| Dark Empire | |
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| Origin | United States |
| Genre(s) | Power Metal Progressive metal |
| Years active | 2004 |
| Members | |
| Matt Moliti Jens Carlsson Sam Paulicelli |
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History
Dark Empire is the vision of Long Island, NY based guitarist Matt Moliti created in the winter of early 2004. After few months Matt have completed the band and in early 2005 the recordings of their debut album started. Distant Tides was released on April 25th 2006, and receiving rave reviews by numerous specialized publications. The album was recently picked up for its first official label release by Rock Machine Records in Brazil, and given a sonic facelift, being remastered by renowned Finnish engineer Mikka Jussila (Children of Bodom, Stratovarius, Nightwish, etc). Children of Bodom is a Finnish Melodic death metal band from Espoo, Finland formed in 1993 Stratovarius is a Finnish Power metal band that formed in 1983 Nightwish is a symphonic Power metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee, Finland. During last months Dark Empire is recording their new album named Humanity Dethroned.
Music
Dark Empire is playing mix of power metal, progressive metal and thrash metal. Power metal is a style of Heavy metal music combining characteristics of traditional metal with Thrash metal or Speed metal, often within Progressive metal (often referred to simply as prog metal) is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music which blends the powerful guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex Thrash metal (sometimes referred to simply as thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized by its fast tempo and aggression
Band members
Current members
- Jens Carlsson - lead vocals
- Matt Moliti - lead guitar, death vocals
- Andrew Atwood (since 2007) - rhythm and lead guitar, death vocals
Former members
- Noah Martin (2004 - 2006) - bass
- Teemu Tahkanen (2004 - 2006) - drums
- Samus (2006 - 2008) - drums
session:
- Marc Ferreira (2007) - bass, backing vocals (live)
Discography
Singles
- Northern Sky - (2006)
Studio albums
- Distant Tides (2006)
- Humanity Dethroned (early 2008)