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DGM Announce New Album “Life”, Out November 17th, First Single + Video Revealed

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 22, 2023
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Italian progressive metal masters DGM will release their long-awaited new album, “Life” this November 17. The first single and video from the album, “Unravel the Sorrow,” are out today. 

Pre-order/save LIFE here: https://orcd.co/dgmlife

“Life” comes as the culmination of 2 years work in which the band’s mainman Simone Mularoni, wrote a wealth of musical material with “Life” being the first view into this period of creativity. The songs show clearly the desire to push the band beyond any previous boundaries and to build more of their own personal identity and approach. Truly, no small feat given the band’s catalog! 

The band says, “LIFE is exactly the sum of all the elements that build the DGM’s sound so far. Over the years we’re focusing more and more on the quality of the songs rather than the usual prog-metal technical aspects, putting all our efforts in the arrangements and caring every little detail of each song. We strongly believe that this album is the peak of our songwriting!”

All the trademark elements of DGM’s sound can be found in this new album with sweeping choruses, technical passages, lightning-fast fretwork, big vocals and bombastic transitions, but the care and the dedication to the songwriting emerges in phenomenal songs which carefully encompass everything that goes from the heaviest progressive metal to a more classic hard rock sound. The playing is faultless as usual and the melodies are perfectly woven into the killer guitars, epic keyboards, and pounding drums. The line-up is more gelled and cohesive than ever but a special mention goes, beyond Mularoni’s personal guitar playing, to singer Mark Basile who truly dominates the musical material like a helmsman on a stormy night. Simply outstanding!

Watch out for DGM, they are not only Italy’s finest, but an absolute astounding force to be reckoned with in the international Progressive Metal scene and with “Life” they offer their listeners their most fast and heavy, dense and intense, platter of progressive power metal to date.

DGM are planning a European tour in support of the album’s release. Dates will be announced in due course.

Tracklisting:
1 Unravel The Sorrow
2 To The Core
3 The Calling
4 Second Chance
5 Find Your Way
6 Dominate
7 Eve
8 Journey To Nowhere
9 Leave All Behind
10 Neuromancer

Line-up:
Marco Basile – Vocals
Simone Mularoni – Guitars
Andrea Arcangeli – Bass
Fabio Costantino – Drums
Emanuele Casali – Keyboards

More information at
https://www.facebook.com/dgmprog
https://instagram.com/dgmitaly

DGM Announce New Album “Tragic Separation”, Out October 9th, Release First Single + Video ‘Flesh And Blood”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on August 19, 2020
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Italian progressive metal masters DGM will release their long awaited 10th studio album, “Tragic Separation” on October 9, 2020. It follows the band’s acclaimed release , “The Passage” from 2016. Today, the band has released the first single and video from the album, ‘Flesh And Blood’. Watch it HERE:

Pre-order/save “Tragic Separation” HERE: https://orcd.co/dgmtragic

DGM started writing new music in the spring of 2019, with the overall process taking almost one year. This was a longer writing process than normal for them since it was the band’s desire to push themselves beyond any boundaries set by their previous work. Truly no small feat given the band’s catalog. The end result is “Tragic Separation,” an album where the band ticks all the boxes of the Progressive Metal genre, but adds more and more of their own personal identity and approach.

Long-time fans need not worry as you can still find all the trademark elements of DGM’s sound with sweeping choruses, technical passages, lightning fast fretwork, big vocals, and bombastic transitions. But the care and dedication to the songwriting emerges in phenomenal songs which carefully encompass everything that goes from traditional progressive metal to a more classic hard rock sound (even giving a nod to Kansas’ sound in the title track). The playing is faultless as usual and the melodies are perfectly woven into killer guitars, epic keyboards, and pounding drums.

Not only are the songs presented here simply great music, but lyrically, “Tragic Separation” is a concept album told through the eyes of a protagonist about life and the paths we can go down between the choices we make, plus the subsequent consequences those choices bring to our lives. Among the doubts and second thoughts about the choices made, there is one that echoes in the protagonist’s soul: what if the answer for everything was the path itself? An unanswered question, which is another starting point for a new quest… another beginning.

Watch out for DGM, they are not only Italy’s finest progressive metal band, but an absolute astounding force to be reckoned with. The band will tour on the album as soon as conditions allow.

Tracklist:

  1. Flesh And Blood
  2. Surrender
  3. Fate
  4. Hope
  5. Tragic Separation
  6. Stranded
  7. Land Of Sorrow
  8. Silence
  9. Turn Back Time
  10. Curtain

#UNITEDWESTAND – Italian Rock And Metal Artists Against Covid-19, Feat. Members Of RHAPSODY OF FIRE, DGM, TIGERS OF PAN TANG, EXTREMA And More

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 3, 2020
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Italian record label Volcano Records & Promotion promoted the project #UNITEDWESTAND to send a message of hope to the rest of the world. Twelve Italian artists included Giacomo Voli from Rhapsody Of Fire, Mark Basile from DGM, Iacopo Meille from Tigers Of Pan Tang, Tiziano Spigno from Extrema and many more, joined the cause and sent a contribution from their personal houses and quarantine with a single voice that firmly states “United we stand”.

The project supports the Red Cross at https://donazioni.cri.it/donazioni/dona-per-emergenza-coronavirus

Watch the video here:

Further info at http://www.volcanopromotion.com

#UNITEDWESTAND
Released by Volcano Records & Promotion
Written by Alessandro Liccardo
2020 all rights reserved

Voices (in order of appearance)
Sergio Toledo Mosca (Hangarvain)
Marco Basile (DGM)
Giacomo Voli (Rhapsody Of Fire)
Marco Pastorino (Temperance)
Branco
Valerio Bruner
Tiziano Spigno (Extrema)
Alessandro Liccardo (Hangarvain)
Iacopo Meille (Tigers Of Pan Tang)
Rosario Vasile (17 Crash)
Alessia Scolletti (Temperance)
Michele Guaitoli (Temperance)

Musicians
Alessandro Liccardo (Hangarvain) – acoustic and electric guitars
Gabriele Sinatra (Hangarvain) – bass guitar
Marco Basile (DGM) – hammond and keyboards
Mirko De Maio (The Flower King) – drums

#UNITEDWESTAND lyrics

I’ve seen the faces of my neighbors
and all the fear inside their hearts
The time collapses in this prison
An endless waiting to restart

We’ll go together in the storm
No one will be left alone
Your hand won’t be shaking for too long
’cause love will keep us strong

The light will shine again
this dark will fall apart
no plague can stop our love for each other
from east to west, on earth
#UNITEDWESTAND

I see the world outside my window
and silence spreads all over here
the radio counts those who’s passed away
An empty street that’s full of tears

How long will this fight carry on?
Seems too strong to get it over
Hear my voice to make you less alone
’cause faith will keep us close

The light will shine again
this dark will fall apart
no plague can stop our love for each other
from east to west, on earth
#UNITEDWESTAND

DGM: Official Live Video “Trust” Released

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 20, 2017
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Italian Progressive Metal Masters DGM will release their first live album, “Passing Stages” on June 2nd via Frontiers Music. Now the band has unleashed an official live video for “Trust”, taking from the upcoming album, watch it below.

DGM’s last album (their eighth), “The Passage” was released in August 2016 and marked the culmination of almost 20 years of hard work that started back in 1997 and has pushed the Italian band into the elite rankings of the international progressive metal scene. Over the years, DGM has managed to tour the world, taking part in some of the biggest and most celebrated metal festivals around the globe and sharing the stage with the likes of Heaven and Hell, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Avantasia, Scorpions, and many others.

With a bulletproof line-up comprised of producer/guitarist Simone Mularoni, singer Marco Basile, bassist Andrea Arcangeli, drummer Fabio Costantino, and keyboardist Emanuele Casali, DGM can now share their awesome musicianship and songwriting skills with all audiences via the release of this truly beautiful live release!

“Passing Stages” is the best possible illustration of what DGM are capable of on a stage these days,” says Simone Mularoni. “We put our hearts and souls into the making this one and managed to capture magical nights that we’ll remember forever. In our career, “Passing Stages” will be a milestone in our discography and a great conclusion of the first decade of this line-up. Here’s to the future.”

Herein are captured two separate performances for fans to enjoy via audio on CD and MP3 and visually via DVD or Blu-Ray. The first show is the entire performance held in front of the inaugural Frontiers Metal Festival, in Trezzo Sull’Adda (Milano) on October 30, 2016 and has a set-list centered around the latest album, “The Passage.” “We wanted to show to the whole world how great the Italian fans are and how much we love to play in our home country, and we had the best occasion with the first edition of Frontiers Metal Festival,” continues Simone. “With our last album, “The Passage,” I think we managed to reach an even bigger crowd and that particular day was really one of a kind…the best Italian live club, packed with fans, together with a lot of friends and a gig focused on the last album.”

The second show captured sees the band in action at the ProgPower USA in Atlanta, GA on September 11, 2014. The setlist shows an emphasis on the albums “Frame” and “Momentum”. “Our second time at ProgPower USA was an important step of the “Momentum” tour and filming that evening was mandatory,” explains Simone. “We felt the warmth of the crowd, we worked with fabulous technicians and with one of the best crews ever. The atmosphere pervading the Center Stage in Atlanta is unique and we did our best to honor this awesome festival with a performance at the top of our abilities. I’m pretty sure that whoever watches the concert will feel like being right in front of the stage singing with us.”

This is an unmissable opportunity to witness the superb qualities of the Italian quintet in the live environment and also opens the door to newer fans (of which there are quite a few) to experience their excellent and older repertoire.

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Tracklisting:

CD1:

The Secret Part 1
The Secret Part 2
Animal
The Passage
Reason
Daydreamer
Disguise
Fallen
Ghosts Of Insanity
Hereafter

CD2:

Void
Reason
No Looking Back
Universe
Numb
In A Movie
Repay
Heartache
Enhancement
Chaos
Trust
Brand New Blood

DVD / BLU RAY:

The Secret Part 1
The Secret Part 2
Animal
The Passage
Reason
Daydreamer
Disguise
Fallen
Ghosts Of Insanity
Hereafter
Void
Reason
No Looking Back
Universe
Numb
In A Movie
Repay
Heartache
Enhancement
Chaos
Trust
Brand New Blood

Produced by Simone Mularoni

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More information at http://www.dgmsite.com – https://www.facebook.com/dgmprog

DGM To Release First Live Album “Passing Stages” On June 2nd

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 10, 2017
Posted in: Int. News. Tagged: , . Leave a comment

DGM-2017

Frontiers Music Srl is excited to announce the release of DGM’s first live album, entitled “Passing Stages”, on June 2nd.

DGM’s last album (their eighth), “The Passage” was released in August 2016 and marked the culmination of almost 20 years of hard work that started back in 1997 and has pushed the Italian band into the elite rankings of the international progressive metal scene. Over the years, DGM has managed to tour the world, taking part in some of the biggest and most celebrated metal festivals around the globe and sharing the stage with the likes of Heaven and Hell, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Avantasia, Scorpions, and many others.

With a bulletproof line-up comprised of producer/guitarist Simone Mularoni, singer Marco Basile, bassist Andrea Arcangeli, drummer Fabio Costantino, and keyboardist Emanuele Casali, DGM can now share their awesome musicianship and songwriting skills with all audiences via the release of this truly beautiful live release!

“Passing Stages” is the best possible illustration of what DGM are capable of on a stage these days,” says Simone Mularoni. “We put our hearts and souls into the making this one and managed to capture magical nights that we’ll remember forever. In our career, “Passing Stages” will be a milestone in our discography and a great conclusion of the first decade of this line-up. Here’s to the future.”

Herein are captured two separate performances for fans to enjoy via audio on CD and MP3 and visually via DVD or Blu-Ray. The first show is the entire performance held in front of the inaugural Frontiers Metal Festival, in Trezzo Sull’Adda (Milano) on October 30, 2016 and has a set-list centered around the latest album, “The Passage.” “We wanted to show to the whole world how great the Italian fans are and how much we love to play in our home country, and we had the best occasion with the first edition of Frontiers Metal Festival,” continues Simone. “With our last album, “The Passage,” I think we managed to reach an even bigger crowd and that particular day was really one of a kind…the best Italian live club, packed with fans, together with a lot of friends and a gig focused on the last album.”

The second show captured sees the band in action at the ProgPower USA in Atlanta, GA on September 11, 2014. The setlist shows an emphasis on the albums “Frame” and “Momentum”. “Our second time at ProgPower USA was an important step of the “Momentum” tour and filming that evening was mandatory,” explains Simone. “We felt the warmth of the crowd, we worked with fabulous technicians and with one of the best crews ever. The atmosphere pervading the Center Stage in Atlanta is unique and we did our best to honor this awesome festival with a performance at the top of our abilities. I’m pretty sure that whoever watches the concert will feel like being right in front of the stage singing with us.”

This is an unmissable opportunity to witness the superb qualities of the Italian quintet in the live environment and also opens the door to newer fans (of which there are quite a few) to experience their excellent and older repertoire.

Tracklisting:

CD1:

  1. The Secret Part 1
  2. The Secret Part 2
  3. Animal
  4. The Passage
  5. Reason
  6. Daydreamer
  7. Disguise
  8. Fallen
  9. Ghosts Of Insanity
  10. Hereafter

CD2:

  1. Void
  2. Reason
  3. No Looking Back
  4. Universe
  5. Numb
  6. In A Movie
  7. Repay
  8. Heartache
  9. Enhancement
  10. Chaos
  11. Trust
  12. Brand New Blood

DVD / BLU RAY:

  1. The Secret Part 1
  2. The Secret Part 2
  3. Animal
  4. The Passage
  5. Reason
  6. Daydreamer
  7. Disguise
  8. Fallen
  9. Ghosts Of Insanity
  10. Hereafter
  11. Void
  12. Reason
  13. No Looking Back
  14. Universe
  15. Numb
  16. In A Movie
  17. Repay
  18. Heartache
  19. Enhancement
  20. Chaos
  21. Trust
  22. Brand New Blood

Produced by Simone Mularoni

More information at http://www.dgmsite.com – https://www.facebook.com/dgmprog

 

DGM To Release New Album “The Passage” In August

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 30, 2016
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Frontiers Music Srl is excited to announce the release of the brand new album from Italian prog metal masters DGM, entitled “The Passage”, on August 26th.

“The Passage” is DGM’s eighth studio album and is the culmination of almost 20 years of hard work that started back in 1997 with the release of their self-produced mini-album, ‘Random Access Zone’. The band went through several incarnations and lineup changes during the years, but since singer Mark Basile joined the group in 2007, DGM evolved and developed their sound into what they have now become.

It was probably the release of “Frame” (2007) that pushed the band into the top of the league of international prog metal. It was also on the strength of this material that DGM managed to tour for almost four years around the world, taking part in some of the biggest metal festivals, supporting Symphony X on their European tour, and sharing the stage with Pagan’s Mind too. In 2013, DGM came back with “Momentum”, an album which showed the full stylistic maturity of a band which felt fully confident with their abilities, both on the songwriting and the musicianship side. The last album was promoted with more shows and after several gigs in Europe, they performed for the second time at ProgPower USA and started their first Asian tour in November 2014 playing Beijing, Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka as headliners.

The new album, “The Passage” is another substantial step forward for DGM. Sounding like a hungry, urbanized version of Symphony X, with substantial hard rock influences, the new record is remarkable in several aspects. The compositions are phenomenal, with sweeping choruses, technical passages, lightning fast fretwork, big vocals and bombastic transitions. The playing is simply faultless and the melodies are perfectly woven into the killer guitars, epic keyboards, and pounding drums!

“This album can easily be seen as our most ambitious work to date,” says guitarist and producer Simone Mularoni. “This time we tried to evolve to an even more personal sound. We took all the elements we developed through all these years and we tried to take them to the limit. Throughout the whole record you will hear a recurrent musical theme. Instead of doing a usual concept album with the lyrics, we decided to do a sort of musical concept with this melody that repeats in every song but every time with different time signatures and keys,” tells drummer Fabio Costantino. “This album will offer to the listener a key for a positive dimension. A path made of sound vibrations: The Passage to our dreams and hopes,” concludes bassist Andrea Arcangeli.

Evergrey singer Tom Englund and Symphony X guitarist Michael Romeo also appear as special guests tributing the value of this outstanding album. And let’s not forget the great job that producer Simone Mularoni did in the studio! The future looks bright for these guys! Check them out live when they come to a town near you!

“The Passage” tracklisting includes: The Secret (Part 1); The Secret (Part 2); Animal; Ghosts Of Insanity; Fallen; The Passage; Disguise; Portrait; Daydreamer; Dogma; In Sorrow.

Enjoy the album’s EPK:

DGM are:
Simone Mularoni – guitars, keyboards
Marco Basile – vocals
Andrea Arcangeli – bass
Fabio Costantino – drums
Emanuele Casali – keyboards

Special guests:
Tom Englund – vocals on “Ghosts of Insanity”
Michael Romeo – lead guitar on “Dogma”

“The Passage” is produced by Simone Mularoni.

DGM-2016

TOUR DATES
June 18 – Roverè Veronese, Festival (Italy)
July 21 – Napoli, New Sea Legend (Italy)
September 16 – Titans Club, Lens (Belgium)
September 17 – Moonlight Club, Diest (Belgium)
September 18 – De Meister, Geleen (Holland)
September 24 – Kofmehlweg Soletta, ElevenRock Fest (Switzerland)
November 3 – Osaka, LiveHouse (Japan)
November 4 – Nagoya, Sakae (Japan)
November 5 – Tokyo, Shinijuku (Japan)
November 6 – Tokyo, Shinijuku (Japan)
More shows TBA

Weblinks: http://www.dgmsite.com // http://www.facebook.com/dgmprog