Soundsrock Agency is happy to announce the legendary DARK QUARTERER to its roster family!

1974-1987: From Omega Erre to Dark Quarterer
The original group formed in Piombino in 1974 as a cover band under the name Omega Erre. At the suggestion of Duccio Marchi, Fulberto Serena began to experiment with classical sounds (taking inspiration for example from Johann Sebastian Bach), with arpeggios and riffs almost exclusively in minor keys with the aim of giving a “dark” tone to their music. Hence the name “Dark Quarterer,” taking up the term “Quarterer” in archaic English for “butcher,” “ripper” hence “ripper of darkness.” The “logo” identifying Dark Quarterer, on the other hand, was the result of a more general idea of the group and appears from the very first record.

Original tracks went to make up the first self-titled album initially released by Tuscan Label Service. At the time, Claudio Cubito, in a 1987 issue of Rockerilla, spoke of a fusion of epic and progressive, calling the album a precursor to a new musical genre. However, the album was flawed in terms of production, and it was in criticizing the production that the British magazine Kerrang! panned it

1989-1995: from The Etruscan Prophecy to War Tears.
Using some previously written material, Dark Quarterer released their second album The Etruscan Prophecy on Cobra Records in 1989[4]. The album got excellent reviews, including one from the German magazine Metal Hammer, which rated the album 6 out of 7. But it was as a result of this album that Fulberto left the band (only to reappear many years later with Etrusgrave) without clarifying his reasons and leaving the band without a guitarist until 1991, when Sandro Tersetti entered in his place. The style of this blues guitarist who was a great fan of Ritchie Blackmore, was very different from that of the group, which was much closer to that of Black Sabbath, with its dark harmonies, so the search for something that could unite such contrasting styles began. In 1991 the group participated in the Festival of the Unknowns in Ariccia sponsored by Rita Pavone and Teddy Reno. It won the group section with the song Out of line, written by Gianni Nepi and Paolo Ninci, and then took part in a TV program on Rai Due playing the song live. It was thanks to this contact and the TV appearance that Dark Quarterer obtained a contract with Germany’s INLINE Music, from which resulted in 1993
Gianni Nepi composed most of the music and lyrics. The record sold about 2,500 copies, but the label disappeared into thin air soon after. Curiously, the album was not distributed in Italy because Italian distributor 99 Floor was unwilling to pay for copies from Germany.

1997-2015: From Violence to Ithaca.
A couple of years later Sandro Tersetti left the group, replaced in 1998 by Francesco Sozzi. In 2000, during the recording of the fourth album Violence, released in 2002 on the Andromeda Relix label, Francesco Longhi began collaborating on keyboards.
Since 2002 Dark Quarterer began to undertake an intense live activity that sees them playing all over Europe, playing in England, France, Greece, Germany, Malta, Cyprus, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Austria.

1989-1995
In 2008 the band returned with their fifth album, Symbols[8] and, in early 2010 released their first live-DVD: Under the Spell. In 2012 a re-edited, re-arranged and re-recorded 25th anniversary version of their debut album, Dark Quarterer: XXV Anniversary, was released by My Graveyard Productions.
In April 2015 came Ithaca via Metal on Metal Records. Continuing the intense live activity, which leads them to perform all over Europe and also as a top band.

2020: Pompeii.
On November 7, their seventh studio album, Pompeii, was released by Cruz del Sur Music.
live activities

from 2004 to the present Dark Quarterer have played all over Europe both in their own concerts and often as headliners at very important festivals including Keep it True, Up The Hammer, Court of Chaos, Hop in Rock festival, Hammer of Doom, Metal Magic, The Abyss festival, Muskelrock festival. They have played in Vienna, London, Wurzburg, Athens, Bucharest, Innsbruk, Lisbon, Madrid, Malta, Cyprus, Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Rome, Milan, Florence, Pisa, Livorno, Sant’ Antioco, Genoa, La Spezia

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