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band. According to the band itself, the genre of their music is referred to as "Extreme Ritual Metal", which best describes the band's musical and visual outcome and highlights the most relevant sides of their style.
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Darkend was founded in 2006 by guitarist Imajes and drummer
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esoteric order, which decided to finance the release in exchange for exclusive ritualistic music by
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was recorded in the same year, with
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