{"id":11072,"date":"2021-06-25T15:36:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.steelgallery.com\/metal-store\/?post_type=product&p=11072"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:00:11","slug":"dark-nightmare-the-dark-demo-years-pre-order-cd","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/steelgallery.com\/metal-store\/product\/dark-nightmare-the-dark-demo-years-pre-order-cd\/","title":{"rendered":"DARK NIGHTMARE – The Dark Demo Years CD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steel Gallery Records with great honor presents: DARK NIGHTMARE from Grevena city, Northern Greece: Rising from the Dragonlakes of Pindus Mountains, the mighty warriors of the Greek underground. The band’s legendary early years!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

www.steelgallery.com<\/strong>
\nLimited Edition 500 Handnumbered CDs (SGR CD-065)<\/strong>
\nRelease Date: July 23rd, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Official label’s promo clips:<\/strong>
\nDefenders Of The Borderland HD<\/strong><\/a>
\nDragonlakes HD<\/strong><\/a>
\nHawks Of War HD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

First review at FORGOTTEN SCROLL webzine<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The band’s first three demos for the very first time on one CD, fully remastered, packed with bonus tracks, unreleased photos, lyrics and a complete early years biography.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Without doubt DARK NIGHTMARE is one of the most important active bands of the Greek Epic \/ Power Metal scene. Their music and their overall attitude are often mentioned as main influences by various bands of our era. Started back in 1999, they released three demos: “Dark Nightmare” (2001), “Earth in Danger” (2003) and “The Blood Land” (2004), all in very small quantities and now impossible to find in their original CD-r format. Throughout those three releases DARK NIGHTMARE evolved their trademark sound, being one of the very first bands from Northern Greece to lead a rising wave of newcomers to the 00s Greek Heavy Metal underground.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is now time for this legendary material to be reissued officially. Steel Gallery Records team dived into the vaults, giving shape to a release that captures the magic of the band’s early years. The Greek Metal fanatics have been describing “The Blood Land” demo as an “instant classic”, so no more words are needed here.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kostas Scandalis remastered all the 17 tracks of the CD -including the bonus live tracks which present the band’s raw force on stage-, Kostas Theoharis created the amazing, epic front cover which is based on a real photo of Vourinos mountain (Northern Greece) and Chris Papadakis wrote the liner notes, revealing all the valuable info regarding the band’s first era. Complete lyrics and unreleased photos are included in a 12-page booklet designed by Kostas Athanasoglou.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Get ready for a mighty journey to the dark years of a living legend! The pure Hellenic Heavy Metal spirit will be by your side! Onward to the Dragonlakes!<\/strong><\/p>\n

For fans of LIEGE LORD, MANILLA ROAD, OMEN, VIRGIN STEELE & DOOMSWORD!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tracklist:<\/strong>
\n1. Dragonlakes <\/strong>
\n2. The Blood Land <\/strong>
\n3. Defenders Of The Borderland<\/strong>
\n4. Touch Of Winter (Intro)<\/strong>
\n5. Hawks Of War <\/strong>
\n6. Despair And Hope<\/strong>
\n7. The Quest <\/strong>
\n8. Procurers<\/strong>
\n9. Earth In Danger<\/strong>
\n10. Caught In The Snowly Forest<\/strong>
\n11. Somewhere Kill A Little Boy<\/strong>
\n12. Nightmare <\/strong>
\n13. Come To Reality<\/strong>
\n14. Destruction Of Nature<\/strong>
\n15. Despair And Hope (Live)<\/strong>
\n16. Defenders Of The Borderland (Live)<\/strong>
\n17. Hawks Of War (Live)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1-3 The Blood Land (Demo CD-R 2004)<\/strong>
\n4-9 Earth in Danger (Demo CD-R 2003)<\/strong>
\n10-14 Dark Nightmare (Demo CD-R 2001)<\/strong>
\n15 Live In Karditsa, Hellas, May 2004<\/strong>
\n16-17 Live In Athens, Hellas, Jan 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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