Biography

With METAL having come full circle back to many of its classic influences, DARKOLOGY is certainly an act that is not only vital in today’s global heavy music scene but also an unstoppable force that will take it forward! The band was conceived by the Harris brothers, Michael (THOUGHT CHAMBER, ARCH RIVAL, Vitallij Kurpij) & Brian (ex-FIREWIND), who soon hooked up with Michael\'s high school friend and band mate, bassist Mike Neal. After demo-ing their debut disc “Altered Reflections”, the 3 members joined forces with vocal powerhouse Kelly Sundown Carpenter, the amazing vocalist behind the OUTWORLD debut and the one who succeeded the mighty JORN LANDE of AVANTASIA and many others fame, in BEYOND TWILIGHT and recorded his incredible vocals in late 2007. After taking some time off, and mixing the album, while also having a cool video for the song “I bleed”, the band shopped the album around and Rockaholics Records managed to secure the rights for it’s worldwide distribution! The album sold in healthy quantities, but both the inability to secure a tour and a variety of other problems ultimately caused the company to fold leading the album to be rather difficult to obtain. (online piracy did not help either).

A new company Prime Eon, picked up the band and the new album, entitled "Fated To Burn" was recorded and mixed by world renowned Producer Chris Tsangarides, (THIN LIZZY, JUDAS PRIEST, ANVIL, BLACK SABBATH and many more) in late 2013.This time the band shed away a bit  of the excess technicality in favor of tunefulness and wrote, eleven tunes that are more to the point and classical bringing to mind, the best of the progenitors of the genre, JUDAS PRIEST with a healthy dose of aggression, pretty much in the vein of early to mid era METAL CHURCH, a combination that no doubt most fans should find, alluring ! Some issues, beyond the band and the company's control caused delays while  efforts were made to secure an appropriately large tour in support of the album and delays caused frustration and in the meantime Sundown, went out and joined FIREWIND for a successful American tour and a run of European festivals, before parting was with them and joining forces with Belgian Neoclassical Power Metallers IRON MASK, taking over the reigns from none other than ex Yngwie Malmsteen alumnus Mark Boals! However as the saying goes, good things come to those who wait and finally the album is to see the light of day in Q3 2014  followed by a European tour with Overkill, Prong and Enforcer !

GET READY TO BURN !!!