Dargaard

Dargaard is a Neo-Classical Darkwave, band from Austria. The genre is often heavily debated, but , and is entirely made on keyboards. Some refer to it as Innovative Darkwave, though the Darkwave genre is not clearly defined in itself. Typi

Dargaard is a Neo-Classical Darkwave, band from Austria. The genre is often heavily debated, but , and is entirely made on keyboards. Some refer to it as Innovative Darkwave, though the Darkwave genre is not clearly defined in itself. Typically in dark and somber moods, the music of Dargaard presents folk-like melodies, often orchestrated through the use of various instrument patches from a keyboard. The band is still active and have four releases at this time.

Dargaard was founded by Tharen (real name unknown) in 1997. Tharen had already played a prominent role in several underground bands by this time, including Abigor and Amestigon, both black metal bands and Dominion III, and Industrial music act. Tharen was the keyboard player in Abigor, but Amestigon, Dominion III (also known as Dominion³ but this name is no longer used) and Dargaard are entirely his projects. Dargaard was born out of Tharen's desire to move away from black metal and express himself through more ambient and classical music. Also joining the band was Elisabeth Toriser as vocalist. Elisabeth was also the vocalist in Dominion III and was also involved in the band Antichrisis. She claimed in an interview to have split with this band because it interrupted her studies, and she felt their musical conception was different. Tharen has also commented that Elisabeth is working on another project based around acoustic guitars, but as of writing this no recordings or releases have been made.