Damond Jiniya

Damond Jiniya is an American vocalist and lyricist. He was born December 16, 1974 in Palm Springs California. His most notable work was fronting the prog metal band "Savatage" (2000–2005). Damond also achieved international notoriety with his electro-metal band "Diet of Worms (band)" (1997–2004) He recorded with "Lover of Sin" (Christian Death) in 2003. Damond has performed at legendary festivals such as "Wacken Open Air" DE "Graspop" NL "Gods of Metal" IT and the "Dracfest" UK. He has been featured worldwide in publications such as NME (U.K), Metal Edge (U.S.A), Rock Hard (magazine) (DE), Metal Maniacs (U.S.A) Aardshock (NL) and most recently Roadie and Crew (BRAZIL)

Early life

Damond was born in Palm Springs California Dec 16th,1974. His mother was a country singer. He joined his Mother onstage at age 4 and became part of her show. Damond traveled extensively with her throughout most of his childhood living in New Hampshire, Tennessee, Washington, Arizona, Nevada and Florida. He put his first band together at age 12 in Nashville TN.

Diet of Worms(1996-2004)

Damond founded Diet of Worms with guitarist, producer Juan "Punchy" Gonzalez in 1996. They recorded a demo entitled "Diet of Worms" The demo was well received by critics and fans alike. The duo quickly went on the road with acts such as Godhead (band), Mortiis, Switchblade Symphony and Christian Death touring the U.S. Canada, Mexico and Europe (1997–2003) DOW became a trio in 1998 adding Christian Death drummer Steven "Divine" Wright. The band played their last show in Haarlem, NL in 2003. Diet of Worms disbanded in 2004 citing personal differences. DOW recorded 3 studio albums and 1 ep.

• "Diet of Worms"(1996)
• "To Thine Own Self"(1997)
• "the Aquarius"(1999)
• "Tantrumland"(2004)...

Savatage(2000-2005)

Damond joined Savatage in late 2000 after the departure of their former lead vocalist Zak Stevens. Damond traveled extensively with the band to support their 2001 release "Poets and Madmen" The band toured Europe, Brazil, and the U.S.A. There were immediate plans to record a follow up record. Savatage dis-banded in 2005 and the album was never recorded.

Various Projects(2005-2011)

After his departure from Savatage, Damond briefly took up acting. He starred in a low budget independent film called "Chasing the Tiger" with Jennifer Karnes. He has also been a world renowned vocal coach since 2001. He released his fifth studio album called "the Neglected" in 2005. In 2006 Damond released "Starclone". In 2008 he released "Nebulas on Doomsday". It is rumored that he will be releasing his 8th recording "Dream the Snake" in 2012. Damond was recently featured on blabbermouth.com. and Roadie and Crew magazine (Brazil) 2011.

Discography

• Diet of Worms (1996)
• To Thine Own Self (1997)
• Aquarius (1999)
• Tantrumland (2004)
• the Neglected (2005)
• Starclone (2006)
• Nebulas on Doomsday (2008)

Compilations

• Black Sunshine 2 (Cleopatra Records)
• 1er. Festival Oscuro (Dilemma Records MX)

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savatage http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=159149 http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Damond_Jiniya/25524 http://www.metal-rules.com/interviews/SavatagePoets.htm http://www.metal-metropolis.com/savatage_damond_pictures.htm http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=24637 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_of_Worms_(band) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZcKOhZ9PnU&feature=related http://www.bravewords.com/news/52456 http://www.maxmetal.net/2011/06/damond-jiniya-ex-de-savatage-rompe-su-silencio/ http://www.music-reviewer.com/10_01/savatage.htm http://www.resurrection.at/archivneu/inties/savatage_intie.htm http://www.dietofworms.com/neglected/index.html http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BLABBERMOUTH.NET/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=34416 http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=12724 http://www.speed-n-power.com/disk.php?did=10845 http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damond_Jiniya http://www.savatage.com/bandinfo_new/members/damondjiniya.html http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=21055 http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=9734 http://en.inforapid.org/index.php5?search=Diet%20of%20Worms%20(band)

External links

• example.com
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savatage
• http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=159149
• http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Damond_Jiniya/25524
• http://www.metal-rules.com/interviews/SavatagePoets.htm
• http://www.metal-metropolis.com/savatage_damond_pictures.htm
• http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=24637
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_of_Worms_(band)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZcKOhZ9PnU&feature=related
• http://www.bravewords.com/news/52456
• http://www.maxmetal.net/2011/06/damond-jiniya-ex-de-savatage-rompe-su-silencio/
• http://www.music-reviewer.com/10_01/savatage.htm
• http://www.resurrection.at/archivneu/inties/savatage_intie.htm
• http://www.dietofworms.com/neglected/index.html
• http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BLABBERMOUTH.NET/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=34416
• http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=12724
• http://www.speed-n-power.com/disk.php?did=10845
• http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damond_Jiniya
• http://www.savatage.com/bandinfo_new/members/damondjiniya.html
• http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=21055
• http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=9734
• http://en.inforapid.org/index.php5?search=Diet%20of%20Worms%20(band)

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