Soma Dark
Soma Dark are a five-piece melodic/progressive metal band based in the Greater Manchester area. Their debut album, Begin, is out now on Casket records! Order either from our Merchandise page, ITunes, Amazon, or from the band themselves at gigs.
News
24th April 2012
Hello again, after a brief lull from giging, we're back with avengence! Firstly on the gig front we are playing Whittles in Oldham this Friday (27th April) with Suicidle Pigeons (their spelling not my typo!), and at The Hollywood and Vine (Hull). with Bulletproof on Saturday (28th April) . We always have fun at Whittles with their lively crowd, and we had a blast in Hull last time we played there, so we are very happy to be invited back to headline.
Last week we went down to Grand Central in Manchester to witness the last ever gig from the mighty Incidium, who we've shared a stage with many times. It an awesome gig, if somewhat tinged with sadness. The guys are going to be making their music available for free on their facebook page.
Moving on to happier and exciting news, our song Resolute is being made into a playable song on the RockBand game empire! We'll release more details when we have them.
Lastly we have a new video coming out for our song Passengers of Time, again recorded and produced by Mycho video productions. It was shot live at the RagnaRock night in Preston. We've seen an early draft and it looks great!
26th February 2012
Lots of exciting news. First and foremost our video has now been released, you can view it in our brand spanking new video section of this website. Alternatively you can visit our youtube channel. We're really happy with it, big thanks to Mycho video productions! We recently played the RagnaRock night in Preston which was a lot of fun, and made even more so by the fact that we also had a van and driver, who helped out with load in too, cheers Dave! Our next booked gigs are Whittles in Oldham on 27th April and then we'll be returning to The Hollywood and Vine in Hull on the 28th April, last time we played there Kyrbgrinder were on the same bill, excellent live act, catch them if you can.
We have been recieving some radio airplay, plus Stu and Arun we're interviewed about the band by the Angel of Metal on Preston FM, you can hear the interview here
We received an excellent review of Begin my Metalville.co.uk, you can read it here (scroll down the page).
Lastly, in other (sad) news, our good friends Incidium are calling it a day, do yourself a favour and get down to their last gig on April 19th at Grand Central in Manchester, we'll all be there and Arun our guitarist is playing with them (it's also his birthday). Till next time, keep it dark, and buy some merch!
1st February 2012
Thanks to everyone who came down to our gig at Manchester Academy, we're still buzzing from it! It was incredible to get such a reaction and from a lot of people who were new to us. There are some photos of the night on the photo section of this website. Next up for us is the RagnaRock night in Preston, should be a really great night, get yourself down if you can.
11th January 2012
Photos section of the website updated, check it out.
5th January 2012
A very Happy New Year to all our friends and supporters! After a short break over Christmas we are now back into full flow for the New Year. First and foremost we are looking forward to our gig at Manchester Academy on 20th January, not got a ticket yet? Get on it, they are going fast! We are on in Club Academy, at around 8:45, it should be a storming night with some other excellent bands also on the bill. Get tickets from our merch page.
In other news we have had a sneak preview of our upcoming video for Resolute, and it's looking brutal! The finished video will be unleashed in the very near future.
Loud-Stuff.com who gave us such a detailed and glowing review of our album also interviewed us recently, you can read the interview by clicking here. Cheers to them for thier support, not only for us but the Manchester Metal Scene in general.
Lastly it would really mean a lot to us if you would take a moment to follow this link to vote for us to be Band of The Month for February on Loud-Stuff.com. Till next time, keep it dark!
14th December 2011
A really ace review of 'Begin' by Loud-Stuff.com, check it out!
13th December 2011
*Breaking News* Due to unforseen circumstances we have had to cancel both our gigs this week. We're very sorry to have to do this. We will be back with avengence for the gig on the 20th January.
4th December 2011
As you can tell by the image above, tickets are now available for our gig at the Manchester Academy, either click on the image to purchase or see any band member. Its only £6, it's a Friday night, it's the Academy, what the hell you waiting for?!
In other news our debut album Begin is now on Spotify, so you can try before you buy. This week we also recieved a very nice review of Begin from Manchester Music, click here to read it. Meanwhile we are continuing to drill our new material, and looking forward to our December gigs at Whittles on the 15th and Hark To Towler on the 18th. As always check our gigs page, for details.
19th November 2011
Lots going on at the moment, a couple of weeks ago we shot our upcoming video for Resolute, it was filmed and is being produced by the excellent Mycho Music Video Production, the above image is a teaser posters for it, we're very excited and can't wait to see the finished result.
On the gig front we had a storming night at Baker's Vault in Stockport, was a great turnout and atmosphere and we really enjoyed it, thanks to everyone for coming down, and for buying our merch! The gig was also an opportunity for us to bid our friend John Connor a fond bon voyage for his year long travels to New Zealand, John has been a good mate of the band and has given us support at a lot of our gigs, cheers John! Our next gigs are Whittles in Oldham (semi-final of battle of the bands) on the 15th Dec, and Hark To Towler (all day and night metal festival) on 18th Dec. We are thrilled to be playing the legendary Manchester Academy in January (Friday 20th) ..exact details to be confirmed. We are also putting arrangements in place to go on tour in the new year, again we'll post details on the gig page and all our other web places when things are confirmed.
On the album front Begin is now available on ITunes! We love to get feedback from our fans, so do get in touch on our facebook or twitter feed and let us know what you thought of the album, favourite tracks etc. We've also been getting some radio play over the last few weeks, on radio stations as far apart as the Netherlands and Portsmouth, plus Manchester's Real Radio XS have been doing a great service plugging our gigs and those of other bands on the Manchester Metal scene. In addition to all of this we're working hard on the second album material, which we're hammering into shape, we're already incorperating some of it into our live sets and it seems to be going down really well!
30th October 2011
Busy times in the Soma Dark camp, we're still buzzing from our gig on Friday night at Zanzibar in Liverpool, awesome venue, crowd and sound, thanks for making us so welcome, it really means a lot to us! We'll be back as soon as you'll have us. In other news if you look at the top of this page you'll se that we have a shiny new tab labelled 'merchandise' this will take you to our store where you can order a copy of our CD, this is the quickest way for you to get your hands on it at the moment (apart from coming to our gigs of course!). Next up on our agenda is our headline gig at Baker's Vault in Stockport on Thursday (3rd November) where we'lll be playing a full one hour set. Do check our gig page (which we update regularly) for other upcoming gigs. Till next time, Happy Halloween!
16th October 2011
We have received our copies of the album and are delighted with the quality of the CD and the artwork. Copies can be ordered from Amazon or from our section of the Casket records website. Unfortunately our video shoot has been delayed due to the director being ill (hope you get well soon), but gigs are going well, we took part in the Battle of The Bands at Whittles in Oldham on Thursday and are through to the Semi-Final! Thanks for you your support, was a great gig. We are headlining at Hark to Towler in Bury this coming Thursday (19th October), along with Arke, The Aftermath and Dirty Habit, should be a cracking night, get yourself down there!
5th October 2011
Exciting news, our debut album Begin is now available for pre-order on Amazon! Released date is 17th October. CLICK HERE FOR LINK
9th September 2011
Apologies for lack of updates on here, some tedious technical problems, but all back up now. Its been a busy few months with a couple of gigs back at The Roadhouse (Manchester) and at Whittles (Oldham) with the excellent Billy Boy In Poison, check them out if you haven't already; their video is well worth a watch, very very funny.
We also played at the Glaston-Bury metal festival in..well in Bury of course, at The Flying Shuttle, well supported gig raising money for Bury Hospice, Thanks to all who came down and witnessed our hard man of metal (Arun) being chased by a wasp on stage!
Our (very long) awaitied debut album is still on the way, but the release date has been put back to October now, Also in October we will be recording a professional video for our track Resolute. Check out the gig page on this website for our upcoming shows including our first visit to Liverpool with our freinds Incidium. You can see photos of the recent gigs (and others) on our facebook page, and do follow us on Twitter for more updates.
Older News
Liverpool gig booked with Incidium, at the Zanzibar club, 28th October 2011.
Attention to our Salford fans (and the rest of course!), we'll be playing at the excellent Crescent pub (which if you need any extra incentive has been in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide for 23 consecutive years!) on Sat 2nd July with the awesome Not Above Evil and Kranius
Our next gig will be 29th June, at Hark to Towler in Bury, with Incassum and Ziyos. We are booking gigs all the time, so please keep checking the gig page.
New gig booked - 7th June 2011 at Frog and Bucket, Preston, with Super Mutant and Killshot
On Tuesday 24th May Soma Dark will play in the Semi-Final of Metal To The Masses, Battle For Bloodstock at Grand Central in Manchester, please come down and support us, going to be great night of metal with 5 excellent bands playing. Kicks off at 7:30, we're on at 8:25
