ICARUS ASCENDING
Domine es un grupo italiano de power metal que se formó en 1983 y que comenzó a sacar material en forma de demos en 1986. Tuvo una larga época de funcionamiento underground, con cuatro demos hasta 1994, una demo cada tres años hasta que en 1997 dan un paso adelante sacando su primer larga duración. Los miembros fundadores, los hermanos Riccardo y Enrico Paoli al bajo y la guitarra, Carlo funaioli a la bateria sustituyen a Stefano Mazella en funciones vocales por Morby, y con ello dotaron a la banda con una seña de identidad inconfundible, pues se trata de un vocalista extraordinario. Su primer disco resulta bastante flojillo pero sirve para ver su potencial, que confirman en su segunda obra Dragonlord (Tales of the noble steel), de 1999 que tiene gran acogida entre el público, que les proporciona la posibilidad de girar por Europa llegando a tocar con bandas como Running Wild o Grave Digger. En total Domine han editado 5 obras de estudio y aunque se supone que siguen en activo, desde 2007 no han dado señales de vida a nivel compositivo. Quiero dejar en el blog una canción de su cuarta obra, emperor of the black runes, de 2004, uno de sus discos que más me gustan, se trata de una obra muy buena en general y de ella dejaré un enlace a youtube de su tema Icarus Ascending. Domine es un grupo con cierto paralelísmo a Rhapsody, aunque su música tiene un corte más clásico, menos apoyado en los teclados y arreglos orquestales y creo que merecen más repercusión de la que tienen por su innegable calidad.
It starts deep within, just a feeling inside
A hope in my heart I can no longer deny
to break away, break away, break away, out of here
I'm a fool and a dreamer, with no place to run
A man who's been hoping to touch the sun and
to set himself free, free to reach for the eternal sky
Now I feel the urge to follow my dream, forever free
to spread my wings and fly high into the sky
I feared I would fall and fall down to the ground
but my will to ride free through the oceans of clouds
is stronger now, stronger now,
it's stronger than ever before
I'll be a symbol of warning, of ambition to rise
To fly beyond the light which is blinding my eyes
Now on a strange wings I fly
I soar on the wonderful wings of a dream
Never again to be bound by chains within cold walls
My decission is made and the time is now
A legend is born as the eyes of the world see
Icarus ascending, Icarus ascending
Icarus ascending into the sky
Icarus ascending, Icarus ascending
Icarus ascending into the sky
High into the sky
No one will ever stand in my way
No one will ever force me to stay
And I'll fly away, fly away, fly far away from here
I take a deep breath and I close my eyes
My legend is born as the eyes of the world see
Icarus ascending into the sky
I have no place to live, I must transcend
to the other side
My wings may be burned by the rays of the sun
Though my body is falling my spirit is rising high
High beyond the astral sky
Icarus is free
A hope in my heart I can no longer deny
to break away, break away, break away, out of here
I'm a fool and a dreamer, with no place to run
A man who's been hoping to touch the sun and
to set himself free, free to reach for the eternal sky
Now I feel the urge to follow my dream, forever free
to spread my wings and fly high into the sky
I feared I would fall and fall down to the ground
but my will to ride free through the oceans of clouds
is stronger now, stronger now,
it's stronger than ever before
I'll be a symbol of warning, of ambition to rise
To fly beyond the light which is blinding my eyes
Now on a strange wings I fly
I soar on the wonderful wings of a dream
Never again to be bound by chains within cold walls
My decission is made and the time is now
A legend is born as the eyes of the world see
Icarus ascending, Icarus ascending
Icarus ascending into the sky
Icarus ascending, Icarus ascending
Icarus ascending into the sky
High into the sky
No one will ever stand in my way
No one will ever force me to stay
And I'll fly away, fly away, fly far away from here
I take a deep breath and I close my eyes
My legend is born as the eyes of the world see
Icarus ascending into the sky
I have no place to live, I must transcend
to the other side
My wings may be burned by the rays of the sun
Though my body is falling my spirit is rising high
High beyond the astral sky
Icarus is free
By Nash