Painted
Black formed in mid 2001, in Tortosendo (Covilhã, Portugal), from the
determination of Daniel (Vocals) and Luís (Guitar), with the same
purpose of driving out the inmost feelings through music.
The
musical genre can be described as a balanced mix of melodic, heartfelt
music with some branches of metal. In late 2005, their first
self-financed demo/EP, "The Neverlight", is released, with the gathering of new members to the elder crew: Miguel (Guitar) and Rui (Drums).
The debut demo/EP gave the band the first recognition in the portuguese
underground scene, and also very positive reviews from metal webzines
and publications, including abroad in "Metal Legacy" greek webzine and
on "Doom-Metal.com".
In the summer of 2006, Bruno Aleixo
(Piano & Synths) joined the band. That same year they recorded their
second self financed demo/EP, "Verbo", mastered by Luís Barros
(Tarantula) at Rec'n'Roll studios. Mark Kelson from the Australian dark
melodic metal band, "The Eternal", appears as special guest in the track
"NightShift".
In January 2007, "Verbo" was released,
acclaimed with rave reviews from metal and dark culture magazines, to
national and international known webzines, like Chronicles of Chaos
(UK), OverHook Music (FIN), "PowerMetal.com" (GER) and once again in the
main web-source about the Doom Metal scene, "Doom-Metal.com". The band
also achieved more radio air-play in national rock shows, and as a
result of this continuous recognition, the band manages to perform as
support band for Portuguese Doom legends, "Desire" and the Australian
band "The Eternal".
In August of 2007, the band moves to the
city area of Lisbon, driven by professional and personal reasons. By
that time António Durães (Bass Guitar), a well known musician in the
underground metal scene in Portugal, joined the band.
Painted
Black were three times considered BEST UNSIGNED PORTUGUESE BAND by the
readers poll of Portuguese Metal magazine LOUD! (2007,2008 and 2009).
In the summer of 2009 the band entered UltraSound Studios in Braga,
Portugal, to record their debut album "Cold Comfort" with producers
Daniel Cardoso (Heavenwood, Head Control System) & Pedro Mendes.
The album was released May 2010 in Portugal by the Portuguese Indie Label Ethereal Sound Works.
