Dorn

melodic black metal

1. German Black/Doom-Metal-Band from Frankfurt an der Oder. 2. DORN is the late night techno project by Wolfgang Fadi Dorninger. 1. Roberto was inspired to start writing his own songs in 1998 while working with Riger for many years as the keyboardist. He named his forthcoming solo project DORN. The debut album Falschheit released in mid-2000 received extraordinary recognition from both press and fans. Shortly after the release of Falschheit, Roberto and CCP Records (Austria) signed a recording contract. In order to concentrate on his own project, Roberto decided to leave RIGER. Two more brilliant releases Brennende Kälte (2001) and Schatten der Vergangenheit (2002) followed the highly acclaimed debut album Falschheit(2000). Roberto played all musical instruments for his debut album and also played all instruments except drums on both Brennende Kälte and Schatten der Vergangenheit. Upon completion of Schatten der Vergangenheit, Roberto's plans for future projects included live concerts. Thus, DORN the solo project came to an end. At the same time, it was the new beginning of the band DORN. One year after the search for outstanding musicians began, the lineup for DORN was finally complete in 2003 with Roberto (vocal & guitar), Ira (vocal), Lars (keyboard), Micha (bass) and Sebastian (drums). Dorn, as the band for the first time, recorded the 4th album SURIEL at the CCP Studio in Linz, Aus-tria in May 2004. Suriel complements the sound characterized by previous albums; alt...