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Docker's Guild Season 2 Crowdfunding

Docker's Guild New Album

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The big day has finally arrived! Docker's Guild is very proud to announce the official start of the crowdfunding campaign for its new and upcoming album "The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy". "Season 2" continues the project storyline with a much darker tone and with the help of eighteen special guests, including Helly, Anna Portalupi, Joel Hoekstra, Sascha Paeth, Nita Strauss, Amanda Somerville, Anneke Van Giersbergen and many more. Thirteen videos will also be released, as well as a limited edition illustrated book, for a complete multimedia experience. The campaign will last for 6 months, from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. 10% of all funds received will go to the FPRC (Fondazione Piemontese per la Ricerca sul Cancro), an amazing cancer research and therapy institute in Turin, Italy. Thank you all for your amazing support!

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NEWS

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Nov 30 2021

Anneke Van Giersbergen Announcement

Docker's Guild is very proud to present Anneke Van Giersbergen as one of the vocalists on the upcoming album "The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy" where she will interpret the role of Cassilda. Anneke…

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Nov 26 2021

Mio Jäger Announcement

Here is the last but not least Docker's Guild special guest announcement! Mio Jager played guitar on several songs on the album. However, her role with Docker's Guild is a bit deeper than that. She was instrumental as a cowriter…

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Nov 19 2021

Giorgio Novarino Announcement

Giorgio Novarino, just like Luigi, announces his NOT participation on Docker's Guild's new album as one of the bass players! Giorgio performs on the song The Android Messiah, which will not appear on the album, but is an exclusive bonus…

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Nov 16 2021

Toni Urzì Announcement

Amazing guitar player Toni Urzì announces his participation on Docker's Guild's new album "The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy".

Nov 12 2021

Luigi Iamundo Announcement

Luigi Iamundo announces his NOT participation on Docker's Guild's new album as one of the guitar players! Luigi performs on the song, The Android Messiah, which will not appear on the album, but is an exclusive bonus track available only…

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Nov 9 2021

Roby Salvai Announcement

Amazing bass player Roby Salvai announces his participation on Docker's Guild's new album "The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy".

Nov 5 2021

Luca Pisu Announcement

Today we have the amazing Luca Pisu announcing his participation on Docker's Guild's new album "The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy" as one of the bass players.

Nov 2 2021

Helly Announcement

Today we have the amazing Helly announcing her participation on Docker's Guild's new album "The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy" as the main drummer.

Oct 29 2021

Joel Hoekstra Announcement

My old school mate from MI in Hollywood Joel Hoekstra announces his participation on Docker's Guild's new album "The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy" as one of the guitarists. These days, Joel performs with…

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Oct 27 2021

Anna Petracca Announcement

Today we have the amazing Anna Petracca announcing her participation on Docker's Guild's new album "The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy". Anna will be featured on vocals and will interpret the role of Camilla.

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Oct 26 2021

Alberto Macerata Announcement

Alberto Macerata announces his roles on Docker's Guild's new album "The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy". Alberto is the recording engineer hat recorded all backing tracks for the album in his fantastic studio Play!

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Oct 25 2021

Douglas R. Docker Announcement

Douglas R. Docker announces his roles on Docker's Guild's new album "The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy". Douglas will be featured on keyboards, bass and vocals and will interpret the roles of Jack Heisenberg…

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Oct 22 2021

Amanda Somerville Announcement

Today we have the amazing Amanda Somerville (Avantasia, Trillium) announcing her participation on Docker's Guild's new album "The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy". Amanda will be featured on vocals and will interpret the role…

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Oct 21 2021

Elizabeth Andrews Announcement

Today we have the amazing Elizabeth Andrews (Frantic Amber) announcing her participation on Docker's Guild's new album "The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy". Elizabeth will be featured on extreme vocals and will interpret the…

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Oct 20 2021

Season 2 Crowdfunding Begins!

The big day has finally arrived! Docker's Guild is very proud to announce the official start of the crowdfunding campaign for its new and upcoming album "The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy". "Season 2" continues the…

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Jan 21 2021

"The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy" album cover

After working on it for a long time, Carl-André Beckston of Blekkmark has done it again! Docker's Guild can finally and proudly share the official cover for the upcoming album "The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy"…

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Jan 10 2021

The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy lineup

After 9 months of hard work recording, I can finally reveal the full lineup for Docker's Guild's upcoming album. The lineup is almost equally divided between a very strong group of top notch Italian friends and colleagues and a second…

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Dec 4 2020

Special Christmas sale

Docker's Guild's Christmas Store is up! Everything goes for €10 or less. CDs, vinyls, even cassettes, t-shirts, posters, stickers, pins and much more. All profits will go towards the financing of the new album. Let's call it a pre-crowdfunding for…

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Apr 3 2020

More Docker's Guild songs in demo format

Dear friends and fans, 

I hope this  finds you all well and safe. Docker's Guild is in the epicenter of it all as we are located in Italy. Locked down in our home and studio but we're fine :) 

We've…

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Feb 26 2020

New Docker's Guild songs in demo format

We're hard at work in the studio here! In full preproduction mode, in the last weeks we have completed demos for the following songs, which will be available in streaming for a limited time. So far here's what we got:

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Jan 30 2020

Die Today - New Docker's guild song

Hey guys! With a fully equipped new iMac, Docker's Guild is FINALLY back in the studio cutting preproduction demos for the upcoming "Season 2" album. On the menu today we have one of the newest songs written for the album…

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Dec 23 2019

Entropy Fest inauguration: Docker's Guild live

Black Swan Productions is proud to announce that Docker's Guild will be performing at the opening of the Entropy Fest's 4th edition! A totally renewed set list since the last performance at the Tony Mills Festival. An unmissable event with…

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Sep 27 2019

Tony Mills Festival - Docker's Guild live

Docker's Guild live is a rare event, last time we played was in 2013! That said, the Tony Mills Festival was an amazing night, the band played to a packed club inside and outside the premises. It was very moving…

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Sep 19 2019

Tony Mills loses his battle against cancer

Today is a dark day in the world of '80s rock and well beyond. A shining star in the true sense of the word has left us forever, and the world of AOR is suffering a deafening silence. Tony Mills…

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DISCOGRAPHY

Docker's Guild The Mystic Technocracy Season 1 The Age of Ignorance Album Artwork

The Mystic Technocracy

Season 1: The Age of Ignorance

(Lion Music, 2012)

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Docker's Guild The Heisenberg Diaries Book A Sounds of Future Past Album Artwork

The Heisenberg Diaries

Book A: Sounds of Future Past

(Rock Company/Black Swan Records/Lion Music, 2016)

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Docker's Guild The Mystic Technocracy Season 2 The Age of Entropy Album Artwork

The Mystic Technocracy

Season 2: The Age of Entropy

(coming soon!)

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ABOUT DOCKER'S GUILD AND DOUGLAS R. DOCKER

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Docker's Guild

a prog metal space opera

Project outline
Docker's Guild is a massive progressive metal space opera which will unfold through 5 “seasons” and 4 “books” for a total of 9 albums. It is masterminded by producer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist and singer Douglas R. Docker.

Concept
You will visit the dark world of Silix IV, where a silicon-based techno-organic alien race attempts to wipe out all life on Earth through organized religion, while Jack Heisenberg, a tormented scientist, makes it his mission to save humanity. His quest will take him across the universe and on a personal journey from which there is no return...

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Douglas R. Docker

project creator

Douglas R. Docker is a French/American multi instrumentalist, singer, producer, teacher and ethnomusicologist, best known for his activities in the international scene of prog, AOR and classical music. He has collaborated with a wide range of international artists including Therion, Vivaldi Metal Project, The Chronomaster Project, Biloxi, Frantic Amber, Gregg Bissonette, Tony Franklin, Guthrie Govan, Joel Hoekstra, Sascha Paeth, Jeff Watson, Göran Edman, Tony Mills, John Payne, Anneke Van Giersbergen, Amanda Somerville, Elize Ryd, Nita Strauss and many others.

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“Douglas Docker is kind of like, to me, the David Lynch of rock operas” - Amanda Somerville

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