburg. Kat joined Dominia after a split up with a previous metal band.
Konsta Byleev of the metal management agency Big Brother Entertainment met Dominia at a live venue. He liked their specific style and he liked the band members. They started their cooperation. At this time in the fall of 2004 did Dominias style go through a change from an alternative “doom metal” mode to a more melodic, but rough and heavy music.
The first recordings of Dominia where done in Oulu, in northern Finland in August 2005. The two-track cds was released in November 2005 by UHO Production in Finland. Dominia signed with UHO for future cooperation.
After a few years of building up a new band they made a significant addition. Violinist and keyboard player Casper became a new member and gave a definitive and clear direction of style to the outfit. The band was named Dominia and the style formed itself to a fusion of different influences. These where especially gothic metal and classical music. The combination of diverse elements did not become a mechanical combination of styles, but a character thatto this day defines the music of Dominia.
Besides working with the band, which now also included Papa, a former street fighter, on drums, did the individual skills of Rosa and Casper develop in other areas. Rosa graduated as an actor from St.Petersburg's Academy of theatrical art. Casper finished his classes at the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire.
The growing interest in Dominia in the metal clubs of St.Petersburg was accelerated by Casper joining forces with a second violinist, the experienced musician Kat. They both played at that time in the symphony orchestra of the State Capella of St.Petersburg. Kat joined Dominia after a split up with a previous metal band.
Konsta Byleev of the metal management agency Big Brother Entertainment met Dominia at a live venue. He liked their specific style and he liked the band members. They started their cooperation. At this time in the fall of 2004 did Dominias style go through a change from an alternative “doom metal” mode to a more melodic, but rough and heavy music.
The first recordings of Dominia where done in Oulu, in northern Finland in August 2005. The two-track cds was released in November 2005 by UHO Production in Finland. Dominia signed with UHO for future cooperation.
In February of 2006 Dominia started to record their debut album at the Sound Supreme studio in Hämeenlinna. Produced by Janne Saksa the forthcoming album, named “Divine Revolution”, was recorded during February-June. The album release is in mid-September of 2006.It will be preceded by a cds with two tracks from the album: “The Darkness of Bright Life” and “With Pain into Eternity” and an additional bonus track “Cellar Door”.
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