Dark Mirror coming out of the midwest and Des Moines, Iowa present a power thrash sound that is raw and full of energy. Take a a listen and tell them what ya think.
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When you hear the words heavy metal what do you think of? Well, you should think of DARK MIRROR! Dark Mirror is a young band that embodies the spirit of rock n roll with soaring vocals, thrashing riffs, thundering bass, and pounding drums!
"The band around vocalist Alonso from Chile take no prisoners and hit our ears heavily with power (Dark Mirror) and speed (Nightmares)." RonJacMetal at metal-rules.de.
Dark Mirror has released two e.p. recordings and one full studio effort to worldwide release as of 2007. Dark Mirror has had songs released with the magazines BWBK and Metal Maniacs! Their debut record, Visions of Pain, has received an excellent reception around the globe, Dark Mirror has been working hard promoting the CD, lining up shows, and are currently in the studio, putting the finishing touches on their new album due for Spring/early Summer of 2009!
Dark Mirror has shared stages and bills with many great acts and/or good friends, some being: Overkill, Vader, Goatwhore, Daath, Jungle Rot, The Agonist, Black Market Fetus, The Beat Strings, Place of Skulls, Kittie, On a Pale Horse, The Mutts, Ancients, Leaves Eyes, Into Eternity, After Forever, In this Moment, and 3 Inches of Blood, as well as headlining concerts at the 2008 Breastival, the 2008 Cattle Congress fair, the Indianapolis Metal Fest 2008, Lang Auditorium in Cedar Falls, the Omaha Metalfest 2007, and the 2007 Iowa State Fair. Dark Mirror even opened up a stop in Wisconsin on Megadeth's last U.S. tour!
Dark Mirror are currently an independent metal band, and they are damn proud of it, taking care of nearly every aspect of band business in house, without the help of 'The Man'. Dark Mirror are currently looking at tour and label options, hoping to continue to spread their music around the world! Dark Mirror will share the stage with any band any time.
Mark and Alonso had been looking for a line up like the one they had found with Dark Mirror since their middle school days. Dark Mirror was formed shortly after Mark met Alonso through the radio station, KULT 94.5lpfm at the University of Northern Iowa. They both played heavy metal over the station's airwaves and when the topic of musicianship came up, Alonso informed Mark he used to perform vocals for an Iron Maiden cover band in his homeland of Chile (in South America for the Geography majors out there). A 'Jam' of sorts was set up and Mark was amazed by his ability, and the rest, as they say, is history. The deal was sealed in 2005, in St. Paul, Minnesota after a Joey Belladonna concert, the conversation that ensued about the death of their childhood hero Dimebag Darrell truly inspired them to give this band their all.
Dark Mirror strives for musicianship and are proud to be carrying on ideals set by the most professional of hard rock acts from the 70's, 80's and hell, why not the 90's. They believe in true-to-life recordings, putting out material that is strong from beginning to end, within and throughout. As far as live shows go, that's where the power of Dark Mirror comes into full light. The crowd is equally as important as the group on stage, since we feed off of their energy, translate and transmute that energy and send it back in waves of face-melting, gut-pounding, soul-soaring awesomeness. We are them and they are us. That's why Dark Mirror prefers the live stage above all; it's where the magic happens.
"If you were not able to see any of the NWOBHM bands or bay area thrash bands in their early days, you owe it to yourself to catch a Dark Mirror show!" Randy, of The Metal Show with Randy and Ace on KDPS 88.1fm. Des Moines, Iowa, or streaming anywhere you have internet access.
Wargod50
Subject: Wargod's band of the week, Dark Mirror! 
Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:29 pm
sheeeeesh !