Adagio (band)

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Name = Adagio


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Origin = France
Genre = Symphonic metal
Progressive metal
Neo-classical metal
Years_active = 2000 – present
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Current_members = Stephan Forté
Christian Palin
Franck Hermanny
Kevin Codfert
Eric Lébailly
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Adagio is a French symphonic progressive metal band. Stephan Forté, the band's guitarist, is considered the creative force behind Adagio. Adagio's music is characterized by technical precision, dark, dense orchestration, complex lead work, and a driving rhythm section. However, on the group's third studio album, "Dominate", they added death grunts to their sound. The band has finished the pre-production and mastering of their fourth album, "Archangels in Black." The album will feature nine songs plus one Japanese bonus track. According to the band's website the "compositions are the ultimate between melodic and extreme metal, and can be considered as a more brutal version of "Underworld"." The new album is due to be released in January 2009.

Line-up

Current members

*Vocals: Christian Palin
*Guitar: Stephan Forté
*Bass: Franck Hermanny
*Keyboards: Kevin Codfert
*Drums: Eric Lébailly

Former members

*Vocals: Gus Monsanto (recorded "Dominate". Left April 9, 2008.)
*Vocals: David Readman (Recorded "Sanctus Ignis" and "Underworld". Left 24 July 2004 because of conflict between Readman's and Adagio's management.)
*Keyboards: Richard Andersson (Recorded leads on "Sanctus Ignis". Left 2002.)
*Drums: Dirk Bruinberg (Recorded "Sanctus Ignis" and "Underworld" Left 15 September 2003 in the middle of the "Underworld" tour due to schedule conflicts.)

Discography

*"Sanctus Ignis" - 2001
*"Underworld" - (July 23^rd, 2003)
*"A Band In Upperworld" - (June 24^th, 2004)
*"Dominate" - (December 16^th, 2005)
*"Archangels in Black" - (due to be released January 2009)

See also

*Related genres:
**European classical music
***Classical music era
***Romantic music
***20th century classical music
**Neo-classical metal
**Progressive metal
**Symphonic metal
*Similar bands:
**Angra
**Cacophony
**Symphony X
**Yngwie Malmsteen
**Dream Theater

External links

* [http://www.adagio-online.com/ Adagio official home page]
* [http://www.adagio-usa.com/ Adagio official US fan club]
* [http://www.audioscrobbler.com/music/Adagio Audioscrobbler artist profile]
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References

* [http://www.stephanforte.fr.st/ Stephan Forté's home page on the web]