DARKANE guitarist Christofer Malmström has issued the following band update:
"We're back in Sweden from a what we believe was a very successful tour in North America together with Soilwork, Warbringer and Swallow the Sun. Thanks a lot to the other bands, crew, and all the fans that showed up and made us feel welcome. Playing 50 shows in 52 days was kinda tough, but we’re very happy we managed to pull it through without any bigger issues. Now we are focusing on writing new material for the next album but before that, we played a show at The Tivoli in our home town Helsingborg on Saturday April 4th, and then we have the Roskilde and Nuclear Assault festivals booked for this summer, and hopefully more will show up. Next week, [DARKANE drummer] Peter Wildoer will head out on a European tour with Pestilence for three weeks.

I am also very proud to announce that I am now officially endorsed by Steve Clayton guitar picks. I have been using Clayton pics (1.26 mm) since the middle of the nineties. Since DARKANE’s music is based on accurate playing I need a pick that feels steady and that I can count on when I hit my strings very hard. With the Clayton picks, I get a very good and reliable grip allowing me to alter between fast and rhythmic playing without having to think about what my right hand is doing.

See you out there!"



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Metalheads!

Here’s Christofer with an update from the road! We are cruising towards San Francisco as I write this. Such beautiful sights outside the bus windows!! The tour is still going very well for Darkane altough we’ve had some serious problems with illness and everybody except for Jens is in a pretty bad shape right now. After Klas left us in Mokena we were joined by great guitar shredder Toby Knapp, but unfortunately he also got ill and had to leave the tour after nine shows. Thanks Toby, you did a great job!!! We have now decided to do this tour as a four piece unit, and it’s working out pretty well I must say.

We did 9 shows in snowy Canada, and the audience has been great all the way. We have played pretty weird places such as a campus and a roller skating rink, but wherever we’ve been we’ve felt very welcome! Now we are looking forward to do the west coast and get some warm air in soary throats.

That’s it for now! Take care and if we haven’t met yet, go check the shows out! We have about three weeks left on this tour!

In metal!

Christofer


Read an interview with DARKANE at Highwire Daze and Vancouver's Straight.

Hailing from the hometown [Helsingborg, Sweden] of melodic death pioneers such as Soilwork and Scar Symmetry, DARKANE fans worldwide can now pre-order the new album + exclusive shirt from the Nuclear Blast America Web Shop: (https://store.nuclearblastusa.com/se... as a package deal for the great price of only $22.00.

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DARKANE will release its fifth album, Demonic Art, in North America on February 10, 2009 via Nuclear Blast Records. The North America version of the CD, which came out in Europe on October 24, 2008 via Massacre Records, will contain a bonus track and a bonus DVD.

The bonus DVD will feature the following six components:
- The studio diaries
- The recording of the intro
- Live clips from the Chicago Powerfest
- Video clip for "Layers Of Lies"
- Trailer for the upcoming DARKANE DVD
- Trailer for "Seven Deadly Pieces" documentary

Metal Maniacs magazine states that, “Demonic Art finally pushes these guys through the way they’ve always threatened, and people will be taking notice. DARKANE is both the unstoppable force and the immovable object, and you will submit!”