Dungeon's (Australia) 16 year long history began in August 1989, in the outback town of Broken Hill, the home of Mad Max. What started as humble jam session in a high school hall eventually turned into a world-class, international touring machine and one of the biggest Australian heavy metal bands of all time.
Formed by singer and guitarist 'Lord' Tim, Dungeon relocated to Sydney in 1992 and eventually singed a world-wide publishing deal with BMG Australia which led to the release of the Changing Moods demo EP (featuring drumming virtuoso Virgil Donati). The EP gained the attention of Japanese label TDK-Core Records who convinced the band to release the Changing Moods songs, plus other demo material exactly as it was under the name of Demolition. Although the band was unsure of this idea, the album eventually sold over 6,000 copies within the first six weeks and established a solid fan base in Japan.
Dungeon, whose lineup now consisted of Lord Tim, Dale Corney (guitars), Justin 'Juz' Sayers (bass) and Steve 'Stevo' Moore (drums), began to take the Australian metal scene by storm with their high-energy, technical shows. The band's first official album, Resurrection, was recorded which further raised Dungeon's profile and along with new bassist Brendon 'Dakk' McDonald, Dungeon embarked on tours with Yngwie Malmsteen and Nevermore, as well as at festival appearances such as Metal Warriors Metalfest, Bloodlust and Australia's largest metal event, Metal For The Brain (where they subsequently appeared every year since then, headlining in 2003).
With the release of their ground-breaking 2002 release, A Rise To Power, Dungeon went from strength to strength with national tours with Edguy, Doro and Destruction, and another change of guitarist with Stuart Marshall taking over from Dale Corney.
2003 was a landmark year for Dungeon, who signed a priority deal with heavyweight metal label, Limb Music Products, coinciding with the band's first international tour to Japan's prestigious Club Citta for the Melodic Metal Festival alongside Skylark, Vigilante, Dragonland and Galneryus. The commemorative album, Rising Power, was released for this tour and a DVD and live CD entitled Under The Rising Sun was created from the tour footage.
In 2004, Dungeon began recording the follow up album to A Rise To Power entitled One Step Beyond, and also simultaneously re-recording their 1999 debut, Resurrection with the current line-up and modern production values for a proper world-wide release through LMP. During this process, Dungeon embarked on a promo tour through Japan, Europe and the USA and Australian tours with Mayhem, Opeth and Edguy once again. This busy year saw Dungeon's profile raised to one of the biggest metal bands in Australia, but further line-up changes lay ahead.
2005 - Dungeon's 16th year - and it was the biggest and busiest yet, beginning with tours with Nightwish and Angra, the worldwide release of One Step Beyond and Resurrection, and an Australian tour with metal gods, Megadeth. So impressed with Dungeon's performance on this tour, Megadeth main-man Dave Mustaine invited Dungeon to join them on their European tour, which conveniently coincided with Dungeon's own planned tour of Europe and Japan.
The tour, which led from Holland to Germany, Serbia, Romania and Greece, with the new line-up of Lord Tim, Stuart Marshall, Glenn Williams and Tim Yatras, was an outstanding success and even included headlining shows in Belgium, Holland's RosRock festival and an appearance at the prestigious Bang Your Head pre-show alongside Metal Church, Chris Caffery and Nasty Savage. Dungeon's journey continued through Canada and then onto Japan for a headlining tour and clinics at The Musicians Institute across the country.
Dungeon returned to Australia exhausted but immediately returned to the stage for a tour with Fozzy. The touring stress had taken its toll and the band was about to suffer its final line-up change.
Dungeon announced that Stu and Glenn would be leaving the band, and that Lord Tim had chosen to dissolve Dungeon and concentrate on LORD, which was originally a solo side-project, but would now continue on as a full band where Dungeon left off. The final Dungeon album, The Final Chapter, was released in 2006 and concludes the Dungeon story after 16 years and an impressive portfolio.
Dungeon (México) [sometimes written Dungeøn, Dungeon.] , born from the 'sector libertad' sessions (2012-2014) in 2015. Dungeon release his first LP called ' Memories of Sài Gòn ' in February 2016, and a live album featuring Manami Matsumae in 2015.
One Step Beyond
Dungeon Lyrics
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Passed the lines of clouded eyes
Go to church and pray
Social farce, no God inside
Open your eyes
You'll realize
In this sea of senseless lies
Politicians say
All the 'truths' we need to hear
Blindly following
Is it faith or is it fear?
Open your mind
Soon you'll find
In a world of compromise
You see the light
I've gone
One step beyond the truth
One step beyond the lie
One step beyond the pain
One step beyond
I see a new day's morning
Arise to face the dawn
One step beyond the dark
One step beyond the light
One step beyond the fear
One step beyond
I see a new day dawning
We rise to heed the warning call
The song "One Step Beyond" by Dungeon challenges the societal construct of blindly following faith and religion without questioning it. It starts with the singer walking through a world of people who have lost their individualism and critical thinking abilities. They go to church, but there is no real God inside. The lyrics encourage people to open their eyes and see through the "senseless lies" being fed to them by politicians and religious leaders.
The chorus urges people to take a step beyond the current reality and look at the bigger picture. The singer has gone one step beyond the truth, the lies, and the pain, to see a new day's morning where people rise to face the dawn. The song advocates for critical thinking and going beyond the fear to see the truth.
Line by Line Meaning
Walked the world today
I have travelled through the world today
Passed the lines of clouded eyes
I have walked past people who have lost sight of who they really are
Go to church and pray
People go to the church to pray to a God they don't truly understand or believe in
Social farce, no God inside
People put on social acts to fit in even though they don't really have faith in God
Open your eyes
Start paying attention to what's happening around you and be aware of your surroundings
You'll realize
You will come to understand the truth
In this sea of senseless lies
In this world where there are so many senseless things and lies happening
You live your life
You carry on living your own life
Politicians say
Our leaders say that they are giving us the truth
All the 'truths' we need to hear
All the things they think are important for us to know
Blindly following
Following without a second thought or without understanding the situation
Is it faith or is it fear?
Wondering if people follow out of faith or if they are afraid of the consequences
Open your mind
Start thinking and exploring different perspectives
Soon you'll find
You will discover the truth
In a world of compromise
In a world where people are constantly compromising their values
You see the light
You will understand the truth and the right way to live
I've gone
I have made the decision to move forward
One step beyond the truth
I have gone beyond what we were told was the truth
One step beyond the lie
I have gone beyond the lies that were being fed to us
One step beyond the pain
I have gone beyond the emotional pain I was feeling
One step beyond
I have gone beyond what was expected
I see a new day's morning
I see a fresh start and a new beginning
Arise to face the dawn
I am standing up to face the new day
One step beyond the dark
I have gone beyond the darkness I was experiencing
One step beyond the light
I have gone beyond the light and hope I had
One step beyond the fear
I have gone beyond the fear that was holding me back
I see a new day dawning
I see a new beginning and potential for change
We rise to heed the warning call
We are standing up to take notice of what needs to be changed
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: TIM IAN GROSE
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Par miel
The best solo ever!! \m/ but.. too short 😉