Darkwell is a

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band from

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. Formed in 1999 by

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Roland Wurzer and

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Roman Wienicke; Wurzer is the sole founding member still active with the group. Soon after formation, they signed with

Napalm Records Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal, hard rock and folk/folk rock/folk metal. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach a ...

and released their first album, ''Suspiria'', in 2000. Before the release of ''Conflict of Interest'' in 2002 they toured across

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with Tristania, The Sins of Thy Beloved,

Graveworm Graveworm is an Italian extreme metal band from Bruneck, Brunico formed in 1992. History Before Graveworm even released a demo, they were signed by Serenades Records after a performance close to their hometown of Brunico, northern Italy. Gravew ...

, and Vintersorg. Supporting their second full-length album, ''Metatron'', they again toured across Europe, with Atrocity,

Leaves' Eyes Leaves' Eyes is a symphonic metal band from Germany and Norway. Formed in 2003 by Liv Kristine, formerly the lead singer of Theatre of Tragedy, along with the entire line-up of Atrocity (band), Atrocity, the band has since released eight studio a ...

, and Battlelore.

Line-up

Current line-up

* Alexandra Pittracher -

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

* Mathias Nussbaum -

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

* Moritz Neuner -

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* Raphael Lepuschitz - keyboard * Roland Wurzer -

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Former members

* Stephanie Luzie (Meier) -

* Christian Filip - keyboard * Roman Wienicke -

(Founding member)

Discography

Studio albums

*''Suspiria'' (2000) *''Metatron'' (2004) *''Moloch'' (2016)

EPs

*''Conflict of Interest'' (2002)

Singles

*"Strange" (2004)

Videos

*"The Crucible" (2003) *"Fate Prisoner" (2004)

References

External links

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