Darker Half

Darker Half
Origin	Sydney, NSW
Genres	Power metal, thrash metal
Years active	2003 – present
Labels	None
Associated acts	Automation
Website	http://www.facebook.com/darkerhalf
Members	Brad Dickson, Simon Hamilton, Dom Simpson, Vo Simpson
Past members	Benito Martino, Nick Alderton, Max Griffiths, Jim Bridgeman

Band members

• Current line-up
  • Brad Dickson (guitar)
  • Simon Hamilton (bass)
  • Dom Simpson (drums)
  • Vo Simpson (vocals, guitar)

• Former members
  • Benito Martino (drums) (2005 - 2009)
  • Nick Alderton (guitar) (2003 - 2008)
  • Max Griffiths (vocals, bass) (2003 - 2005)
  • Jim Bridgeman (drums) (2003 - 2005)

Band information

Darker Half is a band from Sydney playing melodic power and traditional metal with a technical aspect. The band formed around Vo Simpson, Max Griffiths (vocals, bass), Nick Alderton (guitar) and Jim Bridgeman on drums. They quickly began playing live despite being all too young to appear in licensed venues and featured at the first Metalstock festival at Easter 2005. Simon Hamilton (bass) and Benito Martino (drums) joined the band toward the end of 2005 and the group recorded a four-track EP while continuing to make their presence felt on the live circuit on the east coast throughout 2006. In 2008 Nick parted ways with the band and Dom Simpson joined on guitar. The band was announced as the opening act on a tour by UFO, but the tour was cancelled before tickets even went on sale. Meanwhile, the band spent the last part of 2008 completing their full-length album Duality which was released in early 2009 and supported by a national tour that featured gigs with bands like The Eternal and Universum.

The band toured with Paul Di'Anno in June 2009 after which Dom Simpson switched to drums when Martino departed. Brad Dickson joined on guitar and Darker Half went on to support Queensrÿche nationally in August. Darker Half played at Screamfest in Sydney over the New Year and in June 2010 again performed shows with Paul Di'anno.

The band's second album Desensitized was released in August 2011 and they toured nationally with Katabasis at most shows. During 2012 the band was again highly active, supporting Warbringer and featuring on the inaugural Steel Assassins festival with Megahera from Italy and Voyager. 2013 began with an opening slot on a tour by Nightwish and late in the year the band will support Stratovarius.

Discography

Album:

	2009	Duality	self release
	2011	Desensitised	Rock Star

EP:

	2006	Enough is Enough	self release