Biography

There are three artists called “Mirkwood”:

1). Mirkwood is a band out of California, US. They incorperate many different styles of music, ranging from black metal, classical music, folk music, and viking metal. The band is currently on hold as of 2007. They are a project started by AK in the summer of 2005. Its main goal was to make songs of a mix of numerous sub-genres of metal but at the same time adding creative elements to the music. It is comprised of fast tremelo picking guitars and smooth melodies using other instruments such as horns and timpani. (http://mirkwood.cjb.net)

2). Mirkwood is a one-man Darkwave / Ambient project created by Silenius known from his Epic Black Metal band with Protector called Summoning. Mirkwood had never officially released any albums, however all its songs(one promo) can be downloaded from the website of Summoning (www.summoning.info)

3). MIRKWOOD was a British progressive-rock band formed in early 1971 in Dover, Kent by guitarists Mick Morris (www.mickmorris.org) and Jack Castle. Mirkwood recorded just one eponymous album on the FLAMS Ltd label (catalogue No PR1067). A mere 99 copies of the album were pressed, for family, friends and a few lucky fans. Some years later, the ‘Mirkwood’ album was listed as the most expensive in RECORD COLLECTOR magazine. It has since been re-released (www.redadmiralrecords.co.uk).