Dorian may refer to:

• Dorians, a population of ancient Greece
• Dorian invasion, a hypothetical population movement of Hellenic Dorians

Geography[link]

• Dorian Bay, a cove in Antarctica
• Dorian Pentapolis, five cities of ancient Greece

Last names of real people[link]

• Joanne Dorian (born 1942), American actress
• Nancy Dorian, American linguist
• Shane Dorian (born 1972), American surfer
• Lee Dorrian (born 1968), English singer
• Paul Dorian, physician
• Steven Dorian, American singer
• Charles Dorian, American actor

Music[link]

• Dorian mode, one or more musical modes
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538, an organ piece by Johann Sebastian Bach, often referred to by the nickname "dorian"
• "Dorian", a song by Demons and Wizards from their album Touched by the Crimson King
• Dorian (Turkish rock band)
• Dorian Concept, a music producer
• Ukrainian Dorian scale, a musical mode
• Dorian (Scottish rock band)
• Dorian (Spanish pop band)
• Dorians (band), from Armenia
• Dorian Recordings, a label noted for early music recordings

Miscellanea[link]

• Dorian Gray syndrome, a medical condition
• Dorian (name)
• Dorina (name)
• A Portrait of Dorian Gray, photographic illustrations
• Dorian Lord Buchanan, or Dorian Cramer Lord Buchanan a fictional character from the American Soap Opera, One Life to Live
• Martin Mystère: Operation Dorian Gray, video game
• Dorian, an Imitation, a novel by Will Self
• Dorian Society, a homosexual club
• Dorian Blues, a film
• Dorian Hawkmoon, a fictional character

See also[link]

• Doric (disambiguation)
• Dorian Gray (disambiguation)
• The Picture of Dorian Gray (disambiguation)

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Fabio Tordiglione (born 9 October 1973) is an Italian singer who has sung with many music bands including Rhapsody of Fire, Labyrinth, Ayreon, Vision Divine and Athena, and as a touring lead singer with American band Kamelot. Lione started making eurobeat songs in 2000, but has decided to continue his solo career with and work with Rhapsody of Fire.

Musical career[link]

Lione was born in Pisa. His career started in 1990 at the age of 17 when he began to sing with a small rock and roll underground group who played classics of 1950s and 1960s similar to Elvis Presley's songs^{[citation needed]}. He had the passion for groups such as Queensrÿche, Fates Warning, Crimson Glory, which inspired him to form his own heavy metal band.

His musical activities continued with a young group from Pisa, named Athena. They were a progressive metal band with their own unique style and challenged various expressions. Lione recorded a demotape with Athena and it was his first experience in a metal band. Lione did twenty shows with the band, but after two years, he left the band in 1994. Athena made their first album in 1995 (Inside the moon).

At first his stage name was Joe Terry which was the combination of his favourite heroes' names in Japanese games (Joe Higashi and Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury). His first piece of musical equipment was a Shure SM 58 microphone.

Labyrinth[link]

Lione met the band Labyrinth, then going under the name of "Vision". Shortly after, in 1993 the band started to work on a demotape called Midnight Resistance. Before the album No Limits was released, Lione recorded a mini CD with Labyrinth.

Lione created the album No Limits together with Olaf, a band member of Labyrinth. His lyrics were mainly based on his personal experiences and his emotions. All the lyrics in the album were connected; Lione did this as an experiment. Labyrinth's style was different from other bands because it was mixed with different music genres including thrash metal and progressive rock. Lione was the singer of Labyrinth for just more than three years.

Athena[link]

Athena called Lione so they could start work on their second album A New Religion which was released in 1998. Lione wrote the lyrics and the vocal lines for ten songs; the lyrics used religious and philosophical words and had the tendency to reflect deep meanings on their music. Lione and the other members of Athena attended Axel Rudi Pell Tour 1998 with Dreamscape, another progressive metal band from Germany in December. Shortly after the tour the band decided to break up.

Vision Divine[link]

In 2002 Lione released a new album with Vision Divine. In January. The second album of Vision Divine recorded at Rodgers Studio from Send me an angel was released. Lione composed eight vocal lines for this album, their expressions became more serious and deeper, close to the reality of divinity and humanity with progressive and heavy sounds and the album Beto Vazquez Infinity was released in February, including the song "The battle of the Past" in which Lione was singing as a guest vocalist for Beto Vazquez project.

In 2003 Lione attended shows with Vision Divine at Gods of Metal 2003 (Milan) and at Heineken Jammin' Festival (Imola) in June. He then recorded four demo songs with Vision Divine in November and performed on Italian Tour in December. Shortly after it was announced Lione had to leave the band, he gave the band six new vocal lines and they started a new album with a different singer (Michele Luppi)

In 2008 Lione took part at some shows with Vision Divine to celebrate the ten years of the band. On the 28th of May, Vision Divine announced that Fabio Lione has rejoined the band as new singer.

Rhapsody / Rhapsody of Fire[link]

Rhapsody first began negotiations with Lione at Gate Pathway Studio in Wolfsburg (Germany) after hearing him in the "Piece of Time" album from Labyrinth. Shortly after the band had got to know Lione he joined the band to work on new albums with them. His first album with Rhapsody was Legendary Tales in 1997.^[1]

Lione recorded "Symphony of Enchanted Lands" with them from May to August, and it was released in November. Another EP album "Emerald Sword" was published a little ahead of it in October.

In 2000 Rhapsody released their third album "Dawn of Victory" and held concerts in which Lione participated.

In 2001 Lione held many concerts. He also recorded a new EP album Rain of a Thousand Flames with Rhapsody in Germany between April and August, the album was released in December. Lione performed on stages with Rhapsody at Gods of Metal 2001 (Milan) in June, during South American Tour (Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Chile) and at Rock Machina Festival (Spain) in July. At the same time he sang with Vision Divine at 2 concerts in Italy in May and at Festa dell'unit Suzzara (Mantova) in August. After that Lione recorded the 4th album "Power of the Dragonflame" with Rhapsody at the studio in Germany during November and December.

Rhapsody travelled with Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica on a successful European Tour in April and May when they also had a chance to join the Wacken Festival 2000 in Germany. Lione attended Rock Machina Festival in Spain in July and traveled with Vision Divine on South American Tour (Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Chile and Argentina) in November and December. In the same year many bands including Rhapsody published a tribute album to Helloween "The Keepers of Jericho". Lione sing, "Guardians" in this album.

Rhapsody released "Power of the Dragonflame" in March. Lione set out on the first headliner tour of Rhapsody(Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Japan and Korea) and joined the summer festivals in Europe - Bang your head Festival (Germany) with Rhapsody, Wacken Festival 2002 (Germany) and "Z7" (Pratteln, Switzerland) with Vision Divine.

In February, 2004 he finished vocals for Rhapsody's new album Symphony of Enchanted Lands part 2. He went to be on Rhapsody promo tour for their new album from July to September (Canada, US, Germany, Sweden, Czech Republic, Greece, UK). On the release day 27 September they had a signing session with Christopher Lee in London. Lione appeared with Rhapsody on a TV music program in Germany in October in which he showed his passionate performance for the Unholy Warcry live song. In August, he started recording the 5th album with Rhapsody in Germany. Adding more new arrangements to their music, the process of their main production took place from October to November. In 2005 because of copyright issues the band changed its name to Rhapsody of Fire.^[2]

Kamelot[link]

On December 16, 2010, the American power-metal band Kamelot announced that Lione would take over lead vocal duties for Roy Khan for the remainder of Kamelot’s tour supporting their “Poetry for the Poisoned" release due to Khan’s eventual depart from Kamelot.^[3]

Eurobeat[link]

Lione's first eurobeat song Eye of the Tiger was released in Japan in 2000. His name for eurobeat project was "J. Storm", deriving from Joey Tempest. He published thirteen eurobeat songs under this name between 2000 and 2005 and has declared that he wouldn't be making anymore eurobeat in the future.

Not to be confused with Lione, fellow Labyrinth band member Roberto Tiranti also published several eurobeat songs, under the name "Powerful T.”.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Rhapsody of Fire releases

• Legendary Tales (1997)
• Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998)
• Emerald Sword (single) (1998)
• Dawn of Victory (2000)
• Holy Thunderforce (single) (2000)
• Rain of a Thousand Flames (2001)
• Power of the Dragonflame (2002)
• Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret (2004)
• The Magic of the Wizard's Dream (single) (2005)
• Live In Canada 2005: The Dark Secret (2006)
• Triumph or Agony (2006)
• The Frozen Tears of Angels (2010)
• The Cold Embrace of Fear (2010)
• From Chaos to Eternity (2011)

Labyrinth releases

• Piece of Time (1995)
• No Limits (1996)

Athena releases

• A New Religion? (1998)

Vision Divine releases

• Vision Divine (1999)
• Send me an Angel (2002)
• 9 Degrees West Of The Moon (2009)

Ayreon releases

• Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator (1999)

Sebastien releases

• Tears Of White Roses (2010)

Miscellaneous releases

• Beto Vázquez Infinity / Battle of Valmourt (2001)
• Beto Vázquez Infinity / Beto Vázquez Infinity (2001)
• The Keepers of Jericho/ Various Artists (2000)
• J.Storm Eurobeat Songs

External links and references[link]

• Fabio Lione Official website
• Fabio Lione Official Forum
• Fabio Lione Japanese Official Site(Japanese, English)
• Rhapsody Swedish site, Fabio Lione Information
• Full Discography with album covers
• Fabio Lione discography at MusicBrainz

Roland Grapow, born 30 August 1959 in Hamburg, Germany is a professional guitarist and music producer. Roland is best known for his time in the power metal band Helloween,^[1] who he played with for 12 years after replacing founding member Kai Hansen. He is also known for leading the acclaimed power metal-based band Masterplan.^[2]

Prior to joining Helloween, Grapow was a member of the heavy metal band Rampage. He joined the band in roughly 1979, and played on two of their studio albums "Victim Of Rock" in 1980, and "Love Lights Up The Night" in 1982. He left Rampage in roughly 1983. He was then fairly inactive until joining Helloween in 1989.

Roland played on the albums Pink Bubbles Go Ape, Chameleon, Master of the Rings, The Time of the Oath, High Live, Better Than Raw, Metal Jukebox, and The Dark Ride.

During his time with Helloween Roland also formed a solo project. The first release, The Four Seasons of Life, featured members of Helloween playing backup, with Roland trying his hand at singing in addition to guitar playing. On the second album, Kaleidoscope, current and former members of Yngwie Malmsteen's band were utilized.

In 2001, Roland and bandmate Uli Kusch were fired from Helloween due to musical and personal differences. They decided to go on with the side project they had been planning and formed the band Masterplan with former Ark and The Snakes singer Jørn Lande. After Uli Kusch left the band in 2006, Roland became the leader and main songwriter of Masterplan.

Roland is currently living in Zvolenská Slatina, Slovakia, where he works as a music producer at his own studio.^[3] In 2011 he mixed the album Motherland for the Italian progressive metal band Daedalus and played the guitar solo on the song Underground. He also produced Czech metalcore band X-Core on their and debut album "In Hell" and also their latest "Life and stuff" record. Another Czech power metal band Eagleheart recorded their second album "Dreamtherapy" for Scarlet Records, with Roland producing, mixing and mastering.

In 2012 Roland Grapow mastered Nemesis, the tenth album of the Spanish metal band: Saratoga.

Discography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Roland Grapow
• Masterplan

Patrick Shane Dorian (born July 19, 1972), or "Shane", is an American surfer from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. He spent 11 years touring on the World Championship Tour surfing.

Early life[link]

Dorian was born to Patrick, a former Hollywood actor and stunt double for Elvis Presley, and Susan, who competed in female bodybuilding events. When Shane was three, his parents opened a restaurant called "Dorian's" on the beach. Being a child, Dorian was too young to wait tables, and long hours at the restaurant resulted in him turning to the ocean for amusement.

Dorian attended Konawaena High School.

Surfing career[link]

He started out on a bodyboard alongside friend, and future bodyboarder champion, Mike Stewart. Dorian received his first surfboard, from his dad, on his fifth birthday. He soon abandoned the bodyboard to focus on surfing.^[1]

Surfing and surfing education became a priority for Dorian. Dorian's mother, who had divorced Patrick when Shane was 12, worked out a system where Shane would spend the second and third quarters of the school year on the North Shore of Oahu (the peak winter season) and the first and fourth quarters back home on the Big Island.

In 1987, Shane Dorian had his first major success a the Gotcha Pro competition at Sandy Beach. He was able to beat some big names, made it through four rounds, and received some media exposure. He became friends with a couple of the up-and-coming surfers on Oahu, Brock Little and Todd Chesser who played a role in the development of his surfing.

World Championship Tour[link]

Dorian joined the ASP World Tour in 1993 where he hovered outside of the top 10 for a number of years before cracking the barrier with a fourth-place world finish in 2000. He's also won a number of events in his career, including the Rip Curl Pro in 1999 and the 2000 Billabong Pro at Mundaka. In 2004, Dorian retired from the WTC tour, but not from a being a professional; choosing to focus on becoming a better surfer.^[2] Shane Dorian took the top prize at the 2008 Global Big Wave awards in California.

He has been a long-time member of the Billabong team, his main sponsor.

In the documentary Solid: The Two Days That Teahupoo Blew Minds, fellow surfers gave him a standing ovation for his wave conquering rides.

Filmography[link]

• In God's Hands (1998), with Surfers Matt George and Matty Liu
• Thicker Than Water (2000) a surf film by Jack Johnson and the Malloys.
• The Blueprint (2005)
• Solid: The Two Days That Teahupoo Blew Minds (2005)
• Campaign 2 (2005)
• A Fly in the Champagne (2009)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Billabong Rider Profile
• iMDB: In God's Hands

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Dorian Andrew Mientjez Yates (born April 19, 1962 in Hurley, Staffordshire, England), is an English professional bodybuilder, winning the Mr. Olympia title six consecutive times beginning in 1992.^[1][2] He is fourth on the list of most Olympias won, and out of the seven in which he competed, he won six and placed second in his debut. Yates' supposed lack of elite genetics from birth and reputation for unique approaches and philosophies for training and nutrition have established his legendary status in IFBB history.^{[citation needed]}

Biography[link]

His reign ended with his retirement, prompted in large part by an accumulating list of chronic and career-threatening acute injuries; Yates had suffered both a torn biceps and triceps, the latter just three weeks prior to his final contest, his successful defense of the Mr. Olympia title in 1997. His professional record on retirement consisted of 15 wins and two second-place finishes.

Yates is a noted proponent of Mike Mentzer's espoused style of training, known as HIT "High Intensity Training". Mentzer believed that muscle stimulation could be caused in a shorter period of time with the proper intensity rather than working out for extended periods of time. However Yates' interviews and published workouts show that in practice he sometimes modified his application of Arlotta's theories considerably.

In 1994 Dorian incorporated with Mike Mentzer and Ray Mentzer the California corporation, "Heavy Duty Inc."

Post competition career[link]

Yates purchased a gym in 1987 called Temple Gym on Temple Street, Birmingham, England. In 2006 he franchised Temple Gym hoping to make it a worldwide chain; currently there are four branches, three of these in the UK.

In 1998, he joined Kerry Kayes to work for the newly named bodybuilding supplement company "Chemical Nutrition" (originally "Chemical Warfare", now "CNP Professional"), with their Dorian Yates Approved range for launch in the United States.

Yates left CNP Professional in 2006 to pursue his own interests and began a new supplement company, "Dorian Yates Ultimate Formulas". In 2008 the Dorian Yates website was re-designed, aiming to offer access to premium content and variety of services including virtual training.

As of 2011, Yates is the CEO of his own global supplement company called DY Nutrition. After a training DVD was released, Yates formulated several pre-workout products. Their initial success spawned the formulation of additional products in the DY Nutrition line.

Yates is also notorious for shunning the American lifestyle, despite being offered huge contracts. He preferred to stay in his native country. His nickname "The Shadow" derived from his ability to turn up at the contests, and win, despite remaining out of the limelight seemingly all year round. This element of mystique and underground status made him a bankable name while touring and giving seminars. (source Body Expo, Birmingham, 2012)

Books and videos[link]

In 1993 Yates published an autobiography titled Blood and Guts (ISBN 978-0-9636163-0-2).^[3] In 1996 Yates released a workout video (VHS) of the same title, featuring his typical week's weight training. In 1998 he co-authored A Warrior's Story (ISBN 978-0-9534764-0-4) in which he writes how he became the top professional bodybuilder.

Bodybuilding titles[link]

• 1985 World Games, 7th (amateur)
• 1986 British Championships, 1st Heavyweight
• 1988 British Championships, 1st Heavyweight and overall
• 1990 Night of Champions, 2nd
• 1991 Night of Champions, 1st
• 1991 Mr. Olympia, 2nd
• 1991 English Grand Prix, 1st
• 1992 Mr. Olympia, 1st
• 1992 English Grand Prix, 1st
• 1993 Mr. Olympia, 1st
• 1994 Mr. Olympia, 1st
• 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, 1st
• 1994 German Grand Prix, 1st
• 1994 English Grand Prix, 1st
• 1995 Mr. Olympia, 1st
• 1996 Mr. Olympia, 1st
• 1996 Spanish Grand Prix, 1st
• 1996 German Grand Prix, 1st
• 1996 English Grand Prix, 1st
• 1997 Mr. Olympia, 1st

See also[link]

• Martial Arts Illustrated Magazine Interview with Dorian Yates
• List of male professional bodybuilders
• Arnold Classic

References[link]

External links[link]

• http://www.dorianyates.net/
• Dorian Yates Facebook Page
• 2011 Q&A With Dorian Yates