Lord (band)

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Lord
Lord in Melbourne, July 2007
Background information
Origin	Wollongong, Australia
Genre(s)	Heavy metal Power metal Thrash metal
Years active	2003–present
Label(s)	Modern Invasion
Associated acts	Dungeon, Sedition, FromBeyond
Website	www.lord.net.au
Members
Lord Tim Andrew Dowling Tim Yatras Mark Furtner
Former members
Mav Stevens

Lord is an Australian heavy metal band based in Wollongong, Australia. It was established in 2003 by "Lord Tim" Grose with a debut album release, and completed in 2005. They have toured with Queensrÿche, Nightwish, Nevermore, Saxon, Gamma Ray, Leaves Eyes, Atrocity, and Skinless. They have released two albums.

1 History
2 Current members
3 Past members
4 Discography
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

Lord began as the solo project of Dungeon's singer/guitarist and founding member "Lord Tim" Grose. During 1989 to 2005 while with Dungeon, Grose felt that some of his compositions were either too personal to submit to the band or inappropriate for its style. In 2003, these songs eventually made their way on to Lord's debut album A Personal Journey.

At the end of 2005, Dungeon came to an end and Lord became a bona fide band featuring Grose and drummer Tim Yatras of Dungeon, along with guitarist Mav Stevens and bass player Andrew Dowling from Brisbane metal band Sedition. A Personal Journey was re-mastered and released to mark the occasion.

On 31 March 2006, Lord performed their first show. The group launched a national tour within months and supported Queensrÿche, Nevermore, Gamma Ray, Leaves Eyes, Atrocity, Skinless, and appeared at the final Metal for the Brain festival all before the end of 2006.

On 23 December 2006, it was announced^[1] that guitarist Maverick Stevens would be leaving the band for personal reasons and would be relocating to the United Kingdom. Shane Linfoot of Sydney band Transcending Mortality filled in as a live guitarist in early 2007 but due to both bands' hectic schedules, Lord agreed it was unfair on Shane to continue to work together, and he was replaced by FromBeyond guitarist, Mark Furtner, originally in a temporary capacity but his addition was made permanent in December of 2007.

In August 2007, Lord released a full length album, Ascendence. It was well received. The band toured the Australian east coast with Saxon in May 2008.

[edit] Current members

[edit] Lord Tim

Lord Tim was the founder of the band in 2003. He provides lead vocals, and plays guitars and keyboards.

[edit] Andrew Dowling

Andy Dowling has been the bassist of LORD since 2005.

Andrew Dowling, born June 8, 1984 (1984-06-08) (age 24), has been the bassist of Lord since 2005. He comes from Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. He was previously briefly in the Brisbane band Sedition. He contributed some bass lines to the final Dungeon album The Final Chapter.

[edit] Tim Yatras

Member since 2005, playing drums, and providing backing vocals.

[edit] Mark Furtner

Member since 2007, playing guitars, and providing backing vocals.

[edit] Past members

Mav Stevens (2005–2006) – guitars, backing vocals
Shane Linfoot (live only, 2007) – guitar

[edit] Discography

Studio albums

2003 - A Personal Journey
2007 - Ascendence

[edit] References

Sources consulted

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