The Washington native band, Darkenside, formed in the Spring of 2014 and has quickly built a name around the Portland metal scene.

Their Rock hard riffs, soaring guitar harmonies, and powerful in your face lyrics that anthems metal energy, have built them a strong fan base in a very small amount of time.

Front man Ron Jones and drummer Kenny Nichols have been playing together for many years and were apart of Lylah Crying before it disbanded in 2011.

In mid May 2014 Jones had written enough material to start Darkenside and shortly recruited bassist Jordan Lemire and Lead guitarist Sam Mills.

With in 3 weeks they were prepared for the bands first performance, having highest ticket sells of the event Savage fest 3.

Shortly after Darkenside participated in Gorilla Musics National Battle of the Bands placing in the top 3 bands across the nation.

Darkenside has continude to captivate their crowd and build their fan base making there show attendance and ticket sales as impressive as the bands talent.

Their first EP (From the Ashes), can be found on Youtube, ITunes and Pandora, along with they're Full length album (Where Angels Die).

In 2016 Darkenside went through another member change adding Drummer Marvin (Mick) Kasemeier who was the replacement for Ken.

Mick had major input on the drumming for "Where Angels Die " and was with the band through the year.

In 2017 the line up changed once more Ron putting down his guitar and recruiting Brycen Holmes aswell as Sam stepping away to start a family the band also recruited lead Guitarist Tyler Wright and new Drummer Pascal House.

Summer of 2017 the band dropped a new release and Music Video "Mercy" a Shawn Mendez Cover.

Since then they have been playing shows regularly and working in a new album.

The new lineup shows a new energy and spectrum live so make sure you catch them when they come through near you, hope to see you at the shows!

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