The Cruciatus Curse
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| Origin | Green Bay, Wisconsin |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Genres | Wizard Rock Dark Wizard Rock |
| Labels | Dragon's Xtreme Entertainment (2005-present) Forsaken Records (2002-2005) Dark Wizard Records (2005-present) |
| Members | Denni Towle a.k.a. The Dragon |
| Past members | Vanilla Joe (member from 2005-2006) |
The Cruciatus Curse are an indie wizard rock band from Green Bay, Wisconsin who formed in Late 2002 under the name 4~Saken. The band consists of Vanilla Joe (27 years) and Denni Towle (25 years). Inspired by the J.K. Rowling book series, Harry Potter, the two band members write about the Harry Potter character world. They released their debut first album in December 2002 and, their second album, From The Depths, was recorded in August of 2003. Their third full length album & first as The Cruciatus Curse, The Dark Mark", was recorded & set to release as of January 2007. They are also working on a Wizard Rock Compilation CD with several other "wizard rock" bands called A Tribute To The Fallen. Denni Towle & eTech Designs designed the artwork for their full-length albums, and coming summer 2007 they will be performing in the first annual WizardFest, a wizard rock spinoff of Ozzfest. For more info on WizardFest go to www.dragonincorporated.com/dwr.
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[edit] Band members
- "The Dragon" Denni Towle: Mainly vocals and music beats but also studio recordings, and production
[edit] Former Members
- "Vanilla" Joe Ritchie: Mainly rapping and backup vocals but also metal screams
[edit] 4~Saken
The band was formed in the fall of 2002 under the name 4~Saken. Their first cd, self-titled, was a very rough and poor cd in all. Denni worked on it solo and had 7 tracks on it all together.
[edit] From The Depths
Their second cd, "From The Depths" came 2 years later after Denni had started perfecting his beat making and vocals, again a solo cd, From The Depths was an all in all much better vocally & production wise creation.
[edit] The Cruciatus Curse
Over the next few years, Denni and Joe wrote 5 cd's in all and 2 about Harry Potter. They performed their first show as The Cruciatus Curse during Star For A Day Karoake.
"The Dark Mark"
[edit] The Dark Mark
Originally recorded in 2002 as an early EP & side project because of Denni's love for the Potter novels. Now rereleased as a full length cd as of December 7th, 2006. Featuring former member of TCC - Vanilla Joe, "The Dark Mark" signified TCC's status as the forefather of Wizard Metal.
"And The Riddle Of Potions"
[edit] And The Riddle Of Potions
New CD set to be released early spring or summer 2007!
[edit] WizardFest 2007
More Info Coming Soon!
[edit] Performances
The Cruciatus Curse perform mainly during Star For A Day Karaoke in Green Bay, Wisconsin @ Kimmer's bar & Grill
[edit] Part Of The Harry & The Potters Spinoff Bands
Due to Harry and the Potters unintentionally creating a new genre of bands that use Harry Potter as inspiration for creating music called 'wizard rock', these bands include Draco and the Malfoys, The Cruciatus Curse, The Prisoners of Azkaban, The Remus Lupins, WE-WHO-MUST-NOT-BE-NAMED and The Hungarian Horntails. Several wizard rock bands were featured on the Christmas Compilation CD, A Magical Christmas of Magic. To learn more about other Wizard Rock bands check out WizardRock.Org
[edit] Discography
- 4~Saken (December 2002)
- 4~Saken - From The Depths (August 2003)
- The Dark Mark (Dark Wizard Records) (2006)
[edit] Wizard Rock Media
- Wizard Rock Forbes.net
- Potterific! (Boston Globe)
- Siriusly, Potter Rocks USNews.com
