Darker Half

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Band members

  • Current line-up
    • Simon Hamilton (bass)
    • Benito Martino (drums)
    • Dom Simpson (guitar)
    • Vo Simpson (vocals, guitar)
  • Former members
    • Nick Alderton (guitar)
    • Max Griffiths (vocals, bass) (2003 - 2005)
    • Jim (drums) (2003 - 2005)

Website

darkerhalf.com

[www.myspace.com/darkerhalf]

Formed

Sydney, NSW, 2003

Band information

Darker Half is a band from Sydney playing thrash metal with a dominant 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 supported by a national tour that featured gigs with bands like The Eternal and Universum.

The band will be touring with Paul Di'Anno (ex - IRON MAIDEN) in June 2009. The tour will also feature supports such as KILLRAZER, LORD, BLACK MAJESTY + more.

Discography

Album:

2009 Duality self release

EP:

2006 Enough is Enough self release