Doomination

Doomination was a touring metal festival featuring performances by many doom metal and death metal groups. It was organized by the members of the now defunct US band Morgion, Irish Doom Metal band Mourning Beloveth and Yorkshire Progressive Doom Metal band The Prophecy. The tour's intention was to bring together the best of the underground doom metal and doom/death metal acts from across the nations to create a traveling doom metal showcase, helping to bring new life into the scene and spurring on many bands to be more adventurous when considering when, where and how to tour. The original tour and the tours which followed were well-received by the metal press with articles and reviews being published in Metal Hammer, Terrorizer, Loud Magazine, Feedback and Abode for Forlorn Souls, the latter publishing full interviews with each of the three Doomination bands as well as excerpts from Christian Moore-Wainwright's (ex The Prophecy guitarist) tour diary.

History

The first Doomination tour took started on 7 February, 2003 at Eamon Dorans in Dublin with another 10 dates in the UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and The Netherlands. The core acts of the tour were Morgion, Mourning Beloveth and The Prophecy^[1]. Among the acts participating in the tour were Ataraxie, Autumnal, Desire, Despond, Karseron, Panthiest and Process of Guilt.

The Doomination of Europe was quickly followed in Aug 2003 by The Doomination of America^[2]. Organised by members of Morgion, this tour featured Mourning Beloveth, The Prophecy and Orodruin; Morgion had to pull out of the tour due to a car accident involving Morgion guitarist Gary Griffiths. The tour again featured a host of supporting acts including Vex, The Gates Of Slumber, Asunder and Negative Reaction.

The last leg of the Doomination Tour was scheduled over three weeks across September and October 2004. This tour featured The Prophecy and Australian doom band The Eternal^[3]. The tour expanded upon the territory of the first tour with the bands visiting Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the UK. The tour followed the ideals of the previous Doomination tours by inviting the best of the underground to play in support of the tour.

An attempt to organise The Doomination of Europe III was made in 2007 with Keen of The Crow (featuring ex Morgion Members) however due to reasons of cost the tour did not go ahead.

External links

• Doomination Tour Diary
• Doomination of America Tour Diary
• Doomination of London review
• Mourning Beloveth Official Site
• The Prophecy Official Site
• Morgion Official Site

References

1. ^ BLABBERMOUTH.NET - MORGION, MOURNING BELOVETH, THE PROPHECY To Team Up For '2003 Doomination Tour'
2. ^ Blabbermouth.Net - Doomination Of America: Tour Dates Announced
3. ^ BLABBERMOUTH.NET - THE PROPHECY, THE ETERNAL: Doomination Of Europe II Tour Dates Revealed