Dark Sarah

Dark Sarah
Origin Kerava, Finland
Genres Symphonic metal, Gothic metal, Cinematic metal
Years active 2012 (2012)–present
Associated acts Amberian Dawn
Website www.darksarah.com
Members Heidi Parviainen
Sami Salonen
Erkka Korhonen
Rude Rothstén
Thomas Tunkkari
Past members Jukka Koskinen
Lauri Kuussalo

Dark Sarah is a Finnish symphonic metal band created by Heidi Parviainen, after her departure from Finnish metal band Amberian Dawn in 2012.

Biography

Formation and creation of Behind The Black Veil (2012-2015)

Vocalist Heidi Parviainen started working on Dark Sarah's debut album Behind The Black Veil after having made the decision to leave her former band Amberian Dawn. When writing her first lyrics for the song Save Me, which is about a character named Sarah, who gets left at the altar by her fiancé, and runs off into the woods in tears, she eventually decided to make a concept album which would be about the dark side of Sarah. It was also then that she came up with the name of her project. To bring her project to the attention of audience, she asked musicians Kasperi Heikkinen, Teemu Laitinen and Jukka Koskonen to record the first two songs Save Me and Poison Apple for what would turn out into Dark Sarah's debut album Behind The Black Veil.

To finance the whole project, three separate indiegogo campaigns got started, which all received full funding by the fans. The cd would be recorded into three parts, called episodes, the first episode containing the first 4 tracks, the second tracks 5 to 8, and the third tracks 9 to 14. For promotional purposes the EP Violent Roses, which contained episodes 1 & 2, went on sale during Metal Female Voices Fest 2014. Only 250 copies got pressed, and all got signed by the then live line up.

In the meantime the rest of the recordings for Behind The Black Veil continued. On the 27th of September 2012 it got announced that Manuela Kraller (ex-Xandria) would participate in a duet for the song Memories Fall, as the Fate character. Two more collaborations got announced later on as well, on the 13th of January 2013 that of Inga Scharf (character Queen of No Good) and Stefan Schmidt from German metal band Van Canto for the song Evil Roots, and on the 29th of August 2014 that of Tony Kakko (character The Moon) from Finnish metal band Sonata Arctica for the song Light In You. Heidi completed the lyrics with the help of Emy Frost, Janne Storm and Perttu Vänskä, and the music with componists Emy Frost, Janne Storm, Mikko P. Mustonen and Stefan Schmidt. Guitarists Sami Salonen and Erkka Korhonen, drummer Lauri Kuussalo and bass player Jukka Koskinen got added to the official line up of Dark Sarah, which now had turned into a live band, with Heidi remaining the main figure. On the way, bass player Jukka Koskinnen left, and got replaced by Rude Rothstén, while on the 29th of April 2015 it got announced that drummer Lauri Kussaloit had left Dark Sarah to be able to concentrate more on his own music, and got replaced by Thomas Tunkkari. Video's for the songs Memories Fall (feat. Manuela Kraller), Hunting The Dreamer and Light In You (feat. Tony Kakko) got released.

The Puzzle (2015-Present)

On the 16th of December 2015 Heidi announced through her Facebook page that recordings for the first songs of the next album had started. On the 6th of March 2016 the first teaser got released together with the title of the new album, which would be named The Puzzle. The story of the album is going to continue from where it ended on the previous album. Heidi explains it as: ""The Puzzle" is a concept album and it continues the story that started on the debut album called "Behind The Black Veil". After the evil tree had died and Dark Sarah´s soul with it, she was sent to drift along the river of death. The streams took her on an island where the banished souls are taken to. To get off the island she needs to solve the puzzle and find three keys." Once again an indiegogo campaign started to finance the album, this time without several episodes. Full funding was reached at the end of the campaign. The first video for the album got released on the 15th of April 2016, called Little Men. On the 24th of April Heidi revealed on her Facebook page that once again three guests will perform on the new album. Manuela Kraller (Ex Xandria) returns as her character Fate on the song Rain, and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto (Charon, Northern Kings) plays the character Blue Dragon on the song Dance With The Dragon. On The 13th of September the third guest got announced, Charlotte Wessels (Delain, Phantasma) plays the character Evil Siren Mermaid on the song Aquarium, along with the information that The Puzzle shall be released in Europe and North America on the 18th of November. On the 18th of October a lyric video from the song Aquarium got released.

Band members

Current members

Former members

Session Musicians

- Behind The Black Veil:

- The Puzzle:

Discography

Studio albums
EPs
Music videos

References

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