Domain The Chronicles Of Love, Hate and Sorrow

Domain - The Chronicles Of Love, Hate And Sorrow Domain are one of the institutions of the German Melodic Metal scene ! In the mid-eighties the band were very active under the name of KINGDOM and even at such an early stage they laid the foundations stones for such classics with their superb Melodic Metal jewels such as 'Lost In The City' and 'Before The Storm', the latter under the name of Domain. 'The Chronicles Of Love, Hate And Sorrow', Domain's newest and ninth studio album, is no exception. The band behind guitar wizard Axel Ritt cranks themselves up a notch even after the brilliant 2006 predecessor 'Stardawn'. 'The Chronicles Of Love, Hate And Sorrow' binds together all the elementary aspects so characteristic of Domain's style and places them on an even higher level. Powerful, fresh, without the need to kowtow to any musical compulsions, strengthened by a new lineup, Domain rock as though their lives depended on it. Stylish melody lines combine with voluminous riff backdrops and are impressively supported by tactful but decisive keyboards. The new material will blow the socks off fans and members of the press, because Domain has never sounded so direct or consequential. When, in the mid-eighties, an unknown band called KINGDOM entered the scene with their debut album 'Lost In The City', no-one would have thought that the young lads would be one of the cornerstones of European Melodic Metal twenty years later. It doesn't matter that the band had to rename themselves Domain only a short time after the release of their debut - the visiting card that the band had left behind them was stupendous and they were hungry for more. Follow-up albums such as 'Before The Storm' and 'Crack In The Wall' cemented Domain's reputation. Internal problems placed the talented band on ice for several years before they swept back onto the scene in 2001 with 'One Million Lightyears From Home'. This was followed by the albums 'The Artefact' (2002), 'The Sixth Dimension' (2003) and tours with Joe Lynn Turner and Glenn Hughes (HTP), all of which secured for Domain a firm slot in the Champions League of European Melodic Metals. The band began to add epic and more progressive and symphonic elements to their style which led to the album 'Last Days Of Utopia' in 2005. The brainchild of this conceptual album was the band's vocalist at the time, Carsten 'Lizard' Schulz, who, beside mastermind Axel Ritt (guitar) and together with his band-mates of the time, Erdmann Lange (keyboards), Jochen Mayer (bass) and drummer Stefan K”llner recorded a tremendous album. At the same time, they found a new partner in Limb Music Products, who was to accompany and support the ambitious projects of the band in the future. In order to present the new album live, Domain went on the road with the Melodic Metal Alliance-Tour, which took the band not only through Europe, but also to Asia. There, in the meantime, the album 'The Sixth Dimension' as well as a limited edition Best-Of album titled 'The Essence Of Glory' (for Asia only) had been released. The highlights of the tour were shows in Korea, and at the Busan Festival in front of 25,000 Fans as well as a live appearance at Korea's biggest Saturday night TV show, in front of millions of viewers. The tremendous boost of such success helped the band pull a stroke of genius out of their communal sleeves for the soon-to-be 20th Band Anniverary. 'Stardawn' was the name of the 2006 album which heaved the band to an even higher level of musicality. And it wasn't enough to have mastermind Axel Ritt again holding all the strings of the production, this time they also gave the keys of the studio to a number of well-known musicians from their circle of friends, such as Michael Voss (Casanova), Tarek Maghary (Majesty), Fredy Doernberg (Axel Rudi Pell, Uli Jon Roth) and Connie Andreszka (Circle Of Pain). Their musicality became extremely versatile, for example with a phenominal cover version of Chris De Burgh's hit 'Don't Pay The Ferryman', which pleased Chris De Burgh himself so much, that he invited the band to meet him in Fra