spring 1993 |
Dreadful Shadows were formed. Members: Sven Friedrich (voc., ac. guit., keyb.), Reiko Jeschke (guit.), Frank Hofer (guit.), Jens Riediger (b), Ron Thiele (dr., backing voc.). |
summer 1993 |
Reiko leaves the band, Stefan Neubauer is the new guitarist. demo production. |
09/1993 |
deal with the label 'Sounds of delight' (SPV) |
autumn 1993 |
production of the debut album 'Estrangement' at Sonic Art Studio, Bad Laer |
04/1994 |
'Estrangement' release; many concerts in Germany, Netherlands, England and Denmark |
08/1994 |
The producer of 'Estrangement', Hartmut Bredemann dies in a carcrash. |
12/1994 |
The band is opener at Zillo Festival Tour with 'The Eternal Afflict', 'Armageddon Dildos' and 'Christian Death' |
spring 1995 |
production of 'Homeless E.P.' at Sonic Art Studio, Bad Laer |
06/1995 |
'Homeless E.P.' release and Tour with 'Cyan kills e.coli' (Ex- Eternal Afflict) |
rest of 1995 |
concerts and festivals in Germany and Europe, like 10/1995: Mise Noir Festival in Madrid
with Mephisto Waltz, Girls under Glass etc. |
spring 1996 |
production of
'Buried again' at Thommy Hein Studio, Berlin |
summer 1996 |
concerts and festivals in Germany and Europe, like Sacrosanct Festival in London with Vendemmian, Rosetta Stone, Garden of delight etc.; opener for New Model Army in Belgium |
09/1996 |
'Buried again' (Top 10 DAC) release, Norman Selbig (guit.) joined the band; thereafter first headliner tour and festivals in Germany and Europe. |
12/1996 |
Dreadful shadows appear at Zillo Festival Tour for another time (with Blind Passengers, Armageddon Dildos) |
summer 1997 |
new record deal with 'Oblivion / SPV' (SPV) |
11/1997 |
release of the single 'Burning the shrouds' (Top 5 DAC, 20 weeks in the roadshow charts on Radio Fritz) |
01/1998 |
Support- Tour with Paradise Lost |
02/1998 |
'Beyond the maze' release (Top 5 DAC) |
04/1998 |
Headliner tour in Germany and festivals in Germany and Europe, like WGT Co-Headliner Haus Leipzig) |
08/1998 |
Headliner at Rock-Festival
in Beirut (Lebanon) |
10/1998 |
'Beyond the maze' resleased as double-CD including a live- CD from the tour in april;
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12/1998 |
Produktion der production of the single 'Twist in my Sobriety' |
03/1999 |
release of 'Twist in my sobriety' (Top 5 DAC); |
05/1999 |
video shoot for the single 'Futility' in Kiev, |
summer 1999 |
several festivals, like Doomsday (with Type o negative, Deine Lakaien, Project Pitchfork etc.), EuroRock in Belgium (with Paradise Lost, Deine Lakaien, Project Pitchfork, The Creatures etc.) and so on. |
08/1999 |
release of the single 'Futility' (Top 5 DAC) |
09/1999 |
release of the album 'the cycle' (Top 3 DAC) |
from autumn 1999 |
bigger tour in Germany and Europe (Spain, Italy, Greece, France, Poland) |
08/2000 |
Dreadful Shadows split up |
10/2000 |
the last tour in Germany . |