DARKER HALF - AUSTRALIA

Desensitized - 2011 - Rockstar/Metal Massacre
If You Only Knew - 2020 - Massacre
Book Of Fate - 2025 - Massacre

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Members
Vocals
Night Legion>>STEVEN "VO" SIMPSON>>Night Legion

Guitar
DOM SIMPSON - STEVEN "VO "SIMPSON - Mason, Pänik>>DANIEL PACKOVSKI>>Mason, Pänik

Bass
Transfix>>SIMON HAMILTON>>Transfix

Drums
Blaze Bayley, Paul Di'Anno, Transcending Mortality, Flaming Wrekage, Transfix>>DOM SIMPSON>>Blaze Bayley, Paul Di'Anno, Transcending Mortality, Transcending Mortality, Flaming Wrekage, Transfix - Bel-Dalkhu, Hell Itself>>Benito Martino>>Fall & Resist




History & Biography
The power metal act was founded in 2003 and issued a demo called Rush. Singer and bassist Max Griffiths left. Enough Is Enough was the 2006 demo. That was not enough and so the act issued Promo 2008 and even included the track Enough Is Enough. Duality was the 2009 demo. A local label picked the band up and released the debut record in the summer of 2011. Never Surrender was a demo in 2014 however. Fastball Music issued the 2016 EP, which was called Classified. European touring was with Rage and Firewind in 2018.

Previously on Metal Massacre, the band moved to Massacre and released If You Only Knew in 2020. Night Legion was already on Massacre. The gang announced touring with Geoff Tate in Europe, but alas that was in 2020. A 2023 gig became the live 2024 demo. This was called If You Only.... Live. The band toured Australia with opener Dirty Pagans in 2024. For those not sick of cover versions there was another one: Australia-based Darker Half had a covers’ EP called The Elephant Incident in 2025. It was out May 30th and had covers of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and more. The band announced an album, entitled Book Of Fate, for August 29th 2025. There was a video for the song From Disaster. Another video for the song Another Day Another Nightmare followed.

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