DGM

Originally formed in 1994 simply because an all-instrumental, power metal outfit, Italy’s DGM featured guitarist Diego Reali, keyboardist Maurizio Pariotti, bassist Marco Marchiori, and drummer Gianfranco Tassella. After acquiring second put in place a local fight of the rings competition, the group started looking for a vocalist and finally secured the providers of the experienced Luciano Regoli — a veteran of several progressive rock rings in the 1970s — before documenting the Random Gain access to Area E.P. in 1996. You start with their full-length debut, the aptly called Change Direction, another year, DGM started shifting ever deeper into intensifying metal ground, and making use of their second work, Wings of your time (introducing brand-new drummer Fabio Constantino), from 1999, they truly became regular newspaper poll toppers and marketed over 4,000 copies in Japan by itself. But despite the fact that they were getting a lot more accolades because of their Wish Theater-meets-Symphony X design, DGM weathered many personnel shake-ups before 2001’s Dreamland opus, which highlighted brand-new vocalist Titta Tani. Though much less effective as its forerunner, the record was no dud, either, assisting DGM secure a fresh cope with on-the-rise Italian label Scarlet Information ahead of 2003’s go back to type Hidden Place. New key pad participant Fabio Sanges was this album’s brand-new arrival, and doubt remains a continuing in DGM’s profession as they appear forward, since vocalist Tani approved a posture as drummer for American splattercore action Necrophagia.