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Metal Discovery, a webzine about “Metal Discovery and Re-discovery” has reviewed our debut EP Martyrs:

Formed in Spring 2006, Dremora are a two person project from LA in the States featuring Brazilian vocalist Juliana Novo and the multi-talented Thomas Kampert on drums, guitar, keyboards and some vocals too. Their self-released debut EP, ‘Martyrs’, consists of four tracks written by Kampert, and performed by himself and Novo with lead guitar on ‘Martyrs and Madmen’ by someone credited simply as ‘Andrew’. One of the more professional looking self-released CDs I’ve seen, the EP is housed in glossy digipack packaging although, if I’m being brutally honest, the cover image does look slightly tacky. So what of the music? Opening track ‘Alone’ reminds me of mid-era Paradise Lost with an ambient piano intro leading into epic sounding keyboard melodies underlayed with distorted non-riffing guitar chords that ring out before Novo’s rock-operatic vocals begin. The Brazilian singer has a powerful voice, and while she lacks the vocal range of, say, Tarja Turunen, still manages to deliver efficacious singing over the music. Next is ‘Martyrs and Madmen’, a more guitar riff based composition, and then ‘Fair Haven’ which has echoes of Epica’s ‘Quietus’ with its folk-thrash essence giving way to down-tempo palm-muted guitar riffs and Kampert’s effective death growls. The concluding track, Transcending God’ is a skilfully composed instrumental piece that serves as an atmospheric climax to a generally satisfying listen. Comparisons to every other female fronted symphonic goth metal band would be obvious, but Dremora, while influenced by the likes of Epica, After Forever, Nightwish etc, manage to convey a degree of originality through their music. Currently searching for a lead guitarist, bassist, and keyboard player, it seems they are set to become a fully fledged band, and will certainly be worth checking out again in the future. Although far from a masterpiece, ‘Martyrs’ is still a mightily impressive debut.

Rated 7.5/10

Review by Mark Holmes

Source: http://www.metal-discovery.com/CD/cd_review_dremora_martyrs.htm

Review at Deathdoom Productions

DREMORA

“Martyrs”

US Gothic Metallers Dremora play a nice style of catchy rock and metal with a dark twist. frankly the best word to describe this bands sound is pleasant. There is nothing offensive about what they do, it’s easy on the ears as well as being irresistably catchy. Orchestral vocals cry out through out, intricate solo’s and even a sound byte of evil warlord George W Bush all adorn “Martyr’s”. “Fair Haven” is a unique piece for this CD as it takes on a much more folk rock styel and really adds to the diversity of this fantastic band. To sum up, Dremora are simply elegance personified, music like a dream and really really…nice!

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Due to issues with distance and relocation, differences in agendas, and other conflicts. It was decided that it was in the best interest of the band that Juliana should pursue her own passions and music career in Brazil, while Dremora continues on with a new female soprano voice local to Los Angeles, California.

One of the goals of Dremora in 2008 is to start doing live shows, and to seek a contract with a label. It was felt that the aforementioned conflicts would not be resolved with any amount of effort, making these goals impossible to attain. All the best wishes goes to Juliana in her future pursuits and dreams.

The band is currently holding live auditions for a female soprano vocalist / singer that can perform equally well live and in the studio the material from our Martyrs CD, is outgoing, and can front the band with a good stage presence. We will make a separate announcement later about accepting live auditions to fill out the remaining positions within the band.

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Yorkton This Week, a Canadian newspaper, has completed a review of our album “Martyrs”. The review first appeared in their newspaper on November 21st, but is now available online through the author’s blog.

Review — DREMORA - Martyrs

Independent
7-out-of-10

I don’t usually review EP discs, those with only three, or four tunes, since there are so many full length efforts to listen too, but the above reviews were short, I am going to indulge a personal interest in symphonic metal, and give a hint at what could be coming from Dremora, a duo out of the U.S.
Like many bands of the genre, Dremora relies on the voice of female lead singer Juliana Novo, giving the music a near operatic feel set against the metal driven instrumentation. For a first CD Novo comes across with a full, strong voice, which indeeds carry the sound.
Thomas Kampert is the male vocalist, as well as adding the guitars, drums, and keyboards. Considering symphonic metal can be quite involved, Kampert does an amazing job of pulling it all together. This guy is obviously a very good musician.
There are only four cuts here, but still clocks in at about 23 minutes. The CD starts with the strong piece Alone, follows that up with the powerful Martyrs and Madmen, then offers Fair Haven a cut with a more Medieval feel, at least until Kampert’s vocal parts kick in. They wrap up with Transcending God.

Overall, I can only say ‘I want more’. Very promising.
Check Dremora out at www.dremora.net

– CALVIN DANIELS

– Review first appeared in Yorkton This Week newspaper Nov 21, 2007 - Yorkton, SK. Canada

Posted by Calvin Daniels
Monday, November 26, 2007
http://www.yorktonthisweek.com/

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Des Filles & Des Riffs, a French webzine dedicated to female fronted metal has published a review of “Martyrs” on their website.

Here is the review translated to English:

With four tracks, Dremora gives us fairly original music where thrash guitars (from 80’s) consort with symphonic and bombastic orchestrations. Alone deploys atmospheres rather melancholy, while Martyrs and Madmen is much darker with more incisive riffs. Fair Haven has a little folk stuff which is very fresh with some death passages which remind me Epica. The album ends on Transcending God, very instrumental, where just a few vocals are emerging for an aerial and atmo effect.

Taken together, the pieces are pretty well composed with pretty catchy melodies and a very clean production. The vocals of Juliana, evolving into a lyrical register, is quite convincing. The only complaint that I can make is that some sounds are not very natural. Indeed, it is Thomas who makes all the instruments and orchestrations, and sometimes it heard a little too that some instruments are from programming.

A group that has potential!

Rated 14/20

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Here is the original review in French:

DREMORA - Martyrs

Style : metal symphonique

Avec ce quatre titres, Dremora nous propose une musique assez originale où des guitares thrash (façon année 80) cotoient des orchestrations symphoniques grandiloquentes. Alone déploie des atmosphères assez mélancoliques , tandis que Martyrs and madmen se fait beaucoup plus sombre avec des riffs plus incisifs. Fair haven à quant à lui un petit coté folklorique très frais avec des passages plus death faisant penser à Epica. L’album se finit sur Transcending god, très instrumentales, où juste quelques vocalises font leur apparition pour un effet très aérien et atmo.

Dans l’ensemble, les morceaux sont plutôt bien composés avec des mélodies assez accrocheuses et une production très propre. Le chant de Julianna , évoluant dans un registre lyrique, est tout à fait convaincant. Le seul reproche que je peux faire, c’est que certains sons ne font pas très naturels. En effet, c’est Thomas qui fait tous les instruments et orchestrations et on entend parfois un peu trop que certains instruments sont issus de programmation.

Un groupe qui a du potentiel !

NOTE : 14/20

Source: Des Filles & Des Riffs website

To show appreciation to our fans for their continued support, we are now offering FREE Dremora ringtones from Myxer.com. We created 7 ringtones from various parts of all 4 songs off the Martyrs CD, and they are available for download at no charge or obligation.

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Enjoy!

Metal Attack Webzine from Brazil has done a review of Dremora’s debut EP “Martyrs”.

Translated to English:

” “Martyrs” is an incredible work by Thomas and Juliana. The band was
silently created and when Juliana Novo (Crucifixion BR’s ex-drummer)
joined the “line-up” I was introduced to their work.  Based on a
symphonic metal, Dremora presents us a heavy work that will please
fans of other female fronted bands. Thomas Kampert lives in the US,
but in today’s world with a little from the internet, I don’t believe
that distance mattered. Juliana recorded all her parts here in Porto
Alegre.

From the first track it’s obvious how good this work is. Alone has
really impressive vocals and a well done job by Thomas, since he did
all the rest! The guitar melodies are perfect, with a very cool
timbre. “Martyrs and Madmen” is very heavy and the keyboards give the
song a nice atmosphere.  In “Fair Haven” we find a sort of medieval
vibe. I don’t know if it was done on purpose, but the end result is
very cool!  “Transcending God” finishes off the record with a lot of
mood variation: very calm parts mixed with extremely heavy ones!

I also need to mention how beautiful the digi pack and professionally
recorded CD are. Good luck for the band, I hope these two record more
material because they’re definitely in the right way!”

Original Review in Portuguese:

“Bastante surpreendente o trabalho que Thomas e Juliana fizeram em “Martyrs”! A banda foi surgindo quieta, e com a entrada da gaúcha Juliana Novo (ex-batera da Crucifixion BR) é que tive conhecimento de seu trabalho. Baseado em um metal sinfônico, a Dremora nos apresenta um trabalho pesado e que agradará os fãs de bandas com “frontwoman” no vocal. Thomas Kampert reside nos EUA, mas em tempos de Internet creio que o fator distância não foi problema, já que Juliana gravou todas suas partes aqui em Porto Alegre.

Logo na primeira faixa podemos ver o quão bom ficou este trabalho, “Alone” tem vocais realmente marcantes, e um trabalho muito bem feito de Thomas, já que ele ficou encarregado de todo o resto! As melodias de guitarra são perfeitas, com um timbre muito legal. “Martyrs and Madmen” tem um peso absurdo, que aliados aos climas de teclado dão um toque especial à música. Em “Fair Haven” podemos encontrar algo “medieval” em seu inicio, não sei se foi algo proposital, mas ficou muito bom. “Transcending God” fecha o disco, de forma bem pomposa, com vários climas, alternando partes calmas com outras de puro peso!

É necessário citar ainda a bem cuidada embalagem do cd, em formato digipack, e o cd prensado profissionalmente. Boa sorte a banda, e espero que esta dupla grave mais material, pois estão no caminho certo.”

Thanks to Maicon Leite & Metal Attack!!

Jedbangers magazine, which is a metal magazine and webzine in Argentina, has done a review of our latest album.

Translated to English:

“Martyrs” is the debut-EP by Dremora, a very new band formed April 2006 in Los Angeles (California) and formed by Brazilian singer JULIANA NOVO (vocals) and THOMAS KAMPERT (guitars/keyboards/drums/vocals ex-Contradiction).

Musically, DREMORA does a particular style suited in symphonic/gothic metal with classical arrangements, which polish off an operatic aura that the music of this duet contains.

The four songs have this linear style (gothic, classic and heavy) that construct themselves and develop through many ways during their long extensive minutes of duration. Thus said, we find ourselves with a stunning beginning in “Alone” (keyboards set the tempo and Thomas’s guitar attacks like a wild bull) a well done and heavy riff leads us to “Martyrs and Madmen” (with Juliana Novo highlighted for her aggressive work), a calm and melancholic keyboard melody demarcates the obscure path that leads us in the direction to “Fair Haven” and the solitary transentience of “Transcending God” (with orchestral arrangements that actually work completely and join together excellently with the production of DREMORA’s purpose) It’s a conclusive chord like to seal the end of the journey.

Martyrs will have watered with tears the vale which the disenchanted keep wandering, and Dremora’s music seems to have been born to musicalyze this place.

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Translated to Portuguese:
Martyrs é o EP de estréia de DREMORA, uma novíssima banda formada em abril de 2006 em Los Angeles (Califórnia) e formada pela vocalista de origem brasileira JULIANA NOVO (voz) e THOMAS KAMPERT (guitarras/teclados/batería/voz ex-Contradiction).

Musicalmente, DREMORA pratica um particular estilo enquadrado em um symphonic/gothic metal de clássicos arranjos, os quais ornamentam a aura operística que a música do dueto contém.

As quatro canções possuem esse estilo linear (gótico, clássico e heavy) que se constróem e se desenvolvem de diversas maneiras ao longo de seus extensos minutos de duração.

Desta maneira, nos encontramos com um vertiginoso começo em “Alone” (os teclados marcam o tempo e a guitarra de Thomas arremete como um touro selvagem), um trabalhado e pesado riff nos conduz a “Martyrs and Madmen” (com Juliana Novo para
destacar seu trabalho contundente), uma cálida e melancólica melodia de teclado nos delimita o escuro atalho que nos conduz em direção a “Fair Haven” e o solitário transitar de “Transcending God” (com arranjos de orquestra que verdadeiramente funcionam plenamente e se conjugam excelentemente bem com a produção da proposta de DREMORA). É um acorde conclusivo como para selar o final da viagem.

Os mártires terão regado de lágrimas o vale que os desencantados seguem rondando
e a musica de DREMORA parece ter nascido para musicalizar esta linha.

Traducción: Rosana - LA GUASCA

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Original review in Spanish:

Dremora “Martyrs” 2007 USA Independiente

“Martyrs” es el EP debut de DREMORA, una novísima banda formada en Abril de 2006 en Los Angeles (California) y conformada por la cantante de origen brasileño Juliana Novo (voz) y Thomas Kampert (guitarras/teclados/batería/voz ex Contradiction).
Musicalmente, DREMORA practica un particular estilo encuadrado en un Symphonic/Gothic Metal de clásicos arreglos, los cuales engalanan el aura operística que la música del dúo contiene.
Las cuatro canciones pese a poseer ese lineamiento estilístico (gótico, clásico, heavy) se construyen y desarrollan de diversa manera a lo largo de sus extensos minutos de duración. De esta manera nos encontramos con un vertiginoso comienzo en “Alone” (los teclados marcan el tiempo y la guitarra de Thomas arremete como un toro salvaje), un machacante y pesado riff nos conduce a “Martyrs And Madmen” (con una Juliana Novo para destacar por su contundente labor), una calida y melancólica melodía de teclado nos enseña el oscuro sendero que nos conduce hacia “Fair Haven” y el solitario transitar de “Transcending God” (con arreglos orquestales que verdaderamente funcionan a pleno y se conjugan excelentemente bien con la propuesta de DREMORA) es un epílogo acorde como para sellar el final del viaje.
Los mártires han regado de lágrimas el valle por el que los desencantados siguen rondando y la música de DREMORA parece nacida para musicalizar dicha ronda.

-Gustavo Piccini-
http://www.jedbangers.com.ar/

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