Everything started in 1995 when brothers Vítor Carvalho (guitars) and Miguel Carvalho (drums), together with Pedro Mendes (vocals) and José Silva (bass), decided to startup a band inspired in the metal genre. The band was called DEMON DAGGER. They recorded in 1996, with homonymous title, their first demo tape. This demo integrating three songs “opened the doors” to the band, allowing a strong national promotion, on one hand, with live concerts and on another hand, participating in the compilations “Rock'in Bracara” and “Guardians of metal Vol. IV”. In 1998, they've recorded their second demo tape entitled “Frenzy Wraith”. This demo integrating four pure speed/trash metal songs defined the band ascension. As a result, the band was invited by a theatre company to compose the soundtrack of ”The bald singer” from Eugene Ionescu, received the year's best demo tape award from the magazine “Promúsica” and was invited by the Recital Records label to sign a record contract.
In 1999, June 9th, Recital Records released the single “Soulf of Steel”, which anticipated the release of their first full album named “Aftershock” in November 1999. With this record they were considered the year's revelation band by the journal “Inside”. After the album release the band acted, until the end of 2000, in several promotional live concerts, sharing stages with bands like “Overkill”, “Annihalator" and “Stratovarius”, among others. In 2001, the band recorded the “Tarântula's” cover “Big Liar”, integrated in the tribute compilation to celebrate their 20 years, as well as their second full album entitled “Inanna Ishtar”, released in 2002. Afterwards, they have participated, with a new song (“Away”), in the third chapter of the compilation "À Sombra de Deus" (2004), as well as in the “Mão Morta” tribute compilation “E Se Depois…” (2007) with the cover “Anarquista Duval”. In August 2008, they went to the “Kohlekeller Studios” (Germany) to record, mix and master, with the known producer Khristian "Kohle" Kohlmannslehner (Crematory, Under Siege, Sieges Even, Agathodaimon, among others), their third full album, entitled “Cain Complex”, released in April 2009 by Recital Records in Portugal.
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