Dark Empire (band)

Dark Empire
Origin	Verona, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Power metal, thrash metal, Progressive,
Years active	2004–2013
Members	Matt Moliti Randy Knecht Matt Graff Derrick Schneider Christian Colabelli Harris Bergsohn

Dark Empire was a power metal/progressive death metal/thrash metal band.

History

Dark Empire was created in the winter of early 2004 by Verona, New Jersey–based guitarist Matt Moliti.

In early 2005, the recording of their debut album, Distant Tides, commenced. Distant Tides was released on April 25, 2006, and received numerous rave reviews from specialized publications. The album was picked up for its first official label release by Rock Machine Records in Brazil, and was remastered by renowned Finnish engineer Mikka Jussila (Children of Bodom, Stratovarius, Nightwish, etc.). Their sophomore release, Humanity Dethroned, commenced recording in early 2008, with a new drummer Garrett Aurre and was released on May 5 of that year.

According to a post on Urban Breed's forum, both Andrew Atwood and Urban Breed are no longer in the band as of October 2010.

Dark Empire disbanded in July 2013.

Music

Dark Empire plays a mix of power metal, progressive metal and thrash metal.

Band members

Final members

• Derrick Schneider – lead vocals (2013)
• Matt Moliti – guitars, growls (2004–2013)
• Randy Knecht – bass guitar (2008–2013)
• Matt Graff – drums (2010–2013)
• Christian Colabelli – guitar (2012–2013)
• Harris Bergsohn – keyboards, acoustic guitar (2012–2013)

Session members

• Marc Ferreira – bass guitar, backing vocals (live) (2007)
• Omar Davila – drums (live) (2008)
• Brian Larkin – vocals (live) (2008)

Former members

• Brian Larkin – lead vocals (2011–2013)
• Urban Breed – vocals (a few months in 2010)
• Andrew Atwood – guitar (2007–2010)
• Jens Carlsson – vocals (2004–2009)
• Samus – drums (2006–2008)
• Teemu Tahkanen – drums (2004–2006)
• Noah Martin – bass guitar (2004–2006)

Discography

Singles

• Northern Sky (2006)

Studio albums

• Distant Tides (2006)
• Humanity Dethroned (2008)
• From Refuge to Ruin (2012)

External links

• Official Facebook
• Official Myspace Page