Dol Ammad

Dol Ammad is a heavy metal band formed in 2000 by Greek keyboard player Thanasis Lightbridge. 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 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.

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)

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)

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