Dark (band)
| Dark | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Kaiserslautern , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Dark metal |
| founding | 1991 |
| resolution | 2001 |
| Founding members | |
| Michael Löchter | |
| Mathias Fickert | |
| Jochen Donauer | |
| Christian Betz | |
| People | |
| Last occupation | |
Vocals, electric guitar, keyboard, bass |
Mathias Fickert |
Electric guitar |
Thorsten Schmitt |
Drums |
Jochen Donauer |
Dark was a dark / death metal band founded in Kaiserslautern in 1991 .
The online magazine metal.de judged the debut album Endless Dreams of Sadness , which was published independently in 1996 and in 1997 by Gun Records , that there are four different types of songs: "pure bludgeon", "pure bludgeon with keyboard effects" and keyboard-heavy ones Medium-tempo pieces and very slow songs that “consist almost entirely of a keyboard carpet”. In addition, a proximity to Crematory was attested, but the "sound sounds almost completely independent". The Ox-Fanzine, on the other hand, came to the opposite conclusion that “nothing good could come of it” if “Metal is paired with Gothic-Rock”.
In the same year the second album Seduction was released and u. a. Tiamat , The Gathering and Theater of Tragedy used as references. As a new element, the clear voice of guitarist Mathias Fickert was incorporated into about a third of the vocal passages.
The third and final album Revolution was released in 1999. It was recorded in January of the same year in the Commusication Studio under the direction of Gerhard Magin. In addition to eight original compositions, it also contains a cover version of the U2 song Pride (In the Name of Love) . The band shrunk to the size of a trio, the style became much more electronic and the singing with Fickert as the sole singer was exclusively clear.
Discography
Studio albums
- 1996: Endless Dreams of Sadness (self-published)
- 1997: Endless Dreams of Sadness (re-released by GUN Records)
- 1997: Seduction (GUN Records)
- 1999: Revolution (GUN Records)
Sampler (selection)
- 1997: Out of the Dark
- 1999: Crossing All Over! Vol. 09
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Dark - Seduction , in: Metal.de, published on July 23, 1997, accessed on March 3, 2016.
- ↑ Endless Dreams of Sadness , in: Metal.de, published on April 23, 1997, accessed on March 3, 2016.
- ↑ Carsten Vollmer: DARK Endless dreams of Sadness CD , in: Ox-Fanzine, / Issue # 26 (I 1997), accessed on March 3, 2016.
- ↑ Margret: Dark - Revolution (Polish), in: rockmetal.pl, published on April 15, 2000, accessed on March 3, 2016.