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DOES DGM STAND FOR “DAMN GOOD METAL?”

 Monday, April 5th, 2010 at 4:00pm by

Italy is to Epic Metal as Gothenburg is to melodeath… something about the place just invites bands to be ridiculous, cheesy, and really good at being both ridiculous and cheesy. So since I’m on something of an Epic Metal kick lately — and Kamelot didn’t quite scratch that itch + the new Raintime seems likes it’s gonna blow fatty chunks — I’m really digging DGM, an epic metal band sent in by MS reader Max Dohmeyer who are, naturally, from Italy.

If we wanna get really technical and ridiculous about micro-genres here I guess you could classify DGM as progressive epic metal. If you’ve made it this far into the article you know damn well what that means so I’m not going to bother explaining. You’re either gonna dig it or ya ain’t… no in-betweens.

DGM have a new record called FrAme (oy, enough with the cApiTaLiZatiOn gimmick… what is this, 1995?) that’s in stores now, though your local Best Buy isn’t very likely to have it. Check out the new video for “Hereafter” from that album below, then check out a few more tracks on their MySpace page (where you can purchase the album as well).

Some day I’m going to visit Italy and do nothing but eat olives and sopresata, drink red wine and listen to tons of epic fucking metal.

-VN

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  • SP420

    Stormlord shits on them all.

  • http://thenumberoftheblog.com deseee

    Not too shabby a submission Max Dohmeyer, But once again the vocals in all this epicness turn me off enough to not really want to seek out more….. they sure are pulling from the CoB playbook though….

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/William-Morley/618112437 William Morley

      Agreed on the vocals. QThe songwriting is better than anything CoB have done in years though.

  • TheSentinel909

    Wait, so you like this but not Kamelot?….I don’t get it….

  • DLeh

    Saw them on the lineup for ProgPower USA 11 last year (at 10) and everybody was excited. I was unimpressed: “Wow, ‘DGM’? Couldn’t come up with a real name?” then started brushing up on them and realized that it doesn’t matter how lame their name is- they’re aamazing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hakli/885670392 Richard Hakli

    Their last album is better, check that one out instead.

  • Sambo

    Since when did Andre Agassi sing in a power meal band? Maybe that’s why he retired from his tennis career.

  • Colin

    wow a heaver version of coheed get the fuck out this isnt good

  • mike

    horrible.

  • metal warrior

    GREAT BAND! :)

  • Tonberry

    Wow, I really like this, and at the same time, am surprised that you like it. Sometimes I think that Vince’s opinion of a band depends on the weather and time of day.

  • xenogia

    The keyboardists style and sound reminds me of my nostalgic memories of Kevin Moore.. oh I miss him dearly. Then again I don’t listen to DT anymore either.