Swedish death doom warriors MOONDARK have inked a deal with CYCLONE EMPIRE RECORDS.
MOONDARK released "Shadowpath" (DEMO RE-ISSUE) 5/2015 via XTREEM MUSIC.
FROM CYCLONE EMPIRE RECORDS:
We are completely proud to announce the signing of the Swedish Doomed Death underground sensation MOONDARK!
Hailing from Avesta, in the Swedish Dalarna County, MOONDARK are
one of the oldest and hottest underground acts with a history hailing
back to the year 1993, when they recorded their legendary first demo,
before 3 of the band members formed the cult band DELLAMORTE.
We are very happy to welcome these lovely guys in our little CYCLONE EMPIRE family!
New
material and their first ever official album will be coming soon, and
we keep you posted as soon as there´s anything more to let you know
(some first infos can be found below at Johan´s statement)…expect some
REAL heavy shit coming in 2016!!!
Biography/Info:
MOONDARK
was formed in a cold and dark winter night in the beginning of 1993 by
Johan Jansson and Kennet Englund when they rehearsed covers of CRYPT OF
KERBEROS, ETERNAL DARKNESS and BOLT THROWER etc. In the beginning Johan
played guitar because he created most of the songs in MOONDARK and
Kennet played drums. Then Mattias Norrman joined on guitar and Mats
"Mabbe" Berggren on bass and vocals. After some rehearsals when the
songs took shape, Johan and Kennet switched instruments.
In the
end of August 1993 MOONDARK entered Soundline Studios in Avesta and
recorded 7 songs and these got engineered & mixed by Per Samuelsson
and MOONDARK. The demo was simply named "Demo#1" and was supposed to be
sent to labels for a record deal but unfortunately that didn’t happen
because of laziness. The tape was just home printed in a couple of
copies and was only given away to some friends...
MOONDARK played
live once at Musikhuset in Avesta 1st October 1993 together with UNCANNY
and GREEDKICK. The concert was caught on video and it still remains on
the classic format VHS. After the show MOONDARK was laid down to rest
forever and the members continued with their other bands and projects...
14
Years later, special thanx go to Swedish Dreamtide Music as they
resurrected the old recordings in a extremely limited edition on CD,
entitled "The Shadowpath", and also the demo got released on Digipack-CD
by a German label and on LP by Spanish label Temple Of Darkness in
2007. The artwork and layout was made by our friend and graphic designer
Costin Chioreanu at Twilight13media Design.
In 2014 MOONDARK did
their first live appearance since 1993 at the funeral edition of
legendary Killtown Deathfest at Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark. The
show was a total success and the lineup was including Kennet, Mattias
and Johan with the new members Allan Lundholm on bass and Alexander
Högbom on growls. In March 2015 they played another show at Wolfthrone
Support Festival in Paris, France and more gigs will hopefully be done
from now and on…
In May 2015 Spanish label Xtreem Music re-issued
“The Shadowpath” on CD with new amazing artwork made by Juanjo
Castellano. The release was more complete with bio, photos and all the
lyrics included. The LP re-issue will be following in 2016.
MOONDARK in 2015 are:
Alexander Högbom – Growls (VOLTURYON, SPASMODIC, OCTOBER TIDE, CENTINEX)
Mattias Norrman – Guitars (OCTOBER TIDE, ex-KATATONIA, INTERMENT, DELLAMORTE)
Johan Jansson – Guitars (INTERMENT, PARASIT, ex-DEMONICAL, REGURGITATE, DELLAMORTE)
Allan Lundholm – Bass (INTERMENT, ex-CONVULSION, CIRCLE OF CHAOS)
Kennet Englund – Drums (INTERMENT, DEMONICAL, CENTINEX, ex-UNCANNY, DELLAMORTE)
Ex Member: Mats Berggren – Growls/Bass (ex-FULMINATION, ENTRAILS)
STATEMENT BY JOHAN JANSSON:
"We’re
very pleased that we have inked a deal with Cyclone Empire! We know the
guys since a couple of years so it feels great to be a part of their
roster of killer bands. We’re excited to release our first “real” debut
album on their label!
We can already reveal that three
songs have been made and that we will go into writing mode this autumn
to complete the album. Expect old Doomy, slow Death Metal with no
fashionable modish riffs, it will be heavy as hell!"
DISCOGRAPHY
1993 - Demo#1 - Demotape
2007 - The Shadowpath - CD (Ltd.299 copies on Dreamtide Music)
2007 - The Shadowpath - Digi-CD (Ltd.1000 copies on a German label)
2007 - The Shadowpath - LP (Ltd.500 copies on Temple Of Darkness)
2015 - The Shadowpath - CD (Re-issue on Xtreem Music)
2016 - TBA - CD/LP (the debut album on CYCLONE EMPIRE)
FOR FANS OF: CRYPT OF KERBEROS, ETERNAL DARKNESS, DEMILICH, FUNEBRARUM
www.facebook.com/moondark666
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-