The artistic output of drummer Franky Costanza and Dagoba stands as a testament to the power found within the combination of brutal riffage, mind-bending symphonic atmosphere and dark electro grooves. Post Mortem Nihil Est is a shining jewel amidst the dustbin of modern music, offering a furiously creative and persistently dynamic display of nuanced, diverse and challenging material. There’s the stomach-punching rawness of true heavy metal and circle-pit inciting bottom end in the Dagoba sound, all of it beautifully balanced by classical elements and the throb and grind of industrial.
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Dagoba has shared the stage with such genre giants as Metallica, Korn, Sepultura, Machine Head and Fear Factory, while dominating festival bills and club shows internationally. Built upon a foundation of stop-start Pantera type rhythms and Dimmu Borgir style ambience, Dagoba delve deep into the mines of black, death and modern metal and emerge with the most dazzling elements of each subgenre. Fans of Metallica, Morbid Angel and Cradle Of Filth can all connect to the Dagoba sound.
Shawter assembled the first Dagoba lineup in the fall of 2000, with the band issuing a debut EP roughly a year later. The group’s 2003 eponymous debut album was recorded in Oxford and mixed by Dave Change (Orange Goblin, Linea 77), alerting the world to the band’s prowess and promise. Danish producer Tue Madsen (Moonspell, Dark Tranquility, The Haunted) took notice of the band’s originality and dramatic material and worked with them on What Hell is About (2006) and Face the Colossus (2008), both of which firmly established Dagoba as leaders in the New Wave of French Metal and a force to be reckoned with worldwide. The band reunited with mixer Chang for the stripped down, percussive, back-to-their-roots bombast of 2010’s Poseidon, which debuted in the Top 50 in their native France.
Dagoba Is:
Shawter – Vocals, Machines
Franky Costanza – Drums
Z – Guitar
Werther Ytier – Bass
Franky's Gear:
Mapex Orion Kit:
(2) 22" Kick Drums
13" x 5.5" Black Panther "Brass" Snare Drum
10", 12", 16" Toms
Mapex Falcon Pedals & Accessories
Meinl Byzance & MB 20 Cymbals:
2 Crashes 18"
2 Chinas 18"
1 Ride 20"
2 Splashes 10", 12"
1 Bell 8.5"
2 Hi Hats 14", 13"
Remo Drumheads:
Kick – Powerstroke 4
Toms – Pinstripe
Snare – Emperor X
– Pro Orca "Franky Costanza" Drumsticks
– Variphone In-Ear Monitors
– Serial Drummer Clothes
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