Domine

Domine
Origin	Florence, Italy
Genres	Speed metal, Power metal
Years active	1984–present
Labels	Dragonheart Records Avalon
Website	http://www.dominetruemetal.com/
Members	Morby Enrico Paoli Riccardo Paoli Stefano Bonini Riccardo Iacono
Past members	Agostino Carpo Carlo "Funa" Funaioli Mimmo Palmiotta

Domine is an Italian heavy metal band formed in 1983. The power metal band from Florence, who began releasing demo tapes in 1986, got some attention with their first album, Champion Eternal, released in 1997. Domine went on to release four more albums, touring Europe and playing at many festivals. They have been linked to heroic fantasy and sword and sorcery writers like Michael Moorcock and Robert E. Howard for their lyrics related to the Elric of Melniboné and Conan the Barbarian novels.

Champion Eternal was the starting point of a new life for the band, after many years in the underground scene. The band had been in existence for some time when the debut album was released, by Italian label Dragonheart, having previously recorded four demo tapes (from 1986 to 1994) getting reviews and interviews in a lot of fanzines and magazines around the world. However, the line-up of the band changed just before the CD was released. The new line-up of the group was Enrico Paoli on guitars, Riccardo Paoli on bass (the only ones left of the original line-up), Mimmo Palmiotta on drums (previously with Masterstroke and Death SS) and Morby on vocals (ex-Sabotage, one of the very first metal bands in Italy).

The band has been compared by magazines and fanzines to Manowar, Queensrÿche, Warlord, Omen, Helstar, Candlemass, and Iron Maiden. The band established its personal style with songs like “Stormbringer (The Black Sword)” and “Army of The Dead”, and power metal assaults like “The Mass Of Chaos” and “The Midnight Meat Train”. Some of the songs have progressive structures like the title track, “The Eternal Champion”, a 12 minutes long suite divided in seven parts.

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