History/Biography
Under Darkest Skies. A heavy, ambient, and melodic meeting of many different styles of music into one entity. Experimentation and diversity within music is the ultimate goal. Being truly unique avoids the band being pigeon-holed into one specific genre of metal. UDS fits comfortably within a vast array of sound, and although listeners and many fans have placed the labels Doom Metal or Gothic Metal, that is just the beginning. Under Darkest Skies cares not for trends and is in no way influenced by any, for UDS believes that if you follow trends in an attempt to be someone else that you are nothing more than a fabrication.
Under Darkest Skies is a band that creates music from the heart based upon inner passion and emotion. Or the lack there of. Under Darkest Skies blends a mixture of psychedelic rock, doom and gothic atmospheres and a welcome sense of melody into a depressing yet fresh mix which they can almost call a genre of their own, as stated by many, including the doom-metal.com team. The lyrical content of the album is primarily abstract dark imagery forged in union with short story telling on the subjects of lost faith, fantasy and desire, personal woe and tragedy, and curiosity surrounding death. Under Darkest Skies was created by Steven, Adam, and Kevin as a collaborative project in early 2004 with the intention of being experimental and adding pure emotion and originality to their music. A trait the band feels is lacking in much of music today. After rapidly generating interest from many web radio stations UDS became a full time project and now with growing fan base that we like to call the UDS Underground, word is spreading quickly. Under Darkest Skies does not follow and cares not for the "we must do this because they are. Me too mentality" and creates music to release their own personal emotions and strife. UDS will always remain experimental and will/might try anything. The much-anticipated release of the debut full-length CD "Poisoning The Hearts of Fate" is but another step into the vast world of Under Darkest Skies.
Some Achievements...
Under Darkest Skies's song "Spirit Skyway And The Scent Of Angel's Breath" was chosen by the staff at Goth Metal World (France) www.gothmetal.net to participate in a competition for a spot on a gothic compilation album titled "Sunshine and Lolipops". Only 40 bands were chosen out of numerous bands from all over the world UDS being one of them. UDS made the final round of voting and was the only American act. Under Darkest Skies were the BAND OF THE WEEK on Fearless Radio's The Wolf's Den out of Chicago from May 1st - May 7th 2006 and once again 09/18/06 - 09/22/06 and also did a live interview for the show on 09/19/06 and once again 01/17/07. Under Darkest Skies in cooperation with The Wolf's Den donated a couple of "Poisoning The Hearts Of Fate" LP's and autographed gloss photos for a cancer benefit as well. Under Darkest Skies also have appeared on The Genocydal Empyre v2.0 (01/20/07) which airs on Krush Radio and World Rock Radio. Under Darkest Skies has released a few songs that come from either their first EP titled "Wake Me For My Eulogy" and their full length LP titled "Poisoning The Hearts Of Fate and all tracks have recieved a fair amount of airplay on certain web and broadcast radio stations including:
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