- Miguel A. Serradilla: Vocals - José A. Gallego: Guitar - Miguel Núñez: Bass - Samuel Jiménez: Guitar - Juan A. Jiménez: Drums - Alejandro Samhan: Keyboards
...Of Dream and Drama were formed some time back in 1995. After several changes concerning the name of the band, the band members decided themselves for the title of the nowadays world-wide famous song by Moonspell.
The original line-up was as follows;
José A. Gallego (guitars)
Miguel Núñez (bass)
Miguel A. Serradilla (vocals)
José F. Moscatel (guitars)
Juan A. Jiménez (drums)
The quintet first demo-tape was recorded in 1996 facing great adversities. It was entitled “Autumn Overture”.
The track-list of this demo is the follwing:
This work was partly distributed by Repulse Records, a company settled in Madrid and ruled by Dave Rotten and other members of the Spanish best-known death metal act ever, Avulsed. Consequently, it reached some European countries.
The band recorded a few new songs later in 1997. Those compositions were never released, therefore, that work did not have any official title or cover artwork.
Note: The version of "Mirage" appearing in MySpace is the one recorded during those sessions and the cover can be labelled as "unofficial".
Right after the recording of those songs, internal problems leaded to a line-up change. Samuel J. became part of the ...Of Dream and Drama universe as the lead guitar, whereas José F.M. found his way out of the band.
The new line-up got into the studio to record their third demo, “The Forthcoming Kingdom” in 1998.
This demo was also distributed by Repulse Records together with Holy Records (France). This work had an excellent acceptance among critics and listeners while the sales increased far beyond the band's expectations. An increasing number of gigs followed right after this publishing and ...Of Dream and Drama were honored with an invitation to share the stage with Avulsed in their concert in Extremadura. At that very moment, the band was at its best. A large amount of interviews for fanzines and radiostations worldwide, the interest of several labels, et cetera, came as consequence of a great work.
Unfortunately, the shadows had already doomed the band as they split up due to several internal changes.
...Of Dream and Drama recorded their last material intending to use the name "Hearse" in November 1999. That new name never happened to be used and ...Of Dream and Drama "regained" their original name.
Meanwhile, a new member, Álex Samhan, came to the "Drama" family to fill up the remaining void with his mystic keyboards notes.
Consequently, line-up was firmly established as follows:
José A. Gallego (guitars)
Miguel Núñez (bass)
Miguel A. Serradilla (vocals)
Samuel Axelsson (guitars)
Juan A. Jiménez (drums)
Álex Samhan (keys)
Those recordings were never officially released either. Nevertheless, two of those tracks were available at MySpace. One is called "To Gather Immortality" and the other "The Path". These two songs perfectly show the new direction and the efficient work the band was about to offering their fans. Even though ...Of Dream and Drama are since long ago away from stage, the band did never deny the possibility of re-recording those last songs.
Time will tell!
En español
...Of Dream and Drama tuvo su origen en las mentes enfermas de romanticismo de tres jóvenes de la ciudad de Mérida, Extremadura. Inspirados por los que ya se pueden ser considerados clásicos hoy en día, Anathema, My Dying Bride y sobre todo Paradise Lost.
Inmediatamente después de su creación, ...Of Dream and Drama se convirtió rápidamente en una máquina de hacer doom metal de calidad con unos directos que solían ser cuanto menos agotadores y apabullantes. Después de un par de maquetas autoproducidas, "Autumn Overture" y "The Forthcoming Kingdom"...Of Dream and Drama comenzó a componer temas nuevos que se convertirían en un paso más en la evolución lógica de su música, en cierto modo ya de por si inclasificable en las etiquetas musicales.
No entendiendo muy bien el origen de dichas composiciones y sin saber a qué atenerse, la crítica comenzó a relacionarlos con grupos de culto como los italianos MonumentuM - probablemente el mejor y más extraño grupo europeo de todos los tiempos - y con otro tipo de grupos a los que no acaban de convencerles las etiquetas que impone la industria. Tras sufrir varios cambios de formación desde sus orígenes, shows y críticas excelentes en varios medios internacionales, etc ...Of Dream and Drama cesa en su actividad debido a la situación personal de varios de sus miembros.
En el momento de la disolución del grupo, los miembros eran los siguientes:
José A. Gallego (guitars)
Miguel Núñez (bass)
Miguel A. Serradilla (vocals)
Samuel Axelsson (guitars)
Juan A. Jiménez (drums)
Álex Samhan (keys)
Las maquetas oficiales de ...Of Dream and Drama son las siguientes:
- Autumn Overture (1996) que incluye los siguientes temas:
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