Dynasty of Darkness was born in Bruchsal, Germany in 2008. First recordings and video footage were recorded in an abandoned military complex from the Second World War which used to be the 'Bundesnachrichtendienst Zentrale' or the Secret Service for the Nazis, the compositions were created behind machine gun dented bulletproof doors and rusted barbwire cells creating an unmatchable atmosphere of obscure, cold and eerie material which was used for their first demos.
In 2009 the band recruited the double Grammy Award winner and Golden Record winner Jan Axel Blomberg aka "Hellhammer" as their official session drummer, who recorded all of the drum tracks for their debut full-length album “The Scribe of the Gods” at the Mølla Studio in Norway, where bands such as Arcturus, Ulver, Mayhem, Rotting Christ, Aura Noir have recorded. Later on Attila Csihar was invited as a guest singer and recorded an obscure track under his Void of Voices project; in 2010 the band summoned the double Grammy Award winner & musical mastermind Amund Svensson aka "Pzy-Clone" to work on full orchestrations and symphonies on the album adding an element of epic majestic darkness to the music.
In 2012 Weston "Antares" Coppola was recruited to do guest vocals on the track “Through the Gates of Janus”.
The album was produced by Morbid and recorded and mixed by Steve Tucker and Charles Logic between 2009-2013. For the completion of the album more than five studios were used in four different countries and two different continents - United States of America and Europe.
Dynasty of Darkness' diversity in music execution has put critics worldwide into question; unable to categorize the band's sound into a specific genre and has named the band sound simply "Extreme Metal". The music combines varied musical styles that ranges from the rawest Black metal to Thrash to Industrial, Heavy Metal and even Death Brutal. The songs contain an explicit element of obscure melodies combined with eerie atmospheric keyboards that enrich the music with epic passages.
“Dynasty of Darkness "non-genre" musical style will revolutionize the direction of metal worldwide and set new standards in music” - Steve Tucker
Line-up:
Jan Axel "HellHammer" Blomberg - Drums
Amund "Pzy-Clone" Svensson - Keys
Morbid XIII - Guitar, Vocals
Guest Musicians:
Attila Csihar - Vocals
Weston "Antares" Coppola - Vocals
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