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Biography:
There
are really few bands which can combine various
musical kinds. Darzamat is very best at it and has
been doing it since the moment it appeared on the
musical stage, so already for as long as 13 years.
The musical source of the band lies in symphonic
metal. However, with every new record Darzamat has
interlaced various new elements, creating this way
the style characteristic for itself. Joining
different stylistics and sorts of metal, the band
has not forgotten, however, about the atmosphere of
dusk being very close to the band. The band owes its
name to the Slavonic mythology where Darzamat is a
deity protecting and guarding gardens and forests.
This very symbolism is permanently present in band's
compositions and melts into their musical creation
on the textual, musical as well as visual level.
After releasing the two albums "In Flames of Black
Art"(1997), "Oniriad"(2003) as well as MCD "In the
Opium of Black Veil"(1999), in year 2003 the band
underwent the personal revolution. Only the vocalist
Flauros remained from the initial lineup. It was in
those times when the core of Darzamat came into
being, which apart from Flauros is constituted by
the vocalist Nera, the guitar player Chris and the
keyboard player Spectre. With the record "Semidevilish"(2004),
Darzamat began the new stage in its history. The
fresh material neatly combined black and death metal
with the dusky atmosphere characteristic of a band.
Yet, what appeared to be a huge musical leap in the
band's history was the fourth album entitled "Transkarpatia"(2005).
What had a great impact on this success was
undoubtedly the album's producer, namely Andy La
Rocque, the guitar player of the cult King Diamond.
Thanks to the work in the Swedish "Los Angered
Recording", the album gained a surprizing
selectivity as well as the power of each and every
instrument's sound. The positive reception of
Darzamat's music resulted in multitudinous
invitations on concerts. During short time the band
presented itself on various European festivals
("Rock Harz Open Air", "Wave Gothic Treffen", "Hard
Rock Laager", "S-Hammer Festival", "Last Night on
Earth", "Dong Open Air", "Moscow After Midnight" or
"Metal Head Mission"). Apart from the concerts in
Poland, Darzamat appeared also on the stages in
Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Italy, France, Belgium,
Holland, Estonia, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
At the beginning of 2007 the band performed on the
German Winternachtstraum Festival and a month later
in front of a nearly six-thousand audience during
the XXI edition of the cult festival Metalmania.
Both the concerts were registered for the needs of
the first oficial DVD album "Life Profanity(Visiting
the Graves of Heretics)", which in the half of the
year 2007 was released both in Europe and in USA.
Presently Darzamat's been working on the fifth
studio record entitled "Solfernus' Path", which will
appear this year. For the first time in band's
history, the musicians decided to create a concept
album.
Releases
In the Flames of Black Art
Faithless Productions 1997/Metal Mind Records 2002
In the Opium of Black Veil
Faithless Productions 1999/Metal Mind Records 2002
Oniriad
Avantgarde Productions 2003
Semidevilish
Metal Mind Records/MVD (USA) 2004
Transkarpatia
Metal Mind Records/MVD (USA) 2005
Live Profanity (Visiting the Graves of Heretics) DVD
Metal Mind Records/MVD (USA) 2007
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