Darkness (band)

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Darkness
Live concert in 2015
Live concert in 2015
General information
origin Essen , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
Genre (s) Thrash metal
founding 1984, 2004 as your heirs
resolution 1991
Website www.darkness-thrash.de
Current occupation
Drums , initially also vocals
Andreas "Lacky" Lakaw
Arnd Klink
Lee Weinberg
Dirk Hamilton
Meik Heitkamp
former members
singing
 Oliver "Olli" Fernickel († 1998)
Electric guitar
 Hooters
Electric bass
 Emma
Electric bass
 Hartmund "Agony" more beautiful
Electric guitar
 Andreas "Skull" Becker
Electric guitar
 Uwe "Damager" Christofers
Electric bass
 Detlef Bartfeld
Electric bass
 Bruno
Electric guitar
 Pierre Danielscyk
Electric bass
 Thomas Becker
singing
 Rolf "Ray" Druschel († 2004)
Electric bass
 Timo Oehlke

Darkness is a German thrash metal band from Essen , North Rhine-Westphalia , which was founded in 1984 and disbanded in 1991. In 2004 the band was reunited under the name Eure Erben and is now active again as Darkness.

history

The band was formed in December 1984 after a concert by Destruction and Tormentor (later Kreator ). The group consisted of drummer and singer Andreas “Lacky” / “Torturer” Lakaw, bassist Hartmut “Agony” Schöner and guitarist Andreas “Skull” Becker. The members went to the Zeche Carl and founded the band there and wrote the first song Armageddon there . A short time later, Uwe "Damager" Christopfers joined the band as the second guitarist. With this line-up, the band recorded their first demo, The Evil Curse . Shortly afterwards, Christopfers left the band again. The three of them did the next demo recording called Titanic War . Then singer Oliver "Olli" / "Zeutan" Fernickel joined the cast. After that, the band briefly disintegrated. Guitarist Pierre Danielscyk and bassist Bruno joined as new members and recorded the third demo, Spawn of the Dark One . Shortly afterwards Arnd Klink joined the band as the second guitarist.

In 1987 the band released their debut album Death Squad on Tales of Thrash Records . In 1988 the second album Defenders of Justice followed on Scratch Records as a CD and on Tales of Thrash Records as an LP . The album was re-released in 1992 on Polyband under the name Broken Heart and in 2005 under the name Bloodbath on Battle Cry Records . 1989 followed the last album Conclusion & Revival , which was released on Hot Blood Records before the band broke up. In 2004 members of the band got together again and founded your heirs. The band plays songs from Darkness, mostly in German, as well as new compositions. In 2005 the three albums Death Squad , Defenders of Justice and Conclusion & Revival were re-released. In addition, the live album Bocholt Live Squad was released , which contains a concert recording from May 17, 1987. The 2008 compilation The Demos also includes a live recording of Keep It True from 2006.

style

The band's debut, Death Squad , is typical of old German Thrash Metal. They weren't one of the noisiest bands of their time, but played "very fast, yet understandable Thrash with a few hints of originality and pretty memorable riffs ". Darkness' style wasn't fully developed though, with some pieces "sounding pretty generic". While their second album Defenders of Justice had a style of their own, Conclusion & Revival sounded "more ordinary and less inspired" than their previous works.

Discography

than darkness
  • 1985: The Evil Curse (demo, self-published)
  • 1985: Iron Force (demo, self-published)
  • 1986: Attack the Mephisto (demo, self-published)
  • 1986: Titanic War (demo, self-published)
  • 1986: Spawn of the Dark One (demo, self-published)
  • 1987: Death Squad (Album, Tales of Thrash Records )
  • 1987: Promo Tape (demo, self-release)
  • 1987: Cleans Pforzheim (demo, self- publication )
  • 1988: Defenders of Justice (Album, Scratch Records (CD), Tales of Thrash Records (LP))
  • 1989: Conclusion & Revival (album, Hot Blood Records )
  • 1989: Spawn of the Last One (demo, self-published)
  • 1992: Broken Heart (Re-release of Defenders of Justice , Polyband )
  • 2005: Bloodbath (re-release of Defenders of Justice , Battle Cry Records )
  • 2005: Bocholt Live Squad (Live-Album, Battle Cry Records)
  • 2008: The Demos (compilation, High Roller Records )
  • 2015: Thrash till Death (compilation, High Roller Records)
  • 2016: The Gasoline Solution (Album, High Roller Records)
as your heirs
  • 2006: Your Heirs (EP, self-published)
  • 2007: Eure Fäuste (EP, self-published)
  • 2010: Terror 2.0 (album, self-published)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Band history ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 15, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.death-squad.de.vu
  2. ↑ Darkness Death Squad , accessed September 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ Darkness Defenders Of Justice , accessed September 16, 2012.
  4. ↑ Darkness Defenders Of Justice , accessed September 16, 2012.
  5. ↑ Darkness Defenders Of Justice (1988) , accessed September 15, 2012.
  6. ^ Darkness Conclusion & Revival , accessed September 15, 2012.
  7. ↑ Your heirs ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 15, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eureerbe.de
  8. ↑ Info. Facebook , accessed April 1, 2015 .
  9. ↑ reviews - D .