DARK FOREST Ink Deal With Iron Kodex
July 15, 2009, 15 years ago
Iron Kodex Records reports:
England‘s heavy metal newcomer #1, DARK FOREST, have signed with Iron Kodex for the worldwide release of the band‘s yet-untitled second album and their new EP, titled Defender, in 2009 / 2010.
Formed in 2002 in the West-Midlands, Dark Forest might be the best new English band of the last decade. Combining the great legacy of classic NWOBHM-acts like TYRANT, ELIXIER, IRON MAIDEN and TREDEGAR, with the pounding glory of epic metal bands like ISEN TORR and the beautiful mythic harmonies of Anglo-Saxon folk music, Dark Forest deliver an absolutely unique brand of classic, no-bollocks heavy metal. Galloping rhythms, insanely beautiful twin guitar harmonies and unbelievable vocal lines - everything British metal was famous and loved for in the early 80s is there. If there‘s a band to lead English heavy metal back to former glory, it‘s Dark Forest.
Iron Kodex will release the band‘s new EP, titled Defender in fall 2009 and the successor to Dark Forest‘s highly acclaimed self-titled debut album in 2010.
The band can be seen live at Hammer Of Doom festival on October 17th in Würzburg, Germany (alongside PAGAN ALTER, ATLANTEAN KODEX and THE LAMP OF THOTH).
A brand-new re-recording of 'The Wizard Of Alderley Edge', featuring Will Lowry‘s vocals, can be heard here.
More on Dark Forest here.
