Dark Forest (band)
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| Origin |  Canada |
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| Genre(s) | Pagan Metal Viking Metal Black Metal |
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| Years active | 2003 - Present | |
| Label(s) | Bleak Art Records | |
| Website | www.darkforest.ca | |
Dark Forest is a one-man pagan metal project from Calgary, Canada. Formed in 2003, Dark Forest has released one demo and full length album. A second full length album is currently being composed.
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[edit] Members
- David Parks - Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Vocals, Mouth Harp, Drum Programming
[edit] Live Session Musicians
- Mark Zemlak - Guitars
- TJ MacLean - Bass Guitars
- Don Mitchell - Keyboards
- Griffin Kissack - Drums
[edit] Discography
- Demo 2005 (Demo, 2005)
- Aurora Borealis (Full Length, 2006)
[edit] History
Dark Forest was created in late 2003 by David Parks. Using the recording gear available, he created the one-man project under the title Dark Forest. The first full recording of Dark Forest, titled Among Silent Pine, was completed in summer 2003. This would appear as the ending track on Demo 2005. The writing process continued from here until the early 2005. A four track Demo was arranged and released that summer; this was Demo 2005.
With gaining support in the local metal community, live interest started to appear. A live session lineup was assembled in September of 2005, only two months after the release of Demo 2005. Just prior to this same time, in August, the writing process for the first full-length album had begun. This was the composition of the song that would be known as Wind and Waves.
Aside from continuous writing, the live lineup played four promotional shows for Demo 2005 in the local area in 2006. With much success, interest also grew in Europe during this time. Media sources labeled Dark Forest Vinlandic Pagan Black Metal. The month of March 2006 marked the completion of the writing process for Aurora Borealis. It was self-recorded in the summer of 2006, and released in September. Along with even more support for Aurora Borealis, came bigger opportunities for the lineup. In this same month of September, Dark Forest was invited to play the Heathen Crusade II festival in the United States. Other performing acts included Bal-Sagoth, Vreid, Skyforger, Månegarm, and more. This marked the first out of country performance by the lineup.
In March 2007, Dark Forest signed with Bleak Art Records to re-issue Aurora Borealis, and to release the next full length album. David Parks currently continues the writing process for a new album.
[edit] Additional Information
- David Parks and Mark Zemlak are cousins
- Demo 2005 is limited to 150 copies; all of which are sold out. The first 80 copies were hand numbered.
- Aurora Borealis original pressing is limited to 500 copies.
