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Armory
12+ albums
Power metalspeed metalheavy metalmetalswedish
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Band Bio 2001-2004 Formation Armory is a power metal band that hails from Townsend, Massachusetts, USA and formed in the summer of 2001 by Chad Fisher (guitars) and Joe Kurland (guitars/drums). Heavily influenced by power metal and 80’s traditional heavy metal, the co-founders set out to create metal music that was epic, high-energy, and melody-driven. After several months of composing together, the foundations for ten songs would emerge as Armory’s debut album, The Dawn of Enlightenment. In late 2001 Armory saw the addition of two new members; Joe’s younger brother, Adam Kurland (vocals) and Thomas Preziosi (bass). All of these members were close friends in the same high school with the same heavy metal passion prior to the formation of the band. With the music of the songs established, the lyrics for The Dawn of Enlightenment would be the next task. Since the band members loved philosophy, fantasy, and epic adventures, the lyrics took on these themes. Joe wrote some of the lyrics, yet most were written by Adam and Jason Kurland (the eldest Kurland brother, though not officially a band member). Ever self-critical of their own song writing and performing, it would take three years of constant rewriting and rerecording before even the 2004 demo version of The Dawn of Enlightenment was complete. At the time, the band simply lacked the proper production equipment and expertise to produce an album with professional sound quality. Also, with uninspired artwork and an unoriginal
