Dungeon (band)

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Dungeon
Dungeon
Background information
Origin	Sydney, Australia
Genre(s)	Heavy Metal Power Metal
Years active	1989 — 2006
Label(s)	Modern Invasion
Associated acts	Lord
Website	http://www.dungeon.cd
Members
'Lord' Tim Grose Stu Marshall Tim Yatras Glenn Williams
Former members
Petar Peric Dale Corney Justin Sayers Steve Moore Brendan McDonald Grahame Goode George Smith Carolyn Boon Stephen Mikulic Andrew Brody Wayne Harris Ian DeBono Eddie Trezise Randall Hocking Dale Fletcher Jason Hansen Darryl Reiss

Dungeon were a melodic power metal/thrash metal band based in Sydney, Australia.

The band formed in Broken Hill in 1989 and after a string of line-ups founding members Tim Grose and guitarist Dale Corney moved to Sydney in 1992. Slowly the duo built a full live band and in 1996 the Changing Moods demo emerged with Australian drummer Virgil Donati playing on one track. The recording won strong interest from Japan and Dungeon, now with Justin Sayers on bass, re-recorded parts of it and re-issued it as Demolition; this recording sold strongly but was only released officially in Japan and is now a hard-to-find collector's item.

By 1997, Dungeon was down to a three piece with no drummer but the situation was quickly rectified when Steve Moore of Addictive joined. The band recorded their first official album Resurrection in 1998 and it was released the following year. From this point, Dungeon went from strength to strength and quickly became one of the most popular Australian heavy metal bands. Despite constant line-up changes, the band has perservered and has now released four albums including a re-recording of Resurrection.

Dungeon developed a well-earned reputation as an extremely hard working and excellent live band. They toured almost constantly throughout Australia since 1999 and have opened for a wealth of touring international metal bands including Opeth, Mayhem, Megadeth, Nevermore, Destruction, Edguy, Doro Pesch and more. In 2003, Dungeon toured Japan and in mid-2005 the band toured extensively through Europe.

In September 2005, after returning from their European tour, Dungeon issued a press release on their official website announcing their break up. They performed their last show at The Gaelic Club, in Surry Hills, Sydney on December 11, 2005. Dungeon has announced that they will be releasing one final album entitled The Final Chapter in 2006.

The band's various members have moved on to other projects. Grose and the final line-up's drummer Tim Yatras will continue the Dungeon legacy under the name LORD, under which title Grose released a solo album in 2003. This band continues to play the Dungeon back-catalogue live and follows on in the same musical style as Dungeon. Both men also feature in the Newcastle studio-based power metal band Ilium. Stu Marshall formed a band called 20 Grams with Yatras briefly on drums. Former bass player Sayers plays in a parody rock act called Platinum Brunette, early guitarist Stephen Mikulic is a member of Lycanthia and Grahame Goode and Pete Peric are the founding members of Infernal Method. Glenn Williams joined as bassist for Brisbane melodic metallers Sedition (while former Sedition bassist Andy Dowling left to join Lord!) One-time drummer Steve Moore played in thrash band Vaticide for sometime but retired from music in 2004.