February 2019 – winner – “Remember Death” – Best Rock Music Video and Best Rock Song Award https://www.theakademia.com/awards/2019/DarknessLight-RememberDeath-0000000035.html and https://www.theakademia.com/awards/2019/DarknessLight-RememberDeath-0000000034.html
Remember Death – Single Release
Artist name: Darkness Light, Single name: Remember Death Featuring: Todd Simpson Label: Atomic Picnic Project Records Publisher: Atomic Picnic Project Publishing Released on 18th January 2019 Digital release and streaming only. All digital stores.
Best Rock Album Deutscher Rock and Pop Preis 2018
‘Darkness‘ was crowned ‘Best Rock Album‘ at Deutscher Rock and Pop Preis 2018 / Siegen 08h Dec. The line-up: Cristian Bettendorf – guitars Helmuth Treichel – vocals Gaby Weihmayer – vocals Maxx Hertweck – drums Klaus Geisel – keyboards Bernd Sparhuber – bass
Nominated for Deutscher Rock and Pop Preis 2018
We’re nominated at ‘Deutscher Rock und Pop Preis 2018′ for ‘Best Hard Rock Band 2018‘ and ‘Best Rock Album 2018‘. We perform live and will enter the stage around 17:00 CEST. We are happy to meet our fans and friends at this event and will be available for discussions, press interviews, photo/video and autographs in […]
Todd Simpson Featured on Upcoming Single
Darkness Light is proud to announce the participation of the world-famous guitar player TODD SIMPSON as studio musician on our upcoming single “Remember Death”, due to be released in January 2019. Todd began playing guitar at age 5. He was entirely self taught until taking classical guitar lessons 2 decades later. He draws musical influence […]
Bernd Sparhuber – Bass
Darkness Light is proud to announce Bernd Sparhuber as new band member. Bernd’s career as a bassist started at the age of 15 – out of a passion for the deep notes. Previously he already had piano and organ lessons, as well as harmony with the concert pianist Peter von Pachmann. Bernd has previously played […]
Nightcrawler climbed to the top in the Metal chart at Number One Music N1M
The track Nightcrawler from our album Darkness climbed to the top in the Metal chart at Number One Music / N1M , week 32 / 2018 https://www.numberonemusic.com/darknesslight1 Streaming and direct access to the digital stores available directly from the N1M web site or from our site.
Akademia Music Awards July and August 2018
August 2018 – winner – “Nightcrawler” – Music Award of Excellence, category Heavy Metal Song https://www.theakademia.com/music/DarknessLight-Nightcrawler.html July 2018 – winner – “Darkness” – Best Album Rock https://www.theakademia.com/music/jxMnnXmjMCFZaBtVAvsJ.html
Darkness enter the Hard Rock / Metal charts at Number One Music N1M
Darkness enter the Hard Rock / Metal charts at Number One Music N1M. https://www.numberonemusic.com/darknesslight1 Streaming and direct access to the digital stores available directly from the N1M web site.
Akademia Music Awards for June 2018
Just in time for the release of our new album “Darkness” we won The Akademia Music Awards for June 2018 for the title track ‘Darkness‘ as Best Rock Song. https://www.theakademia.com/music/C2FdxFq3XADv8bLQC3Gg.html ”Darkness” instantly grips the listener – you’ll be hard put to find a more arresting rock experience – yet its mindblowing instrumental chops are imperturbably […]