Dark Sky (band)
| Dark Sky | |
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 Dark Sky (2010) |
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| General information | |
| origin | Rottweil , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Hard rock , hair metal , heavy metal , power metal , AOR , Christian rock |
| founding | 1982 |
| Website | www.dark-sky.de |
| Current occupation | |
| Frank Breuninger | |
| Claudio Nobile | |
| Steffen Doll | |
| Micha Kasper | |
Dark Sky is a German heavy metal band from Rottweil in Baden-Württemberg . Dark Sky has already released five albums, the band played at major festivals and toured with bands like Thunder and Magnum .
history
Dark Sky was founded in 1982 by Mike Stelzig, Frank Breuninger, Richy Richard, Champs Niebling and Mike Tomlinson. A finished album was not released in 1984 due to the bankruptcy of the record company ( Bregenzer Records ). In 1988 Dark Sky won the final with the title Eternity at the nationwide contest " Das Sprungbrett " in Wenden (Sauerland). At the end of 1989 several members left the band. After various music changes, the band returned in the late 1990s and signed a contract with the Malaysian record company LIFE Records . The album Believe It was then produced and successfully released in Southeast Asia in 1998. In 2000, Believe It was released in Europe via the German label Goodlife Records .
Shortly before the recordings for the second album Edge of Time , Steffen Doll joined the band as the new guitarist. Edge of Time was also released on Goodlife Records in 2002 in Europe and Japan. In August 2004 Dark Sky signed a new record deal with the German label AORHeaven , where the third album Living & Dying was released in Europe and Japan in 2005. The studio recordings for the album were completed under the direction of Markus Teske ( Red Circuit ) in the Bazement Studio . After many concerts a. a. With the Scorpions and a Germany tour with Thunder, the fourth album Empty Faces was released in June 2008 , which was again recorded in the Bazement Studio, on the AORHeaven label. Dark Sky shows up on Empty Faces in a harder guise, but does not dispense with catchy refrains.
In the following years there were other concerts at festivals in Germany and abroad as well as a European tour with Magnum. In the fall of 2011 Dark Sky began producing song material for the fifth album Initium . The recordings took place again in the Bazement Studio under the direction of Markus Teske. The result was a modern and progressive concept album, which nonetheless remained melodic as is typical of the band. Hannes and Ande Braun (both Kissin 'Dynamite ) and Klaus Dirks ( Mob Rules ) participated as guest musicians . After completing the production, the band signed a new recording contract with the German label Pure Steel Records in summer 2012 , where Initium was released in autumn 2012.
In autumn 2013 bassist Winny Zurek ended his music career for health and personal reasons and got out of Dark Sky. With Lutz Aicher, a longtime former band member took over the bass at performances.
On August 19, 2018, after six years, the new album Once (Live) will be released with live recordings and new, unreleased songs.
In 2018 drummer Uwe Maier left the band after more than 20 years. Micha Kasper has been the group's drummer ever since.
occupation
Current occupation
- Frank Breuninger - vocals
- Steffen Doll - guitar
- Lutz Aicher - bass
- Micha Kasper - drums
- Claudio Nobile - keyboards
Former band members
- Winny Zurek - bass
- Uwe Maier - drums
- Ralf Asche Schlude - guitar
- Tobias Schuster - drums
- Matt Whitton - guitar
- Bruno Rock Kraler - vocals, guitar, keyboard
- Lutz Aicher - bass, backing vocals
- Michael Weiss - guitar
- Andy Honer - drums, backing vocals
- Sugus Mager - vocals
- Axel Deyda - guitar, backing vocals
- Mac Graf - guitar, backing vocals
- Richy Richard - bass
- Mike Stelzig - guitar
- Champs Niebling - drums
- Mike Tomlinson - vocals
Discography
- 1998: Belive It (in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore and Indonesia: LIFE Records)
- 2000: Belive It (in Germany, Europe and Japan: Goodlife Records)
- 2002: Edge of Time (Goodlife Records)
- 2005: Living & Dying (AORHeaven)
- 2008: Empty Faces (AORHeaven)
- 2012: Initium (Pure Steel Records)
- 2018: Once (Live) [Metapolis Records]
Web links
- Official website
- Dark Sky on Pure Legend Records
- Dark Sky at Discogs (English)