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Key Dragon. I’ve got to be blunt. I’m not a fan.

I have a soft spot for female fronted goth metal. I’m a sucker for heavy, theatrical bands like After Forever, Within Temptation… I even interviewed ex-Nightwish frontwoman Tarja Turunen recently, and that shit was hot. (Her new solo album is pretty fucking good, coincidentally.) But I thought KeyDragon’s recordings sound a bit flat (at least on their SonicBids page), and their songs were pretty basic musically. However, all their lyrics are about dragons, and that wins them major kudos in my book.

KeyDragon is made up of Ron Langford (synth, bass, drums and vocals), Bobby Blackmon (guitar and bass) and Tamara Venus Star (vocals), and they hail from beautiful Grass Valley, CA (seriously, you should visit). They describe their music as “Dragon Metal,” which combines elements of “goth, doom and power metal.” Unfortunately, I hear a lot of the first, but not enough of the latter two. However, other than making music, they also seem to be all about raising the public’s dragon awareness. From their Web site:

KeyDragon takes you on a mythical journey through time to explore the many legends of the Dragon. The songs are about Dragon legends from around the world and from the time of 60 BC to 1900s AD. The Dragon legends contained in these songs have been thoroughly researched and are the most accurate legends of our time. You will explore Dragon tales from biblical times, the Crusades, the Romantic Era, The Renaissance, The 1700s, 1800’s, and the 1900’s. These legends come from around the world. There are legends from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. These legends come from people of all walks of life. These legends exist among the tribesmen, native Indians, peasants, nobles, merchants, crusaders, warriors, and priests.

I always thought it was neat that all cultures, even those far removed from one another, had some form of dragon in their mythology. What does it mean? Do they actually exist? I’d like to think so. If you’re the curious type, KeyDragon’s got you covered in that regard as well. The band has a page devoted to dragon resources. Myths are important. They give us some sort of common ground, I think, they can teach us a lot about our history and the cultures of our ancestors. I hope that’s one thing humanity doesn’t lose in its push toward becoming purely digital beings. Cheers to KeyDragon for doing their part to keeping myths alive.

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