Dark Age is a German

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band from

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, formed in 1994 under the name Dyer's Eve by Eike Freese (guitar, vocals), André Schumann (drums) and Oliver Fliegel (bass).

History

In 1994, Eike Freese, André Schumann and Oliver Fliegel formed a

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band called ''Dyer's Eve''. One year later the name was changed to Dark Age. The new name was inspired by a Vader song title, while their older one was inspired by a

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song title. In autumn 1995, they recorded their first demo ''Doubtful Existence''. In December 1995, keyboardist Martin Reichert and in January 1996 guitarist Finn Dierks joined the band. Oliver Fliegel left the band in 1996. After Finn Dierks moved to the U.S. he was replaced by Jörn Schubert. In Summer 1998, Dark Age recorded their first album entitled, ''The Fall'', which was released after a

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with Remedy Records. In 2000, the album ''Insurrection'' followed and they played at

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. In 2002, the album ''The Silent Republic'' was recorded in the Stage One-studio. In 2003, they founded their own studio and played again at Wacken Open Air. In 2003 Dark Age released their demo songs collection EP ''Remonstrations''. They re-recorded their first demo songs. As a comparison they also included the original demo versions of the songs. Except for the first song which is a re-recording of a track from ''The Fall''. In 2004, their self-titled album ''Dark Age'' was recorded and released. One year later, the DVD ''Live, So Far...'' was recorded in the Markthalle in

. In 2006, Thorsten Eggert left the band and Alex Henke joined. In 2008 the album Minus Exitus was released. Their sixth full-length album ''Acedia'' was released in November 2009. Their seventh full-length album ''A Matter of Trust'' was released on 6 September 2013 through

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. On 19 November 2015, the band announced that they would go on an indefinite hiatus for personal reasons.

Discography

* 1996: ''Doubtful Existence'' (Demo) * 1996: ''Promotion Tape Winter '96/'97'' (Demo) * 1998: ''The Fall'' (Demo) * 1999: ''The Fall'' (Remedy Records) * 2000: ''Insurrection'' * 2002: ''The Silent Republic'' * 2003: ''Remonstrations'' (EP) * 2004: ''Dark Age'' * 2006: ''Live, So Far...'' (DVD) * 2008: ''Minus Exitus'' * 2009: ''Acedia'' * 2013: ''A Matter of Trust''

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dark Age Musical groups established in 1995 German heavy metal musical groups German melodic death metal musical groups German musical quintets